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Darling, you're with me, always around me
Only love, only love
Darling, I feel you under my body
Only love, only love
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Hours later, just as the late morning sunshine was moving across the floor, Marlena woke to the feel of John's chest against her back, with his arm slung over her hip, and his fingers buried between her legs, slowly stroking along her moist folds. He'd pulled her thigh back and over his his, opening her to his ministrations. She sighed. It felt so good. What a glorious way to wake up. The soft, gentle glide of his fingers over her flesh. Still coming out of her sleep, she gave a contented hum as the ache inside her started to build. Pushing her head back against him, she twisted her neck so that she could kiss his soft skin. The saltiness of his flesh burst on her tongue, and she moaned softly, closing her eyes.
John's breath rushed over her ear, when he whispered in a husky voice, "I want you again, Doc... I can't get enough of you..."
She pushed back against him, pulling him closer. Moaning softly, she wrapped her arm up around his neck, pulling his mouth to hers. She whispered, "I'm yours... John, I always have been..."
He paused, staring down at her with questions in his eyes. "Have you?"
Her face told him everything even as she whispered, "Yes."
Rolling her onto her back, John studied her face intently. "We're going to discuss this."
Marlena smiled softly, reaching up to cup his jaw with love shining from her eyes, "I know."
He leaned down with a soft growl, nipping at her collarbone. "We're definitely going to discuss all of this."
Marlena gasped softly, arching up into him, "Okay."
"A long talk," he groaned, licking a path between her breasts.
Marlena's breath came quicker, "Absolutely." Her fingers threaded into his hair, and she closed her eyes in pleasure.
"But first," he told her, "I need you again." John's lips latched onto her nipple, sucking deeply, as he settled himself between her thighs. "I need you so much, Doc. Your body is like a drug to me, and I can't get enough."
"Oh, G-d... yes... please." Marlena's back arched up off of the bed seeking the roughness of his chest hair against her sensitive breasts, and her nails dug into his shoulders. He knew her body. He knew it better than she thought she did. Another soft moan escaped her when John lifted her breast, licking along the underside in a languid manner.
"You are so perfect, Doc... so fucking perfect." He rested his weight on her, sliding his hands up her arms. His eyes were riveted on her naked body underneath him as he pinned her hands above her head, watching the way her breasts lifted. Marlena's soft skin against his, the scent of their lovemaking, and the look of arousal in her eyes was his undoing. There was no way he could continue to hide his true feelings. "Why did I ever let you go?" he murmured, licking her neck, and biting at the skin behind her ear. His teeth nipped at her jaw, and he groaned when his hips pushed forward and his cock slid through the warmth awaiting him. John's tongue lapped over the seam of her lips, and she spread her legs wider, cradling his hips. "I should have fought for you... I love you, I have always, and will always, love you," he told her, slowly sliding his cock along the satin warmth between her legs. "I can't keep denying that. I can't... being with you is like coming home."
"Then don't deny me," she whispered against his lips. "Show me. Show me how much you love me, John."
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Give me shelter or show me heart
Come on, love, come on, love
Watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart
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John's hips pushed against her slowly, his length sliding along her moist folds. When his cock bumped her clit, she gasped softly. His slow seduction was driving her higher, and higher. She cried out breathlessly, "G-d! John, you feel so good!"
He released her hands, raising up on his haunches, and then he slid his hands underneath her, lifting her hips up to his. With deliberate slowness, he slid into her moist warmth, and they both groaned in ecstasy. Marlena's hands clenched in the bedsheets underneath her, and John rolled his hips, pushing deeper, "I'm never going to be able to let you go..."
He was telling her this was forever, if she wanted it. A tear slipped from her eye, trailing over her cheek, as she stared up at him. "Then don't. Don't ever let me go, John."
He eased himself out, and then pushed back into her welcoming body with a groan. She was his, and that broke something inside of him in the best way. Reaching down he lifted her body up, holding her against him as he pushed deep inside her. He could feel her tears against his shoulder. "Look at me, baby." Lifting her eyes, she stared up at him, and John said quietly, "This is our second chance."
"I thought I lost you," she whispered, still crying. "And now I've gotten you back."
John kissed her softly. He tried to keep his body calm but the heat of her surrounding him, and the promise of a life with her was almost too much. A life with Marlena was the thing his dreams were made of. Gently, he asked her, "We're going to do this?"
"Get this," she said softly. "You're stuck with me."
He couldn't help the grin that spread across his face as he remembered the first time she'd told him that in the woods of Gauley Valley. "You promise?"
Touching his face with tenderness, she said, "I promise."
John groaned, feeling his cock jerk inside her. It had always been so easy between them. It still was. Gripping her hips, he pulled her closer, getting lost in her eyes. "I love you, Marlena... I love you..."
Sensation flowed through her body, and Marlena sighed, "John Black, I have never stopped loving you."
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And I'll be yours to keep
A wind in the shadow, a whale song in the deep
A wind in the shadow, a whale song in the deep
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John held Marlena in his arms well after they should have been up and about for the day. He couldn't bear to let her go. It was her warmth, the satin caress of her skin, and the scent of her body. All of it so achingly familiar, and a balm to his tortured soul. "I realized I still loved you when you were possessed," he said softly. "After everything was over, and you were safe... I couldn't bear to be away from you. I was so scared... but the guilt. The guilt of our affair, and everything that came with that, kept me from telling you. It kept me from reaching for you, and instead, I ran."
