A/N: I'm sorry, I'm sorry, so sorry. I know I'm completely overdue for a chapter or 6 but finding energy for anything in the last few weeks has been difficult due to a change in working conditions that is only just now beginning to ease. I know it isn't the best excuse, but it's the only truthful one I have to offer. Hopefully this chapter will make up for the lack of postings over the last three plus weeks.
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WARNING: This chapter contains sex scenes and adult themes. Please proceed with caution.
The Colour Red – Chapter 3
Emily woke wrapped in warmth and her favourite sensation; Aaron equals safety. Wrapped in her husband's arms, with his scent all about her, she could think of nowhere else she would ever rather be. She assessed her overall condition slowly and carefully, not wanting to disturb the man at her back if she could help it. She felt well rested with a settled stomach but that was no indication since she hadn't yet moved. A slight shift of her head let her see the time was not quite 5am. Another slight shift, this time in her leg told her that her knee was doing well also.
"Go back to sleep love; it's early yet."
Hearing Aaron's sleepy voice and feeling his arms tighten around her waist tripped desire in her body and sliding round in his arms to face him put her naked body flush against his morning arousal. A moan at the friction of the action brought her more fully awake and had her rocking her hips in closer to him.
She was definitely feeling horny.
He bridged the last distance between them and kissed her. He slid a hand down her hip to cup her ass as his other hand cradled her head and kept her close. They ground their hips together as he rolled to his back and pulled her on top.
"We'll have to be really quiet here. Otherwise we'll wake the others."
"It could be interesting," she murmured before indulging her desire to nip at his earlobe.
"I'll leave you to deal with the others then," he agreed as he sucked at the soft skin just behind her ear.
She wiggled against him. "On the other hand, lots of kisses could be beneficial to keeping me quiet and would heighten greatly this sexual experience."
"You'll end up with whisker burn," he replied as he moved down her body biting and licking as he went.
She sighed happily as he came back up and latched hungrily on her breast. "That I can definitely deal with, particularly if kisses are involved."
They drew out the foreplay because they both enjoyed the intimacy and because they had the uninterrupted time to do so. They were careful to keep marks on the skin below the shoulders but by the time Aaron sunk to the hilt in her tight depths, she definitely had a hickey low on her neck.
He rolled again, placing her underneath him so he wasn't forcing her to use her knees for leverage. He raised his upper body and gently stroked her face until her eyes opened and she looked up at him.
"I need you to promise me that if anything I do in the bed over the next seven to eight months is painful or even uncomfortable that you'll tell me straight away."
She smiled gently up at him, noting a wealth of love and adoration in his gorgeous brown eyes as he gazed down at her. She lifted her hand and cupped his cheek. "I have no desire to mess with this beautiful creation we are forming between us; you will be the first to know immediately if I feel something isn't right."
"Good."
He leaned down and gently licked the mark he'd placed on her neck before shifting back to a position where he could watch her face. He started to move in and out of her delicious warmth and she fought closing her eyes in order to maintain the intimacy of their locked gazes but it was a losing battle as his movements and his touch, his frequent kisses and gentle nips and licks sent her soaring ever higher.
He took her to the edge of orgasm and pulled back, leaving her on the brink for a moment before his mouth claimed hers and distracted her with sweet kisses. When she realised he hadn't sent her all the way, she whimpered and attempted to shift her hips closer but found his lower body pinning her to the bed. Knowing she couldn't move, she clenched her inner wall muscles in an encouragement for his continuing motions but though the action threw his head back and produced a low moan, he continued to stay still above her. She blinked up at him and opened her mouth to query what his game was when he pulled back and thrust hard back into her body causing her to thrash and cry out under him, bringing his mouth back to hers to silence her screams.
He waited again until he could feel her close to the edge before he pulled back and repeated the process. He continued to torment her in this manner until her breath came in sobs and she was nearly crying as she begged for her release; this time when he pushed in, he drove them both over the edge. Remembering at the last second that she needed to be quiet, she set her teeth into his shoulder to muffle her screams.
Aaron rolled them to the side and folded her close. She snuggled deeper to him and yawned hugely.
He chuckled softly. "You don't have time to sleep love, unless you would forego the shower and wear the smell of our sex on your luscious body for us to smell throughout the day."
She shuddered slightly. "I have no desire for the rest of the team to be even more aware of what we were just doing than they already must be." She tipped her head back just enough to see his face. "Not that I'm complaining, because I'm really not, but what on earth were you thinking just now with that. I thought the aim was stealth."
He grinned, that grin males get that is entirely self-satisfied and all-knowing after a job they know they've done well. "My only goal this morning was to extend your pleasure for as long as possible. I fully intend to repeat the performance at a later date where I can luxuriate in your screams because I happen to be very turned on by them. But not today."
She shuddered again. "Definitely not today. If I can actually walk at all, I'll be a very lucky woman indeed. I feel rubbery and weak-kneed at the moment."
Aaron laughed delightedly and shifted to a standing position. He leaned down to kiss her lightly and very nearly forgot their lack of time as she eagerly pushed up into him. He scooped her up and carried her to the bathroom and somehow over the course of the next 20 minutes he managed to keep his mind entirely on getting them both clean and not on how desperately he wanted to take them both back to bed.
New Section-
"JJ, do me a favour next time we go on a case and book one of our rooms away from the rest."
Emily smiled in amusement as Derek shot her a dirty look. "Why Derek; did we disturb your beauty sleep? How thoughtless of us," she said with faux sincerity as the rest of the team approached.
JJ rolled her eyes. "Don't worry, I already had that one well and truly covered."
Dave smiled at Derek and JJ's grumpy looks before turning to the heart and soul of their group. "Not that I don't love you Emily because I do, but are you always that loud?"
She shot him a surprised look. "That was me being quiet."
They all looked at her blankly, then Dave clapped Aaron on the shoulder, causing him to wince and dropped it away from his touch. "Got yourself a screamer did you?"
"I'll never kiss and tell," he replied as his wife thumped Dave hard on the arm.
"Ouch; she bites. And what's with the shoulder Hotch?"
Aaron shot Emily a quick look and she leaned into him and murmured in his ear, "I might have been nice about it if they were but I think a little revenge is in order. Overshare a touch, but don't go overboard with it."
He turned his head and kissed her quickly because he couldn't not when she was this close and turned back to the group. "Actually, she really does bite."
He turned to the waiter as the man approached as it dawned on them what he meant by that statement and suddenly none of them could look at her as they all blushed. She laughed as she gave her own order; what a glorious day it would be.
New Section-
Over the next week, they worked every angle they could think to work and at every turn they came up against a brick wall. There were no clues, no evidence and the victims couldn't come up with anything new, no matter how hard they tried.
The only real lead of the week came after Garcia finished chasing down everyone's movements in the weeks prior to each of the attacks. Every one of the women who had been attacked had purchased a pair of red lingerie from the same store. Reid and Emily chased down the lingerie angle, getting a list of everyone who had frequented the store and purchased something. They also spent time with each of the assistants to see if they might remember someone being in the store frequently enough to stand out if they hadn't purchased anything. None of the women could pinpoint any one person who stood out.
Reid and Emily spent the next few days in tracing receipts and matching them up. Only three men had made purchases and all three men had alibis for most, if not all, of the nights in question.
Thursday night rolled around and Emily was once again on the couch, though at least this time she was awake as she read through some notes she'd made throughout the week. The rest of the team sat at the table and worked through other paperwork. They all knew the clock was ticking and the unsub was due to pick a new victim if he hadn't already.
She yawned and looked at the clock. It was late, and the latest she'd managed to keep her eyes open all week, having fallen asleep on the couch every night they'd been on the case. By now the entire station knew she was expecting and though she'd been a bit embarrassed at the knowing looks and teasing comments, everyone had been surprisingly nice about it. Someone always provided lemonade for her, one supersized cup in the morning, one in the afternoon and her dinner cup came from her husband when the team met together to share the days' highlights. Snacks and plain crackers also frequently appeared in the room for her and she'd taken to sharing them out because she was getting too many to eat on her own. In addition to this, according to JJ, the first two nights she'd fallen asleep, one of the officers had given up his jacket to keep her warm. After that, Aaron had purposely grabbed an additional suit jacket for her use while he was out and about.
She snuggled down in the cushions and pulled the jacket of the day up around her shoulders, breathing deep as her eyes fluttered shut and the notes she'd been looking at slipped to the floor.
She forced her eyes open with another yawn. "Aaron, I've decided it's your fault I'm so darn tired all the time."
Derek and Dave snorted in amusement, Aaron shot her a tender smile that melted her annoyance away and Reid ignored her as JJ muttered, "Who do you think I blamed when exhaustion was my best friend?"
They all laughed outright at that and Aaron stood. "I don't think we are going to get anything more done with this tonight. Let's hit the sack and come back on this first thing in the morning. That includes you, Dr Reid."
Reid protested, but allowed them to herd him out the door.
New Section-
"This is driving me crazy," Aaron complained as he lay back on the bed and waited for Emily to finish up in the bathroom and join him.
"What is?"
"This, the case. The lack of evidence and witness information. We haven't made any progress at all and I hate the fact that I think we need the unsub to make a mistake with a new victim for us to have a chance of catching him."
"Reid and I thought today that maybe the reason we are only seeing one attack in a fortnight here is that this guy may not actually live in the city, but is only visiting for the night. She's checking other states for similar attacks but has so far come up blank. She said she'd get a preliminary list together of men of approximate height and weight to what has been described and will get it to us first thing in the morning. Depending on the amount of names on the list, perhaps Reid and I can help with checking these men out. We've done just about all we can in the meeting room and I think we'd both like a change of scenery."
"Even if the list isn't that long, perhaps we can mix things up anyway. You can come out with me and we'll leave JJ in the office with either Derek or Dave and Reid can go out with the other."
"Sounds like a good idea," Emily agreed as she walked out of the bathroom, flicking the light off as she went.
He watched her walk naked towards him and shook his head slowly. "I can't get over the fact that every time I see you I just want you more. It's crazy and you're so hot and if you aren't feeling up to some hot loving you should tell me now..."
She cut him off by straddling his waist and leaning in to kiss him. She pressed her hands to his wrists to control his movements and took her time kissing him before she pulled back and licked her lips.
"I have this desire right now to indulge in something decadently slow and sexy and sweet. Nothing rough or too fast. Can you come to my party?"
"Mmm, sounds like a great party baby."
He eased his wrists out from under her hands and gently tunnelled his hands into her hair. They kissed leisurely, neither in a hurry as their hands gently explored the other. When they came together it was slow and intimate and though they struggled to keep to the pace they'd started with, they somehow controlled their moves and what washed over them as they crested and floated back down to earth brought them to tears. They spent long moments just resting in the others' embrace, kissing gently and speaking of their love before sleep claimed them and they rested for the day ahead.
End-
A/N: Again, I am so sorry for the length of time it's taken me to get this chapter out.
The next chapter will pick up on the case more so stay tuned for some danger and a little action.
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