Adam dutifully kept his back turned while Teela stripped out of her wet clothes. He was feeling a lot shyer than he had when they were just swimming as it was reminiscent of how they'd played together as children, but there was nothing childlike about what he was feeling now.
All he could think about was their teasing banter about their race and how he'd blatantly flirted with her and she'd given it right back to him. There was a current in the air between them now that hadn't been there when they'd just been undressing to swim.
"You can turn around now," she said.
He turned to see that she had wrapped the blanket around her like a cloak covering everything except her head and her bare feet, her clothing in a neat pile beside her. He found himself having trouble concentrating knowing that she was naked underneath the blanket, remembering their steamy kisses and thinking about all the things he'd like to do to her beautiful body.
"Better?"
She nodded. "A little now that my wet clothes aren't sticking to me, but what about you? You're still drenched."
"I know, but there's only the one blanket so it's better this way, unless you want to see me naked," he replied nervously.
"I know you're trying to be a gentleman, but this is no time for it. This blanket is plenty big enough to share, plus the best way to get warm is by sharing body heat. So, stop being stubborn and get those wet clothes off. I'll turn around if you'd prefer."
"Yeah, okay," he agreed. He just hoped his body would behave once they were huddled up together under the same blanket with nothing else between them.
As promised, Teela turned around and he proceeded to remove his sodden garments. He knew she was right about sharing body heat, but he couldn't help feeling nervous, especially about the passionate interlude they'd briefly shared yesterday. But maybe that's why she wants you to join her under the blanket," an inner voice suggested. Maybe she enjoyed it just as much as you did and wants to take things further. He shook his head to stop those thoughts. He couldn't afford to get bogged down in wishful thinking.
He stripped off the last of his clothes, but now he wasn't sure how to proceed. He now realized that neither of them had thought through how to get them both under the blanket without at least one of them being fully exposed to each other. He took a deep breath as he stepped up behind her and tapped her on the shoulder. "I'm…I'm ready, but I'm not sure the best way to do this."
"I…um…I guess I hadn't really thought about it," she admitted. "Um…how about if we try it this way." She spread her arms wide and the blanket draped over her made her look like she was a bird about to take flight. He couldn't help being reminded of the Sorceress and Teela's future destiny to take her place. He found it a fitting look for her.
He took a tentative step forward, but hesitated because if he stepped too much in the wrong direction, he'd be the one seeing her naked and while he was sure he would enjoy the view, he didn't want to violate her in that way, gazing at her bare body without her permission.
"I-" He sighed. "I'm not sure that's going to work."
She reached for his arm and yanked. "Just get under here, you big baby," she huffed at him. Before he knew how it had even happened, they were wrapped in the blanket together and had somehow ended up in a seated position with her almost on his lap, the blanket wrapped around them like a tent. "There isn't that better?"
"Yeah, much," he lied. He'd never have the nerve to tell her how uncomfortable her nearness was making him and when she leaned against him, her bare back against his chest, he felt something stirring within him that he wished he had not. He wanted to shift so that she wouldn't notice that he was semi-aroused, but he thought that might just make the situation worse. "Wh-what are you doing?" he managed to sputter.
"Well, the best way to generate shared body heat is with skin to skin contact," she explained. "Didn't you learn that in your survival classes like I did?"
"Yeah, I did, but I've never put it to the test." The teasing grin on her face was making him wonder if she were doing this on purpose just to make him squirm. Or maybe she wants you as much as you want her. Make a move, stupid," that inner voice taunted. Summoning all his courage, he wrapped his arms around her, careful not to touch any private part of her. He felt safe enough resting his hands on her stomach though.
Teela sighed, but was silent. Adam wondered what that was about. Had he done something to annoy her again? Should he remove his hands? Move them somewhere else? Did she want him to touch her in a more intimate way?
He felt the need to say something, but the only thing he could think of was her naked body next to his. Think, he scolded himself. "Remember the first time we found this place? I think I was about five and you were seven."
She smiled and replied fondly, "I remember. We'd been chasing each other around the palace and accidentally walked in on your parents kissing."
Adam laughed at the memory and continued, "And they were so annoyed, they yelled at us to go outside and play instead of tearing around the palace making a nuisance of ourselves."
"And then we started exploring and ended up here," she added.
Neither one of them had the courage to finish the story of how they'd been laughing at his parents kissing, but then had decided to try it for themselves just to see what the fuss was all about.
Teela sighed again, but he couldn't tell from just that one sigh what it was about. Was she hoping he'd bring up their first kiss as children? Was she trying to forget about it? Did she want to pick up where they'd left off yesterday? Just when her silence was about to drive him to just bolt from under the blanket to end his torment, she spoke up in an exasperated tone. "You never did get to show me what you wanted as your prize for winning the race," she reminded him, hoping that after all their flirtatious banter he wouldn't chicken out now.
I want you, he thought, but wasn't quite daring enough to say it.
When he was silent for far too long, she huffed in annoyance, "Aren't we ever going to talk about it?"
"Talk about what?" he questioned, trying to play it cool, though he was pretty sure he knew she was talking about their interrupted make-out session yesterday.
"Don't play dumb, Adam. You know very well that I'm talking about what happened between us yesterday."
"Oh, that," he answered as nonchalantly as he could.
"Yes, that. I thought when we were kissing, that you enjoyed it as much as I did. And you gave me the impression that you asked me to spend the day with you so we could be alone with less chance of being interrupted the way we were yesterday." She sniffed in an affronted tone and added, "But I guess I was wrong. I guess you don't want me enough for that. And you know it's sad because I had my hopes up and thought maybe you'd finally gotten the courage up to make a real move and that we could-"
Her words were cut off by his mouth on hers. He used the hands around her middle to turn her around so that she was facing him and kissed her again, one hand reaching up to pull her hair out of its normal bun. He then ran both hands through her thick, red hair as he teased her lips with his tongue. He felt his pulse racing when she opened her mouth to him and reached out with her own tongue. She braced one hand on his shoulder while she tenderly stroked his face with the other. They kissed and teased for what felt like hours, even though it had only been minutes, when they finally had no choice but to stop for air. They sat there for a moment holding each other and gazing into one another's eyes, both breathless from their heated kisses.
"What were you saying?" Adam teased when he could breathe a little again.
"Was I saying something?" she fired back.
They laughed together, but then his tone turned more serious as he idly twirled her hair around his fingers and openly admitted, "I remember our first childhood kiss right here in this cave and while it was sweet, it was nothing compared to how you kissed me in the training room. All I wanted for my prize was for you to kiss me like that again."
"That's all? Just a kiss?"
"Or maybe more," he confessed as he pulled her fully into his lap and kissed her again, this time with more passion as he tried to make his feelings for her known without words.
As they shared heated kisses and clung tightly to each other, she shifted just enough in his lap that she gave a little gasp when she felt the evidence of his desire for her. "We-ell, I guess you really do want me," she crooned in his ear.
"More than you know," he replied in a husky whisper, as he pushed up against her, teasing her with his erection. He didn't know where he found the courage, but figured the damage was already done so what was the worst that could happen now?
"Good." She nipped at his earlobe, and then moved downward to trail soft kisses down his neck.
"Teela," he breathed, the feeling of her lips on his skin exciting him even more. If this was what just making out with her could do to him, what would it be like if they actually took things further and made love? He couldn't dare to dream that would ever happen, but he couldn't help fantasizing about it all the same. She raised her head to stare into his eyes.
"What's the matter? Are you still cold?" He couldn't quite discern what the look on her face meant. She was thinking hard about something, but what?
"No," she shook her head. "I'm feeling quite warm now." She leaned in to kiss him, just one soft, sweet kiss before dipping her head back down to nip at his earlobe, and whispered, "Make love to me, Adam."
He thought at first that he must still be in his fantasy mode and that he couldn't possibly have heard her correctly, but when she began grinding against him, enflaming him even more, he knew that this was the real deal.
He grasped the back of her head and pulled her to him for another series of steamy kisses, while his other hand travelled down her back, reveling in the feel of her silky skin beneath his fingers. Her soft sighs and moans only encouraged him more. He broke their kiss long enough to spread the blanket out and pushed her down onto her back to lie atop it. He covered her body with his own and began kissing her again as he ran his hands all over her body, trying to learn every delicious curve of her. He lowered his mouth to her neck, then her shoulder and when she still whimpered for more, he finally took one hardened nipple into his mouth, teasing it with his tongue while his hand found its mate.
"Oh, Adam," she sighed as she felt her desire for him rising within her. She had longed for this for so long and now it was finally happening. Her best friend had finally acknowledged that he noticed her as a woman. She moaned at the sensations he was giving her as one hand drifted lower to rest between her legs. He slipped one finger inside her causing her to cry out as he lowered his mouth further, trailing wet, warm kisses down her chest to her stomach, dipped his tongue into her navel, all while stroking her gently inside. While this wasn't her first time, she'd never felt pleasure quite like this before, had never wanted a man the way she wanted Adam.
"Teela," he whispered her name as he took the final step downward with his mouth. He took a moment to inhale the scent of her desire for him. He'd never imagined he'd ever have that and he wanted to savor it, but he didn't take too long because he also wanted to please her. He dipped his head between her legs and reached out with his tongue to taste her. Her body jerked beneath him as she let out a gasp of pleasure. He then began to devour her, alternating soft, long strokes with the flat part of his tongue and short, shallow ones with the point of his tongue, while still stroking her with his fingers.
"Yes, Adam, yes!" she cried out as the dual sensations drove her out of her mind with need. She began to spasm uncontrollably when wave after wave of intense pleasure washed over her with the things he was doing to her body.
When the last vestiges of her orgasm had subsided, he removed his hand from her and worked his way back up that way he'd begin, trailing soft kisses up her body, finally landing on her lips for one soft, sweet kiss.
"Wow," she sighed. "That was something else."
"Good."
She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled his head down for another round of sizzling kisses. Adam hadn't thought his erection could grow any harder, but Teela proved him wrong when she bucked her hips against him, her body begging for him to enter her.
This is the moment, Adam thought. It's now or never. He eased back from their kiss to look into her eyes. "Teela, there's something I need to say before we continue. It may ruin all this, but I need you to know." He swallowed hard and choked out, "I love you. I've loved you my entire life." Once the words were out, they wouldn't stop. "I'm so in love with you I can't see straight when you're around. I don't expect you to say it back or to even feel the same way about me, but I can't make love to you without telling you."
"I do feel the same way about you. I've loved you my whole life too."
No further words were spoken as they shared a long, lingering kiss. Teela reached for his bottom to urge him to finish what they'd started.
Adam needed no further encouragement and slowly pushed into her, causing them both to moan. She wrapped her legs around his hips to coax him deeper and he obliged. He pulled back from their kiss to look into her eyes again as he began to move in and out of her, keeping the rhythm steady because he didn't want it to be over with too soon. He'd wanted this with her for so long, he wanted their first time together to last for as long as possible. Knowing she loved him had just sweetened the pot. Now, if he could only get her to agree to marry him to get his father off his back, that would even better, but best of all would be the marriage itself. With or without his father's stupid mandate, he'd be able to be with his lover forever. They could have this all the time. The thought of it made him quiver, but surely after having all this happen with her in a single day, that would be too much to hope for.
Teela arched her hips upward to meet his with each thrust and urged him to increase the pace. She needed so badly to have him fill her up. "Please, Adam."
Her pleading tone was too much for him and he had no choice but to give her what she wanted. He increased the pace to drive into her harder, her soft sighs turning into moans, her moans into squeals, and finally her squeals into one long scream as he shook with his release and exploded within her, pumping his seed deep inside her. When he had no more to give her, he collapsed on top of her with one final sigh and she cradled him in her arms with his head resting on her shoulder.
He lifted his head and made to move his body from hers, but she clamped her legs tighter around him to hold him there. "Not yet," she insisted. "Just let me have you inside me for a little while longer."
He relaxed and allowed her to hold him and it was an amazing feeling, lying there together in the most intimate position possible. He'd never imagined that she would be so open to them being this close, that she would care for him enough to invite him inside her and want to hold him there. He'd never felt so accepted and loved in his life. He lightly nuzzled her neck and softly whispered, "Marry me, Teela." The second the words were out of his mouth, he regretted it though because he knew it wasn't an appropriate time.
"What did you just say?" She blinked, unable to believe what she'd heard.
"Forget it," he said as he finally pulled out of her and moved to lie beside her.
"No, I don't wanna forget it. You just asked me to marry you."
"Yeah, I did," He admitted. "But it's…um….it's too soon…it's the wrong time…it's just all wrong. I blurted it out without thinking."
"Are you saying you didn't mean it, that you don't want to marry me?"
Was it possible that she was disappointed by that thought? His heart soared at the idea that she might be open to being his future queen. "No, I do, but I'm thinking that right after we've made love when I'm still inside you isn't the best time to ask." He laughed at his own folly.
"No, it really isn't," she laughed with him. "But I do understand. it. We just had a beautiful moment together, emotions were running high-"
"Something like that. You don't have to even answer. Let's just pretend I didn't say it for now and I'll find a way to surprise you some day with a real proposal."
"You don't have to," she shook her head. "It may not have been the perfect time, but it was incredibly sweet that it came out like that because it means that it came from your heart. I don't want to pretend you didn't say it."
"Really?"
"Really, but all this is happening so fast, I do need some time."
"I understand." He nodded. It wasn't a yes, but it wasn't a no either, so that was something. At least he hadn't completely blown his chance with his impulsive proposal. "I love you and I'll wait for you as long as it takes. I've waited this long for you already."
"I've waited this long for you too," she pointed out.
"I was beginning to think I'd never have a chance with you."
"I thought the same thing about you. And even though I'm not sure I'm ready to marry you yet, I do want to keep seeing you like this."
"You mean, stark naked?" He teased.
She blushed and replied with a grin, "Well, that too, but I meant seeing each other, getting to know each other…"
"But we've known each other since we were babies," he reminded her.
"I mean getting to know each other on a different level. Sure, we've known each other since we were little, we were raised in the palace together and we've spent a lot of time together as friends, but this…this is all different. It's exciting, but still so new. I mean, who knows what would happen if we got married too quickly. We don't know if we could even stand living together."
"Teela, we've lived together at the palace our entire lives, seen each other at our best and our worst and no matter what has happened, we've always been there for each other," he argued. "The big difference is that we'd be sharing a bedroom."
"I'd definitely be okay with that part if it meant making love with my best friend again." She gave him a warm smile, but then gave an involuntary shudder.
"You're getting cold again," Adam observed. He rearranged the blanket again so that it was folded over like a sleeping bag, scooted closer to her so that they were spooning and pulled it over them before wrapping his arms around her.
"Mmm…that feels better already." She let out a sigh of contentment.
"I'm glad." He kissed the back of her neck and held her tighter.
She let out a yawn. "I'm feeling so sleepy all of a sudden."
"Then sleep. I mean, it doesn't look like this rain is stopping anytime soon. In fact, it looks to be getting worse."
She patted his hand and closed her eyes. Adam, feeling rather sleepy himself after their exertions, close his as well and they drifted off into a peaceful sleep cocooned in their blanket.
Adam awoke disoriented and for a moment, not remembering where he was until he saw the flaming red hair before him and the memories came flooding back. That's when he realized what had awakened him was a stiff, almost painful erection. It seemed that during their unplanned nap, Teela had pressed her bottom firmly against him. He smiled as he gazed at her sleeping form beside him. He lowered his lips to her neck and lightly began to suckle the tender skin there. She stirred with a pleased sigh and wiggled her butt against his engorged member. He pushed back, rubbing himself against her and trailed his hand down her stomach to the cleft between her thighs, stroking her softly, wanting her to feel as aroused as he was.
"Adam," she breathed softly and let out a low moan. "Oh, Adam, please don't tease me."
"As you wish, my love," he replied as he lifted her leg up just enough to ease himself into her.
"Ohhh."
Pleased by her reaction, he began to rock against her, his movements slow and easy. In this position, he couldn't thrust as deep inside her as he had their first time, but he felt this was better because she also couldn't push him into finishing before he was ready to.
"Adam, I need-"
"Easy, Love," he crooned in her ear as he kept his movements within her the same. "Let's just take our time and enjoy this."
"Mm-hmm," she sighed as she relished the feeling of having her new lover inside her again.
He went back to nibbling on her neck as he kept up that same rocking motion, thrilled to hear her responding, to feel her around him and while it wasn't the fiery, frenzied coupling of their first encounter, he felt this was better because they could really enjoy each other this way.
Her cries became more frantic as she neared her climax, she felt her muscles tightening around him. She turned her head to look at him, knowing by the sound of his increasingly heavy breathing that he wouldn't be far behind her and she wanted to look into his eyes when he came inside her. "Oh, Adam, I'm- OHHHH!"
"TEELA!" he cried out her name as he erupted within her, his body shaking with release. He kissed her upturned face as he rocked a few more times completely emptying himself into her.
"I love you so much," she told him.
"And I love you," he responded. He eased out of her and turned her fully to face him, and kissed her tenderly. She responded eagerly, kissing him back and trying to pour every bit of love she had for him into each kiss. How long they stayed like that, just kissing neither knew. The would both have longed to stay like that forever, but the loud growling of Teela's stomach interrupted them.
"Well, now that we've satisfied one hunger, we should probably deal with the other," Teela joked and they both laughed.
"Yeah, we never did get to have our picnic, did we?"
"Let's just hope the food didn't get too wet, huh?" She gestured to the picnic hamper.
He dutifully braved leaving their blanket to retrieve the food.
"Mmmm…" she sighed appreciatively.
"Something wrong?"
"Not at all. I was just admiring the view. You've got a nice ass."
He flushed and said awkwardly, "um… thanks." He settled back down beside her and began rooting through the basket. "It looks like the sandwiches might be a little soggy, but not too bad and everything else looks okay."
"Great, I'm starving!"
He divided the food between them and they began to eat.
"Yeah, I hope not. I worked hard on putting that together for us. I wanted our first real date to be something special."
"Date?" she questioned with a teasing grin. "So, I was right, you did mean for this to be a date."
"Yes," he answered honestly. "But since I confessed my love for you and we've made love twice since then, I thought you knew that. You even pretty much suggested as much earlier."
"I know, but it was still nice to hear you say it. And for the record, it has been special, despite this never-ending rain. When I agreed to come out with you today, I never imagined we'd take things so far."
A worrying thought crossed Adam's mind then, "Maybe too far," he said.
"Please don't tell me you're regretting things after the way you just made love to me."
He kissed her quickly to reassure her. "No, I don't regret anything at all, but I didn't plan for things to go this far either. I didn't even know for sure if you really liked me as more than a friend."
"Do you think I'd have kissed you the way I did yesterday if I didn't?"
"I didn't know. I thought it might be a fluke or something. I mean, we were sparring and making jokes as always, but then suddenly you were on top of me and we were making out and neither of us planned it and- Well, you were there so you know."
"Yeah, your mother and my father interrupted us and then neither one of us had the nerve to talk about what happened."
"Exactly." He nodded. "But when I said we may have moved too fast, I wasn't talking about any of that. I don't regret making love to you at all. I enjoyed every second of it and knowing that you love me made it that much sweeter, but the problem is that I didn't come prepared for that happening."
"I think we can agree that neither of us was prepared for it."
"That's the problem though." He sighed "We've made love twice now and we didn't take any kind of precautions."
"Ohhh, I see what you're getting at. You're wondering if I might have gotten pregnant."
"It's definitely a possibility."
"I didn't even think of that."
"Neither did I until just now."
They were both silent for a moment as they contemplated the possibility that they might have created a new life together.
"I mean, it wouldn't be the worst thing that could happen," Teela supposed.
"No, I suppose not," Adam replied. His father did say he expected him to produce an heir to the throne, but Adam was sure he didn't mean this way. "I guess one plus to it is that if it's happened, you'd have to agree to marry me then." He grinned.
"Oh, give me a break! That's such an archaic notion that when you get pregnant, you HAVE to get married."
"Maybe you personally don't have to, I mean, if you were with anyone else, that is, but I do. Teela, I'm a prince. I can't have an illegitimate child. I have to be married when my future children are born or they won't inherit the throne."
"Oh, I guess I hadn't even thought of it like that. I was raised in the palace, but I don't have all the pressure of being a member of the royal family like you do."
"You already put enough pressure on yourself," he pointed out.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"I think you know what it means. You work way too hard and get too upset with yourself when you don't succeed at something right away."
"Well, what's wrong with hard work and wanting to succeed?"
"Nothing, except when it becomes an obsession," Adam told her. "Don't get me wrong, I admire your dedication to doing your best all the time, but sometimes I think you drive yourself too hard and I worry that you're going to burn yourself out."
"Well, don't! I can handle myself!" She felt the need for a little space and yanked hard on the blanket, ignoring Adam's loud "HEY!" at leaving him exposed as she wrapped it around herself and walked toward the opening of the cave. "Will this storm ever slow down? It seems like it's only getting worse."
Adam approached her and laid his hands on her shoulders. "I didn't mean to upset you. I only worry because I love you so much."
He was unable to say anymore as lightning struck the outcropping of rock outside the cave, cracking it and causing him to jump back.
"Phew!" that was close," Teela said as she edged away from the mouth of the cave, but she didn't do so fast enough as a second lightning bolt struck the rocks.
"Teela!" Adam shouted and reached for her to pull her out of the way, but didn't make it far enough before the whole thing came crashing down.
When the dust settled, Adam raised his head. "Teela!"
"Adam!" she cried out in pain.
He was in a panic when he saw that she was partially trapped under a pile of large rocks. "Teela, hold on, love, I'm going to get you out." He pushed on the upper rocks, trying to push them out of the cave to free her and while he managed to get some of the smaller ones out of the way, he couldn't move them all. They were too large and he'd never be able to get her legs freed if he couldn't move them on just his strength alone.
"My legs," she gasped as tears poured down her face.
Adam pounded furiously on the rocks, dislodging a few more, but not making as much of a dent as he would've liked. He knew he had to do something, but this wasn't how he'd wanted her to learn his secret. He dug through his pile of discarded clothing for his sword. With sword in hand, another thought occurred to him. Since the Sword of Power was pretty much indestructible, maybe he could use it in another way and wouldn't have to reveal his secret the wrong way.
He wedged the tip of the blade between the rocks and shoved upward with all his might and still only managed to loosen a few more.
Teela let out a grunt of pain and frustration. "Forget it, Adam. I appreciate your noble effort, but it's not enough. The rocks are too big and in spite of how muscular you are, you're just not strong enough. We're never getting out of here unless He-Man somehow comes along to save us."
Adam whipped around and glared at her. "Him again?"
"Oh, come on, don't pull that jealous routine again. Even you have to admit that he's stronger than you are. I just wish he were here right now to get us out of this."
His eyes flared with hurt and anger. "Well, I guess it's him you wish you'd slept with too instead of me."
"No, I love YOU." She insisted. "But maybe it would be simpler because he's not part of a royal family that would expect me to marry him just because he might have gotten me pregnant. In fact, I might not even be all that likely to see him again since no one really knows that much about him. He doesn't have any ties to anyone and I'm pretty sure he likes it that way."
Adam laughed dryly and thought If you only knew. "Maybe it's him you wish you were here with then, your precious hero."
"Maybe I do. Then my legs wouldn't be trapped under a pile of boulders."
"You want He-Man that much, fine! You got him!" he shouted, but then added softly, "Forgive me, my love," as he raised the sword above his head. "By the power of Grayskull!"
Through her tears and anger, Teela watched the power shift around her new lover and transform him.
"I have the power!"
"What?" she gasped. "Adam?"
"Not anymore," he answered. Unable to stand the look of hurt and confusion in her eyes, he turned away from her and went back to work on the rocks.
