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[loveasthouwilt]

[[from here]]"As are you, love," I said with a smile, reaching back to let my hair loose from its tie. Just the feel of his hands on my waist, even outside the dress, was making my pulse race, and I felt myself nearing breathlessness as I let my palms slide down his bare chest, relearning the feel, the shape of his body which had once been as

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[incassielsname]

I let my arms wrap around her neck, then, and shift in positions on the edge of the bathtub, spreading my legs to draw her close to me. At her neck, my fingers find the tie of her unfamiliar dress and I loosen it, though her dress does not fall as she is pressed against me.

"I can scarce believe you're real," I say, knowing at the same time it is foolish, as she is the one who has spent nine months wondering whether I live or die, somewhere else out there in the world.

[loveasthouwilt]

"Ah, but I am," I murmured, dropping my hands to the buttons of his trousers. "And so are you." I bit back another exclamation at how much I'd missed him; the time for words was passing, and I knew I would do far better to show him rather than tell him. Taking a step back, I dropped my arms, letting the dress slide to the floor. "Come here," I murmured, turning and stepping into the tub.

[incassielsname]

If there is one thing I have always been able to say is true about Phedre, it is that she knows exactly what she wants, and she will get it every time.

She is every bit as stunning as I remember my twenty-three year old Phedre to be, which is just as stunning as I remember my thirty-three year old Phedre. That is to say, she will always be amazing. I watch her as she slides into the bathtub, and I know that she will always be my world.

I rise from the edge of the tub, letting my trousers fall to the floor; I step out of them and slide my shoes from my feet. With no small amount of grace, I step into the bathtub before Phedre.

[loveasthouwilt]

The water was hot and I sank into it with an enjoyable hiss, making room for him to sit behind me. It was good, so good to lean back against him, the heat of the water and his body behind me cradling me in a protective cocoon, and I sighed contentedly as I settled against him. "Hold me a moment," I murmured, taking his hands in mine and wrapping them around me. We could move in a moment; just then, I needed this reminder of home.