Hey everyone! Just a heads up the M rating for this one is serious. Theres some sexy fun coming up so if you don't want to see that might want to skip a chapter! (Oh what am I saying...?)
She was soon able to dispense with the cloak unless they were travelling through a village and before long they were nearing the banks of the Anduin. A large riverside village sat beside the Anduin and the ferry, which was the only way across the river was shored up on the far side. "It runs once a day." The Innkeeper said jovially. "You're too late by more than half a day for the crossing but it'll be back noonday tomorrow."
Thunder crashed overhead and the innkeeper ducked his head and gave a nervous chuckle. "Unless the storm swells the river of course. I'm afraid I've not much room right now. I've one room that you can both share if that's not too much trouble."
Legolas considered it and the innkeeper hastened to sweeten the deal. "I can let you have it for two thirds the usual rate for the inconvenience."
Legolas nodded and paid him. "Please see to the horses."
A maid led the way up the stairs goggling at Legolas and Adessa, she'd seen elves, this close to the Anduin you saw a handful a few times a year but it was always a sight to see. She ushered them into the room and Legolas gave her a silver penny before she left. He set the saddlebags down and looked around the small room. "Two thirds the usual rate... " He said skeptically.
With a soft laugh that sounded like chimes, Adessa rested a hand on his arm and looked around the room after she closed the door behind them. The room itself was a simple affair and furnished as needed. A bed sat at the far corner, a wash stand with a bowl and pitcher for water stood a pace or so away from the bed, a woven reed curtain that was sure to have a tub and water buckets behind it. Upon further inspection of the bathing area behind the reed screen, Adessa found there was a towel and she'd have to ask the maid when she came back for another towel and washing cloth. There was also a small dresser for them to put their things in if they were staying longer, but she knew they wouldn't need it.
"Look at it this way, we're not going to be uncomfortable and there is a bed so all of the needs have been met." Adessa said, nodding at their room. "It's not the royal treatment like we acquired in Rivendell, but it's not the slums either. I say we got lucky."
She put her saddlebags down by the dresser and pulled the cloak closer around her shoulders. "All we need now is an extra towel and cloth and we will be alright... I'll be right back with those."
Legolas nodded absently and sat down on the chair tiredly. When she closed the door behind her she saw him pulling out a writing case and setting ink and paper on the table. She could hear music and laughter from the common room only a little muted by the rain that drummed on the roof. Being careful to keep her cloak about her shoulders, but also walking with her shoulders squared and her stride at a set pace, Adessa made sure that she didn't appear to be timid and weak. She didn't have to search long and found a server coming out of the common room with a food tray and stopped him very briefly. Exchanging a few quick words with him, she requested politely that a tray of fruit, bread and cheese be brought to her's and Legolas's room along with a fresh pot of tea and the fixings. The server bowed politely to her and moved off to finish his task before fulfilling her request with the help of another server. She found the Innkeeper at the door and asked for an extra towel and cloth, which he retrieved for her and handed to her.
"Thank you very much, good evening." She replied, giving him a respectable nod and turning on her hell to head back up the stairs.
She returned to their room and shut the door behind her, giving Legolas a smile as she passed him and placed the towel on the spare stool behind the screen. Adessa went to her saddlebags and pulled some spare night clothes from them and undergarments, tucking them neatly together before vanishing behind the screen and lighting a few candles on the shelf there to give her some light. After making sure she was hidden from view, not that she thought Legolas would be so bold as to peek, Adessa undressed and slipped into the tub, bringing the clean water and soap with her.
"Oh, I asked for some food and tea to be brought up, they should be here in a few minutes." She called out from behind the screen, her silhouette outlining her form with the help of the candle light.
As if to punctuate her words a knock on the door announced the servant with the food. Legolas set it on the table and went back to his writing. A clap of thunder made the window panes rattle and the rain beat at the windows so hard it sounded like gravel sliding down the glass. "Somehow I think we'll be here a few days." Legolas said with a sigh.
Listening to the rain clatter on the roof and on the window panes, Adessa nodded from behind the reed screen and gave a soft sigh, wondering if the weather around this part of Middle Earth was usually like this. She didn't dwell on it long and finished washing her body, being careful to get all of her body. She paused her washing to gaze down at her wrists and ankles where her corded bonds had held her firm. Wings drooping a bit, she gave herself a little shake to snap her out of her thoughts and turned to leave the tub for her towel and clothes. She finished drying and hung the towel up to dry before pulling on her undergarments and straightening her nightgown over her head.
"I'll take care of the old water before you bathe, but the bath is ready for you unless you want to eat first." She said quietly, tucking her clothes into her saddlebag.
He packed away his writing case and started setting out the food. "I'll eat first." He replied and motioned for her to sit across from him.
When they'd finished the meal he ran a fresh bath for himself and disappeared behind the screen to bathe. She'd settled into the chair to read when someone knocked on the door. Cautiously, Adessa rose from her chair and pulled on her cloak before placing her hands on the door and speaking loudly, not unlocking it and speaking clearly from her side of the thick wood. "Who is it?" She asked clearly. 'I'm not opening this door without knowing who could be on the other side.' There wasn't going to be any unnecessary safety measures on her end this time.
"Just the Innkeeper Mistress." The hearty voice of the innkeeper replied through the door.
Looking back at Legolas to see him safe behind the reed screen, Adessa pulled back on the deadbolt and pulled the door open just wide enough to put herself between him and their room. "Good evening again sir, what may I do for you?" She asked politely, giving him a small smile.
He gave her a kind smile. "I just wanted to let you and the Master know that there will be no ferry on the morrow, The river has swollen too much for it to be safe and the rain does not appear to be slowing."
Adessa nodded, asked to bee informed the next day it would run, and thanked him, letting him know that she'd tell her companion and shut the door behind her. Locking it up again, Adessa sighed and turned to the window with a shake of her head. Plumping up the pillows on the bed, Adessa lounged on top of the covers and began reading one of the books Arwen packed for her, being eternally grateful that she had.
When Legolas came out dressed in loose trousers and a shirt that hung open he was rubbing his hair dry with a towel. "I believe there is a shop in this town that has books if you run through those while we're here."
"Hopefully I won't need to, but you never know. I'm so fascinated with learning about everything that I just might need some new reading material." She said, looking up at him, noting his sleek chest and feeling the heat return to her cheeks before looking back down at her book and trying to concentrate on the words again. "I have to keep in mind that if we buy or trade anything then we have to bring it with us and if speed with what we need, I don't wish to burden the horses with anymore weight."
With a quiet cough, she took a breath and let it out, letting her blush leave her cheeks too. 'Gah, why does he affect me so?!' She asked herself, pushing some hair out of her face. 'No one has ever affected me like this before.'
He draped the towel on a rack before the fire and rummaged through her bag until he found a book before sitting down before the fire stretching out his long legs. "Arwen has interesting taste in reading material." He commented. "She's included a book of childrens stories."
He opened the book and settled in to read while the rain pounded on the roof. She found herself fascinated by him as he read and got very little reading of her own done. After an hour or so he started to nod off, they'd been riding hard the last few days. With a yawn he closed the book and pulled out his bedroll making a pallet on the floor before the fire. It didn't take long before she drifted off as well.
The rain had not abated by the following morning and a maid brought up a simple breakfast for them. After a while Legolas brought out a folded leather cloth with lines painted in a crosshatch and two small bags of stones and taught her to play the game. It was a quiet morning but after a time they found themselves sitting by the fire reading again. She dozed off leaning against him and woke with his arms curled around her as they lay on his pallet by the fire. He was running his finger through her hair while she dozed and she was aware of the shirt that was only half laced covering his chest. Adessa mumbled quietly in her sleep and rolled closer to the warmth of his body, nearly pressing herself against him, her face almost vanishing in his half laced shirt and the pillow upon which her head was laying on. She sighed contently, hand resting on his chest and his natural scent filling her nose. This was safety to her, completely safe and the perfect place she wanted to be in. The stroking of her hair continued and she made no move to stop it, loving how smoothly his fingers brushed over her head, passing over her pointed ear, and savored every minute of it.
"I could let you do that for hours." She said after a time, slowly opening her hazel eyes and turning slightly to look at him.
He looked down at her with pale blue eyes that seemed to know things about her that she didn't rightly know about herself. He ran a finger over the point of her ear which sent thrills of sensation through her. When he did it again she felt something curl low in her belly and her breath caught. His smile grew a little and he rolled her onto her back holding himself on his elbows above her as his hair hung down to create a pale golden curtain. His hands to either side of her face cupped her cheeks gently as he leaned down pressing the softest of kisses to her lips and she just about came unglued. She could feel the strength it took to hold himself above her but he did it effortlessly lowering himself just a fraction so he could kiss her more firmly. Adessa's heart melted completely while they kissed. His lips were petal soft, better than she had imagined, and smooth, there was no effort on his part to make their kiss unforgettable and she relished it. Legolas was strong but his touch was so gentle, as if he was handling a newborn babe for the first time. She could feel the heat in her cheeks rising again when images from the dreams she had had of him flew past her closed eyes, but they melted away. He was here with her now, she didn't need them anymore because she was living them. Adessa cupped his cheek and drew him deeper into their kiss, adding passion and leaning up a little more to meet him. Warmth radiated from both their bodies and Adesa could feel just how lean and muscular Legolas really was. He was sculpted throughout his chest, arms perfectly riddled with strands of muscle and a strong back. She loved it, everything about him. His hair continued to tickle her face and she drew back for air and ran her fingers through his pale blonde and golden hair.
"Why do you tease me?" She asked breathlessly, trailing her fingers through his hair till they touched his ear. "That wasn't nice Legolas."
She had to give him a smirk, letting him know that her feeling weren't really hurt and kissed him again, leaving a butterfly kiss on his smooth lips. He smiled and leaned a little more of his body against her showing her that it was as teasing to him as well as to her. "I can show you 'not nice' Adessa. The thoughts you've been stirring in my mind awake and asleep have been full of things that would not be considered nice." His lips found her neck as he slowly lowered himself to press from chest to groin against her and she could feel the heat of those 'not nice' thoughts pressing against her through the thin material of her nightgown.
Weeks of distance, of behaving like a lady, of not giving into the temptation to touch him ran through her in a single shuddering line along with the thought that she'd never hesitated to go after what she wanted before, why was she hesitating now? She wasn't sure where that thought came from but she agreed with the little voice in her head that told her to just go for it.
Without so much as a second thought to why, Adessa's body seemed to act on it's own and conformed to push out any bit of free space between them so she could feel the rest of him against her. He was so warm and that heat transferred to her, fueling her own rising flames. She shuddered against his kisses, her toes curling and fingers digging into the pallet beneath her. His breath was warm on her skin and tickled her with the sharp contrast to the warm fire before them and the cooling aftermath of his breath. Running her hand through his hair, Adessa brought him back up her her awaiting lips and kissed him hungrily, her hand resting firmly on his arm to keep him from wandering away from her.
"What are these thoughts that you say you have of me...?" She asked, breathing rapidly and stroking his cheek with her thumb. "Tell me Legolas... tell me everything that you desire."
She went for his throat, brushing her lips tenderly over his flesh and leaving more butterfly kisses wherever she could reach bare skin. His shoulder and collarbone were her next targets and these she gently nibbled on before kissing him again. He groaned and ran one hand up her side his fingers stroking against the side of her breast before his hand cupped her breast and his thumb teased the nipple. "You." He said hoarsely. "I desire you, under me wet and needy. I want you so bad I ache. You have been haunting my dreams, the sight of you flying in the moonlight in naught but your skin. I know I shouldn't but I cannot resist the pull of your skin to mine." He kissed her fiercely while his hand roamed her body.
A deepening blush appeared on Adessa's cheeks as Legolas's hands expertly massaged her sensitive skin and her breathing came in quick bursts so she wouldn't cry out, not that there was much of a chance to do that before his lips locked with her's in an overwhelming passion. She could already feel herself aching for him, her need growing with every kiss they shared. Clasping at the hem of his night shirt, Adessa gave it a quick tug and pulled it over his head, tossing it aside without so much as a glance to where it fell. She wanted to feel his warm chest and proceeded to run her cool fingers over his bare skin. Wrapping her arms around his frame, Adessa held him close and kissed him with such passion as she thought she'd never felt before.
"If you want it of me, I will give you everything..." She breathed, looking into his blue eyes and smiling. "All that I have... all that I am... and all I will ever be will be yours..."
Neither of them knew whether the thunderclap that shook the inn was as a result of the vow or just nature being loud and capricious but in an instant all they could focus on was the Need. Clothing vanished in a frenzy and Legolas was lifting her off the floor and onto the bed his skin a pale honey gold that shone in the firelight. His eyes blazed blue, more blue than she'd ever seen them before and she could almost feel her own skin and eyes and even her wings giving off their own luminescence as he lay her on the soft mattress and kissed his way down her naked body panting with need and the effort to not just simply take her then.
Adessa's hands busied themselves with his smooth skin and draw him back up to her lips so she could pour all her love and sweet passion into their kiss. She locked her legs around his waist and with a little more effort that she had first thought necessary, she pushed him over until she was sitting on top of him. Doing this without breaking their kiss, Adessa's black hair swept over her shoulder and fell to the side, making her giggle a little while both her hands ran over Legolas's chest and the other stroked his cheek. She felt herself becoming wet with every passing kiss and moaned quietly as she breathed in his sweet, wild scent and let it fill her nose. Laying down on top of Legolas completely, Adessa slowly teased him, brushing her hand over his inner thigh until she found what she desired. Gently taking him into her hand, she rubbed on his shaft until he was aroused and poised over him, looking deep into his beautiful eyes and blinking slowly at him.
"I am happiest... with you." She whispered, smiling happily and taking him within her warmth.
"I am most complete with you." He breathed and gripped her hips lifting her up a little so he could rub the head of his shaft against her opening which made them both groan in pleasure.
He leaned up a little to kiss her deep and full while he pressed upward slowly inch by inch sliding himself inside her until they were locked together as united as any could be. Slowly the pain Adessa felt inside her gave way to sensations of pure delight and the winces of pain left her face. She returned Legolas's kisses and ran her fingers through his hair while she rocked back and forth against his skin, loving the feel of their soft flesh together at last. Legolas had been right, she yearned for nothing more than him and now she didn't need anything else. Her wings stood up straight behind her, fluttering open and closed with each push and pull of their bodies together, sometimes slowly at first and then other time enough to the point she thought she might hover over him completely. She continued like this for a while before a moan escaped her parted lips and she came to rest against her lover's chest, gasping for air.
He rolled her underneath him being careful not to damage her wings and rocked in and out of her until she thought the world would shatter around them. He seemed to feel the same because his breathing grew ragged and he gasped "I won't last. Join me. Adessa!" She felt him go inside her and it brought her own orgasm like a flood of pleasure and sensation.
"Legolas!" She breathed, clutching his arms.
When they were through she was panting for air and sweat had perspired on her forehead and over most of her body. She didn't want to move other than to stay close to Legolas and in doing so she wrapped her arms around him to keep him there with her. As her breathing became more even, Adessa traced her fingers over his back, arms, and sides, kissing him every so often when the need to feel his lips again was too great to resist.
They dozed off curled around each other only to wake hungry for one another again. They passed the day that way alternately making love then napping.