AN: [awkward clearing of the throat noise] So… originally this was part of the previous chapter. After I got done, I realized "it's practically a scene already". Since that's the case, I figure it's time for me to try actually writing a sex scene again. My last two tries… Well, the second never got finished anyway, because I never even got past the foreplay and I think I kept thinking of how bad it sounded as I wrote it. The first one… well, once I finished, I read it over, and then deleted it. I'm not sure what I was thinking when I wrote it, honestly. Seriously, I wrote the thing when I was reading John Gardner's Grendel, and when I finished I'm pretty sure I thought "what was I thinking?" This is just skipping the foreplay, and going straight to the actual sex part. I mean, like I said, I was pretty much summing up what happened originally, and then I just looked at it and thought "well, I've technically done an outline for how it goes, so I guess I can give writing a sex scene another shot". And unlike my last two tries, I look at this when I'm done and I don't find myself wondering what I was thinking.

Chapter Summary: The first time they have sex, Zed learns Patricia Tannis is a virgin.

Chapter 2

In retrospect, this was probably something he should have figured out sooner. He should have noticed that the foreplay on her end was kinda awkward; he should have figured it out when she was so hesitant to actually touch him there.

However, neither of those things crossed his mind, so it isn't until he's turned them around so he's sitting on the edge of the bed, pulled her into his lap and plunged all the way into her and really realized just how tight she is, felt the slight bit of resistance, heard the slight cry of pain, that Zed figured out that Patricia Tannis was still a virgin.

…which begged the question as to how serious she had been about that standing offer she'd apparently made to the newer Vault Hunters when they'd first showed up at Sanctuary, but he could wonder about that later.

He starts to pull out of her, but only enough that he isn't all the way in to the hilt before he has to stop. Torturous as it is staying inside her, he's gonna have to for two reasons. Moving caused sensations that were rather distracting, and he might have forgotten not to just plunge right back in if he kept going. But more importantly, despite that sensation, he can't help but notice that look on her face; eyes squeezed shut, tears at the corners, teeth biting her lower lip, nails digging into his shoulders (those last two might have been sexy under different circumstances, but not right now) all tell him that moving isn't helping her. And that part of him that's a decent person decides that right now he needs to focus on not moving, ignore how tight she felt (because that was connected to the whole "not moving" thing), because the crazy woman (seriously, why didn't she say something?) was sorta crying and he's not the kind of ass who would just ignore that.

Careful not to jostle her, he lifts his hands from her waist to her face and wipes the pinpricks of tears from her eyes, the action enough to relax her so that her nails aren't digging into him anymore and open her eyes to look at him. "Any particular reason you decided not to bring up the whole virgin thing? I mean, damn, woman, I might have gone easier on you if you had."

And he finds himself looking at a shy Patricia Tannis, and not her normal brand of shy where she tries to get people to leave, but the kind most people have. Or maybe it's embarrassment. He's not sure he's ever seen this look on her before. "I'm sorry."

He keeps his hands on her face so that she keeps looking at him, "Didn't ask for an apology, woman."

"I thought about it, especially earlier, but I-I just," she moves her hands so that her arms are loosely wrapped his neck, which surprises him, because it cause her to shift ever so slightly and he feels himself just barely move in her, though not enough that he thinks that was her intention. "Touching myself never felt like that; you made me feel so good. So, so good."

Zed didn't say anything, he couldn't say anything. Because those words sound so hot, especially coming from her. Even that mental image she just gave him only briefly flickers in his mind before he ignores it and focuses on those words, because he wants to remember them forever.

Patricia apparently misunderstands his lack of response, because she surprises him yet again by suddenly wrapping her legs around his waist. This causes him to push in and it's not much more than the movement from seconds ago, but this time it's somewhat intentional, and her expression suggests it's not completely unbearable. She looks him in the eye and whispers, "Please don't stop, Zed."

He hadn't thought he was capable of stopping before, now he knew he couldn't because how could he possibly deny either of them? And the mood might have not been what is was by what happened, his experience with virgins basically being limited to when he himself was one; he's still hard inside her, and Zed thinks he has a good idea of how to get that fire going again and give Patricia a damn good time.

Zed takes his hands off her face to wrap his arms around her, his right around her waist and his left higher up, his hand against her back and pushing her upper body forward so that her ear is right next to his mouth.

"Patricia, don't think I could stop 'less you told me to," he tells her, slowly beginning to thrust once the sentence is out of his mouth.

Sure, it takes every ounce of will power he's got to go this slowly, but he's not moving any faster until she's used to it and she starts participating again.

He keeps talking as he moves, "See, I been thinking about this for a while now. Wondering, fanaticizing, dreaming about what it would be like to be with you like this, to be inside, you around me. It's been driving me crazy, wondering what you feel like."

He stops moving for a moment, fully inside so she understands exactly what he means, and whispers, "It's better than I ever imagined."

He moves again, still slowly, still talking while she starts making those breathy little noises again, "You're so hot, so wet, so tight; I don't think I ever want to leave, not sure anyone else could ever feel this good. You being a virgin might have been a surprise, but guess what? The fact that I'm the first man to ever know how goddamn good it feels to be inside you, is arousing like you wouldn't believe."

It's getting hard to stay at this speed, really hard, but he keeps up the slow thrusts in and out of her. "You know why I stopped us earlier? It's 'cause I decided that the first time I ever came with you, made you come, I wanted to be inside you when it happened. And you know what? The fact that the first time we do is gonna be the first time a man ever does it to you, the first time you ever do that to a man, the fact that moment is gonna be with me and I'm gonna be buried deep inside you and we're both gonna feel everything?"

He moves his hand from her back to her shoulder, pulling her back slightly so that he's looking her in the eyes, "Patricia Tannis, that fact is so. Fucking. Erotic. And-" He punctuates the last four words each with slightly harder, slightly faster thrusts.

"Beautiful," he all but groans, because as he says it she moves her hips with his for the first time and it's a wonder he doesn't break eye contact with her, it feels so good.

They slowly move together more and more, and he can't tell her anything else because their lips are wrapped together and her tongue is meeting his. He catches all the little noises coming from her throat in his mouth and they taste so good, and he reciprocate with noises from his own into her mouth and they must taste good too, because she's got her hands on his head like she wants to make sure he doesn't pull away.

Eventually they reach the point where they're moving together with such fervor that they have to stop kissing if they want to keep breathing. Their mouths are next to each other's ear, but all they can bring themselves to say is the other's name over and over.

"Zed-Zed! I'm, I'm…" she eventually gasps out, and isn't that a boost to the ego that she's too caught up in the sensations to say an actual sentence?

"I know, Patricia, I know," He pants. "So close… You want me to pull out, it's gonna have to be now."

Her arms and legs wrap around him even tighter, "Please don't! Oh, god, you made it sound so good! I want to feel you while you feel me!"

He's amazed to find himself holding her tighter, moving in and out with even more energy, as he growls out, "God, yes!"

And finally, mere seconds later, the moment comes. Zed just barely manages to think to cover her mouth with his own to muffle their moans as they ride waves of fucking erotic and beautiful pleasure.

And oh god, it's better than he thought it would be. He doesn't think he's ever cum so hard, and he's pretty sure she never has, either.

When their mutual climax is finally over, he moves his arms to more supportive positions around her while he somehow finds the energy to move backwards so that they're completely on the bed. She unhooks her legs as he does, and when he lays back on the bed she's lying on top of him.

"Zed?" She asks after a minute. "Could I stay here for a while? I… don't think I'm going to be capable of movement for a few hours."

He chuckles, "I got no problem with that." He takes an arm off of her to grab the blanket he'd pushed to the side when he got up that morning and pulls it over them.

She lays her head against his shoulder. "Mmm, thank you," she murmurs.

He settles his arm back against her, "So… any chance of this being more than a one-time thing?"

When she doesn't answer him, he thinks that she's perhaps fallen asleep.

When he's starting to drift off himself, she answers in a sleepy voice, "I'm finding myself rather partial to the idea of doing this again. And perhaps in my bed next time. And by next time, I mean tomorrow."

He grins sleepily, "Sounds good to me."

End Chapter 2

AN: So, if got this far and find yourself wondering if I've ever even had sex because some of the details bother you... no. No I haven't. I just pictured what I wanted to happen with this scene and used the mental images I liked the best.

Oh, and lots of love songs. I might put a list at the end of the final chapter.

As always, reviews are appreciated.

Chapter 3 will be up later today.