After the Storm 20
I don't own these characters; I just like to spend time with them. No other profit to be had than that.
Author's note: Most of this chapter was written by Lilyjack. It's probably the best chapter in this story.
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"God, I missed you so much, Matthew Dillon," Kitty purred as she let her arms drop above her head, her face flushed and dewy. "I'd nearly forgotten what that felt like."
Matt groaned as he collapsed beside her. "I hadn't," he sighed heavily, reaching to brush a red curl from her damp forehead. He was so starved for the feel of her beneath him that he couldn't keep his hands off her. Since the baby, her body had changed, for the better as far as he was concerned. Generous full hips and round little belly and her even more voluptuous breasts…oh my…
She raised her head and looked down at him. "Matt, honey…"
"Mmmm…?"
"You wanna come up for air now?"
As his mouth was currently otherwise occupied, his answer came out a mumble. "Do I have to?" His hands joined his mouth in exploring her newfound mature curves.
"Oh, Cowboy, you've got to stop that…" she hissed in pleasure as he touched a particular spot that always drove her to utter distraction. "Oh my… No, really, Matt, we've got to give my back a little rest."
"I'm sorry, sweetheart," he murmured as he slowly kissed his way up her body until they were finally eye to eye. "I just can't get enough of you."
She kissed his forehead, then bit her lip thoughtfully. "Seriously, Matt..." Kitty questioned, as she carefully turned in the bed to face him, her eyes earnest and pleading. "Where do we go from here?"
"What do you mean?" he asked, as he gently kissed her fingertips.
"I mean, what do we do now?" Her fingers absently traced a feathery path around the new bullet scar on his shoulder, testament to the vengeful men who'd kept them apart for so long. "I know you have a job you've got to get back to, and I know now why you don't want me and Benjamin there…"
Matt tenderly placed his finger on her lips. "You're wrong about that, Kitty Russell," he firmly declared, and he leaned over and sealed his statement with a tender kiss. "I do want you two there. I never want to be separated from either of you again." Brushing her tousled red hair out of her eyes, he smiled happily as he tucked it neatly behind one delicate ear. "And as far as my job goes, it can wait a while. I sent a wire to the War Department before leaving Dodge…" He looked piercingly into her eyes. "… and took a leave of absence."
"You did?" she asked, stunned that he would do that for her.
"I had to, Kitty," he told her solemnly. "I actually came close to quitting completely, but I didn't know how things would work out here…..with you."
"Matt, are you saying you would quit your job for me?" She felt her eyes fill with tears as she urgently slipped her hand inside his.
Matt nodded. "Yes I would, Kitty. I should've done it before you left, but I wasn't thinking clearly. And because I didn't, I caused you and me both a lot of grief."
She gripped his fingers more tightly. "But Matt…"
"No 'buts', Kitty. If this last year has taught me anything, it's taught me that what we have is too precious to lose." He cupped her flushed cheek in his large, calloused hand, his thumb stroking her skin soothingly. "I have never been so miserable in my life, as I was after you left, and I don't want to go back to that."
"You weren't the only one who was miserable, Cowboy," she said. "If I hadn't had Benjamin to think about, I'm not sure I would've or even could've kept going." She gazed intently into his eyes, willing him to understand the depth of her feeling. "Matt, you and our baby mean everything to me. I couldn't bear to be away from you anymore."
"You're not going to have to," he reassured her, his fingers trailing softly down her arm. "I don't know exactly what we're going to do, but one way or the other, we are going to be together from now on."
And with that heartfelt promise, Matt tenderly enfolded her into his warm embrace, his lips trailing sweetly across her ivory throat. He whispered in her ear, "I want to make up for all those lonely nights, Kitty. I've missed you so much, honey."
Shivers of delight ran down Kitty's spine as his hands wandered lovingly over her naked skin, kneading and caressing until her worries were but a distant memory. He reacquainted himself with every inch of her, and he reveled in the soft sounds she made as he entered her body. Ever so slowly and gently so as not to injure her, they rocked together as one until their passion was spent, and they lay sated and contented in one another's arms, just like old times. It was like coming home again.
TBC