Okay, you asked for it, here it is: The dirty chapter. For those who don't want to read that, just skip it, you won't miss anything important.

Thanks again to Laura

M-rating for this chapter!

Chapter 32: To love and cherish

Luke brought himself to stop nibbling at her neck for a moment to look at her when he had opened her bathrobe.

"God, I missed you" he whispered and stroked a line with a finger from her throat, down the valley between her breast to her navel. She smiled when he followed his finger with his eyes and the looked back up and into her eyes. The awe that mirrored on his face had made her eyes well up again and she placed a hand on his cheek when he looked at her.

"I love you" she whispered back and resumed kissing him passionately before he had the chance to reply something.

While their tongues played, she unbuttoned his shirt and made him lose the T-shirt he wore underneath the flannel. Her hands roamed over his chest, not slowly, but fast and greedily, like she needed to memorize his body with her hands within seconds.

She pushed him on his back and hovered over him, taking in his body like he had done with hers seconds before, paused in her frenzy. He had some scars on his chest now that he didn't have before the accident and it hurt her to see those. Every one of his scar brought a memory back from the time he was not there. She felt the feelings of these weeks come back to her while she looked at him. Before it could overwhelm her she pressed her lips to these scars, as if to ease the pain in hindsight they had caused him and her.

While she showered his chest with kisses, she opened the jeans he wore and pulled them down. Luke slipped out of them and pulled Lorelai on top of him, so that her half- naked body lay on top of his own.

They kissed until they had to pull away breathlessly, while their hands roamed over their bodies, without stopping for a second. Luke peeled Lorelai out of her bathrobe and pressed her against him, wanting to feel her as close as possible.

She started to rub against him and his hands moved southwards where she wanted him to touch her. She moaned and sighed and kissed him again and again feverishly. They were already panting, and Lorelai wondered for a short moment is this maybe was too much for him, too fast. But she couldn't stop.

After she had stripped him out of his boxer shorts, the heated kissing stopped and she started to worship his body in every way she could. Their moans and groans soon filled the room and soon she straddled his lap and he entered her. They were joined again, the most intimate way possible, a way she had doubted she would ever live again.

This was not about slow and romantic lovemaking though, but about desire, need and longing for each other.

The pace Lorelai set was fast, her fingernails dug into his shoulder-blades, causing red marks on his skin which she soothed with her lips and her tongue. Her legs were slung around his hips, her heels pressing in his back, causing him to keep up with her pace.

Luke's arms were slung around her. He did not caress her, he only pressed her against him, felt like she wasn't close enough.

Soon they tumbled over the edge together, their loud moans filling the room at the same moment.

Lorelai slowed her movements and let her head fall on his sweaty shoulder, while he stroked over her back, both breathing heavily.

After just laying in his arms for some time, she started to kiss along his neck, over his cheek to his mouth. Their tongues found each other again, but this time the kiss was slow and romantic, making up for the missing romance during the act before.

Luke broke the kiss when he felt teardrops falling on his chest. He looked at her and saw that she was smiling brightly, laughing even, but crying. He stroked her tears away with his thumbs and lay his forehead against her forehead.

"I love you, too" he said and smiled just as bright as she did, before he kissed her again.

"Such a cliché that you say this after we had sex" she giggled and nuzzled her nose against his.

"Well, you didn't let me say anything before" he shot back and gave her another long kiss. When he pulled back they were both still smiling and seeing the same idiotic smile on the face of the other, which they knew they wore themselves, caused them to smile even more. While they stared at each other, their bodies still joined, they kissed and kissed and couldn't get enough of the other ones lips.

Lorelai moved her legs after a while and kneeled over is legs. She groaned when she felt a pain in her knees and her hips, caused by the uncomfortable position she had been in.

"Getting old Mrs. Danes?" Luke teased her, but she decided to ignore him, his kisses were more tempting than a playful argument at that moment.

Eventually they had to break apart though and they both sighed in disappointment when he slipped out of her. Luke slid down on the bed and lay down on his back and Lorelai turned on her side and snuggled up to him, her head on his chest, one leg thrown over his thighs

"I really missed this" she said after some moments of quiet caresses and pressed some kisses on his chest. He had gained weight again and the physical training had brought back the muscles he had had before the accident. Not all, but he was getting there.

"Does it sound stupid when I say: me too?" he asked her and she laughed.

"Well concerning the fact that I had to go without it for nearly three months, while you only experienced three weeks, I would say yes, a bit. But you're forgiven" she told him with a smile.

"Very generous of you," he smiled back and gave her another kiss.

"This is so nice. I think I forgot how good this feels. I mean, I wished for this sometimes, just lying in your arms or making love to you, but I never could imagine this contentment. I just couldn't. And now here we are and I am just… I don't know… I don't know if I ever felt this happy, Luke" she told him in a serious tone, but still wearing the smile, which wouldn't leave her face anymore. Luke's answer was another deep kiss, before he took a strand of her hair in his hand and played with it, let it glide through his fingers.

"I hate sleeping downstairs alone and after this… here… I don't think I am able to anymore." He admitted shyly.

"Well, Meeko and Barney are not as sexy as I am" she grinned and he tickled her nose with her own hair strand.

"And not as crazy" he added and placed a kiss on her bare shoulder.

"But I am just as cute!" she said in a girly voice and pouted.

"Cuter" he grinned. She took his hand out of her hair and played with his fingers, stroked over his wedding-ring.

"When they gave me your things in a plastic bag after the operation and I saw that they had taken your wedding ring off, I felt like they ripped out my heart. It's stupid, I know, but the thought that you could… that you could have died during the operation without your wedding ring on made me nauseous. I wanted you to wear it, to know that we had a connection somehow, even if it is just a ring." She said and concentrated on the ring he wore again, turned it on his finger.

"It is not just a ring. It is maybe the most treasured possession I own, but I don't think we need it to have a connection, Lorelai. With or without this ring, we will always have a connection. It's right here" he said and lay there joined hands over her heart.

"This is probably the sweetest and cheesiest thing you ever said to me" she said mockingly, but the admiration shone through.

"Don't get used to it, this was a one time thing" he shot back and kissed her hand.

"This" she said and motioned between the two of them "was certainly not a one time thing, honey. I expect you to make me happy on a regular basis again, Mister. This is your duty as my husband". Luke raised his eyebrows.

"It is my duty as your husband to sleep with you on a regular basis? Where in our vows is that defined?" he asked. She took her head from his chest and leaned on one elbow.

"You vowed "to love and cherish" me and that includes that fabulous body of mine as well as the selfless person that I am" she clarified and he had to laugh.

"Seems like you missed my body the most" he chuckled.

"Well, your body was right there, but I think the flesh was willing but the spirit was weak, or how goes that saying?" she laughed.

"Seems like I have to make it up to you, huh?" he said and rolled on top of her.

"So the spirit is willing now?" she asked

"Very willing" he mumbled, and brought his lips to her collarbone.

"Like the flesh" she giggled and stroked over his hair, while his mouth found the way to her breasts.

"Luke?" she asked him when he started to placed kisses on her stomach.

"Mmh?" came the muffled response from below.

"Don't you think this is a bit too much?"

"What?" he asked and looked up.

"I mean, not that I am complaining, but two times? Don't you think it's too much for you?" she asked worried.

"I go through three hours of physical training every day, I think I'll be fine" he assured her and went back to what he had been doing.

This time it was slow and full of tenderness. It had nothing to do with the needy and fast experience before. They took their time to discover their bodies anew, see the changes and observe the reactions of the other, but it was just as satisfying and fulfilling.

Afterwards they found themselves in the same position again, he on his back and her lying halfway on top of him on her side.

"See, I knew you would appreciate the fact that I am smelling so great" she sighed with closed eyes.

"We have to shower before they get back" he replied, also with closed eyes.

"What time is it?" she asked him. Luke groaned when he lifted himself up to look at the clock.

"Geez we have to hurry up, they'll be back in approximately half an hour" Luke said and sat up unceremoniously.

"No, stay here. We can sleep, I'm tired" she whined and tried to pull him back down.

"And then Liz, TJ and your parents will find us naked in our bed when they are back?" he asked.

"You forgot our kids" she giggled.

"I only mentioned the ones that would really freak me out" he said and shuddered a bit at the thought.

"When our kids would find us naked in bed it wouldn't freak you out?" she asked and opened her eyes for the first time to look at him.

"Well, it would, but it wouldn't scare me. They know how we look naked, it's not like they would see anything new. The thought of TJ seeing you like that, on the other hand makes me feel very uncomfortable," he clarified.

"Not to mention my mother seeing you like this," she laughed and gave his naked body a long glance.

"See, now come, on get up" he said and poked her in the side.

"Okay, okay I'm up, Mr. Grumpy pants. Oh, wait… you don't wear any" she smiled and slapped her own thigh with her hand to emphasize the joke she had just made. When Luke gave her another pointed look she finally got out of bed and handed him his crutches and took his clothes from the floor and some for herself before they made their way into the bathroom next door.

"I feel ridiculous walking naked on crutches" he grumped.

"Sorry, honey, but it really looks ridiculous. I can't argue with you on that one" she giggled and slapped his butt playfully.

"Hey" he said, but couldn't do something, since he had the crutches in his hands.

"Come and get me" she laughed and ran into the bathroom, giving him something to look at, when she jogged past him, naked as well.

"I can assure you that you running naked is equally ridiculous" he shouted after her with a smile and heard her turn on the water.

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