Chapter 2
Dr. Brennan settled herself on the bed, propping herself up on her right side. Agent Booth lay down beside her, facing her. "And how shall we commence?"
She frowned thoughtfully for a moment. "Technically, both subjects are relatively capable of engaging in sexual intercourse immediately. However, prior experiences have demonstrated that they both enjoy extensive foreplay, which has several salutory effects - enhanced pleasure, longer plateaus of enjoyment, and heightened excitement for the intercourse. This delay tends to abbreviate the duration of the actual period of intercourse, but consistently results in greater pleasure in both parties - both in duration of sensual stimulation and intensity of actual pleasure, almost always resulting in more intense and prolonged orgasms. With that in mind, I would recommend commencing with mutual caressing and other stimulatory touching."
"Agreed." And with that, he began gliding his fingers up and down her side. "Like this?"
"That is an acceptable starting point, but it will in no way suffice for long."
His hand continued down past her hip, almost to her ankle - and then, on its way back up, lifted her knee and gently placed her right foot atop her left knee. "Is that an improvement?"
"It bodes well."
"In what way?"
"It comfortably separates the legs, leaving my thighs and entire pelvic region more readily accessible to stimulation."
"It certainly does, doesn't it? Well, then, best not waste the opportunity..." And with that, he began to slowly and lightly stroke the insides of her thighs.
"That is certainly acceptable progress. The interior of the thigh is very densely populated with nerve endings, and responds quite pleasurably to such stimuli as you are currently providing."
Booth's fingertips drew slow, lazy, light circles up her thighs, hopping from one leg to the other and back, until he nearly reached the top. Then, just before he would have passed the line from her leg, he reached between her legs and began to gently caress and stroke her buttocks from the front - taking special care to keep his arm from even brushing her groin in the slightest.
"That was an unexpected change, but certainly welcome. The buttocks can also be quite erotically responsive, especially when coupled with the taboo nature of the gluteal area. And your extremely light touch is very stimulating, as I am forced to focus my attention to detect it."
Booth realized that the position he'd placed himself in had left his head directly in front of Brennan's breasts, and while he greatly enjoyed the view, it seemed a waste to be there and not do anything. He extended his tongue and flicked it across one nipple.
"I thought we had agreed to avoid oral stimulation!" Brennan protested.
Booth paused. "Actually, we agreed to 'minimize' it. It seems to me that you're doing nearly all the talking, so if I'm going to lie here with my mouth only inches from your breasts, I might as well make the best of the situation." He paused to draw the other nipple into his mouth, very gently scraping his teeth across the tip. "Wouldn't you agree, Dr. Brennan?"
She fought back a gasp, then answered. "That... seems a logical compromise. Feel free to continue."
And he did.