ACT 3

WARNING: NSFW CHAPTER

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Gone With the Wind

45
"Longing hearts could only stand so much longing." ― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

Happy, Lucy decided, was either intentionally interrupting her time with Natsu or was more innocently oblivious than Natsu himself.

She wasn't sure which it was, either was possible when one considered who Happy's 'parent' was. Regardless, it was slowly getting on her nerves. Every morning for the past week, while Happy was off trying to woo Carla, she and Natsu had enjoyed time to themselves slowly exploring each other and spending time just being with each other.

It was really nice.

Unfortunately, about the time things started to properly heat up, Happy would re-appear and those moments would come to a screeching halt. It was annoying. Especially since she could tell that something was still bothering Natsu from the fight. She still didn't know what, but aside from letting him know she was there to listen there wasn't much she could do to pry it out of him.

Though she suspected it had something to do with the news about Zeref. And who could blame him for being upset about that? Not her that was for certain.

So she was more than willing to let it slide for now, and soothe him with her touches. She just wished they had more time alone together. She thought maybe he needed it more than she did, and she needed it pretty badly herself in the aftermath of everything.

Natsu huffed out a warm breath against her neck as her hands trickled over his abdomen, sliding between the ridges of carved muscle and tan skin. She drew her thumb lazily across the cross shaped scar on his side, enjoying the way his body seemed to tremble under her touch. His sharp inhale was the same it always was every time her fingers re-discovered that sensitive spot and she grinned into his hair.

Slowly, she pressed herself even closer to him, unable to stop herself from hurrying a little more through their lazy, morning ritual.

Her fingers curled into his hair, meeting his vibrant, green eyes. They simmered with desire, affection and humor glinting behind his gaze.

"Look who's little miss impatient," Natsu purred, his hand stroking down the swell of her rear, pressing her hips towards his. He drank in the sound of her quiet gasp, his grip on her pressing dents into her pliant flesh.

They hadn't done much with one another this past week besides learn and grow comfortable in the other's hold and sight. So when Natsu's eyes met Lucy's, his inexperience and hesitation flickered behind his natural boldness.

"Maybe I took a leaf from your book?" Lucy whispered softly to him.

She knew whatever it was that bothered him had begun to fester. Though that wasn't entirely his fault. In moments he would open his mouth half-way, as if choking on the words he was about to say. But before he could pluck up the rest of his courage, something always, inevitably, interrupted them.

However, this time, there was nothing.

No Happy barging in. No one else from the guild bursting through the door. Even the birds outside seemed to be holding their breaths.

Sure enough, Natsu opened his mouth, but still nothing happened, and hope began to creep up her spine. Was he really going to say something? Would they finally be left alone while he did?

She could see the hesitation and fear building and gently caressed her hand down his cheek. That seemed to be all it took as something in Natsu visibly broke and his expression crumpled a little as he closed his eyes tightly.

"It was Cobra." He whispered into the still air, wrapping his arms tightly around her waist, almost like he was silently apologizing for something. She didn't understand why though. What did Cobra have to do with anything?

But before she could question him further he buried his nose into her neck, his grip tightening as if he was afraid she would vanish in the next moment, "He told me... bonds don't last on dragons. Our bond is gone. It has been since we got back from your world probably."

He instinctively cringed as he uttered those words, expecting her to turn away from him now that she was finally free of him and knew it.

He was therefore completely shocked when she gently shifted his head away from her neck and kissed him with such tenderness he wanted to cry.

"I'm glad." She murmured, wrapping her own arms around him, "I never liked that I was forcing you into anything." She smiled softly at him as he slowly opened his eyes to stare at her in bewilderment, "I'm happy you're here because you want to be, and not because I'm making you."

She tenderly ran her thumb over his cheek, concern marring her features, and it was only then he realized he was crying, "Natsu... what's wrong?" She asked in confusion.

Wasn't this a happy thing?

Why was he so upset?.

Natsu blinked rapidly, a hand lifting to his cheek, not even having noticed the hot tears spill free.

"Nothing..." He said dazedly, emotion trembling in his chest and resting in the hollow of his throat.

He dragged his hand across his cheeks, but the tears wouldn't stem so easily and he ducked his head into her shoulder, a wet laugh shaking from his lungs. Vulnerability trembled from his voice, something fragile like a bird resting in his chest.

"Nothing is wrong Lucy," He murmured, his hands resting against her waist and holding her like she was something precious.

"I just-" He breathed in her scent, trying to ground himself. His voice was very quiet, "I've done too many bad things to ever deserve anyone like you."

It was one thing to know Lucy's feelings. But it was another to hear it. To have her hands buried in his hair and soothing away his doubts. The fears of being abandoned again.

He put himself fully in her hands, trusting her not to break him. Battered and fragile as he was. Natsu put all of his faith in her.

And in that moment he realized the shocking depth of what he felt for her.

It was a selfish emotion. Selfish, dark, and ugly, because a villain like he should never feel it for someone who walked in the light like Lucy. But he was enough of a bastard not to care. What he felt was equal in its passion and beauty.

He pulled away from her, his hands lifting to her cheeks, his thumbs circling under her large, warm eyes.

"I love you," Natsu whispered.

Lucy's heart stopped, her eyes widening in shock and her jaw dropping. He loved her? The thought was enough to stun her for a moment even as her heart began pounding in excitement and her eyes started to sting.

"Natsu..." She choked, grasping his wrists to steady herself, and stared down at him with as much intensity as she could muster, "I love you too."

Her heart seemed to flip and bounce at the look of shock that formed on his face when the words left her lips, and she couldn't help giggling a little wildly.

She'd never dreamed she would ever have a chance to say those words.

She'd known he cared about her, a great deal even, but she'd never imagined he would be able to sort through his feelings enough to say it.

And that, of course, had assumed he loved her the way she did him. An awfully big assumption to make all things considered.

So to find out he did...

She surged forward, laughing and crying happily, and kissed him. She poured all of her joy and love for him into it, desperate to share in a way she knew he couldn't misunderstand.

And he didn't.

Though it took several moments for his brain to reboot so he could respond to her feverish kiss.

She loved him? She really loved him? He'd never dreamed he would hear those sacred words pass her sweet lips. Not even Igneel had said those words much. He'd known how much his dad loved him of course, but knowing and hearing were two different things.

But Lucy had said it.

She loved him. She loved him in a way no one ever had, and his heart tried to simultaneously melt and pound as she stole his breath with her happy kisses.

He growled softly into it and pulled her closer. She loved him.

She was his.

His most precious and beloved treasure, and no one would ever take her from him. He would guard and protect her, and keep her happy, and make love to her every chance he got. She would be his princess forever.

He growled again, deeper, hungrier, than before and deepened the kiss into something they'd only experienced once before. Except now it felt a thousand, million, times better, and he nearly whined under the intensity of it.

He didn't have the words for this. He wasn't sure they existed. He needed to show her just how much he loved her and how happy her words made him. The desire for it, for her, was overwhelming.

Not once did he pause to question how silly his thoughts were. He knew this ran both ways. Natsu was a one girl kind of guy. There wouldn't be another one for him. There couldn't be.

Lucy had left her mark too deeply on his soul and filled in all the cracks in his heart.

She melted against Natsu and he filled his hands with her, twisting them around with a roll of his shoulders. He straddled her, his eyes growing hazy, but a flush of excitement coloring his face.

"I love you," Natsu grinned fiercely down at her, repeating the words as his lips laid claim to her collarbone, his hands drifting along her stomach.

His fingers twisted into her nightie, mouth ghosting over her generous breasts, hot breath warming her skin even through the fabric.

"I love you," He repeated it like a prayer, causing a happy giggle to burst free from Lucy, her eyes alight as he slowly began to drag down her body.

Natsu squeezed her thigh, light in his grip, but the tension coiling in his body was growing in temperature.

He had to show her. He needed to.

Wedging himself between her legs, Natsu pulled Lucy into a ravenous kiss, hips dragging into her lace-covered bottom. Before he hadn't understood the point of her wearing such things.

But now he began to understand.

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Lucy moaned eagerly into the kiss, bucking her hips into his and shivering at the sensation of them rubbing together.

Oh that was good. And she definitely liked where this was going.

She licked and nipped playfully at his lips as he rubbed his hands against her panties. Heat shivered through her to pool in her belly at the contact and she decided to encourage him a little.

She smirked lightly into the kiss and slid her hands over his arms and shoulders. They were bare already from their earlier explorations, a fact she certainly appreciated now as she nudged him slightly away.

It was in that moment she blessed all their time taking it slow and getting comfortable with each other. By now he knew she wasn't shoving him away, and just shifted back with a dark hungry look in his eyes that made her tingle all over.

She grinned in response to it and pulled her nightie up and off, leaving herself bare to his hungry gaze.

The look on his face alone was enough to melt her, and she tugged lightly at him, "C'mon now Natsu." She purred huskily, "Don't leave me waiting."

The groan that escaped him was almost embarrassing.

Lucy couldn't help but feel a rush of satisfaction the way Natsu's gaze slanted hungrily over her, his tongue flicking out to wet his lips. His throat worked hard, swallowing thickly.

She lightly tugged his scarf loose from around his neck, sliding it free from where it rested on Natsu. Interested in ridding him of it for the moment, she dragged it down between their bodies His eyes followed the motion, watching as the fabric pooled on Lucy's stomach and decorated her breasts.

Her only intention had been to remove it so to gain better access to his throat, but all at once it seemed something in Natsu completely snapped.

The growl he released could be felt in her ribcage, and his strong arms lifted her up, dropping her onto his lap where she was sitting astride him.

His body was hot and rigid against hers, rippling muscle clenching as their chests came together. Lucy moaned as she felt something thick and heavy rise from him.

Natsu's mouth attacked her throat, frenzied fangs and lips tormenting her skin while his hand latched onto her breast and squeezed in just the right way. Lucy gasped, clenching the back of his head and pushing him further against her throat.

Her thighs flexed instinctively, grinding down onto the rigid heat pressing into the thin layers of fabric separating them. "Oh gods, N-Natsu wha-?"

"My scarf Lucy." Natsu growled thickly into her ear, the very sound of his husky voice making her shiver and arch into him more. Gods that voice should be illegal!

But his words didn't make any sense.

His scarf? What did that have to do with anything?

Natsu, however, was struggling to remember how to speak in actual words at the moment, let alone explain what seeing his scarf on her was doing to him.

He remembered the first time she'd ever worn it, and how much he'd liked it then, but he wasn't as confused as he'd been back then and now he understood why.

She was wearing his scent and mingling hers with his own, and suddenly he had images of her wearing his scarf while her belly was swollen with their hatchling dancing before his eyes and driving him wild with want.

"Please Lucy." He growled against her throat, trailing his lips up to capture hers hungrily, "I need you."

Lucy moaned into the kiss, shifting uncomfortably as heat surged through her again, only to gasp sharply as his hot fingers pressed against her soaking core. She whined and bucked as he rubbed her gently, clearly remembering the other times they'd been intimate, and then shoved the fabric aside so he could caress her directly.

"Gods yes Natsu!" She cried thrusting sharply against his fingers, tottering on the razor edge already thanks to the week of teasing and their confessions, "Please!"

She reached down, her fingers a little clumsy from the strength of her desire, and tugged his sleep pants down enough he sprang free.

She curled her fingers delicately around him, and stroked lightly as she lined him up. She groaned softly in approval when he got the hint and moved his fingers out of the way.

She grasped his entire length, her thumb pressing against the head. A pearl beaded out and Natsu's jaw tightened but he didn't dare look away from where she was hovering over him enticingly.

"F-fuck," He panted, her inviting heat was so close, Natsu was certain he would lose his mind before they even got started in earnest.

"That's the idea," Lucy teased breathlessly, moaning as she pushed her hips forward so her slit ran over him, giving a him a hint of what was to come. His finger remained curled around the crotch of her panties, but even a task so simple required a herculean amount of effort to sustain.

Especially with her sliding over him like that...

"Lucy-" He growled warningly, his free hand dropping down to her hip and squeezing.

Her eyes flashed with mischief, the heat pooling through Natsu's body and a painful throb burned in his groin. He felt himself twitching as she coated him in her fluids.

It was the best kind of torture but he couldn't handle this torment for much longer.

"Gods Lucy! You're killin' me-" His voice choked off before he could finish.

Because at that moment, Lucy decided to cut all tethers Natsu had with reality.

She sank down on him, heat engulfing him inch by glorious, silky, wet, and positively burning inch. For a second Natsu found himself looking up at the ceiling, somehow having been flattened onto his back by the overwhelming pleasure trying to consume him.

"You were saying?" She let out a quiet breathy noise, closer to a keen than an actual tease, "Something about killing you?"

Natsu groaned, his head dragging back across the mattress, back bowing and shoulders rising as he fought to keep from bucking madly into that crushing heat.

"I'm dead," He panted hard, "You slayed me."

"The dragonslayer, slain, huh?" Lucy moaned, delighting in his expression, twisted in torturous pleasure and fighting for control. She had done this to her mighty dragon. Reduced him to weak moans and delighted gasps. It made her heart swell with pride and happiness.

"Ready?" She took his rough hand, sliding it up her body in encouragement. It turned out Natsu didn't need much as he gathered his wits as fast as he was able with sweet agony fogging his mind.

Natsu curled a hand around her hips eagerly, enjoying the sight of her flushed cheeks and the sound of her soft pants.

He was affecting her too.

The thought triggered a surge of male pride that he was making her, his Lucy, feel pleasure.

He grinned a bit and trailed his hands up to caress and knead her breasts, eliciting a very satisfying moan from her, while she pressed her hands into his chest. His thoughts were derailed immediately though when she rolled her hips into his.

He'd known vaguely what was going to happen, but it hadn't prepared him for the reality of how it felt being buried in her crushing heat. And it certainly didn't prepare him for how it felt moving within that heat.

Glorious didn't even begin to describe it.

"Fuck Lucy!" He groaned as his hands dropped back to her hips instinctively and he thrust sharply into her, unable to hold back any longer.

"Yes Natsu." She panted, reveling in the incredible way he filled and caressed her so perfectly, and pushing back against him and crying out softly as he brushed that one spot inside her that drove her wild.

His eyes widened at the sound, and he was suddenly desperate to hear it again. As many times as possible. It was as necessary as breathing.

He growled hotly and thrust again, something in him snapping when she cried out again, and in seconds he'd rolled them over, "Lucy..." He growled thickly, and grunted in approval when she hooked her legs around him as he began moving in earnest.

He needed her. All of her. Her softness. Her sweetness. The pleasure of her wrapping around him. And the cries of pleasure he pulled from her. He had to have it all.

He was greedy and selfish, and every sharp gasp she made he wanted to swallow whole. His sleep pants were tangled around his knees and his scarf had twisted around not only Lucy, but him as well thanks to their flipping.

Not to mention Lucy's panties, which were stretching beyond repair between them.

Her heels dug into his ass, pistoning his hips forward in a short, shallow thrust that made stars explode behind his eyes. Fingers clenching into the blanket, arms shaking, he nearly popped right there

Gray streaking... Gray streaking... Makarov streaking...

It really said a lot about how riled Lucy had made him that Natsu still struggled to break even as he forced himself to chant that in his head like a mantra.

He rocked himself in her inviting heat, letting himself be devoured by her. Natsu could think of no better way to perish.

Body mantling over her, his eyes drank in the sight of her, body flushed, breasts bouncing in time with every one of his wild thrusts. She was twisting into the covers, her body tensing in the telltale signs of a rapid approach. It seemed with a week of exploration under her belt and nothing to show for it, she was just as ready as he was.

His hand groped between their bodies, dragging his fingers around her panties and tearing them off with an impatient snarl. Lucy gasped sharply, but before she could even say anything, Natsu's fingers found themselves sliding through her folds where their bodies were joined.

She gasped, clenching hard against Natsu enough to draw a guttural moan from him, a violent swear puffing out in a breath that was more smoke than air.

His thumb circled her nub, roughly stroking it to the strong tempo he had set.

Lucy grabbed onto him for support as she screamed and arched under the double assault, her brain going blank from the overload of pleasure.

It was the best she'd ever felt, and she couldn't get enough of it even as it drove her to insanity. Natsu was pushing her higher than she'd ever dreamed she could go and she loved every moment of it. He was a natural lover even with his adorable inexperience, and in the distant part of her mind not consumed by pleasure she hoped he wanted to play again soon after this.

Sweat trickled down Natsu's back, their shared breath huffing out between their thrumming bodies. He moved his hand from her hip, catching her wrist in a firm grip to tangle their fingers together.

Being with Lucy was like breathing in stardust, and Natsu was an addict already. He craved more of her, the heat she lit in him growing into an uncontrolled blaze for even a master of fire to subdue. She was the real flame between them, and he burned for only her.

The twisting in his stomach was maddening, filling his groin, spreading through his chest as he bucked and rolled his hips to the wild tempo of his heart. Her fingers scored delightful paths down his back and he felt himself approaching a dangerous edge.

Natsu drank in every moan and keen from Lucy, the flush growing over her chest and rising to her cheeks. He renewed the pressure where they were joined, his rough fingers tracing out the letters of her name as he moved against her. A hazy growl dragged from his throat and he bent to nip at her neck with smoky lips.

He couldn't last much longer, his hips plowing forward enough their bed bounced and groaned with their movements. The light thump of their headboard occasionally smacking against the wall was the only other noise besides their labored breaths and soft cries.

Releasing her hand, Natsu rolled his arm up under her waist for a more comfortable position, but froze when he felt Lucy freeze from the sudden shift.

His eyes widened at the sight of her long legs twisting around his waist, the flex of her stomach frozen and the trembling of her chest between them. For one heartbeat it was like she was carved from stone.

Natsu shifted, sinking just a bit deeper within her heat. And just like that it was over.

She clenched tightly around him, her heat encompassing every inch of him he had sheathed within her. Her back bowed enticingly off the bed, insides fluttering around him. A cry exploded from her kiss-swollen lips, sending fresh heat and pleasure sizzling through his veins.

It was the sound of his name though, softly gasped in a voice breathless with pleasure he had given her, that proved his undoing as the world went still for a heartbeat before it exploded and his vision went white as ecstasy beyond anything he'd ever experienced tore through him in golden waves.

Natsu huffed out a quiet breath, smoke trickling from his lips and trailing up towards the ceiling as the waves began to subside, leaving a warm glow that had him growling happily. He smiled at her lazily, a happy whine dragging from his throat.

Arms trembling and joints turning to jello, he fell forward forehead resting just above her shoulder as he braced himself on his elbows. Breath shaking and pleasure spasming through him, Natsu's eyes closed. Growling at every clench of his muscles tightening and relaxing, as if with a mind of their own, Natsu rode down from that sharp peak.

Lucy struggled for breath, the heat rolling off Natsu burned her body where they were connected, causing a delicious shiver to run along her flushed skin.

She was limp and a little sore from his rough lovemaking, whimpering just a little when he pulled out of her with a rush of fluid following in his wake. But she ignored it as he curled up around her, a sleepy growl working over his face.

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"Lucy," He breathed reverently into her neck. His hand skimmed over her naked body, across the tatters of her underwear and indents his fingers had left on her hips.

All he wanted to do now was to curl up in their room and sleep the rest of the day away despite it still being early morning.

He had the woman he loved in his arms, and despite a battle on its way, Natsu couldn't find a single thing wrong.

Natsu rescued his scarf from their tangled bodies and looped one white, shining end around his neck, the other around Lucy to keep her warm.

"Mmm?" She asked, her brown eyes warm.

"Love you," Natsu promised.

Her hand found his, fingers looping together.

"Love you too."

Sorry about the late update guys! I totally lost track of the schedule since I got a new phone and that had my update calendar on it! I hope you guys enjoy this little after-christmas gift!

KYTRIN WANTED TO NAME THIS CHAPTER 'Kama Sutra' and we giggled about it for like - an hour. I was THIS CLOSE- THIIIIIS CLOSE TO SAYING YES.

I will do ANYTHING for the sake of a joke. Hahahahaha...