Complement

XXXI – Promises
(Part E)

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She watched them as they walked down the path that led between all of the cottages privacy-protection barriers towards the portal that would take her back to Sunnydale, Obsidian trailing behind them. They had asked her to stay with them a while longer. Since she had arrived here on what was a late Friday afternoon earth time she could stay longer than the week originally planned before she had to return on earth's Sunday in time to get a good nights sleep for school the next day. So she had ended up staying an additional two weeks. Dawn couldn't help but think that they were probably the best two weeks of her life.

The first few days after the day she had lost it on Faith while they were training had been awkward, despite the laughter and the ease with which she and Faith had fallen back into their relationship. The hurtful words Dawn had spoken still hung in the air between them, as well as between her and Buffy. She had apologized so many times that both Slayers had asked her to stop and Dawn had finally realized that after saying, I'm sorry, over and over the two words started to lose their meaning. Instead, she decided to let her actions speak for her and she had subtly begun a campaign of showing both Slayers how much they meant to her. She reminded them of the fun they had together, thanked them for the things they had done for her. She told them stories, most of them were about the times she had spent with Faith the first time the Dark Slayer had come to Sunnydale. She told them all about the things Joyce had said about the Dark Slayer. She gave both Slayers, but most importantly Faith, a glimpse through her eyes of exactly how she saw Faith. As the days passed they all grew closer together as sisters, as friends, as a family and Dawn finally understood exactly what the phrase, Home is where the heart is, meant.

She saw a side to Buffy and Faith that she never thought she would ever see over the last two weeks. Sure, they had fun those weeks when Buffy had gone after and brought Faith back from LA, but being here was different. In Sunnydale even when they were out having fun there was always a part of the Slayers that was always on alert, they couldn't, ever, not really, completely let themselves relax. None of them could really, they were all too aware of what hid in the darkness of the night.

It made her a little sad though to know that once the Slayers returned to Sunnydale, the totally carefree young women she had come to know and had spent the last three weeks with would be gone. She grew to have a true appreciation for who and what they were, for what they had tried and were still trying to give, do for her. They wanted for her all the things they wanted for themselves but could not have, not completely; they wanted to give her the gift of normal happy life. A life that didn't include demons, vampires, apocalypses and death on a daily basis.

It was funny too, considering she was a few years younger then them, to realize just how young they both really were. She guessed her perception of them was skewed because they were Slayers. The things they had both seen, had both had to do, gave them an air, a sense of maturity that exceeded their real age. The responsibilities, the weight they both carried upon their shoulders had taken away their time, their opportunity to be truly young, Faith even more so than Buffy. Now not only did they carry the burden of being Slayers, but they had been thrust into the roles of provider and parents as well.

As much as they wanted her to have a normal happy life, she wanted even more than they did for themselves, for them to have a happy long life together. So, she wished and prayed for the things she knew they didn't allow themselves to wish and pray for. She wanted them to have the chance to be young, go to college, take vacations, have laughter be a daily part of their lives. She wanted them to have the chance to have children if they wanted, to celebrate their twenty-fifth, fiftieth anniversary together. She had not a doubt that they would stay together for the rest of their lives, the bond between them, the love, was stronger than even the strongest metal known in any universe and it made her dance with joy inside every time she saw them together. She would consider herself the luckiest girl in the world if she could find someone who loved her half as much as Buffy and Faith loved each other.

She made a silent vow to herself as they walked those last few feet to the portal. She would do nothing to add to their already overburden shoulders; instead she would do everything within her power to help them have the happy long life together they so richly deserved. She would cajole, plead, push and force them to take care of themselves, be careful, live life, make time for themselves, everything and anything she could do to help them have a full life outside of being Slayers. She had every intention when she got back to Sunnydale of recruiting all the rest of her extended family, witches, mortals, vampires, and Immortals alike in helping her achieve this goal.

As Dawn stood in front of the portal with her sisters-friends-mentors-ala-parents, hugging them goodbye with tears in her eyes, there was a dream that Dawn carried in her heart. A dream that Dawn was determined would some day come true.

One day she wanted to walk into the garden of the mansion, fifty, sixty, many, many years from now, just as the sun was beginning to rise and see two little old gray-haired retired Slayers cuddled up on the lounge chair, giggling and kissing as they waited for the sun to rise and listened for the promises the new day brought forth.
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They stood quietly and watched Dawn as she walked into the portal. They had only three more days here until they had to return to Sunnydale themselves. Atropos had told them, if they stayed any longer, it could seriously change what was 'Fated' within the Tapestry of Life. They served a purpose within their own domain and not just as Slayers. Dawn, as well as their extended family were part of that purpose. Their destinies lay within their own domain and not here within the domain of the Immortals. They were assured however, that they would be able to return here and that they would see all of the Immortals quite frequently. The Living Scroll had ensured that. According to it, the Immortals' destinies were entwined with those of the Slayers and the others. Regardless of what the Living Scroll had said or not said, Atropos informed them the other day, in a voice that brooked no argument, they were family and they were stuck with them whether they liked it or not.

"I think I'm actually gonna miss her..." Buffy sighed as she leaned back against Faith and watched the portal as it started slowly to close. She tipped her head back onto Faith's shoulder, turned it slightly and peered up at Faith.

"I am too Giz..." Faith tightened her arms around Buffy's waist; she leaned her cheek next to Buffy's and smiled as she felt Buffy lay her hands lightly on top of hers.

Buffy smiled as she heard the purring rumbling out of Faith's chest. Her answering purr grew as she felt Faith's thumbs tenderly stroking her stomach. The tender stroking was sending little darts of pleasure through her. She let out a soft moan and her thoughts hazily drifted away, her own hands started to caress the back of Faith's. One of Faith's hands slid down and under her midriff t-shirt to softly stroke her bare skin which elicited another soft moan from her. Her thoughts took a decidedly wicked turn when it suddenly sunk in that she and Faith were alone, no Dawn, no Immortals, for the first time in three weeks. She twisted quickly around in Faith's arms and captured Faith's mouth with her own in one fell swoop.

Faith felt her knees grow weak as Buffy kissed her like there was no tomorrow. She loved kissing Buffy. She could kiss her forever. She loved Buffy's soft lips, the velvety texture of her tongue as it danced with her own. The way Buffy kissed her as if she could never get enough, as if there were no one and nothing else in the world. A kiss from Buffy always made her feel that way, whether it was a soft peck on the lips or an outright kiss of passion that made her toes curl. They put all the pent up need and passion from suppressing their desire to make love with each other for the last three weeks into the kiss.

Somehow, Buffy's hands ended up around Faith's neck. She ran them up into Faith's hair; she softly alternated between massaging and raking her nails along Faith's scalp. She moaned into the kiss when she felt Faith's nipples harden and press insistently against her own breasts.

Faith felt a trail of goose-bumps make their way down her spine at Buffy's caressing hands, she squirmed a little as the crotch of her pants seemed to become oppressively tight. Her hands drifted down Buffy's back to the top of her buttocks and she pulled Buffy into her hard. She growled low in her throat when she felt Buffy press in to her harder and start grinding her pelvis into hers.

They were both breathing hard when they ended the kiss, Buffy's eyes gold, Faith's emerald. Buffy's breathing went into hyper-drive as Faith slid a leg in-between her own and pressed her thigh up into her. The whoosh of air as the portal closed completely brought back to them the reality of where they were. The last thing either wanted after waiting three long weeks to be together was someone stumbling upon them again!

"Cottage... Now..." Faith growled out, a wolfish smile appeared when she saw the shudder of desire go through Buffy.

She had plans for Buffy, especially since Buffy had spent the last three weeks whispering to her at every opportunity exactly what she wanted them to do once they were alone. She let all those images Buffy had conjured up in her mind over the last few weeks flow to Buffy through their bond. Her smile grew more wolfish as she watched Buffy's eyes grow wide then heavy with desire and the little gasp Buffy gave as she was hit with the feelings the images created made Faith laugh low and throatily. She picked Buffy up and hoisted her onto Obsidian's back then climbed up behind her.
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Faith scooup aup as close as possible behind Buffy on Obsidian. The fact that they were riding bareback made it much easier, she wrapped her arms around Buffy, her hands going up and under Buffy's shirt to lay unmoving right under Buffy's breasts. She felt Buffy's skin grow warmer under her hands, using her chin, she moved Buffy's hair aside, then rested it upon Buffy's shoulder.

Little tremors started running through Buffy from the warmth of Faith's breath caressing her neck and the outright heat of Faith's hands on her bare skin. She pushed back into Faith a little more and shuddered as she felt Faith's thumbs start to skim lazily along the underside of her breasts.

"You feel so good..." Faith started in a low, throaty voice, "Your skin is so soft, so warm, so creamy... I can't wait until we get back to the cottage so I can see, taste, what I'm feeling..."

Buffy let out a little frustrated moan at both Faith's words and her thumbs that were still only just running a delicate line across the underside of her breasts.

"It feels like forever since I've had the taste of you in my mouth," Faith continued her own voice growing huskier as her desire grew. "Heard those little low throaty moans, sighs, growls you make when I touch you. When I run my fingers over your nipples or my tongue along the side of your neck..."

"You're a big tease Fai... And I'm as quiet as a church mouse, I have no idea what you are talking about..." Buffy mumbled her senses on overload from the images that continued to play havoc with her mind and the sound of Faith's voice in her ear. She could listen to that low, husky rasp of Faith's for eternity and Buffy was quite sure that if Faith tried she could make her come just by talking to her.

"Really? Guess I'll just have to remind you..." Faith chuckled low in Buffy's ear, then caught her lobe between her teeth and sucked on it gently before releasing it. She started to place soft teasing kisses along the side of Buffy's neck, her teeth nibbling, her tongue sneaking out for quick tastes; she smiled when Buffy let out a soft moan. "And... that would be... What? A non-noise, Miss Quiet-as-a-Church-Mouse..." She whispered against Buffy's skin.

Buffy let her head fall back onto Faith's shoulder giving her further access to her neck. It felt like forever since Faith had touched her, held her, kissed her, forever since she had touched, kissed and held Faith in return. She looked around quickly wondering how long it would be before they got back to the cottage, she didn't think she could wait. She saw that Obsidian had wandered into the woods that surrounded the outskirts of the property that belonged to their cottage, then her eyes slid closed as Faith's hands slid up to cover her breasts. A ragged moan came from deep within her and Buffy felt a pulse start to pound inside of her.

Faith let out her own moan as her fingertips ran over Buffy's breasts. She captured one begging nipple between her fingers, pinching it lightly, then rolling it with her callused fingertips. She felt Buffy's desire surge through her from their bond and an answering wetness pooled between her legs. Right now, she wished she had worn anything but her skintight black jeans. The seam in the crotch was pushing hard, roughly against her clit and the gentle motion of Obsidian as he slowly walked through the forest wasn't helping her at all. She began blazing a trail of kisses, nipping, sucking, tracing with her tongue along every piece of Buffy's bare skin her mouth could reach. She growled a little when she felt Buffy's hands grab hold of her thighs and start to run along them.

"Maybe..." Buffy started then stopped as one of Faith's hands left her breast and started a slow trek downward.

"Maybe what, B?" Faith murmured around Buffy's neck. Her fingertips were tingling as she ran them down Buffy's bare skin to her hip. She slid Buffy a little bit forward away from her then ran her fingertips teasingly along the waistband of Buffy's sweatpants, dipping below them to run one finger along the line of soft curls that hid Buffy's sex. "You were saying..."

Buffy just whimpered, raising herself up a little, trying to bring that teasing finger to where she wanted it. She clutched at Faith's thighs, her fingers digging in hard as Faith began to rub the palm of her hand back and forth across her nipple. She turned her head to run her tongue along Faith's jaw line and couldn't suppress her own smile when she felt Faith jump just a little.

"I want..." Buffy whispered against Faith's jaw, once again getting distracted, this time by the feel of Faith's breasts, the hard nipples pressing into her back as Faith bent them both forward so she could run the hand that had been teasing her curls down along the length of one thigh.

Faith wasn't sure who she was torturing more, herself or Buffy. She rubbed herself like a cat up against Buffy's back, growling low with need against the softness of Buffy's skin. She ran her fingertips down as far as she could along one of Buffy's thighs then backtracked up along the inside of her firm thigh. Stopping when she felt the wetness that had dripped down, swirling her fingers in it, painting it along Buffy's inner thigh.

"What was it you wanted B? I know what I want..." Faith ran her hand further up the inside of Buffy's thigh, then slid into the wetness that was waiting for her. She ran her fingertips down into Buffy's center, gathering up her mate's essence, her heart pounded furiously against her chest. Her breathing hitched and her own center throbbed in need.

"W... what...?" Buffy barely could speak let alone hold onto a thought with Faith's teasing fingers running along her heat. She growled in frustration as she felt those same teasing fingers move away and trail for a second up along her stomach then lift away.

"I want to taste you and I can't wait 'til we get back to the cottage. I want to taste you now..." Faith brought her hand up to her mouth, she ran her slick fingers along her bottom lip before slowly sliding them into her mouth and gently sucking on them.

Buffy's eyes grew wide as Faith brought her fingers to her mouth. Her tongue came out to trace along her own lips in longing, she twisted around, praying that she didn't fall off Obsidian. She arched herself up and brought her mouth to Faith's, kissing Faith around her fingers. She nipped at Faith's bottom lip, her tongue coming out to play, running along that pouty bottom lip and tasting herself there.

Faith moved her fingers away and brought her mouth down hard onto Buffy's. Her tongue demanded entrance, she dominated the kiss tg whg what she wanted, drawing out a moaned response from Buffy. She grabbed Buffy behind the neck and pressed her head into her even tighter, not sure how they hadn't fallen off the horse yet. She felt like she was going to come just from kissing Buffy, she started kissing her harder, ravishing Buffy's mouth as she felt in an echo that Buffy was feeling the same way. Her hand upon Buffy's breast became relentless, rolling the nipple, teasing it with light, then hard touches, then no touch. She dragged her mouth away from Buffy's and moved Buffy until she was leaning back against her again. She looked quickly around and had no idea where the hell they were, she didn't care at this point, she had to touch that wet heat again.

Faith trailed her hand down the creamy expanse of Buffy's overheated stomach. She slipped it under the waistband of her sweats and ran a lone finger once again along the edge of the soft, moist curls, then to the side delicately stroking the soft skin between Buffy's center and her inner thigh. She ran a path across Buffy's sex to the other side and stroked the soft skin there just as delicately. She then gently cupped Buffy's mound, her hand just resting unmoving, as Buffy's pelvis rolled up into her hand, following the motion of Obsidian as he carried the two of them. She started to explore finally after a few seconds the wet folds beneath her fingertips.

"God B... do you know what you do to me?" Faith continued lightly running her fingertips over the outside of Buffy's wet heat, her own body reacting fiercely to Buffy's. "So hot... so wet... so damn beautiful..."

Buffy was incapable of speech. She was ablaze, she tried to raise her hips up harder into Faith's hands but found the task impossible while riding bareback on Obsidian, there was nothing to use as leverage. She was already perched precariously on the edge of release and Faith had yet even to touch her really. Her growl of frustration turned into one of pure desire as Faith finally increased the pressure of her fingers against her. She hissed as those fingers still moved slowly upon her, following the motion of the horse that was carrying them.

"Easy Giz... Not so fast..." Faith whispered to her, knowing exactly how frustrating, how torturous this felt to Buffy. She let out a harsh breath as she slipped her fingers into Buffy's molten heat and felt the silky texture of Buffy surround her intimately. She kicked her heels against Obsidian's flanks and he changed from a slow walk to a trot. She moved her fingers within Buffy using the natural rhythm of the horse to guide her.

"F...fa...st... is good..." Buffy gasped out, her hands once again clutching at Faith's thighs, knowing she would leave marks this time. She felt the tension coil deep within her and knew her climax was approaching fast.

"Hold it off..." Faith mumbled to Buffy as if she had read her mind. She was feeling everything Buffy was feeling through their bond, her own center pulsing in time with the heat waves running through Buffy. She wanted to bring Buffy higher before she found her release.

"Can't Fai..." Buffy felt a mini-shockwave of release go through her and she moaned low and loud.

"Please... for me... Wait..." She lightened her touch upon Buffy slowing down the motion of her hand. Her thumb circling around Buffy's swollen clit, barely skimming it, pulling back when she felt Buffy reach the crest. Her other hand went back to teasingly touching Buffy's breasts, her stomach, any part of her skin she could reach. Loving the taste of Buffy's sweat and desire on her tongue, her mouth never strayed far from Buffy's neck. "Like silk, B. You feel like silk..."

Faith closed her eyes and fell into what Buffy was feeling. She kept up her slow tortuous thrusting into Buffy; she felt a shadow-like stroke of the same touch inside of her. Weeks ago, when she had first acknowledged this new sensation from their bond it hadn't been nearly as intense. Little by litbothboth she and Buffy, with Lilly's help, had learned how to control it, how to block it. For some reason Faith, like before, adapted and opened to this new connection faster than Buffy. Right now Faith opened the connection up wide, wanting to experience everything that Buffy was feeling with her. She teased Buffy up to the edge again and slowly backed her down again.

"Tease... missed you... missed..." She couldn't finish. She just let herself sink back into Faith. Sink into what she was feeling, what Faith was making her feel. She opened their connection letting all she was feeling, the love, the passion, the lust flow between them. She was surprised, though she shouldn't have been that Faith was already right there, already sunk deeply into the bond that was now such a part of them.

Faith kicked her heels into Obsidian's sides again, urging him into a full out gallop. She slid further into Buffy, drowning in the intimacy of Buffy pulsating around her fingers. Her thumb drifted up to circle and swirl around the heart of Buffy's desire as her fingers kept moving inside of Buffy with the natural rolling motion of the fast galloping horse. Her heart slammed against her chest at the low sensuous moan that came from Buffy. At the sound of Buffy calling her name again and again, as Buffy made her, her whole world. It still amazed her that she could make Buffy feel this way and though she never said it aloud, not even to Buffy, every time she touched, kissed Buffy and every time Buffy touched, kissed her, it felt like the first time. Every touch, every kiss, was new, exciting, amazing and it humbled and awed her.

Buffy fell further into Faith, further into the sensations that seemed to be all the stronger since she could not really move with Faith's warm fingers within her. Stronger because she could only lean back into her mate and just allow herself to enjoy the sensations Faith was creating within her. Then the first wave of her release crashed over her in a blinding, earth-shattering wave, and the only thing she knew was Faith and that Faith was sharing this with her through their bond.

Faith moaned with Buffy as the first wave of her release crashed over her, then moaned again as what Buffy was feeling washed over her in an echo. She pulled Buffy's trembling body tighter to her and kicked Obsidian into a faster gallop. Her hands moving upon Buffy still, to extend her pleasure, draw it out, higher, then the second wave of Buffy's peak washed over her and Faith started to tremble with Buffy, teetering on the edge of release with her. When the third wave of Buffy's climax washed over her in an echo, Faith yelped in surprise, then yelped again when she started cumming with Buffy and cumming hard.

Buffy's insides contracted again when Faith started to moan her name hot and heavy into her ear. Desire, heat, lust, rose up fiercely in her again, as Faith's fingers started to move even faster within her, Faith's thumb once again circling relentlessly upon her clit. It was too much and Buffy felt another climax claim her almost as strong as the first one and this time she couldn't contain her yell of Faith's name as she was dragged down into a whirlpool of desire, lust, passion, love and simply Faith. They fed off each other's release, prolonging it, their world once again narrowing dto jto just the two of them.
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It took them a minute or two to realize that Obsidian had stopped moving and that they were at the field by the stable, where Sol was grazing lazily behind the fence. Buffy was slumped boneless in Faith's arms, sated, but not sated at the same time. Her body was sated, but her heart wasn't, her need to touch, kiss Faith was pounding hot and heavy through her veins. As the haze started to clear from her intense climaxes, she belatedly realized that Faith had climaxed too, without even being touched.

"Wow... Did what I just think happen, happen..." Buffy asked Faith, the answer she received was an unintelligible mumble against her shoulder. "Faith did you just..."

"Yeah..." Faith said in a clearer mumble cutting off Buffy. "That's never happened to me before," she mumbled and with a little shock felt herself blush.

Buffy's whole insides clenched at the thought that Faith had climaxed from just touching her. It blew her away, and it humbled her in a way she had never been humbled before to know she had that effect on Faith. She realized that their bond might have something to do with it, but still, the bond had been a part of them for a while now and this had never happened to either of them before.

Faith jumped down off Obsidian and her knees almost buckled out from under her. She was embarrassed and she knew that it was a ridiculous reaction. She looked up at Buffy and saw the evil twinkle in her eyes and the cocky smile that was gracing her face.

"Little shaky there S.O.?" Buffy wiggled her eyebrows at Faith, loving the fact that she was blushing. "Well, S.O.?" Buffy asked her when Faith just looked back at her mutely.

"So what?"

"Not so what. S.Oooo. It's my new nickname for you." She smiled at the quizzical look on Faith's face. "Ya know, S.O." Buffy said as if saying it again would explain what she meant. She opened her eyes wide her grin growing larger. Faith just shrugged her shoulders, even more confused. "Significant Other... S.O. but in your case, Sexy Other, Sensuous Other, Sumptuous Other, Seductive Other all apply too."

Faith flashed her own grin back up at y, Significant Other she liked it. "I think I like being your S.Oooo, Giz. Does that mean you're mine too?"

"Wouldn't have it any other way Faith..." She smiled again when Faith reached up to help her down from Obsidian.

Faith set Buffy down gently on her feet and it was a good thing she keep her hands on Buffy's hips because Buffy's legs gave right out from under her. "Guess I ain't the only one that's a litshakshaky there Giz..." Faith chuckled.

Buffy steadied her legs and stood up straight, she looked Faith in the eyes before she spoke. "True enough. Still your legs are already shaky. You came and I haven't even touched you yet!" Buffy couldn't resist smiling at Faith, when Faith's face get a little redder, "Imagine what's going to happen when I do touch you. When I run my nails down your back, along the insides of your arms. When I nibble along your neck and scrap my teeth along that little spot behind you ear, then trail my tongue down to my mark on your pulse point, to bite and suck upon it... Can you imagine Faith?" Buffy asked her in a smooth, low sultry voice.

They stared at each other and the fire that they had only just put out flared into life again. Higher, hot enough to start a forest fire, even Obsidian backed away from them as the heat of their gaze blazed between them.

Faith swallowed hard, her mouth, throat, dry just at the thought. She reached out blindly to open the gate and let Obsidian join his mate in the field. He brayed loudly for his mate, taking off towards her at breakneck speed as Faith pulled Buffy to her with the same speed. She brought her mouth down to Buffy's in an out and out delicate, carnal, slow, sensuous kiss that left them both breathless and with shaky legs again.

They began kissing again, feverishly, carnality pouring off both of them. Now was not the time for slow, their need for each other was s too too strong, too hot. There was so much time to make up for, not just the last three weeks, but all the weeks before, the months before. They kept kissing as they stumbled towards the cottage, which was a little less than a hundred feet away.

"Want you... need to touch you now..." Buffy moaned into their kiss. She reached down and pulled Faith's t-shirt out from her pants, her hand up and under it, laying claim to one of Faith's firm breasts before she even finished speaking.

Buffy's hand burned her breast and Faith pulled away from their kiss to bury her head into Buffy's neck. Her teeth capturing the sweet skin of Buffy's neck and biting down delicately. Her hands ran random patterns over Buffy's back, her nails scraping along the skin. She kept stumbling backwards towards the cottage pulling Buffy along with her.

They were halfway there when Faith felt Buffy fumbling with the buttons on her jeans. Patient she wasn't and Faith groaned when Buffy gave up and just ripped them open and pushed them down a little. She groaned again, as Buffy slid her hand inside and tortured her like she had tortured Buffy, by just cupping her aching center. Since patience wasn't a virtue that Faith possessed either, she wrapped her arms around Buffy, grabbing a buttock in each hand and lifted her up. She turned as Buffy wrapped her legs around her waist and reclaimed her mouth as she started running for the cottage, her pants starting to make their way towards her ankles.

Faith almost fell once or twice as her pants got tangled around her ankles, she let go of one sweet round buttock to open the door. She stumbled through the threshold and Buffy reached over her shoulder to slam it shut behind them.

Buffy wiggled in Faith's arms and dropped her legs from around her waist. She slid down the length of Faith's body as Faith let her go. She spun Faith around and began pushing her towards the bed.

"B, let me get my boots and pants off..." Faith rasped as she stumbled, trying not to fall as Buffy propelled her towards the bed backwards.

"Can't wait that long to touch you..." Buffy said as she pushed Faith down on the bed. "Want to taste you now... waited long enough..."

Faith fell backwards onto the bed her eyes opening wide in amazement at both Buffy's words and Buffy ripping her g-string right off of her. She didn't even try and protest when Buffy reached up and just ripped her t-shirt in half.

"Oh gods, Giz..." She arched her back, thrusting her brs ups up into Buffy's warm, wet mouth and hand that had latched themselves onto her nipples. Each pinch, each bite, each flick of Buffy's tongue, each brush of a finger against her nipples sent a quicksilver pulse of raw heat straight to her throbbing, overheated, center.

The rest of her body arched in the wake of Buffy's other hand which roamed wherever it felt like. She tried to open her legs wider so Buffy could lay fully between them, but was unable because of her pants tangled around her ankles. She grunted as Buffy slid one firm thigh up between hers and she helplessly began to rub, grind against it wishing that it was Buffy's warm skin and not her sweatpants she felt.

Buffy groaned around Faith's nipple when she felt Faith's desire for her soak almost instantly through her sweatpants. She lightly scraped her nails up the inside of one ofth'th's thighs then moaned at the wetness she found on her way up. She moaned loudly again, when she felt Faith's nails digging into her back then rake along the length of it. She rose up from Faith, supporting herself on her elbows so she could look down at her beautiful face.

Faith seized the opportunity when Buffy lifted from her, she quickly brought her hands around and grabbed the neck of Buffy's shirt and ripped it open. Then she pulled Buffy back down to her by the ripped halves of the shirt. They both purred out their pleasure as their bare skin, bare breasts made contact.

Buffy wasn't satisfied with that for long, she wanted the taste of Faith's flesh in her mouth again. She lifted herself back up again, then dipped her head down and captured Faith's mouth. This time, it was she who dominated the kiss, exploring those luscious lips, running her tongue along the little dent on the bottom one.

Fathrethrew herself into the kiss, totally forgetting that only three weeks ago she feared having anyone, even Buffy pressing down on top of her. She tried to roll them over, but Buffy resisted her. She tried to pull Buffy back down onto her, but again Buffy resisted, so she just gave up and let Buffy have her way, it wasn't like she really minded after all. She whimpered a little as Buffy moved her mouth away and blazed a trail down her neck to the valley between her breast, to veer off finally seeking and then recapturing a nipple. She gripped the back of Buffy's head and pulled it down harder into her breast.

Buffy's hand was once again running teasingly along the inside of one of her thighs and Faith arched up into the touch. It annoyed her that she was unable to raise her legs up and bend her knees because they were trapped by her pants. She started to pull her legs apart, her thighs straining, her ankles yelling at her, she grunted with her effort and then finally she heard them rip apart at the crotch.

Buffy started to giggle around her nipple and Faith couldn't help it, she started to giggle herself.

"You didn't just do that, did you?" Buffy lifted her head and looked down at Faith's amused, desired filled face.

"It was annoying me B..." Faith pouted then started to giggle again. Her giggle turned into a full-blown moan, when Buffy's hand was suddenly sliding through her folds. "CHRIST B!"

Not caring how ridiculous she might wit with her boots still on and half a ripped pant leg hanging around each ankle, she raised her knees and arched her hips up into Buffy's hand. She had more important things on her mind then how she looked. Like those delicately tracing fingers that were exploring all of her wet center and Buffy's breasts as they slid down across her own, over her stomach. To the nipple that teasingly replaced Buffy's fingers in her wetness for a few seconds. To Buffy's hot mouth and tongue which left a wet warm trail down the length of her body.

Buffy slid off the bed to kneel on the floor; her hands grasped Faith's hips and slid her to the edge of the bed. She lifted first one leg and placed it on her shoulder, then lifted the other and placed it on her other shoulder.

Faith lifted herself up, leaning back on her elbows and looked down the length of her body to the smiling, mischievous face of her mate.

"Guess I should reward you for making this easier for me..." Buffy looked at Faith her eyes twinkling impishly, "So should I reward you Faith?"

Faith swallowed hard, her hips involuntarily bucked at just the thought. She opened her mouth and said yes, only nothing came out. Her mouth, throat, had become suddenly dry, she couldn't remember the last time she had felt Buffy's mouth on her. She swallowed again, hard.

"Well?" Buffy couldn't resisted teasing her again. Her own desire rose up fiercely in her, from both the look Faith was giving her and thought that she had rendered Faith speechless. She ran her fingertips, her nails up the inside of both of Faith's thighs. She lightly began to tease along Faith's swollen nether lips, her eyes never leaving Faith's.

Faith growled, then moaned again as Buffy started to touch her again, her breathing got faster, her eyelids grew heavy.

"Oh god... Yes..." She tried to pull Buffy closer to where she wanted her by pushing the heels of her booted feet against Buffy's back, but again Buffy resisted her. "Tease..."

"Yup... and I learned from the best." Buffy turned her head and nipped at the inside of Faith's thigh. Then her tongue came out to greedily lap at the wetness that was Faith's desire.

She ran her tongue up the inside of Faith's thigh then softly stroked the sensitive skin where it met the wiry curls that covered Faith's sex. The smell of Faith's arousal assaulted her senses, musky, heady and uniquely Faith. She flicked her tongue suddenly, quickly across Faith's clit and heard Faith yelp then did it again just so she could hear Faith yelp again. And Faith didn't disappoint her. She lifted her head again to stare up at the Dark Slayer, a smile gracing her face.

That smile held a promise that made Faith tremble; she hadn't seen that look in such a long time. She held her breath in anticipation as Buffy kept her eyes locked with hers as she slowly licked her lips and then lowered her mouth towards her.

"B... god... B..." quickly became her new mantra as Buffy lavishly explored her with her tongue. She fell back to the bed unable to hold herself up anymore.

Buffy feasted. She was greedy for more of the ambrosia that was simply Faith. She closed her eyes and relearned, remembered, rediscovered Faith intimately. She brought her hand up to rediscover with her the joy, the pleasure that came with bringing, giving pleasure to the woman that was her heart and soul. The ecstasy that came with the knowledge that Faith would allow her this after all she had been through. She ran her fingers, her tongue over Faith's entire center, not entering her, Buffy's instinct, their bond still telling her that Faith wasn't ready for that yet. It didn't matter to Buffy, this was more than enough, this trust Faith was giving her.

She slid her free hand up Faith's side, she blindly reached for Faith's hand which was clenching the sheet tightly. She gently opened Faith's hand, interlacing their fingers, connecting them in yet another way as she rested their interwoven hands on Faith's stomach.

Faith was lost the second she felt Buffy's mouth on her. She was floating in a haze of love and desire that only Buffy had ever been able to bring her to. The fire that had been flowing so hotly through her veins just kept getting hotter. Buffy was touching her with such delicacy, such tenderness, such gentleness and it created in her a flame of desire that was higher than anything before it and the only thing she was capable of saying was the soft whisper of Buffy's name over and over again. The steady flow of love that came to her from Buffy through their bond brought her even higher. Bringing her closer to the peak at the top of the long climb and when she reached the zenith and fell over the sheer edge, she felt Buffy there with her, holding her hand, keeping her safe, then raising her up once more to the top and taking her over the edge again and then yet again.

Buffy crawled back up on the bed and pulled Faith still trembling with her into the center of the bed. She held Faith until the trembling ceased and her body relaxed, she scooted down a little and gently pulled off Faith's boots and torn jeans. She scooted back up and pulled Faith back within the circle of her arms, they curled up into each other and Faith placed tender, light kisses all over her face, murmuring in-between them her love and Buffy returned Faith's kisses and the love until they both drifted off to sleep.
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"Make it stop... please baby..." came Buffy's muffled plea from somewhere under the blankets.

Faith who was still half-asleep, despite the nonstop shrieking of the alarm clock for the last ten minutes, reached her hand out from under the blankets. She blindly searched for something to throw at the clock, finally she seized upon a pillow. She started to fling the pillow out to the side then remembered at the last second that they were laying the wrong way in the bed, their heads where their feet should be, their feet where their heads should be. She changed her angle and threw the pillow in the general direction of the clock with every ounce of Slayer strength she could muster after last night and a little over an hour's sleep. It was only because of blind luck that she managed to nail the clock dead on. She smiled widely and purred in satisfaction as the alarm blared one last time before the clock crashed to the floor.

"I slayed the evil clock-dragon for you princess..." Faith boasted in a soft voice.

"My hero..." Buffy mumbled, her breath softly caressing Faith's wiry curls that at this moment were tickling her nose.

She was lying on her stomach between Faith's legs, her head resting right above Faith's sex. One arm wrapped around Faith's thigh, the other arm lay across Faith's torso, her hand gently cupping one of Faith's breasts. She idly, gently started stroking Faith's nipple as it woke beneath her hand. She blew warm air lightly over Faith's curls again and then it was Buffy's turn to smile in satisfaction as Faith's hips twitched a little from the caress of her breath and the sound of Faith's soft purring changed to a tune of another kind.

"Hmmm... Do I get a morning kiss for being your hero, Giz?" Her eyes still closed, parts of her body half-asleep, other parts wide-awake. She stroked Buffy's hair with one hand and laid the other over the top of the hand Buffy was lazily teasing her nipple with.

"Always..." Buffy murmured back, she dipped her head down slowly and placed a gentle kiss on Faith's sleeping nub and then started to crawl up Faith's body.

She lifted herself up using her elbows, making a tent over them with the blankets and looked into Faith's sleepy eyes. She leaned down towards her and whispered, "Morning S.O.," before she gave Faith one of those light as air morning kisses that always devastated them both.

Neither could ever imagine not waking up and sharing one or a hundred of these kisses with the other in the morning. They were special to both of the Slayers for all the same reasons. Buffy had been the first and only person to ever bestow a morning kiss on Faith and it wasn't until later that Faith had told her that one of her secret wishes had always been that she would share this type of kiss with Buffy. It gave Buffy that totally clichéd warm fuzzy feeling to know that she had given to Faith a gift, made a wish come true that all the money in the world could never buy and though Faith would never admit it out loud to anyone, she got that same warm fuzzy feeling herself.

Buffy let Faith pull her down to her after they finished kissing good morning. She rested her head on Faith's shoulder and buried her nose into Faith's hair and neck, a spot that was one of her favorite places to be. She planted little just-because kisses all over the side of Faith's neck. Her left hand softly scratched along Faith's shoulder, down her arm, loving the sound of Faith purring like a contented cat. Buffy started purring contently herself as she felt Faith returning the light scratching down the expanse of her back.

"I don't wanna get up..." Buffy pouted out to Faith between kisses, "Can't we pretend to be sick?"

"Okay with me Giz." Faith wasn't about to argue with Buffy, she didn't want to get up either.

"What should we tell them is wrong with us, Fai? Gotta be something good since Slayers' don't normally get sick."

Faith didn't have to see Buffy's face to know that her brows were furrowed and her bottom lip was jutting out as she contemplated what story to make up to tell the Immortals.

"I can't think of anything that they'll believe," Buffy pouted as she rolled back on top of Faith, supporting herself once again on her elbows. She stared down into Faith's amused eyes and gave Faith her best puppy dog eyes.ou tou think of something baby. Pleeeeaaasssseeee..."

"Well... I suppose we could always tell them we're in Slayer Heat!" Faith wiggled her eyebrows at Buffy, while leering at her through half closed lids.

"You're so bad..."

"That's not what you kept telling me all last night. Let's see... oh yeah... So good, so good, baby you're so good! Gods! Don't stop!... The best..."

"Really? I don't remember me saying that. I remember you saying that to me though. That is when you weren't just outright screaming, praising my name in ecstasy like it was the only word you knew." Buffy couldn't help but to tease Faith back.

"I was just practicing my pronunciation of the letter B, B!"

"Liar..."

"Am not..."

"Are too!"

"Not!" Faith couldn't resist smirking up into Buffy's impish face.

Buffy sat up straddling Faith's waist, the blankets falling off her, "Aren't... Holy shit!" Her eyes opened wide when she got a good look at the room.

"What?" Faith sat up, the first thing she saw was the bent brass headboard and her mouth dropped open in amazement.

"What?" Buffy asked when she saw the look on Faith's face.

"You.. you ah... You killed it. You killed the headboard B!" Amusement clearly evident in Faith's tone and her eyes were sparkling wickedly when she remember what they were doing when the headboard got bent out of shape.

Buffy turned around, her face turning beat red when she saw the mangled headboard. She looked back at Faith and turned even redder at the sensual look Faith was giving her.

"Well... ah... I couldn't help myself... It's all your fault Faith." She fumbled out, "'Sides if I remember correctly..." Buffy turned to look across the room at the recliner by the fireplace. "I'm not the only one who killed the furniture. You not only ripped the arm of the recliner off, but you managed to break the footrest too..."

"If you hadn't teased me mercilessly for days I would have never... um..."

"Never what Fai?" Buffy asked her seductively, knowing exactly what had happened.

"I would never have lost all my control when youfinallyafteraneternityletmecome..." Faith mumbled out below a whisper in a heated rush, trailing off as she started blushing so hard she thought her head was going to pop. She looked up shyly at Buffy, ridiculous as it was to be feeling shy and received a glowing beautiful smile from her. And she gave Buffy a beautiful, shy smile in return.

They both quickly scanned the room, which looked like it had been hit with a series of natural disasters one right after the other, from a tornado to a hurricane to a meteor crash. There were books scattered all over the floor and if the bookshelves hadn't been part of the wall they probably would have fallen over too. Both reading chairs were tipped over, the freestanding lamps were on their sides on the floor, one of them was snapped in half. All of the oriental throw rugs where in completely different spots on the floor. The curtains on one of the windows hung haphazardly off its broken rod. The recliner was wrecked, the arm snapped off and on the floor, holes in the leather where Faith's fingers ripped through it and the footrest wanginnging half drunkenly off the bottom of the chair by one bracket. The chaise lounge seemed to be in one piece even if it was in the middle of the room upside down.

They looked back at each other, both blushing now and started giggling like three-year-olds. They were almost afraid to get up and go see what they had done to the bathroom and the kitchen.

"We're gonna end up spending our last two days here fixin' everything." Faith grumbled as they got up out of the bed.

"Who cares it was worth it... Way worth it..." Buffy leaned in and gave Faith what started out as a gentle tender kiss and ended up almost making both of them crumble into ash.
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