In Darkness and In Light

*The Hand that Bites.*

I stirred out of my sleep and opened my eyes to find my hand on Zak's lap. He was tying the dressing carefully around my palm, with a wiggle of my fingers, he looked over and smiled at me.

"Morning."

He leant down and gave me a kiss before brushing my nose with his finger.

"Thank you." I whispered giving a little smile as I flexed my hand.

"For the kiss. That's a first." He teased.

"For my hand." I corrected lifting it up.

"Told you, I'm gonna look after you. To be honest, it's probably better that I did that one." He pulled a face making me look at my hand.

"Bad?"

"It's not like this one." He sighed picking up my good hand and kissing my fingertips. A gesture that made me smile even wider, I probably looked a complete idiot but it was him... He made me all fuzzy inside.

"Do you know what I find great pleasure in?" He asked making me look up from my ogling at his chest.

His nipple to be exact, I just had the urge to bite his pec. You're so weird... I know. I know.

"No?"

"That your eyebrows are real, real hair." He spoke stroking his finger on them.

I frowned before giggling "You're just as weird as me."

"Maybe, if not more. But women draw them on and when you wake up and they haven't got a pair on.. It's a hard thing to cope with."

I began laughing at him and snuggled into him. "Such a dork. But I'm in love with you."

"Good." He sighed deeply wrapping his arm around my shoulders.

"I guess you're more than ready to head back to work?" I guessed.

"Hell yeah. I can't wait. N-not that I hate being home with you. It's just-- I like to-"

"Like to run around in the dark and taunt?" I guessed.

"To investigate." He corrected making me smirk.

"Hmm.. I guess we better get up today and do something productive like pack. Not like yesterday." I smiled reminiscing.

"We could always continue that line of work." He chuckled.

"With my hand? No offence but that would put me off if anything. Plus I can't really hold you any sense..."

"Who said you had to be touching me?" He smiled wickedly.

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"I didn't have this in mind." I huffed looking at my wrists tied to the bed with his belt.

"Hmm, I did."

"Since when have you been into bondage?" I asked trying to tug my hands out, when I pulled my hand and felt a sharp sting from the burn I stopped and internally screamed.

"I've had... a curiosity I guess." He smiled leaning down to kiss my stomach.

"A curiosi- you've done this before." I realised.

He chuckled as he kissed around my body and nipping at the soft skin. Knowing he did this with another woman made me want to stop. To end this bitter sweet enjoyment but then if that was the case, and I reacted like that, I may as well stop making love, kissing and sharing a bed with him. He's done it all before with a woman, or women.  But this would be different, this would be different for me, someone who's read about it in books but never had the guts to try a damn thing out.