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“I want some time alone with you tonight.” Emily’s hands find Sue’s waist as she speaks, gently pushing her back against the wall behind her. Surprise washes over Sue’s face. She can feel Emily’s thumbs brush across her ribs just below her breasts, causing her breath to catch imperceptibly as she glances down to Emily’s lips.
It’s been some time since they were this close, close enough for Sue to count the eyelashes that border Emily’s dark eyes. Close enough to feel the air leave Emily’s lips in shallow breaths against Sue’s cheeks. Emily isn’t smiling, but Sue can see the creases in the corners of her eyes as if she were grinning ear to ear all the same. Sue takes a steadying breath.
“Alright. Is there something specific that you want to talk about, or. . .” Sue curses her voice for the slight shake in its tone. Emily’s hands drift over Sue’s arms and down to her fingers, clasping Sue’s hands in her own and holding them tight. There is a look in Emily’s eyes tonight, a burning that won’t easily be extinguished. Sue feels the embers taking root and setting her body aflame, sparking from her fingertips and engulfing her chest in its warmth.
“There is -” Emily nods her head, still playing with Sue’s fingertips innocently, though the sultry in her voice is anything but. The warmth in Sue’s chest, slowly, like lava, sets a path of burning want down her belly at the sound.
“- but it can’t be said in words.” Before the explanation has fully left her lips, Emily is surging forward and capturing Sue’s neck with her mouth, placing wet, open mouthed kisses against Sue’s sensitive skin. The quick movement catches Sue by surprise. She wishes she could enjoy the attention, but the farewell party for George continues in the next room and they are not alone.
“Emily. Emily, the guests,” Sue says reluctantly, squeezing Emily’s arms to grab her attention and stop the onslaught of her mouth. Emily’s hands, having found Sue’s waist once again during her bold act of seduction, tighten lightly as she pulls away from Sue’s neck, keeping her face and body close.
“The two of us. Okay? Tonight,” Emily presses her thumbs into the skin beneath her hands, punctuating her words. Sue is unable to look away from Emily’s eyes, her supple lips. Her chest heaves slightly and she leans in further into Emily’s warmth. When Emily leans closer too, Sue is sure she is going to kiss her properly.
She is ready to let her do just that, damn the guests in the next room, when Emily pulls away suddenly and slips away to the party. Sue takes an extra moment leaning against the wall that Emily just had her pressed against to catch her breath, the smile unable to leave her face, before she collects herself and follows after Emily.
……….
George’s farewell party goes off as smoothly as it can. In fact, it’s as normal as the friends have felt since the war first began. Despite the weight that lingers in the air of what is to come of George’s fate, the mood of the group is mostly light and joyful.
Throughout the evening, Sue feels the magnetic pull of Emily’s energy drawing her eyes to the poet at every chance. She catches herself watching as Emily dances, as Emily speaks and laughs and plays drinking games with their friends. Sue is sure someone is going to notice eventually, but honestly, she’s not sure she cares anymore. The drinks are flowing freely and inhibitions are dulled.
Let them notice, Sue thinks to herself. She wasn’t about to put an end to the happiest she’d felt in God knows how long only out of fear of what the others might say or think.
Sue is pleasantly charmed when Emily agrees to read her poem aloud to the group, but it’s the admission that Emily is reading it mostly for Sue and no one else, that makes her heart swell with affection. She had originally been fearsome that Emily would not take so kindly to Sue submitting a poem on her behalf, but now, with Emily reciting her prose aloud and reading directly to Sue, all doubts fade away.
Tears well from Sue’s eyes as the words escape softly from Emily’s lips, the reverence in her voice bringing a new dimension to the lyrics when spoken aloud. Sue is left watching as Emily, her Emily, entrances every person within the room, unable to do anything but stand in awe.
The guests begin to trickle out not long after. Sue and Emily say their goodbyes to everyone, Austin having excused himself moments before to tend to the baby. Both Emily and Sue hug George tightly and wish him luck in battle.
The door closes behind George, followed by the sound of the lock clicking into place. Emily quickly shifts and presses Sue gently back against the door frame once again. “I love our friends, and I will miss George dearly, but I am so glad they are finally gone,” Emily says as she rests her forehead against Sue’s.
Sue tilts her head slightly, her right hand reaching up and wrapping around the back of Emily’s neck. She presses her mouth soundly to Emily’s in a kiss. The kiss is grounding, sobering, but also energizing. Sue has done nothing all night but think of kissing Emily, so she tells her as much.
“I haven’t been able to take my eyes off you tonight, Emily. You are . . . captivating,” Sue says quietly.
There’s been a shift in Emily, something Sue hasn’t quite put her finger on yet. Emily feels more here, more present. Maybe her confession in the orchard actually got through to her. Sue feels as though Emily is becoming hers and hers alone, rather than solely living for the poems she writes for Sue.
Make no mistake, Sue loves the poems Emily writes for her; but she loves Emily more. Ridiculous as it may be, there are times that Sue feels second to Emily’s writing, as if Emily would rather live in her imagination of their love instead of living it in the moment, with Sue.
Those doubts and fears have all vanished tonight. Emily is here, she is solid and present and pressed against her. Emily, with her wide, brown eyes and supple lips and irresistible smirk and honey voice. Sue’s Emily.
Sue sighs languidly as Emily kisses across her cheeks and her jaw. Emily pauses to drag her teeth along the sharp line of Sue’s jaw before kissing over the spot. Sue can usually find contentment with these types of stolen moments when they cannot have each other entirely the way they want, but not tonight. Tonight, Sue needs every part of Emily all to herself.
Sue squeezes the back of Emily’s neck with the hand still rested there, gently signaling for Emily to stop her exploration. When Emily’s eyes meet Sue’s, her pupils are dilated and her lips are slightly parted, shallow breaths escaping between them. Emily looks a little dazed, like she was lost in the moment and confused why Sue had her stop her ministrations.
Sue smiles softly at Emily and takes her hand in hers. “Come upstairs with me, Emily,” Sue invites simply, implication laced in her voice.
Emily’s expression instantly changes from confusion to surprise, her eyebrows raising sharply. She recovers quickly, nodding and pulling Sue off the wall with their laced hands. “Yes. Yes, please. Let’s do that,” Emily’s words spill out of her haphazardly, a drastic juxtaposition from the eloquent way Emily spoke mere hours prior as she read her poem. Sue chuckles quietly, pleased she was able to cause such a reaction.
Emily leads Sue up the stairs, hands still intertwined. Sue is not sure what time it is, but she knows it must be quite late; and yet, both women are completely awake; energized from the excitement of the party and the knowledge of what was yet to come of their night.
They reach Sue’s room and enter soundlessly, Sue closing the door behind them. When she turns, she finds Emily standing still in the middle of the room, her arms hanging loosely by her sides and eyes locked on Sue, as if the only thing she can see in the world right now is her.
“You are so beautiful, Sue.” Emily says, her voice so quiet Sue would have missed it if she weren’t looking right at her.
Sue smiles at this, taking her time walking towards Emily. After all, why should she rush? The two had the luxury of time tonight, with Austin preoccupied and no pressing matters to attend to. Emily is unable to look away from Sue’s approaching form, making her feel sexy and powerful and wanted.
Sue finally reaches her and instantly grasps at the belt secured neatly at Emily’s waist. With deft, practiced hands, Sue unbuckles the clasp and lets the belt fall to the floor with a clank. Her hands move just as surely over the buttons lined down Emily’s torso. Removing the articles of clothing covering Emily’s body is a process that takes longer than either women would like, but there was a sense of calming, methodical ease associated with undressing that Sue found rewarding.
The front of Emily’s blouse falls open. Sue runs her hands from the skin of Emily’s neck down her shoulders and arms, pushing the garment aside and placing hot, open mouthed kisses across her shoulder tops as she goes. The dress opens easily, exposing the tightly wound corset beneath.
“Sue, I don’t mean to rush you, but I have been thinking about this all day and if I don’t feel your touch soon I am going to explode,” Emily says, nearly panting in her arousal.
Taking the hint, Sue wastes not another second. They help each other undress, stealing kisses and touches and breaths throughout the task. In only a few moments both women are completely naked and exposed to the chilled night air.
Emily drags her eyes down Sue’s body, taking a moment to appreciate the swell of her breasts and the soft curves of her stomach and hips. She caresses the sensitive skin below Sue’s navel and out towards her hip bones.
Sue’s body has changed since having the baby. There is more to her stomach than before; marks in the skin mapped out in winding roads from creating a life inside of her. Her hips are wider, fuller now, too, and her breasts have a subtle sag to them from breastfeeding. Emily touches it all, her eyelids hung low as she watches the way Sue’s body reacts to the grazes.
Sue has to fight against the urge to cover up the marks in her skin that were once smooth and unmarred. It is taking time for Sue to accept and be comfortable with the way her body is now, but the look on Emily’s face and in her eyes is definitely helping.
Emily lets out a low groan and pulls Sue flush against her by her hips. “How is it that you are even sexier now than ever before?” Emily asks, her voice low and full. Sue’s cheeks pink at the compliment, the words giving her a boost of confidence.
Sue guides Emily backwards, gently but firmly, until her knees hit the edge of the bed and she falls back into the mound of decorative pillows. Emily giggles and tosses a pillow at Sue, who in turn does her best to look offended before giggling as well.
“Why did I insist on so many decorative pillows?” Sue asks incredulously, the sound of her laugh still lingering in her voice. Emily just shrugs and throws another pillow at her. Sue catches it in the air and swings it back at Emily, a silly glint in her eye. Emily squeals and hides behind yet another pillow for shelter as Sue playfully smacks her with the one she caught before grabbing both pillows and tossing them to the side.
Emily leans back on her elbows against the mattress, eyes on Sue and a wry smirk across her mouth. She makes a ‘come here’ motion with her right hand, her palm facing upwards and fingers beckoning Sue closer.
Sue obliges, ascending slowly up Emily’s lithe form. Emily’s legs part slightly, giving Sue more space to work with. Sue trails her mouth up Emily’s legs, her fingers following teasingly behind. Sue kisses a path up to the juncture of Emily’s hips, to her navel, then to the valley between Emily’s breasts.
Emily sighs when Sue finally settles her weight fully on top of her, their legs slotting together like puzzle pieces. Sue grinds her hips down subtly into Emily, enjoying the sound of the breath that catches in Emily’s throat in response.
Emily’s hands trail their way up Sue’s torso, the touch feather light over her ribs before finding residence on her breasts. Emily gently palms the supple mounds, pinching both nipples lightly between thumb and forefinger. Sue hisses audibly, pressing her mouth into Emily’s in a needy kiss that has Emily sighing into her mouth.
Emily deepens the kiss, parting her lips to grant Sue access, which Sue takes advantage of immediately, slipping her tongue into the warmth of Emily’s mouth. Emily sucks on her tongue lightly, grinding her hips up into Sue. Sue meets the movements in kind, pressing her hips down into Emily with each upward grind of the girl beneath her in a desperate attempt to find any kind of pressure or friction.
Sue can feel the slick heat of Emily’s center coating her thigh, can smell her arousal, thick and needy, hanging in the air.
“God, Emily, you feel so good,” Sue pants into her mouth. Emily’s body writhes beneath her, her movements becoming more frantic with every press of Sue’s leg between her hips.
In one swift movement, Sue is suddenly lying on her back against the mattress with Emily on top of her. “Whoah,” Sue breathes. Emily chuckles lightly in return.
"As much as I love you grinding on me, there’s no way in hell I’m going to let that be either of our first orgasms of the night,” Emily says into the skin of Sue’s neck. Her mouth is quickly descending down, over Sue’s collarbones and chest.
“First orgasms?” Sue squeaks out as Emily’s lips wrap around a hardened nipple, her teeth grazing teasingly.
Emily looks up at Sue, locking gazes as she releases Sue’s nipple with an audible pop. “Oh, Sue. I plan to keep you up until the morning light,” Emily says, winking. Emily moves to Sue’s other breast, giving it the same amount of attention as the first. She circles her tongue around it before sucking it into her mouth and teasing the sensitive nub between her teeth.
Sue’s gasps leave her lips involuntarily, her back arching into the touch. When Emily’s right hand begins to move down her stomach to the juncture of her hip bones, Sue bucks upwards. Sue feels as though all of her nerves are on the outside of her body and Emily’s touch is setting off electric shocks through each nerve ending.
Emily continues her exploration, her mouth now following the subtle line down the center of Sue’s stomach over her navel, the split of what used to be defined muscles made softer by bringing a new life into the world.
“Emily, please, I need you to touch me,” Sue pants, begging. Her entire body is on fire, burning and blushed from the heat of her arousal. Sue jerks her hips up into the air, trying to find friction. Anything to release the pressure building within her stomach.
Emily doesn’t need to be asked twice. Her fingers glide through Sue’s folds finding slick, molten heat. Emily gathers it on her fingers before indulging and bringing them to her mouth, sucking the arousal off one by one, her eyes closed as if it’s the best thing she’s ever tasted. Sue watches, eyes wide and lips parted.
A throaty groan leaves Emily’s mouth as she releases her fingers. When she opens her eyes again, they’re dark, nearly black. “Fuck, you taste so good, Sue.” Sue thinks she could come from the sound of Emily’s voice alone.
Emily dips between Sue’s hips, lips grazing over the soft, curly hair of her pubic bone. Emily breathes in deeply, using her tongue to part Sue’s lips where she needs her most.
At the first contact of Emily’s tongue gliding through Sue’s folds and up her center to her clit, Sue’s hips jerk involuntarily. Emily doesn’t seem to mind. She anchors Sue down with a hand pressed down onto either of Sue’s hips and continues her exploration with her tongue.
Emily dips her tongue into Sue agonizingly slow. In and out, the lightest of pressure, before circling back up and sucking Sue’s clit into her mouth. Sue moans loudly, her hands scrambling to find anything to hold on to. One hand finds Emily’s still anchored on her hip and Sue grasps at her fingers tightly, the other hand winding through Emily’s hair to keep her head in place between her legs.
Sue’s breathing grows more rapid as Emily sucks and licks her clit into her mouth. She can feel her orgasm building quickly, too quickly. Emily takes her right hand away from Sue’s hip and brings them to her mouth, sucking on the first and middle finger quickly before plunging both deep inside Sue.
“Fuck, Emily!” Sue cries out, unable to hold it in.
Emily’s mouth finds her clit once again, licking with just the right amount of pressure. The fingers inside of Sue curve into the spongey flesh just behind her pubic bone so deliciously she thinks she might actually cry, the corners of her eyes welling with moisture. It’s everything she needs and too much and not enough all at once.
Suddenly, Sue has an overwhelming feeling of needing Emily closer, and she feels much too far away all the way down between her legs. Sue pulls gently but firmly on the hair still intertwined between her fingers, but Emily doesn’t budge. “Up. Want you with me. . . When I come,” Sue manages to say between moans, her hips still undulating beneath Emily.
Sue gives one more light tug and Emily relents, releasing Sue’s clit with a wet pop. She brings her face up to Sue’s without slowing the movements of her hand between Sue’s thighs. Sue wraps her arms around Emily’s shoulders and her legs around her waist. “Now, fuck me. Please,” Sue pleads into Emily’s mouth as she kisses her deeply.
Emily groans, all deep and throaty and so unbelievably sexy. She doubles her efforts, fucking into Sue’s cunt with two long fingers twice as hard as before. Emily grinds her hips down, the action putting pressure against hew own throbbing clit and the back of her hand.
Sue’s back arches against the bed, her eyes shut tightly and mouth open in a silent moan. Emily takes the moment to latch onto Sue’s neck, keeping her rhythm steady. Sue breaths sharply then breaks wide open. Her orgasm overtakes her causing her entire body to shudder with pleasure while she clings tightly to Emily, biting into her shoulder to keep her moans somewhat subdued.
Emily slows her movements but does not stop them, keeping her fingers buried inside of Sue and helping her to ride out every last wave of pleasure before stilling completely. “God, I love you,” Emily breathes, her face full of lust and adoration. “I love you so much, Sue.”
Sue caresses Emily’s face gently, pushing the dampened hair away from her brow and her neck. “I am so in love with you, Emily Dickinson,” she whispers.
Emily hums contentedly, resting her head against Sue’s shoulder, face buried in her neck. Finally, Emily slowly pulls her fingers out of Sue, the movements causing her to clench against them. Emily then sucks the remnants of Sue’s orgasm off her fingers, moaning as she tastes her cum. Heat pools between Sue’s legs once more at the action.
Emily rolls off of Sue’s body, lying next to her instead. “Thank you for publishing my poem,” Emily speaks softly, grasping Sue’s hand. She smiles at Sue, not breaking eye contact.
“Thank you for writing it,” Sue counters, matching her smile.
Emily trails her hand down Sue’s arm, her eyes following the movement. “You know, this, this right here,” Emily caresses her fingers back up Sue’s arm, the touch featherlight as it glides over her shoulder and collarbones. “This is better than any poem.”
Sue cannot contain her smile. She stares at Emily, full of love and admiration for the woman laid in bed next to her. When Emily reaches up and tilts Sue’s chin up and kisses her, Sue thinks her chest may explode. Sue falls into the moment, letting herself drown in the kiss, in her love, in Emily.
All the letters I can write.
Are not fair as this—
Sue can feel every touch heated against her fevered skin, every breath that leaves Emily’s mouth. Never has Sue felt more impassioned, more in tune to another’s body, wants and desires, as she does Emily, especially in this moment.
Syllables of Velvet—
Emily’s hand traces up her neck and her cheek, moving across her lips with a single finger before Sue captures it between her teeth, pulling it into her mouth and sucking lightly. Emily’s eyes are dark and hooded, Sue is sure much like her own.
Sentences of Plush,
Quiet gasps of breath and subtle moans echo softly in the room and Sue can’t be sure if they are her own or if they are Emily’s. Their breaths feel as one, their bodies so close it is impossible to tell where one woman ends and the other begins.
Sue kisses down Emily’s arm, feeling the muscles in Emily’s back with her hands. She gently presses Emily down against the bed on her back and rolls on top of her, moving her mouth down Emily’s neck, Emily willingly turning her head to grant Sue more access.
Depths of Ruby, undrained,
Sue continues her path down Emily’s chest, feeling her gasp when her mouth grazes her nipple, but she doesn’t stop to admire the firm peaks. Instead continuing on her journey lower still. Emily opens her legs for Sue, allowing her to settle between them comfortably. Sue parts Emily’s folds with her tongue with the slightest amount of pressure possible.
Hid, Lip, for Thee—
Emily watches Sue, entranced momentarily, until Sue encircles Emily’s clit with her lips and sucks it into her mouth. Emily’s head falls back against the pillow, gasping as she tries to force herself to breathe normally.
Play it were a Humming Bird—
Sue laps at Emily’s swollen heat, Emily’s arousal flooding her mouth deliciously. All she can see, taste, hear, smell, all of it is Emily. Sue parts Emily’s legs even further, granting herself that much more space as she delves her tongue deep inside Emily. Emily gasps, her eyes closing tightly and head falling back hard. When Sue glides back up and encloses her mouth around Emily’s clit once more, Emily’s back arches up off the bed, hips grinding into Sue’s mouth, her orgasm cresting.
And just sipped—me—