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The next morning, Charlie leaves late for work so he and Bella can have breakfast together, but then he does go.
Bella sees him off.
And heads for the lair, humming, all nerves.
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self_composed
edgeofyourseat
Ecstatic pain unites with ecstatic pleasure. He doesn't scream, but he hisses, a quick sharp indrawn breath. His eyes fly open, but he doesn't process what he sees; the inner storm overrides all other conscious activity.
The spiral in Bella's mindreading display blossoms, bursts, and fades.
The aura around the lightning bolt flickers, white to patchy muddled white-and-grey, tickled by threads of black.
Also, Alice's underwear is going to need washing.
The spiral in Bella's mindreading display blossoms, bursts, and fades.
The aura around the lightning bolt flickers, white to patchy muddled white-and-grey, tickled by threads of black.
Also, Alice's underwear is going to need washing.
self_composed
Bella drops the pain to zero as soon as the affect changes; this isn't exactly what she was supposed to do, but they didn't cover this exact contingency.
edgeofyourseat
Suddenly, it doesn't hurt.
It feels wrong. Blank. Empty. He's still a little too scrambled to focus his eyes properly; he dives into his sense of touch instead, rubbing his hands frantically along the legs of his jeans.
It feels wrong. Blank. Empty. He's still a little too scrambled to focus his eyes properly; he dives into his sense of touch instead, rubbing his hands frantically along the legs of his jeans.
self_composed
"Sh-sh-sh," Bella soothes, scraping her nails along his scalp lightly. Her other hand wraps around his wrist. "You okay?"
edgeofyourseat
Bella. Bella Bella Bella. He doesn't think her name, but he thinks her, and turns to her and wraps his arms around her and buries his face in her stomach and clings.
There. Yes. That's better.
He loves her so much.
There. Yes. That's better.
He loves her so much.
self_composed
She hugs him tight. "Okay, you're okay." Scritch-scritch-scritch.
edgeofyourseat
"I love you," he mumbles into her shirt; the words are completely unintelligible out loud, but perfectly clear in his head.
edgeofyourseat
He giggles shakily and turns his head so only his cheek is leaning against her stomach.
Does she want to be in his lap now? His lap is not a great place to be at the moment, is it. A triangle takes care of that. All clean!
Does she want to be in his lap now? His lap is not a great place to be at the moment, is it. A triangle takes care of that. All clean!
self_composed
She slides down into his lap and issues another kiss, aimed at his temple.
edgeofyourseat
Snuggle time snuggle time snuggle time
"I love you," he repeats, this time unmuffled and articulate. "I love you. I love you a lot. Fuck, how many stars was that? You want 'em?"
"I love you," he repeats, this time unmuffled and articulate. "I love you. I love you a lot. Fuck, how many stars was that? You want 'em?"
self_composed
"It was several," Bella says. "You actually slowed way down after a while, couldn't concentrate - best speed, for if and when that's the point, was around 11,000 - but it was several stars. I'll take 'em, but I still don't dare use 'em." Square and they're hers. She swipes most of the new hexes too.
edgeofyourseat
"Mmkay."
He resettles his arms around her and drops his chin onto her shoulder. Snuggle tiiiiiiime.
He resettles his arms around her and drops his chin onto her shoulder. Snuggle tiiiiiiime.
self_composed
Bella snuggles quite happily.
She allows a few minutes of silence and says, "So, should I not have cut you off suddenly at the end there?"
She allows a few minutes of silence and says, "So, should I not have cut you off suddenly at the end there?"
edgeofyourseat
"Mm? Oh." He thinks about it. "...Yeah, it was... I mean, almost like I couldn't feel anything anymore, you know? You might wanna take me down slower next time."
edgeofyourseat
"Thanks." He snuggles her some more.
...It occurs to him that really, if they're testing for a pain power takedown, she should do it again but take him up a lot faster.
Maybe not while she is in his lap, though. He doesn't think he'll dump her out or hit her or anything, but he doesn't know for sure.
...It occurs to him that really, if they're testing for a pain power takedown, she should do it again but take him up a lot faster.
Maybe not while she is in his lap, though. He doesn't think he'll dump her out or hit her or anything, but he doesn't know for sure.
self_composed
"I don't have to ramp it up gradually at all. I can put it wherever I want whenever I want," Bella says. "But I wanted an idea of how you'd react to it with a slope first, so I didn't swat you with something you absolutely can't handle."
edgeofyourseat
"Okay," he says agreeably. "It's gonna be way different if you just hit me with it, though."
He is actively looking forward to the idea! But... maybe not in the next few minutes.
He is actively looking forward to the idea! But... maybe not in the next few minutes.
edgeofyourseat
"'Kay."
He closes his eyes and kisses her shoulder and lets his mind drift.
That first experiment was really, really good. And really unexpected. He had no idea he could be that calm in that much pain.
He closes his eyes and kisses her shoulder and lets his mind drift.
That first experiment was really, really good. And really unexpected. He had no idea he could be that calm in that much pain.
edgeofyourseat
"Well, I didn't, really."
But if he had, he would probably have expected the spontaneous orgasm a lot sooner.
But if he had, he would probably have expected the spontaneous orgasm a lot sooner.
self_composed
"For a long while it was like you were just - enthralled, not reacting, just attending very carefully."