I'm so sorry! I honestly don't have a good excuse as to why it's taken me so long to get this chapter done! Life happened, and then I was sulking because they cancelled Lockwood & Co, so I binged all the books and now I'm just sad.

I hope this Chapter was worth the wait! I do have some other Lockwood & Co stories in the works, so keep an eye out for those, hopefully, soon!

Chapter 6

And so I found myself outside his door. I didn't even know if he was awake, so I hadn't knocked or anything. Instead I found myself reaching for the handle. I turned it slowly, and opened it just enough to poke my head in; I could see him bundled up under the covers and I was about to retreat, when a thought struck me; How was I going to instigate it?

I quickly stepped into the room, closing the door behind me. He stirred under the covers and part of them fell away from him. As he settled again, not waking up, I admired him. I knew he slept topless, but the one time I was in here waking him up, I didn't really think to take notice of how toned his chest was. He was skinny, don't get me wrong, but he had soft yet toned muscles underneath the smart clothes he wore.

I worried my bottom lip and decided to just bite the bullet. I tiptoed over to the opposite side of the large bed and slowly peeled back the covers. When I was sure that he was still sound asleep, I crawled under them and settled myself beside him quietly. I took a deep breath before I moved closer to him. I knew when he'd woken up, because his body stiffened just as I settled my head on his chest and placed my arm across his stomach

"Luce?" He asked groggily and brought his opposite hand up to rub at his eyes

"Hi" I whispered and tightened my arm around him as a sort of hug. His arm slowly came around and slid under my shoulder to wrap around me

"This is a nice surprise" He hummed and held me tighter against him "When did you get back?" He asked around a yawn and I felt a little guilty for waking him up

"Not too long ago" Was all I said, though in reality it was about an hour earlier and I had spent the whole time convincing myself to walk down the steps to his room. He hummed in response and I knew he was drifting back to sleep. A part of me wanted to let him and drift off to sleep myself, but I'd gone there with a reason.

I took a deep breath, before I sat up slightly and placed my lips softly over his for a peck, effectively waking him back up

"Hmm, come back" He mumbled, so I did. It was a slow, sleepy kiss. It was nice actually, but not what I was going for, so I broke our kiss, ignoring his sleepy protests, and placed my lips softly against the underside of his jaw. His protests stopped quickly and he held me tightly against him, humming approvingly as my lips glided across the soft skin of his slender neck. I left soft kisses all down one side of his neck and back up again to his ear, where I let out a soft, barely there breath against the shell of it, which made his whole body shiver, but he stayed quiet. Do I just go in for the kill? I asked myself, unsure how to proceed.

I placed a hand high up on his thigh and he froze up for a second or two but was quick to shake it off and go back to enjoying my lips on his neck. That won't do. I squeezed his thigh and he jumped slightly, leaning up to turn on the lamp so he could level me with a disapproving glare

"What was that for?" He asked, the groggy sound of sleep completely gone from his voice. I ignored him. At least I had his attention. I slowly ran my hand higher while my lips continued to brush across the soft skin over his pulse point. I moved my hand to the inside of his thigh and he jumped. Like actually jumped! "L-Lucy-" His voice cracked and I found myself shocked. Where was his confidence now? I smirked to myself, glad he couldn't see me as I turned to see what I was doing

"What's wrong?" I asked and moved up so I could kiss his lips while my hand nudged against something solid. He let out a groan against my lips and tangled a hand in my hair, pulling me closer. Well that's a good sign I thought smuggly as his kiss threatened to consume me. But I needed to focus.

I moved my hand up and finally felt him for the first time. I didn't really have anything to compare him to, but he felt big. He moaned against my lips, then peaked his tongue out to run along my lower lip. I eagerly opened my mouth to him and our tongues met for a brief period, before he pulled his head back

"I can't focus" He admitted and I held in a giggle. What's wrong with me?

"That's fine" I shrugged and started palming him gently

"Christ" He breathed and put his head back against his pillow. I was loving it! I placed a gentle kiss over his slowly healing bullet wound, then pulled myself out of his arms so I could trail slow kisses up and down his chest while my hand continued to work him through his pyjama bottom.

"Lucy… Please" He breathed after only a minute or two. I looked up and could just about make out that he had his head thrown back against the pillow in the dim light, his eyes squeezed shut. I felt a little bad teasing him, but I also enjoyed having just a little bit of power over him.

I trailed my hand up his length and started toying with the elasticated waist of his bottoms

"Off?" I asked and he was quick to nod and help me get them off to the point he could kick them onto the floor. I was shocked when he took my hand and placed it around him. No underwear I noted. He felt rock solid, yet soft to touch. I glanced down at where our hands were joined to see him for the first time. Surely that's big I wasn't too sure, but I definitely wouldn't have said it was small… He guided my hand up, then down his length, grunting as he did so. He adjusted my grip to be a little tighter, then let go of my hand to allow me to go at my own pace. He was heavy in my hand now that he wasn't helping me. I took a deep breath, then slowly pulled my hand up, enjoying the way it seemed to glide up him, then back down, bringing the foreskin down to reveal the head. I chanced a look at him and he was watching me like a hawk; his look was so intense that I struggled to maintain eye contact, but I forced myself to keep it up as I lowered my head down to him and slowly peeked my tongue out to gently lick across the head. I watched as he broke our eye contact to look up at the ceiling. I managed to keep in a smug laugh, and instead focused on him. I left my hand to continue stroking him, feeling him pulse in my hand

"Lucy…" He said in between pants that were slowly becoming more frequent. I continued to lick at the tip every now and then, until he suddenly stopped me

"What's wrong?" I asked. Had I done something wrong?

"Nothing, gods! That feels amazing but… I'm getting close, it'd be embarrassing to cut it so short when I haven't had the chance to please you" He chuckled

"Your shoulder still isn't healed" I tried to protest, but he was adamant

"Please Lucy, I need to do this. I'm pretty much all better, I don't even have the sling anymore. Please" He begged and I found that I couldn't fight him anymore. I knew how frustrated he was that we hadn't done much more than kissing

"Okay, but only if you're careful and you tell me if you feel any pain" I gave in.

He quickly pulled me back up so we were at head height, and brought his lips to mine with a moan. His hands were pulling at my pyjama top so I helped him get it off, only breaking our kiss to get it over my head, before diving right back in. He was quick to place his hands on me, having only ever really touched my breasts a little through my clothes

"You feel fucking perfect, Luce" He growled against my lips, an I found that I really liked it when he growled. I put my hand back on him, stroking him slowly while his hands explored my body. My shorts were quickly discarded and thrown onto the floor somewhere and his hands were on me… In me. It was amazing! For someone who had said he hadn't done anything like that, he was certainly good at it! He hadn't been doing it long when he stopped suddenly

"I-I'm sorry Luce, I can't take it anymore" He groaned and slid my underwear down my legs and off, before he crawled up me, pushing me flat on my back so he could slip between my legs "Please… Can I?" He asked, reaching down to grab himself, giving his length a few strokes

"Yess" I hissed, pleasure fogging my brain. I was desperate to feel him inside me and he hadn't experienced any pain so far. He was quick to reach over and open his bedside drawer

"I got these just in case" I saw his cheeks pinken as he pulled out a condom

"Better safe than sorry" I chuckled and took over stroking him while he opened the wrapper. Once he had slid it over the edge, he leaned on his good side and pushed forward, his tip brushing against me in a way that had me writhing underneath him " Just fuck me!" I cried, hating the teasing and torture

"Why rush it?" He smirked down at me

"Because if you don't, I'll go and find Kipps" I growled and watched him frown down at me

"No you fucking won't" He brought himself against my entrance and slowly started pushing in.

I'd never felt so full! It was amazing until he came to a stop having hit some resistance

"This is gonna hurt, Luce" He grabbed my hand in his and squeezed it "Let me know if you want me to stop" I nodded and motioned for him to get on with it. He took a deep breath and surged forward, pushing the rest of his length deep inside me until there was nothing left to push in. I, on the other hand, was trying not to cry . The pain I felt was like a sharp stab, but it quickly started to ebb "It's okay" He was stroking my hair and soothing me

"Move" I managed to tell him, wriggling to help him along

"Ah, are you sure?" He asked and I nodded. He slowly pulled out of me, then pushed back in. The pain was still there, but it was fading with every little movement he made and I was soon panting below him

"Faster" I breathed and he obeyed, speeding up for me, his breathing matching mine

"Fuck, Lucy" He panted out, picking up the pace as he did so, making my pants turn into moans as he hit a spot inside me that had my head spinning

"Anthony!" I cried, wrapping my arms around him

"Touch yourself" He grunted and I was quick to bring a hand between us so I could rub my clit while he drove into me

"I'm so…" I trailed off, throwing my head back against the pillow as I felt myself approaching the edge

"Please baby. Come for me" He begged, though his voice was strained as if he was holding himself back. I felt myself topple over the edge, my vision going fuzzy as his name slipped from between my lips. I felt him grab onto my hips and thrust into me like his life depended on me, grunts and groans falling from his lips until he stilled above me, his hips jerking as he finished, my name leaving his own lips like a prayer.

He fell to the side of me while we caught our breaths. He discarded the condom, tying a knot in it before throwing it into the bin by his bed

"Fuck" He breathed and I managed to fight the exhaustion to turn onto my side and snuggle into him "We're doing that again and in the moring" He chuckled

"Promise?" I asked him, deliberately throwing him a heated glance, despite the fact that I could barely keep my eyes open

"Promise" He leaned down and captured my lips in a heated kiss that left behind promises of some of the dirty things he'd do with me. And I couldn't wait!

And there we have it! Again, I'm sorry that it took so long to finish, but I did, I hope it wasn't too muc of a let down. I might end up rewrittin this last chapter, but I thought I'd kept you waiting for long enough.

Thank you to all of you who left reviews and sent me messages, I love each and everyone of you and your support was really pivitol to me getting this finished.

Much love!

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