In the Place We Both Love

Chapter 2: My Commanding Officer-4

“No,” he groaned. “I guess not.” She shifted his hips, pulling out of my grasp briefly before I caught hold of him again.

“Careful, Colonel. You might poke someone with this thing.” I gave him a squeeze.

“That’s my intention,” he quipped lightly.

“Hmmm,” I answered. He was a nice handful to be sure. William shifted under me. I knew what he wanted, because I wanted it too. I wanted to see what his skin tasted like, to feel the velvety hardness sliding along my tongue. More than that, I wanted to give him pleasure, to see something more than the usual sad loneliness that he always wore there in his pretty blue eyes.

So I quit teasing him and leaned over him. Something somewhere between a sigh and a groan came from William’s parted lips. I glanced up at him, and the pleasure on his face and the way his head was thrown back, sparked something deep inside of me. I knew I would never forget the way he looked right now. The sight of his tongue moving across his lips, the breathless sound of his voice as he whispered to me fueled my desire until I shifted my hips against his leg seeking some relief from the fire inside. William’s fingers clenched in my hair and he guided my head up and down on him, moaning softly. I continued to pleasure him until he began to try to move away.

“Stop, baby. Stop,” he said, urgently, pulling on my hair to make me let go.

“Don’t you like it?”

“God yes! I just don’t want it to end just yet. Not until I’m inside you.”

“Oh God,” I moaned, feeling a twitch start in the place he wanted to be.

William knelt over me, pressing me back onto the couch. “My turn. Fair is fair.”

So saying, William leaned down and kissed me, I wrapped my arms around his neck, kissing him back, while his hands roamed all over my body.

He moved to my neck, his hand sliding under my t-shirt. His expressive blue eyes widened when his hand encountered naked flesh.

“No wrapping? That’s good. Now if there’s none on the other, we’ll be in business.”

I grinned at his teasing tone. “Sorry, sugar. You’ll have a bit to remove.”

“Damn,” he breathed against my throat. “Oh well. It will be my pleasure and yours for me to relieve you of it.”

“Sounds like fun.”

“Oh it is.”

Soft male lips traveled along my throat to my ear. His warm breath fanned my skin an instant before his tongue dipped inside.

“I want to make love to you.” His normally soft voice dropped an octave with desire and his hands seemed to shake against my skin.

“By all means. I won’t do a thing to stop you.”

William grunted and knelt on the floor between my legs. I couldn’t help the shiver that went through me at the sight of him there. Slowly, he pulled my shirt over my head, exposing my upper body to his gaze. He molded my breasts in the palms of his hands.

“Perfect fit,” he said, softly.

I nodded in agreement. The warmth of his hands on me had me damn near speechless. My breasts felt so heavy they ached for the touch of his mouth. William rubbed his hands in small circles until I thought I’d die from wanting him.

“William,” I murmured, running my fingers through his hair. It was silky and clean, short but not the buzzed cut of the military.

“I know what you want, honey,” he said, kissing his way down my chest. The breath caught in my throat as his warm mouth neared my breast. It took much of my self control not to push his head into my chest.

Finally, he quit playing around and drew one taut bud into his mouth. My back arched at the exquisite sensation of his warm mouth on my flesh. One hand molded the other breast and his free hand cupped me through the fabric of my sweat pants. I shifted my hips against his hand while he stroked and patted me through my clothes. Needing to touch his naked skin, I grabbed his shirt and pushed the material from his shoulders. He obligingly took it off.

“I just want to feel your skin on mine,” I said softly.

“I like it, too,” he answered between kisses. He moved down my belly, bunching my sweats in his hands and pulling them and my underwear over my waist. I lifted my hips and he pulled them off, tossing them aside. For a moment, he merely knelt there, looking at me.

“You are so beautiful.” He gently stroked me, his fingers gliding over my shaven skin. “Had I known, your lessons would have been a lot different.”

I could feel even more wetness gathering there where his fingers rested. “Oh, is that right?”

“Yep.”

“How so?”

“You wouldn’t need a shuttle to go to space.”

“When do we start training for that?”

“Right now,” he whispered.

Oh how sweet those words were! The husky timbre of his voice, and the heat in his eyes had me trembling. I wanted him in me, on me. Around me. All over me. What was it about this man that had my body on fire? I wanted Colonel Shepard like I wanted my next breath.

“I want-” I stammered.

“Yes?” His fingers stroked along my inner thigh, over my mound but never once did he touch me inside.

“You,” I groaned.

“I want you too,” he murmured. He continued to touch me gently and I was surprised to feel his hand shaking against m thigh. I heightened my pleasure knowing that I affected him the same way he did me.

“William, please,” I whispered.

Without another word, William slid my legs over his shoulders. I damn near screamed at the first touch of his mouth on me. No one had ever loved me the way he was right now, as if he were a starving man and I was his last meal. I blindly reached for and found his hand, lacing my fingers through his. In response, he squeezed my hand.

“Feel good?”

I nodded.

“It feels good to me too. You are so sweet. I wish I could stay here with you like this all day and all night”

Now I did moan out loud at the image of him in me, under me, and behind me flashed through my mind. I sank my hands into his hair to guide his head back down. His mouth closed over me again and he lifted my hips to heighten my pleasure I was almost whimpering in ecstasy. No man had ever made me burn like William. Not like there have been all that many. And definitely none that I have wanted as bad as I wanted William Shepard. I wanted him inside me. Only he could quench the fire that he’d lit within me.

“Let me touch you too, baby,” I whispered. He shifted his hips closer to me and I slid my hand inside his underwear. I touched him the way that he was touching me and soon he too was moaning against me.

“Condom?” he growled against my leg.

I shook my head.

“Damn.” He glanced up at me. “I don’t have one either. Dammit.” Then suddenly, a devilish glint shone in his eyes. “I know one way to give you what you want.” With that, he buried his mouth against my already burning flesh.

When my o****m hit, I cried out his name. My body felt like it had burst into a million pieces. But still his tongue moved, catching every drop. In the throes of ecstasy, I unconsciously squeezed him too hard. His breath caught in his throat but still I stroked him until he collapsed on top of me. I opened my arms to him.

“Come here. Lay with me.”

William settled his larger frame on me, his head resting on my chest. I wrapped my arms around him, stroking his hair. A light sheen of sweat coated his back and chest. I held him close while he tried to catch his breath.

We stayed like this for a long while until he shifted, lifting his head. “I’d better get up.”

“No, don’t. Not yet.”

“I’m not too heavy for you?”

“No. I like to hold you.”

He laid his head back on my chest. “I like you to hold me. It’s been a while.” He stayed quiet for a moment, enjoying my hands brushing his hair. “I should have brought a condom. I’m sorry.”

“Me too. It’s as much on me as it is you. There’s no need to apologize to me.”

William pressed a kiss to the side of my breast. “I didn’t expect to go this far with you tonight.”

I looked down at him. “Really? What were you expecting?”

“To talk.”

”Well you sure got your point across,” I said, laughing.

It was the first time I’d ever heard him chuckle. “So did you.” He kissed my stomach. “I’d hoped for a kiss or two. I only wanted to be near you for a while.”

I lifted his head to look into his eyes. “I’m glad you came by.”

“So am I.”

We both jumped, startled as the movie ended and the end credits began. “We missed the movie,” I said softly.

William reached out to touch my lips with a long finger. “Want to watch it again?” he teased me.

“Tempting.”

“Yes, you are.” He sat up.

That was when I noticed the tattoo on his upper arm. “What does this mean?” I asked, tracing the Japanese character with a finger.

“Astronaut.”

“It’s beautiful.”

“I’ll take you to get one when you graduate.”

“Will it hurt?”

“I’ll hold your hand, crybaby.”

He ducked the pillow I threw at him. For a long moment, he sat looking at me like he wanted to say something. Then he looked away.

“I’d better go. It’s late.”

“Yeah.”

We slowly dressed and I walked him to the door. He looked down at me. “I didn’t come over just for that. You know, what we did.” He paused. “I just wanted to be with you for a while.”

“I know. And just so you know, I don’t jump into the sack with every guy I meet.’

He cupped my chin. “I know, honey. I didn’t think otherwise. I’m just surprised that you let me in.”

“Trust me, honey. I already told you. If I didn’t want you here, you wouldn’t be standing here listening to me say this.”

“Really?”

“Really. “ I curled my hands in the lapels of his jacket. “It’s something about you. I want to be around you, touch you. Have you touch me. I want to hear your voice, see your face. “

William pulled me against him, resting his face in my hair. “I’ve never wanted to see someone as badly as I wanted to see you tonight. It’s like I need to touch you, kiss you. I want to feel you close to me.”

“No regrets then?”

“No. You?”

I shook my head. “I’m a big girl. I wanted you as bad as you wanted me.”

“Wanted?”

“Want. I feel like I can’t get enough of you. Just don’t play with me. I don’t like games and I don’t like one night stands.”

He pulled away to look at me. “I am not playing with you. I don’t want any one night stands. No friends with benefits crap either. Someone always gets hurt. Give me a chance, okay? I just want to talk to you, be around you. Hang out. Whatever you want.”

“Okay.”

He reached into his pocket and handed me a card. “You can call me anytime you want.”

“I just might do that.” I slid my arms around his neck. Our lips met and we kissed slowly. Finally, he pulled back.

“I’d better go or I won’t leave.”

“You don’t have to,” I said softly.

He sighed. “Yeah, I do. If I stay, you won’t sleep tonight. And you have to be awake for tomorrow’s lecture.”

I laughed. “That might not be so bad.” But he was right, of course. If he stayed, what we had just done wouldn’t be enough. So I kissed him lightly one last time on the lips.

“Good night, William. See you tomorrow.”

He hugged me again. “Good night, princess.”

I stood watching him walk on down the steps.

My colonel.

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“What did you do last night?” Jenny asked me as we headed inside for more lectures.

“Nothing much. Watched a movie.” Well, really I had a wonderful time putting hands on our sexy instructor. I found that our colonel takes orders very well. He’s so good at-

Yeah, that would go over real well.

“Yeah, I’d been thinking, I might ask William out. He looks like the artsy type. Besides, I won a couple tickets to this concert this weekend. Think he’d like to go?”

I shrugged, feeling an odd pang of jealousy gnawing at my gut. I mean, I guess she could ask him out if she wants to. He didn’t belong to me. Just cause we hooked up last night, doesn’t mean that we were dating or he was my boyfriend. Hell, we haven’t even been out yet. So she was free and clear to ask him out if she wanted, right? But even with that reasoning, I still didn’t want her to. I couldn’t stand the idea of her touching him, kissing him. Or worse, him touching and kissing her the same way he’d done me. Jenny was a nice girl and all. But she wouldn’t see past his pretty blue eyes and hard body to the man within. Hell no, I didn’t want her to ask him out.