The Christmas Present

“How was your day?” Mitch asked after dragging his mouth away a little later. His gaze remained glued to her lips and his breathing was erratic, while his hands held her hips hard.

Sharni was watching him with a similar intensity and in the same distracted tone as he’d just used she said, “good thanks, you?” They were talking but neither of them were concentrating on the words being spoken.

“Not bad” he said “but not as good as this.”

Sharni took a deep breath, “no not as good as this” she said and almost before the words were out of her mouth they were kissing again.

Mitch moved his mouth to her ear, his breathing was ragged “you’re so beautiful Sharni. You know I want you, right?”

“I want you too” she said and she felt the tremor that passed through him.

“I don’t want you to feel pressured” he said kissing her throat. “I want this to be right for both of us. If you want to wait…..”

“I don’t feel pressured” Sharni said tilting her head to expose more of her neck to his mouth.

“I mean I know we’ve only known each other for what wouldn’t even amount to a day in actual hours but…..” his lips moved along her jaw.

“It feels like much longer” Sharni said finishing the sentence for him as she began to shake with need.

“Yes” he said. “I like you Sharni, really like you.”

“I like you too Mitch” Sharni said “and I want you now.”

“Oh god yes” he said and there was no more talking for a while. With his mouth never leaving hers, their clothes were removed and discarded and like they two halves of the same whole they came together. Their bodies uniting in a heated but tender exchange where each gave as much as they received.