Sauce warning, enjoy ss9
Ok so maybe spontaneity had its place but Blake still remained convinced that this was a good idea…it was convincing the rest of the family that was proving problematic. Glancing in the rear-view mirror Fallon's stubborn locked jaw was all the sign Blake needed that his daughter far from mellowing was determined not give an inch. Perhaps he was pushing too hard too soon but Blake Carrington had never been a man to do things by half measures especially when he had this gut feeling telling him he was right…and from the moment the idea had come to him over breakfast Blake hadn't felt more certain about anything.
From the moment Blake had awoken on Friday morning, a smile on his lips and spring in his step, some of which was the impending weekend and some the lingering effect of a cosy evening in front of the fire with a certain former Mrs Carrington.
It hadn't even been an official date, just a dinner that had led to Alexis joining him in the library…him casting his eye over some paperwork with a brandy whilst Alexis relaxed and scanned through a novel. Then when he had finished his work so he wouldn't have to look at it over the weekend, Blake had joined Alexis on the sofa. They had simply sat together, Alexis shifting so that her back lay against his chest, her head on his shoulder, Blake draping and arm around her holding her loosely as he stared into the fire and Alexis continued her reading.
It had just felt so wonderful not to be alone…to be able to relax so completely in another person's presence…Blake had missed that feeling, he had forgotten that there had once been many times like that…true they had been during the early days of their marriage when Alexis would prefer to sit up with him whilst he had to keep working as he was almost single-handedly running Denver Carrington back then.
Of course having children underfoot did tend to cut down on cosy evenings together but even so Blake could begin to plot the slow unwinding of his marriage, the lengthening gaps between nights out together that weren't for business dinners or parties that were more about networking than enjoying each other. That was not going to happen this time…
This time Blake would find the time for Alexis and for the children, and this weekend would just be the start, even if certain people might take a little more convincing.
"Blake how much longer will it be do you think?" Alexis's sudden question surprised Blake and he glanced across at his companion in the front of the jeep as her emerald eyes scanned the already dark horizon for any clues of landmarks before nodding back to the backseat of the jeep where Steven was already fighting sleep, his head drifting down to his chest only to snap back as he started awake.
"Ten minutes…see the lights just up on that ridge." Blake pointed further up the mountainside that it seemed like they had been climbing for the last few hours. "Surely you remember?"
"Well it's been a few years." Alexis quipped a slow smile tugging at her lips that Blake couldn't help finding distracting even as he tried to concentrate on the road and not on the way they flexed invitingly as she spoke. "Besides I've never done this trip in the dark. Has it changed much?"
"Well the resort hasn't changed much…a few more cabins have been built but they are anxious to keep the development to a minimum. The pistes are still as good as ever and with the snowfall last night I wouldn't be surprised if this weekend is a busy one." Glancing in the mirror as Fallon pretended to ignore her parent's conversation Blake added appeaseingly. "Fallon I wouldn't be surprised if quite a few of those children you used to play with will be here with their parents."
"Lucky ole me." Fallon muttered sullenly rolling her eyes as she continued to glare out of the window.
Biting his tongue Blake knew there was no point rising to the bait…everyone was tired and he had sprung this trip on them at the last minute. Still that didn't stop his grip tightening on the steering wheel, it was only when he felt Alexis's tentative touch on his thigh as she rested her fingers there lightly that Blake felt the tension seep out of him.
No this weekend was going to be just what they needed…Blake could just feel it.
However it took quite a bit for Blake to hold on to that positivity when they pulled up to the family cabin that Blake hadn't visited himself personally in at least two…no Blake realised in shock it was nearer four years. The last time he had brought Fallon and Steven here for some of winter break and in the end he had to leave after only a few days in order to fly down to Texas for a lease auction that he couldn't afford to miss and Blake hadn't trusted anyone else to step into his shoes.
Still that was then and this was now and right now Blake was far more concerned with the lack of lights on in their cabin compared with the neighbouring ones where the hearth fires seemed to burn merrily.
"Blake you did call the caretaker and let him know we were coming didn't you?"
Oh it was so obvious Blake could have kicked himself…normally he wouldn't have even thought of it…that was one of the many things that Joseph would have automatically taken care of for him except for the fact on learning his employer intended to go away for the weekend Joseph hadn't paused before requesting to take the time to visit his own family and considering he had worked all over Christmas Blake hadn't given it a thought before granting his permission.
"Blake?" Alexis's repeated question sounded less than amused and Blake could only fix an abashed expression on his face before turning to face her, his guilty silence answering Alexis's question.
"You idiot." Alexis grumbled rubbing her hands together, which even in her gloves felt like ice blocks.
"I'm sure it won't be so bad…let's just get inside out of this night air and everything won't seem quite so bad…You'll see…" Blake blustered hurrying to retrieve all their luggage as Alexis half led half carried a dozing Steven and Fallon stalked ahead of them all up the dark cabin.
However if Blake had realised just how wrong it was possible to be he learnt that the moment he stepped through into the dark freezing cabin.
"Oh just great." Fallon complained tugging her coat more firmly around her. "I think it's actually warmer outside."
"Well she's not wrong about that." Alexis added as Steven burrowed in deeper to his mother's fur for warmth.
"Oh well I am sure it's just a matter of getting the furnace going or maybe the fireplaces…Just give me a moment and I'll get right on it…" Blake insisted setting the bags down just inside the door kicking it shut with his foot, then cursing under his breath as he stumbled into the hallway table and stubbed his toe.
"Yeah right Dad…" Steven stuttered and Blake could hear the barely contained amusement in his son's voice as Blake hopped on one foot reaching down to rub his other throbbing foot.
"You go get right on that then Dad just watch out for the rest of the furniture it might kick back." Steven added laughter bubbling out first from him then like a tidal wave it spread, Fallon and then lastly Alexis's all united for the first time laughing at his expense.
So it may have been cold and dark but Blake felt something far warmer burn inside him than any fire…hope…this weekend was already looking up…Now if he could just find the matches….
Of course in the end matches had been the least of his worries. The furnace had refused to cooperate despite Blake's initial pleading which rapidly descended into threats to have it ripped out and replaced unless the damn thing lit. The lack of light from anything other than a candle and his own shaking cold hands really hadn't helped matters so faced with cold complaining children Blake had resorted to Plan B…lighting the fireplaces.
The Carrington cabin had one central chimney from which there were two fireplaces, one that dominated the open plan living room and another in the master bedroom, which was located directly above. Fortunately both fireplaces were already decoratively laid with logs which despite the thick layer of dust on them were still dry and didn't take much coaxing to light…well not when given a little flammable assistance.
Of course those decorative logs wouldn't keep the fire's going all night and so it was back out into the cold for Blake as he trudged out into night searching for more. There were a few damp offerings stacked out under the sloping eaves of the cabin, and yet more unsplit logs in the carport. Not that Blake had any desire or intention to stand out in the cold with an axe but he was sure even the larger pieces would catch eventually when added to the fire…and right now Blake would take whatever he could get.
Heading back inside Blake stamped his boots on the mat shaking off the snow as he shuddered inside his coat, before carrying his precious load towards the lounge fireplace. Squatting down Blake added several of the smaller logs to the fire before deciding to risk adding one of the larger, the sooner that one got to burning the better.
"Oh thank goodness." Alexis's voice drifted down from the stairwell and Blake glanced up to see her making her way down, the flickering fire at least giving the cold room a warming glow.
Satisfied with his handiwork at least for the present Blake watched as Alexis made her way carefully down the spiral staircase, still wearing her fur and her heeled boots Alexis was trying to balance an armful of blankets.
Moving to help her Blake relieved her of her heavy burden and moved to place the cold blankets down by the fire to warm, before noticing that Alexis had returned alone. "Where are the children?"
"Well I thought it best if they tried to get some sleep. I've got them cocooned up in their thermal wear; several fleece blankets and the duvets from their rooms. Even so it's far too cold for them to stay up in their usual rooms so I've put them camping out in front of the fire upstairs. Steven was ready to drop off when I left them and Fallon was complaining about doing as she was told as usual…so that leave's us down here."
Nodding Blake could see the sense in her plan…and in other circumstances Blake could see the romance in snuggling together in front of a roaring fire. "Good idea I'll just go add to their fire and make sure it will last the night and I'll have a word with Fallon about cooperating."
"My hero." Alexis drawled tugging her fur closer as she rubbed her hands together as she moved to toast near the fire whilst Blake collected the wood he would need for the other fire.
It was a good few minutes later that Blake was able to trek back down the stairs…Fallon's muttered complaints still ringing in his ears despite a few pointed comments of his own that her attitude was not helping an already difficult situation and that things would look much better in the morning.
Clearly the scowl on his face was telling as Blake turned when he heard Alexis chuckle. She was tucked up as close as it was possible to be to their own fire without actually sitting on it, a blanket wrapped around her shoulders on top of her fur…yet it was the open bottle of red warming by the fire that really surprised him.
Moving closer Blake picked up his own warming blanket and joined Alexis on the rug holding his chilled sore hands towards the fire to thaw when the label on the bottle Alexis selected caught his eye. "That really isn't the way to treat that good a burgundy you know."
"Sue me!" Alexis spat back playfully reached for the warmed bottle and retrieving one of the wine glasses she had stumbled across in her forage through the kitchen. "It's the only thing consumable in that entire kitchen…even the canned food is out of date."
"A fact I will attend to in the morning…I'll head down and wake up old man Montague in the morning and get him to sort out that damn furnace, then swing by the store and have them send up a care package." Blake added gratefully accepting the wine Alexis passed him and taking a deep sip of the thousand-dollar bottle of wine.
"Oh that is the good stuff." Blake grunted as the wine slipped down his throat before turning to his companion who was staring down into the depths of her glass a thoughtful expression on her face. For a moment Blake could study her at his leisure Alexis seemed lost in her own thoughts, the flickering light from the face cast her face in interesting shadows but it was the tip of her nose which was an adorable pink colour compared to the rest of her porcelain skin that really caught Blake's attention.
"You're staring Blake." Alexis intoned without even lifting her gaze from her glass even when she took her own sip.
"I am, that is allowed isn't it?" Blake retorted before adding smoothly. "You're quite nice to look at after all."
Snorting Alexis half smiled before shaking her head causing loose curls to bounce a little. "Well considering the lack of scenery…"
"Even so I'd still be looking at you…there really is no one in the world to match you Alexis, you only seen to grow more and more beautiful."
That caused Alexis to lift her gaze; her normally emerald eyes appeared like dark pools in the dim light as they now bored into Blake's own. "Do you really mean that Blake?"
Holding Alexis's gaze Blake couldn't deny the pull towards her nor did he want to. Leaning forward he watched for any sign that his intentions wouldn't be welcomed yet Alexis seemed as equally drawn to him as Blake was to her.
Gravitating naturally together they came together as easily and naturally as breathing….Alexis tilting her chin up and Blake dipping his slightly until their lips brushed together and Blake whispered hotly and needily. "Yes."
Then Alexis was opening her mouth under his and Blake was eagerly accepting her invitation, their tongues dancing and duelling as a hunger that had nothing to do with food grew in his belly. Breaking the kiss both panted for breath as Blake placed his wine glass back on the fire surround and plucked Alexis's from her hand and placed it down next to his own.
Hands now free grasped at the other desperately pulling the other as close as they could whilst their mouths met once more, crushingly close…yet with the many layers of blanket and coats it wasn't enough…Blake wanted…no needed to touch her…to see if her skin really was as a soft as he remembered or whether that was just a fevered figment of his memory playing tricks on him.
Clearly it was a compulsion for Alexis as well as Blake could feel her delicate little hands fumbling with the zip on his jacket, before sliding up under his jumper and up over his chest mapping and caressing down the planes of his back…her fingernails grazing through his shirt and across the muscles in his shoulders.
Her blouse was silky under his grasping hands and Blake felt Alexis shiver as his cooler hands moved up to cup her breasts her nipples obviously hardening against his palms even through her clothing.
"Blake…" Alexis's groan sent a flash of heat through Blake's body and his groin tightened reflexively.
Dropping one hand to cup and cradle Alexis's pert backside Blake was pulling her closer, lifting her to straddle him… a move that Alexis willing assisted with as she swung her thigh over his, her skirt bunching up as she moved to rub her hips rhythmically against the growing bulge in Blake's trousers.
Now the slope of Alexis's neck was perfectly aligned with Blake's lips and he explored it eagerly, lips, tongue and teeth mapped the curve of her jaw and then down the smooth slope to suck on her collarbone as Alexis's fingers threaded in his hair and tugged.
Lower fumbling with buttons, nosing silk and lace out of the way Blake's lips closed over his prize and Alexis's answering gasp followed by a groan as he suckled hungrily and she bucked against him was all Blake needed to push him over the edge…plans to wait and take this relationship slow burnt to a crisp in the heat of their lust for one another.
The hand that had been innocently groping her backside now slipped down and tugged at her skirt, forcing it up as he reached underneath…soft warm silky skin that goosepimpled at his cold fingers…stocking tops that knowledge made Blake harden further…then more silk that already felt more than a little damp to his questing fingers.
Hooking round the edge of the thin strip of silk Blake's fingers seemed to burn from the abrupt change in temperature and Alexis shivered in his arms as two fingers sought out of the source of that heat, probing deep inside her. Now it was Blake's turn to groan as Alexis rocked against his fingers, riding his hand and clenching tightly around them…and Blake could only imagine just how good she would feel wrapped around another part of him.
But first there were still several layers of clothing preventing that oh so pleasurable conclusion.
"Alexis…" Blake muttered her name reverently against her skin pressing a kiss to the sliver of skin between her breasts visible through her half opened blouse as Alexis paused in pleasuring herself on his fingers to at least open her eyes and gaze down at him, her emerald eyes dark this time with desire.
"hmmmm?"
"Help me…trousers…" Blake grunted, relieved when Alexis still understood him, her quick hands unfastening his trousers with ease and skill before she shimmied out of her own underwear.
Reluctant to leave Alexis's welcoming heat Blake quickly wrapped the fingers that had pleasured her around himself, a few strokes and he was ready and slick from her. His hand moving to grip her hip as Alexis helped him the last few inches…It was like sinking into a blistering hot bath after a hard days labour in the cold and Blake couldn't contain his own loud groan of tortured pleasure.
For a moment Blake merely pulled her close, relishing every fraction closer and deeper, or the way Alexis seemed to grip him as she snuggled into him for warmth. Tugging her fur back up her arms Blake made sure it was safely about her shoulders before he unfastened the last of her blouse buttons and reached around to unfasten her bra…he had always enjoyed seeing her breast bounce about as they made love it had always made him thrust harder…yet when the damn clasp remained elusive Blake cursed.
"It's at the front." Alexis supplied knowingly watching closely as Blake smiled approvingly and slid his hands over her breasts before unfastening the jewelled clip.
"How very convenient." Blake teased. "Is all your underwear so accommodating or was today a special occasion?"
"That would be telling you'll have to wait and find out for yourself." Alexis muttered pressing her lips to Blake's jaw as she rolled her hips impatiently. "Now weren't we in the middle of something? Or shall we continue talking about…"
Blake's demanding kiss cut Alexis's rant off and Blake could feel her smile against his lips as he gave an answering thrust inside her.
It didn't take them long to fall back into well established rhythms…Alexis rocking and arching against Blake as he thrust up inside her, his strong hands on her hips as he lifted her away and pulled her close with increasing vigour.
Yet as pleasant as it was lean back and watch Alexis's breasts bounce with their increasingly hurried movements Blake wanted….needed more.
Reaching up Blake threaded his hand in Alexis's curls bringing her mouth down to meet his own, his tongue mimicking his lower movements as he held Alexis to him and rolled them over. Now on top Blake had far greater leverage and freedom of movement…something Alexis also appreciated judging by the little breathy grunts from the back of her throat as Blake hooked his hand behind her knee and pulled her leg higher to wrap around his waist.
Thrusts became wilder…some deep…some shallow and fast…and Blake could feel Alexis unravelling underneath him…her body bucking against him as her nerve endings sparked and Blake felt her fingernails dig into his back so deeply they must have left marks…Not that Blake cared…at that very moment his whole world extended only as far as the twitching shuddering woman beneath him, whose hot willing body he was about to loose himself into.
Feeling Alexis clench and tighten, her body tense as she arched and exploded calling his name Blake let himself fly with her, managing a few more off tempo thrusts as he exploded into molten heat and collapsed against her…Alexis's breast a more than welcome resting place.
He was warm and sated…and never ever wanted to leave this perfection…here the stress of the world couldn't reach him and Blake's eyes drifted closed…
It was only the feeling of Alexis's fingers stroking through his hair that roused Blake and he cracked an eye open to gaze up into Alexis's amused face.
"Hi."
"Hi yourself" Blake muttered before nuzzling into her breast and sighing in contentment as he buried his face into her soft skin causing Alexis to chuckle as his breath tickled sensitive skin.
"Don't you go falling asleep on me you're far too heavy darling." Alexis replied as Blake propped his chin up on her breast and smiled sleepily at her.
"Yes Ma'am…" Blake responded reluctantly rolling to the side, yet as Alexis came with him pulling their abandoned blankets back over them as they snuggled up together in front of the fire, Blake couldn't find the will to complain.
When Alexis retrieved her abandoned glass of burgundy and propped herself on one arm to sip at it Blake found the sight of her throat swallowing mesmerising, as was the way the firelight caught the crystal of the wineglass causing dapples of light to dance across Alexis's skin.
"Well that was a surprise." Blake could hear the amusement in Alexis's voice as she settled down on his chest offering him a sip of her wine that Blake more than gratefully accepted.
"A pleasant surprise I hope?"
"Oh yes…very pleasurable…" And the way Alexis drawled the word sent a surprising shiver through Blake…a moment ago all he wanted was to fall asleep and yet now he felt part of him tense and stir, like Lazarus rising from the dead. God what this woman could do to him.
"Well well well Mr Carrington what do we have here?" Alexis teased sipping seductively on her wine as her other hand slipped down under the covers and began to stroke him.
"Alexis…" Blake began warningly. "It's late…We have to be up early."
"Tell that to Blake Jnr." Alexis teased echoing him as her strokes became firmer and Blake grew like a willing pupil under her tutelage.
"I think we both know the only person he ever listens to is you." Blake grunted as he felt Alexis squeeze him.
"How nice…perhaps I should have a word or two then?" Alexis drawled winking at a stunned Blake, pushing her wine glass into his hand, before disappearing under the blankets…As he felt Alexis's lips on him Blake could only lie back, one particular thought echoing in his mind…coming here for the weekend hadn't been a good idea…it had been a great idea!
