"Tara? Tara...Tara, baby, you need to wake up."
Tara mumbled something in her sleep and moved to cuddle closer into Willow's body, but the redhead persisted.
"Tara, I need you to wake up. Please."
Willow started shaking her wife's shoulder and Tara's eyes flew open, her hand going to hold the smaller girl's waist protectively.
"Willow...Willow, what's wrong? What do you need?"
"You."
Tara let out a sharp gasp as two fingers entered her suddenly and her hands went to clutch Willow's shoulders, a string of moans leaving her mouth.
"Oh god...Oh god, Willow..."
Willow used her spare hand to grab the blonde's hip and lifted Tara's leg over her own hip, so she'd have more room to move, letting out a soft sigh as the side of Tara's knee dug into the flesh of her ass and pushed their hips closer together.
"Sorry I fell asleep," she said as she thrust her fingers in and out of her lover. She woken up herself only minutes before, a deep feeling of warmth still radiating through her from Tara's efforts earlier in the night and a strong need to give back and make love to the beautiful blonde that had been lying alongside her, "You wore me out."
"Not...a...problem," Tara panted as she drove her hips forward, the fingers inside her reaching deeper at each thrust.
Willow bit her lip as she felt the blonde move her hips against her hand at an animal pace and got a sudden urge for more. She slowed the pace of her hand and felt Tara clutch her shoulders more desperately, crying out.
"Oh god, no, Willow, please, please don't..." Tara trailed off as a sudden thought occured to her and she tried to focus her lust-driven mind, "Is this...is this hurting you?"
"No, baby," Willow shook her head, grabbing the blanket over them and throwing it off them, then turned, careful to keep her fingers inside her wife to turn on the lamp on her nightstand before facing Tara again, "I just wanna see you."
Willow felt her breath coming in shallow gasps as she looked down Tara's naked body then back into her eyes.
"God, you're so beautiful."
She didn't wait for an answer as she grabbed the back of the blonde's neck and crushed their lips together as her fingers resumed their motions, thrusting deeply. Tara moaned loudly into the kiss and moved one hand up to cup the back of Willow's head as well, opening her mouth to welcome the redhead's tongue in for exploration as her hips started grinding into her hand again.
Willow hungrily devoured Tara in the kiss, wanting nothing more than to consume the blonde completely and slipped a third finger inside her writing lover. Tara groaned, her hips moving frantically as she desperately sought the release her body was aching for. Willow felt the desperation and brought her thumb up, applying just the right amount of pressure that Tara liked to her wife's clit.
It had the desired effect as the blonde bit down on the smaller girl's bottom lip for just a moment before throwing her head back, her eyes shut tight.
"Will...ow!"
Willow's eyes widened at the sheer volume of Tara's scream as she felt her come against her hand, tight spasms clutching her fingers and a gush of juices running down her palm and wrist.
Tara let her mouth hang open as she felt pleasure course through her, her hips stilling gradually until she moved her head back to look at the redhead, blinking rapidly as the stars continued to shine in front of her eyes.
"Jeez, Tara," Willow said, grinning from ear-to-ear, "We're lucky we have a detached house."
"Was I loud?" Tara asked breathlessly, feeling her hair sticking to her brow with sweat.
"Just a little," Willow giggled, scrunching up her nose, "It was hot."
Tara closed her eyes as she slowly regained control of her senses, taking deep breaths.
"You were hot. That was incredible, Willow. Waking up...and then...you were...just...incredible."
Willow smiled and cuddled in closer to the blonde.
"I fell asleep with you inside me earlier," she whispered to Tara, who still had her eyes closed, "I never felt more complete. Can I stay inside you for a bit?"
"I'd kill you if you didn't," Tara murmured before taking a deep breath and lazily opening her eyes, "Don't know how I got so lucky that I get to see that beautiful face every day."
Willow looked behind her before back at Tara with a grin.
"What're you talking about, there's no mirror there."
Tara laughed quietly before cupping the back of Willow's neck and bringing their faces together.
"I meant you, goof."
Willow just closed the gap between them and let their lips meet tenderly for a few moments until Tara pulled back and bit her lip.
"Are you okay for me to...?"
She glanced downwards to indicate what she meant before looking back up to meet the redhead's gaze.
"Does that mean I have to leave you?" Willow asked with a small pout.
"Yea," Tara responded in a low tone, giving her wife a sensual half-smile, "But only so I can put my tongue inside you."
Willow's breath hitched and she gently but quickly extracted her fingers, rolling onto her back and spreading her legs. Tara moved her body so she was hovering over the redhead and smirked.
"Someone's eager."
"Uh huh," Willow nodded, "Very."
Tara shuffled down slightly and dropped her to Willow's breasts, kissing around them in circles before taking a nipple in her mouth and sucking on it gently until it was a taut peak, then switched and gave the same attention to the other side.
"Mmhh, Tara..."
Willow held onto the sides of Tara's head as she started licking around her breasts, her teeth occasionally scraping lightly against her nipples, making her gasp in delight until she couldn't take the teasing any longer and started pushing on the blonde's shoulders.
"Baby, please. I need you. I need you so bad."
Tara started to move her lips downwards, looking upwards to meet the redhead's gaze. Willow gulped as she locked eyes with the blonde, the feral look radiating from her shining orbs making her squirm as she felt a fresh surge of arousal flood her.
She watched as Tara, never breaking their eye connection, settled between her thighs and brought her mouth just an inch away from the redhead's throbbing core, before extending her tongue and licking her length in one long, languid stroke.
"Ohhhhh..."
Willow groaned as she felt the first touch of her wife's tongue on her, the added visual of watching Tara start to perform the intimate act on her only heightening her pleasure. She continued to stare and Tara continued to stare back until the blonde took her lover's pulsating clit in her mouth and sucked, making Willow throw her head back against the pillows and arch her body off the bed.
"Taa-raa..."
Willow moaned loudly as her hands went to hold the taller girl's head again, her hips shamelessly driving themselves into Tara's face as the blonde started flicking her tongue over the other girl's hard nub.
"God, Tara...don't stop, baby..."
Tara closed her eyes as she savoured the taste of her wife on her lips, moving her hands underneath the redhead's body to cup her butt cheeks, giving her a bit more leverage in her actions.
"Tara...you know what I want..."
Tara grinned into the smaller girl's core before giving a final suck and moving her tongue down and lapping at her entrance. Willow unceremoniously pushed the blonde's head further into her and grunted, indicating she was in no mood for this kind of teasing either.
"Don't make me beg..."
Willow was about to ignore her own plea and start to beg, not caring how desperate she sounded when she felt Tara urge her tongue inside her – only an inch, the wriggling muscle circling her inner walls for a moment before she pushed it the rest of the way in and curled it upwards.
"Ugh...mmhh...yes...that's...yes..."
Tara moved her hands away from Willow's ass and wrapped her arms around her thighs, pushing her tongue as deep as possible into her lover and dragging it along her front wall so she hit against her sweet spot at each thrust.
"Ohhhh...oh goddd..."
Willow stroked Tara's hair as she bucked into her, moaning loudly and with abandon as she quickly felt herself reaching her peak. She relaxed herself into the mattress as the first waves of pleasure started to wash over, small tingles beginning in the base of her spine and slowly shooting out throughout her entire body until she felt her insides explode completely, sharply and suddenly, making her shoot upwards into a sitting position on the bed, her arms wrapped around the blonde's head.
"Tara!"
Tara moaned almost silently to herself when she felt a gush of juices fall into her mouth and greedily drank until she was satisfied Willow had no more left to give.
She tried to lift her head but found the redhead still had a death hold around her and was unable to move. Her attempts at speaking went completely in vain as her words were entirely muffled.
She considered just waiting it out until Willow let go of her since she was really quite happy being in the position she was in but her arms were beginning to ache so she turned her head to the side as best she could and licked the smaller girl's thigh.
"Hey, that tickles," Willow giggled as the lick brought her back to her senses before she looked down and saw what she was doing, "Oh. Sorry baby."
Tara raised her head as Willow moved her arms away and pushed the redhead back into a lying position, slinking up her body, placing small kisses everywhere.
"Don't be," she smirked when they were face to face, "I love being down there."
"Mmhh, I forgot how good that felt," Willow replied lethargically, stretching her body out beneath the blonde, "Thanks for reminding me."
"Anytime," Tara murmured before letting their lips meet in a tender kiss.
They kissed quietly for a few minutes before the taller girl pulled back and settled herself beside her wife.
"Don't you go getting comfy," Willow said with a lazy smile, "My turn in a sec."
"I'd love that," Tara whispered, caressing the skin on the redhead's shoulder with her lips, "We don't wanna do too much too quickly though. Why don't we take a little nap and if we wake up we can see what happens?"
"But..." Willow started with a small pout, "But I wanna!"
Tara chuckled at the child-like behaviour and started tracing circles on her wife's stomach.
"We can spend the rest of the weekend reconnecting properly, sweetheart. But if we overdo it and then we have to take another break from...activities...well, I don't think either of us wants that now do we?"
"No," Willow agreed with a sigh, "That's true. We've had way too many forced lovin'-breaks in our relationship. First Paris, then Quantico, then this. I don't wanna go through another one."
Tara looked up to meet her wife's gaze with a loving smile.
"What about when we have babies?"
"Well..." Willow grinned from ear-to-ear, "That'll be worth it."
"You bet it will," Tara murmured before a shiver went through her, "Where did you throw the blanket?"
"Oh, it's right here..."
Willow reached down the side of the bed with one hand and threw the blanket over them, both girls smoothing over themselves.
"I love you with all my heart," Willow said suddenly, placing a warm, lingering kiss on top of Tara's head.
"I love you, too," Tara replied quietly as they settled into a comfortable cuddling position.
Willow sighed contentedly as she softly stroked Tara's arm, delighting in the feel of the soft skin beneath her touch.
Life is getting back to normal.
Tara watched the gentle rise and fall of her wife's chest as she slept, something she'd gotten into the habit of doing in the weeks since they'd returned from the hospital, with an even greater sense of appreciation of how important the simple action was.
Without even realising she was doing it, her finger moved up and started tracing the pattern of the scar where the bullet had pierced her chest, feeling the familiar tightening in her own heart at just how close she'd come to losing the woman that gave her life meaning.
She knew Willow didn't want to dwell on what had happened, and agreed with her wife's thoughts. She wanted them to move on and live their lives and just be so happy that they had each other. And for the first time in a while, she felt like they really were starting to do just that.
Willow would be returning back to the workforce hopefully very soon, she was able to perform practically every little task that she'd struggled with initially after returning home and the night before they had gotten to be with one another completely and fully again, becoming the one person physically they always felt they were emotionally.
"Promise me you don't think it's ugly?"
Tara looked up, surprised to hear her wife's voice, realising she must have accidentally woken her with her ministrations. She moved her fingers up and lightly ran them along the redhead's cheek before lowering her head and kissing her soundly.
She pulled back after a moment, just an inch, and kept her tone low as she breathed her words onto Willow's lips.
"I promise you, I always have and I always will, think every inch of you, inside and out, is the most beautiful thing to ever grace this universe."
Willow took a deep breath as she accepted the reassurance before giving a joking smile.
"I don't know about that, have you ever seen pictures of the solar system up close? They're pretty astounding."
Tara just placed another gentle kiss on her wife's lips.
"You're pretty. And astounding," she said before glancing down the smaller girl's body, "How're you feeling?"
"Like I'm me again," Willow replied softly with a warm smile, "You made me, me again."
Tara looked down with amused quizzicality.
"You're always you."
Willow shook her head.
"No. I only feel like me when I'm a part of you. And...well, last night...I just really needed to completely be a part of you. So I could be me. Which I was," she said definitively before frowning, "That was very wordy and confusing, even for me."
Tara gave an affectionate chuckle.
"I understood."
Willow moved her hand up and ran it down her wife's arm for a moment.
"Would you maybe be up for some, um...mutual reconnecting?"
Tara lips quirked up on one side into a half-smile and threw her leg over Willow's waist and she moved her body so she had a knee either side of her wife's hips and was hovering directly above her, a palm flat against the mattress above each of the smaller girl's shoulders.
"Still nice and gentle, okay?"
Willow nodded and moved her hands to cup her wife's breasts.
"As long as I can 'gently' play with the ladies."
Tara's eyes fluttered closed in pleasure as Willow's fingers began working to turn her nipples into rock hard peaks. Soft moans escaped her lips as her hips instinctively began rocking forwards and she threw her head back when the redhead sharply pinched both of her taut nubs between her thumb and forefinger.
The jolt of pleasure that went through her made every nerve in her body jump at once and she quickly found that she'd dropped her head again and was sucking on the tender flesh of her lover's breast.
Willow's hands moved to cup and fondle her wife's ass cheeks as Tara's tongue ran along the pebbling flesh around her nipple, teasing her before she groaned loudly as teeth scraped along her tightening bud, then bit down firmly, but with a tender suck to follow that sent a puddle of desire to Willow's core.
"Tara..." she gasped out throatily, "Please take me."
Tara circled her tongue around the smaller girl's nipple, slowly moving outwards onto the flesh of her breast before kissing up her collarbone and up her throat before kissing her with an unreserved passion.
Willow moaned into the kiss and opened her mouth wide, trying to entice Tara's tongue in by flicking her own tongue against the tip of the blonde's. Tara quickly took the invitation and slid her tongue into her wife's mouth, exploring everywhere, tasting all of her.
Their hips began to grind into each other and Tara could feel Willow squirming beneath her to try and get some kind of contact with her needy flesh.
Feeling in a similar state of need, she felt around for her wife's hand and entwined their fingers, propelling their conjoined digits between their bodies where both sets got to work straight away, gliding between slick lips and teasing for just moments before they both became overcome and entered each other.
"Yes..." Tara grunted, shutting her eyes tight as she moved back against her wife's fingers, "Mmhh, yes..."
Willow moaned in response and strained her neck back against the pillow, focusing only on the movement of fingers. Of hers and Tara's. Of the fluid motions and wet sounds and tight, wet heat that was making her swiftly spiral into oblivion.
Soft grunts and groans filled the room for the next several movements until Willow felt a hand cup her cheek and opened her eyes, knowing that was Tara telling her she was close and wanted them to be looking at each other as they crashed.
"So beautiful," she whispered quietly as she saw the blonde's eyes begin to glaze over.
Willow felt contractions around her fingers instantly and let her own body release in response, the physical effects of their love pouring out of each of them as the emotions passed between them as green depths stared into blue in silence.
When their bodies eventually calmed, Tara ran her thumb along the skin under her wife's eye before placing a tender kiss against her lips, lasting only a few moments but full of all the love she possessed.
"You make me feel..."
She trailed off softly and moved her head down so it was resting on her wife's chest, her ear placed strategically over the redhead's heart, the gentle, rhythmic beating filling her with love.
She listened quietly for a moment before finishing her sentence in a whisper.
"Alive."