★ but I'm going to be okay as long as you're beside me along the way

[complexguy]

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[complexguy]

There's an audible hum in the back of his throat, and he smiles at her. "Say it again, but kiss me this time."

[dharmalady]

"I want everyone to know I'm yours," she breathes out before kissing him so deeply that he steals away all the air in her lungs.

And she's happy to let him do it.

[complexguy]

No one's ever belonged to him like this, and vice versa. Every new thing with Juliet is something he never knew he wanted or needed, but it's absolutely perfect. He kisses her deeply, inviting her in a little more until they're both breathless.

"And I'm all yours, baby."

[dharmalady]

She grins as she catches her breath, then rakes her fingers through his hair slowly as she pulls back.

"I've never been someone's before, not like this," she says quietly between them, not realizing she's echoing his thoughts.

Juliet had been considered Ben's property, he'd shaped her, taken away parts and added things in. But it was never out of love. James is giving all her pieces back, each part a little bit better now because of him.

[complexguy]

She's putting him back together, too, though he doesn't exactly know how to articulate that. Still, all that matters to him is that Juliet is cared for and loved, and he'll make damn sure of it. "I'm gonna take care of you, Juliet."

[dharmalady]

"I know," she promises. She doesn't distrust him or doubt him at all, and she reaches out to touch his cheek lightly.

"All you have to do, is exactly what you've been doing." Just being himself, no one else. James, as he is, is who she's falling in love with.

Her forehead presses to his, nose grazing along his for a moment.

"I shouldn't keep you," she murmurs. "And maybe, thanks to you, I'm a little drowsy now."

[complexguy]

No one's ever wanted him to just be himself. No one's ever let him. He wasn't even sure, for most of his life, who he even was. But from the beginning, Juliet's never asked more from him than who he is, and she gives him the space to learn who he wants to be. It means so much, and it makes him love her more.

"Let me walk you back," he urges, carefully standing with her and taking her hand.

[dharmalady]

"It's okay, finish your sandwich," Juliet insists once she's standing, squeezing his hand and kissing him softly.

"I'll be fine. I survived in this neighborhood after the mass murder, remember? I can make it during the peaceful Hippie era."

It's a joke, and her lips turn up in a smirk, amused at herself

[complexguy]

He smirks a little darkly, letting out a sigh. "Well, alright then, guess I ain't needed."

He knows she can, they both know it, but he'll still be watching to make sure she gets inside safely before he goes back in. Still, he has to steal another kiss before he can let her go.

[dharmalady]

"Don't think that," Juliet says softly, a little seriously as he kisses her.

"You're needed. I'll always need you."

Just not this way, not right now.

[complexguy]

"That a fact?" He smiles as he steals another kiss. With one more gentle squeeze of her waist, he lets her go. "I'll see ya in a while, sweetheart."

[dharmalady]

"Absolute fact," she promises, then kisses him one more time goodnight before she heads home. Once she's in, she strips to nothing and crawls into bed, pulling his pillow close.

She was right, he did make her warm and drowsy, and before she can conjure up his face to fall asleep to, she's gone, still curled around his pillow, asleep on his side of the bed.

[complexguy]

He gets off work a few hours later, and it's just an hour before dawn. Juliet's still sleeping, thankfully, so when he gets home, he strips down to just his boxers and crawls in to bed behind her. Wrapping around her, he spoons her with a protective hold on her, pressing a tender kiss to her shoulder as he closes his eyes.

[dharmalady]

She hums as soon as his arms wrap around her, stirring just a little bit as she murmurs with her eyes still closed.

"Wanna fool around?"

It's a joke. Mostly. Maybe.

[complexguy]

"Not gonna hurt you?" He questions softly, just needing to be certain she'll be alright, that she won't injure herself further.

[dharmalady]

"Not from behind. Don't have to move very much," she says pressing back against him.

"I was dreaming about you," Juliet sighs softly. "Now I wanna feel you."

[complexguy]

"What the lady wants, she gets," he growls a little, low in his throat, as his hand curves around her thigh and he pulls her closer to his body. His fingers dip into her first, stroking slowly.

[dharmalady]

She whimpers and arches her neck to invite him to kiss her skin as she shivers in pleasure.

She's also already wet, and she murmurs. "I told you I was dreaming about you."

[complexguy]

He does just that, trailing kisses over her skin as he tangles a leg with hers. "Tell me about your dream, baby." Then he presses closer, thrusting into her.

[dharmalady]

She whimpers in pleasure, sighing in satisfaction.

"We were at that little lagoon. You had me stretched out in that tall grass," she breathes out.

[complexguy]

"I'll take ya there again soon," he promises, moving slowly with her for now, caressing his hands up and down her thighs and hips.

[dharmalady]

"You have no idea how good you feel," she breathes out, already panting softly.

"How was your sandwich?" she asks with a quiet laugh that ends on a moan.

[complexguy]

"Can't feel as good as you," he hums a little, gradually moving a little faster against her. "Best sandwich of my life."

[dharmalady]

She moans loudly in the quiet of their bedroom, then tightens around him, no more room for words, just feelings.

Juliet takes his hand, pressing her lips to his fingertips before guiding him between her thighs, wanting him to touch as he moves inside of her.

[complexguy]

In their time together, he's watched her blossom into this more confident woman who knows what she wants. She's not shy about showing him what she needs, and he kisses the back of her neck as he touches her while thrusting against her.