Just a warning, another NC-17 chapter

Tegan Chronicles STV Style 3:

What's Left of the Flag 5

Kathryn wasted no time removing Tegan's clothes skipping the formality of trying to kiss her in the process. She just wanted to feel her flesh against hers, to see her ivory skin pulled tautly over rippled muscles. Her body hadn't looked like that in years, if it ever had. She was pleased to see that Tegan's ribs weren't as pronounced as they had been the first time they'd had sex. Sex. The word burned her thoughts like a hot branding iron. They had had sex, but tonight it was more than that, it was tender and loving. She would never admit to the other woman that she loved her, at least not this soon but she knew better than to lie to herself. She was making love tonight, plain and simple. There was nothing dirty or shameful in the act of making love and tonight there was no question that they were two very consenting adults.

She let her eyes travel up to Tegan's face and noticed the self-conscious blush embroidering her expression. She throatily whispered one simple word which only deepened the red flush. "Gorgeous."

Before Tegan could argue Kathryn kissed her passionately. Her tongue wrestling for the lead in the tango she had initiated. She raked fingers through her hair scraping her nails along her scalp, as she pressed her body into hers the breast resting between Tegan's could feel her heart pounding against her sternum in a frenzied rhythm of passion. At least she hoped it was passion and that she wouldn't be calling on the EMH's assistance later in the night. The thought cause her to grin as she pulled away.

"What?" Tegan asked breathlessly.

"How did we end up naked on my couch?" Kathryn shrugged off the thought that Tegan's elevated heart rate was related to something else as she looked into her eyes and saw glowing coals of yearning.

Tegan kissed her and mumbled, "I don't know."

Kathryn moved to her ear nibbling and kissing the lobe. She wanted to whisper sweet nothings to her but was afraid to open her own heart that much just yet. She also didn't know if doing so would send the woman of her desires running in the opposite direction. Her last female encounter had ended in disaster. It had actually been her only serious female encounter. She had of course had some experimental sexual relations while at the academy. They were one of the reasons she spent so many nights pulling all-nighters to catch up on the papers and studies she had put off in favor of more titillating experiences. The last one was another academy cadet who she had fallen in love with or at the time she thought it was love. She later discovered it was a devastating crush laced with deep lust but it didn't help the heart break she felt when the cadet told her the relationship was over, the day before she graduated, because they both had their careers to pursue. When Kathryn objected, her crush merely flicked a piece of fuzz off her uniform pants and said; "You didn't actually think you were more than a passing fling did you?" Three years later, long after Kathryn had seen the relationship for what it was, she heard she'd been killed in action.

"Hey?" Tegan's voice was soft, pulling Kathryn from her thoughts. "Are you ok?"

Kathryn pulled back having not realized that she had stopped mid nibble to think back on her academy days. As she looked into those concerned green orbs she wondered if she had ever fully and truly been in love with anyone before. She didn't let her attention travel too far down that road before giving her a lazy smile. "I've never been better."

Before Tegan could ask her what was on her mind she felt hands sliding to her inner thighs as Kathryn repositioned herself on the floor and spread her legs open. Her mind lost all ability to form a coherent thought in the sheer anticipation of what was to come.

Lithe fingers reached up and fondled her breasts alternating pressure, squeezing one and then the other, pinching one nipple while pulling on the opposite one. Tegan looked down at Kathryn who was peering up at her in a way that no one had ever looked at her before. She wasn't used to being loved on any level and it was all so new to her, but she knew it was something she could become familiar with. Something she could learn to enjoy on every level.

Keeping her eyes locked on Tegan's, Kathryn lowered her mouth to the apex of Tegan's sex and covered it with her mouth first running the rough side of her tongue over the nerve bundle sending an electrified shock through Tegan's body. She grinned lightly when she felt her jump beneath her. Next she ran the smooth underside of her tongue back and forth across it alternating the texture bringing Tegan to the edge she pulled back and smirked up at her before she drove her tongue deeply into wet folds curling it and twisting it to taste every centimeter of sweetness. She twisted both nipples as she pressed her upper teeth against the small button of flesh at the top of the folds where her tongue was deeply buried. Tegan gasped and shook as Kathryn continued to lap up the nectar her orgasm produced.

Tegan really hoped there wasn't a ship wide medical emergency anytime soon because she was certain she wasn't going to be able to stand or even think straight for a while. It took her a few seconds to even realize that Kathryn had come back up on the couch and was looking at her with an amused smile. "I'm speechless."

"I didn't think that was possible." She leaned in and placed a soft chaste kiss on Tegan's lips. "What happened to taking things slow?"

"You needed the release and I've got a life time to catch up."

"A whole life time?"

"Probably more, I mean I am just over 400 years old and I only recently discovered sex." She grinned before resting her head on Kathryn's shoulder.

"Maybe we should slow down then; your heart might not be able to handle the exertion." The comment earned Kathryn a playful swat on her thigh.

A few minutes later Tegan twisted her head and started kissing, licking and sucking on Kathryn's neck.

"You're insatiable, you know that right?"

"You could always tell me to stop." Tegan mumbled against the soft skin.

Kathryn spread her legs inviting Tegan to kick things up a notch and growled quietly; "never."

Tegan trailed her right hand down Kathryn's side and twirled her fingers through the wisps of pubic hair as she placed lazy kisses on her neck. Her fingers moved lower finding the slick wetness of Kathryn's entrance.

"Tegan?"

"Hmmm?" She purred into her neck.

She hesitated knowing what affect her request might have on her but in the end she just blurted it out. "Use your other hand."

She didn't hesitate before asking tenderly, "Are you sure?"

"Positive."

Tegan shifted her position carefully straddling Kathryn's lap a nervous grin pulling at her lips as she placed her right hand on her shoulder to help steady her and lowered her biomechanical hand between them. She looked down the chasm their bodies made and ran her index finger along the wet slit between Kathryn's legs.

"Don't stop." Kathryn's moan encouraged her to push her finger into her entrance. She wasn't sure she liked this, she couldn't feel what she was doing and therefore she had no idea if she was meeting resistance or hurting Kathryn. She didn't want to hurt her so she closed her eyes and concentrated on Kathryn's breathing, her throaty groans of pleasure.

Tegan was so engrossed in listening for any distress she didn't feel Kathryn move and she jumped when she felt a finger enter her, her eyes snapping open and flying up to meet amused blue ones. She whimpered softly as Kathryn's thumb connected with the bundle of nerves that always sent lightening crackling up her spine. Her back arched pushing her own finger deeper into her lover as she moved her biomechanical thumb out to mimic Kathryn's movements. They both added a second finger and alternated thrusts and counter thrusts increasing speed as their breathing became one. Together they curved back in unison not unlike synchronized swimmers as their orgasms crashed down on them in waves.

Tegan leaned forward resting her head on Kathryn's shoulder while she caught her breath and Kathryn reached up with her other hand and slipped her thumb into the reader releasing her prosthetic from her stump. Tegan pulled back as she laid it on the couch, but Kathryn shook her head and wrapped her arm around her using a flat hand to pull her back to her. She rubbed her back for several minutes before she reached up and removed the protective sleeve that covered her pink stump. She knew she had been wearing her prosthesis since at least 0700 if not earlier than that. "Does it hurt?"

Tegan wanted to say no. She wanted to lie to her or change the subject. Better yet she wanted to kiss her and make her forget she had ever asked a question. A devilish smirk crossed her lips at that thought but it wasn't worth it, not tonight and not over such a simple question. "The doctor says another three to four treatments and he thinks I can be pain free."

It wasn't really an answer and Kathryn knew it, but it also wasn't really a denial of pain so she let it slide. "I hope I didn't make it hurt worse."

Tegan sat up and leaned forward to kiss those lips. Had anyone ever really cared if they caused her pain? She couldn't remember; aside from doctors and nurses when they were taking care of her she couldn't remember anyone except maybe her grandmother and that was so long ago it seemed like another lifetime. "No," She whispered. "You helped me forget it."