As she comes apart, as he feels it and hears it, something in the centre of Loxley's composure likewise crumples. His arm tightens around her in those last shuddering moments, keeping her leg pressed apart from the other with the nudge of his thigh but otherwise simply holding on as his own restraint gives.
A shift in that last moment, steered away from her kiss (in spite of her hand holding his hair) to bury her name into the crook of her neck, muffling in part his own response once control finally slips. But only in sound; Derrica can feel the way it lashes tension up through Loxley's back, in the shuddered stop and start of his movements, in the intimate press against her.
The ground returns more securely beneath her heels without Loxley yet letting up. Catching his breath. Turning his head, kissing her cheek, the side of her mouth.
Foot planted on stone, Derrica could use that newly-returned leverage to extricate herself.
Instead, she remains clung tight against him. When her fingers loosen in his hair, it's only so that she might drag her nails along his scalp when she catches Loxley's mouth. The kiss itself is exceedingly languid, slow and open-mouthed and easy.
Part of her thinks, Again.
Maybe if they were somewhere else, she might say that aloud.
"We should do this after every one of my meetings," is a low murmur, breathed rather than spoken aloud.
"I can do that," Loxley agrees, and only after gives a breathless laugh. You know, anything for the cause.
Slowly easing back, after some prolonged moments keeping her just like this for as long she gives it. Carefully reaching between them to adjust himself as his arm loosens around her, giving her back her centre of balance slowly, if kept still close, still warm. He kisses her again, still kind of smiling through it. So much for not so noticeable.
But there is time. The sky is darkening, and they can drink wine, and eat some stolen food in this stolen snatch of time. "Anytime," he murmurs, a little more soberly, if not completely so.
A pleasant ache beats in her body, alongside the lingering wash of warmth smoldering through her limbs, across her skin, everywhere they have touched each other. Even with both feet return to ground, she is content to remained hemmed in against the rail for a few moments longer.
There is time. She can kiss him again, before they consider food. And returning to the interior of this palace and the tangle of conflicting objectives and agendas and opinions waiting for them. And the narrow bunks and beyond that, the morning and whatever round of arguments the new day brings.
All of it feels more manageable in this moment. Derrica knows that's Loxley's doing, and the gratitude seeps into their kiss before she says, "Show me what you have in that basket."
Not a real parting, but a different kind of closeness to carry them through the rest of the evening.
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A shift in that last moment, steered away from her kiss (in spite of her hand holding his hair) to bury her name into the crook of her neck, muffling in part his own response once control finally slips. But only in sound; Derrica can feel the way it lashes tension up through Loxley's back, in the shuddered stop and start of his movements, in the intimate press against her.
The ground returns more securely beneath her heels without Loxley yet letting up. Catching his breath. Turning his head, kissing her cheek, the side of her mouth.
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Instead, she remains clung tight against him. When her fingers loosen in his hair, it's only so that she might drag her nails along his scalp when she catches Loxley's mouth. The kiss itself is exceedingly languid, slow and open-mouthed and easy.
Part of her thinks, Again.
Maybe if they were somewhere else, she might say that aloud.
"We should do this after every one of my meetings," is a low murmur, breathed rather than spoken aloud.
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Slowly easing back, after some prolonged moments keeping her just like this for as long she gives it. Carefully reaching between them to adjust himself as his arm loosens around her, giving her back her centre of balance slowly, if kept still close, still warm. He kisses her again, still kind of smiling through it. So much for not so noticeable.
But there is time. The sky is darkening, and they can drink wine, and eat some stolen food in this stolen snatch of time. "Anytime," he murmurs, a little more soberly, if not completely so.
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There is time. She can kiss him again, before they consider food. And returning to the interior of this palace and the tangle of conflicting objectives and agendas and opinions waiting for them. And the narrow bunks and beyond that, the morning and whatever round of arguments the new day brings.
All of it feels more manageable in this moment. Derrica knows that's Loxley's doing, and the gratitude seeps into their kiss before she says, "Show me what you have in that basket."
Not a real parting, but a different kind of closeness to carry them through the rest of the evening.