Bath Tub Times

[jamais_etre]

After filling the tub with hot water, getting the pitcher of water re-filled and set beside the bathtub with a glass on a stool, and gratefully taking note that there weren't any people presently guarding the hallway, Jack helped Lacie out of the bedroom, down the hall, and into the bathroom. As soon as they arrived, however, he left her to her own devices so that he could find towels. There was only one, so he'd need to go bother Xerxes for another if possible. He'd be back shortly, but until then, Lacie would be left alone.

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[gather_ye_rosebuds]

Lacie lowers herself down onto a chair, while he goes out to fetch the towel. A few tugs and she has off the nightshift she'd been wearing. Then, very carefully, she moves over to kneel beside the bathtub.

The bathtub is deep and she still feels weak, so she doesn't try to climb in without him there, settling, for the moment, simply on dipping an arm into the deliciously hot water. That alone is enough to bring a soft sound of pleasure from her, and she's content to sit there and enjoy it until he comes back.

[jamais_etre]

Jack returns with several towels and knocks politely on the door before entering.

Lacie is . . . thinner. She appears more like a nymph than a person with the way she's sitting beside the water with her arm danging over the edge. It's beautiful and errie in the same turn. Five days? Jack could do this much damage in five days? He would die for this. More than once if truly possible.

He sits down beside her, back against the tub, and asks, "Is it too hot?"

[gather_ye_rosebuds]

She leans forward a bit, letting her chin rest on his shoulder. "It feels perfect," she replies, swishing her hand around in the water. Bringing it up, she playfully flicks a few droplets down on the top of his head. "See?"

She pulls back, giving a wicked little smile only slightly dimmed by her ordeal.

"You're wearing too many clothes."

pfffff a month later!

[jamais_etre]

"Oh?" he slide his jacket off and leans closer to kiss her gently, resting his head when he is done against rim of the tub to look at her, smiling.

"When you're well, show me more of this world?" He figured that with the time she'd been here, she'd already gone into the forest and climbed the mountains and crossed the ocean that resembled more of a lake.

He wanted to see everything with her, but more than that, he wanted her to himself for a little while if only because this atmosphere was so suffocating.

Re: pfffff a month later!

[gather_ye_rosebuds]

Lacie sighs with pleasure, returning the kiss. She grins, at his request, as eager to be up and moving again as he is to get away from it all.

"We'll see all of it," she says, reaching to unbutton his shirt for him, quite determined to pull him into the tub with her. "Then we'll go again in the summer and the fall and the spring. There are new things to see every season."

And two months later! I'm on my phone cause I no longer have Internet, so sorry for errors.

[jamais_etre]

Jack watched her briefly while she unbuttoned his shirt, relishing in such a small act that so often occurred between lovers.

"That sounds perfect."

When she was done, he removed his shirt which left his chest bare. Without a word, he picked her up gently and set her slowly into the water. Once he released her, he finished removing his own clothes and slipped in across from her grinning like a child.

"I missed you."

No worries, it's a lovely tag!

[gather_ye_rosebuds]

She gives a soft, breath of a laugh, as he picks her up, leaning against him and brushing her lips across his shoulder. It's followed by a blissful sigh as she sinks into the water.

"I missed you, too," she says. And it's very much true. She'd lost count of the times she'd wished for this Jack, while the other had held her captive. Shifting, she closes the distance between them, laying her head against his chest.

"I feel better already."