"God, I so adore you."
With a feather light touch of lips, he savored and teased the tender skin behind her ear. She arched into his kiss, passion beading on her lip, his name escaping as a moan from just underneath. The delicate white arc of her throat opened to him, a sacrament. He let his tongue scrape across her sensitive flesh, and then proceeded to trace the rim of her ear.
Ragini blindly sought the hand cupping her cheek. Desperate to arouse in him the same exquisite sensations he excited in her, she traced his jaw tenderly, her fingers trailing fire.
In the strange, wondrous geometry of passion and love, pleasure received became submissive to pleasure given, the desire of each to bring the other to rapture came to dominate individual need.
He caressed her lips, letting her fingers blaze a damp trail across her cheek, following with his mouth downward into the soft hollow at the base of her throat. His hunger for her was insatiable.
"Please, Ragini ..." he whimpered across her heated skin. She whispered her assent, her cheek resting against the top of his head.
Through heavy-lidded eyes, she watched his mouth drag over the delicate ridge of her collarbone and across the heated skin of her chest. Watched his lips move haltingly over her soft skin.
Her passion escalated as he drew up, hovering for one delirious moment above her lips and then floating, drifting, seeking her, seeking eternity. Behind closed eyes, she saw herself reaching out to him, urging him to complete her.
She felt him fall and felt his lips tackle her throat, a sunburst flaring around her eyes at the moment of contact, a primeval chant rising within her.
The sensation lasted only an instant, a small eternity in which past and future, pent-up longing and the promise of its resolution, met, igniting a conflagration that would consume them both.
White faded into a vibgyor of colours, lightning into tears in Nachiket. She pulled him up, his bewitching eyes level with her black ones, his mouth even with hers. Ragini's teeth grazed his full lip, nipped and tugged at him, then devoured him in a ferocious kiss. Her lips melted into his, her fingers tangled in his hair. She gasped as he returned her love, kissing her deeply, pressing his heated frame against her petite body.
They parted, panting, his breath hot on her neck. The kiss reverberated through as his hand roamed down her body, massaging the sides, inciting shivers through the resilient flesh. The feral gleam in her eyes was bewitching, darkening the inky blackness further, seducing him into his own acts of passion.
Nachiket claimed the lobe of her ear and a blissful shudder spread down through her body, enveloping her inch by inch, a throb emanating outward to the tips of her limbs. He kissed his way down an arm, lifting her palm to his lips, nuzzling it, and leaving it glistening.
Na-chiket' she shivered in her own skin.
Hmm ...' he responded, as he kissed and nibbled his way down, consumed with an overwhelming passion.
I want you Ragini, I want you so badly ...' he continued, as he lifted himself up to her level and gazed into her eyes. The flush that had spread across chest, neck and face excited him further as he descended onto her swollen lips. Waves of passion crested and crashed over her body as he sought her out.
As they broke again from the kiss, Nachiket wrapped her in his arms and held her close to his heart, her small hand resting over his heart. A simple but profound act, it made him slip control and all he had in mind was to make the moment memorable for her. For them. They had been so apart for so long, that the intensity of the moment flooded his senses.
She was completely vulnerable and absolutely beautiful, in his arms.
He looked down into her eyes once again and saw the affirmation there. And he knew that it was time. Time for them to rediscover their love again; and their need to be together.
It was a blitzkrieg of emotions, passion and undying love that united them as their hearts, souls and bodies became one - their hearts pounding ferociously within their cages, and a fine sheen of sweat covering them.
And then they were one, a part of the universal whole.
Ragini felt the tremendous wave wash over her being as she leaned into him. Holding him close to her, she could feel his heart beating wildly against hers, his warm breath upon her cheek, mingling with hers. Two loves, two hearts, two lives, one breath...
For a long moment, neither moved, content simply to experience the thrill of his body against hers, complete now in mind, body and soul. Once again their world felt complete.
You are a revelation, as always' he quipped and grinned cheekily as she looked up at him and smiled.
She wrapped her arms around him tightly, and yawned, trying hard to contain herself in the emotional tide pools of his eyes.
"Mrs Khanna", he whispered into her ears lovingly "I am still not done ... with you." His eyes gleamed in the shadowed lights of the night, a testimony to his undying love for her. The missing part of his life, heart and soul.
Then, with an easy grace, they took up a nuanced rhythm to their love making, bringing them closer further.
Nachiket brushed a gentle kiss upon her cheek, allowing his lips to linger perhaps a little too long. He pulled her to his chest, enveloping her within the security of his arms. Her slight body moulded to his, like a home that she had lost before. He could feel the beating of her heart. Her breaths fell in perfect time with his, like they were of one existence. He gently stroked her hair, allowing it's silken strands to flow freely through his fingers. He had never know such peace and content in all of his life.
"I love you..." he said with a soft smile. He still was in shock that he could now say it and own it. He felt as if a weight had been lifted off his shoulders. He felt hot tears come to his eyes, and he willed them to cease.
Ragini smiled brightly in return, the smile lit the world with it's grace and beauty. She spoke clearly, "I love you too."
She hugged him tightly and felt the desire and love that possessed her heart flow through her, and fill the loneliness that she had felt for so long. This was real. This was right. It had been a hard journey to get to this point, and she knew that challenges still lie ahead, but she knew they could handle this.
Love could only make them stronger. She closed her eyes, allowing the utter peace and fulfilment to wash over her and bring her out into the sea of dreams. As her breathing slowed and grew regular, the soft rain of an incoming storm starting falling gently, Mother Earth's tears washing away the sins of the world.
A new beginning for all those who wish to partake of it.
...
Early Morning
Next Day
Nachiket walked quietly into the room, the soft rain of the suddenly dissipated storm pattered outside, a steady rhythm of life. From the faint light of the lamp he had turned on earlier, he could see Ragini lying innocently under her blanket. He wasn't sure, but he swore he could see a smile perched upon her lips. He walked across the room to where she slept and sat down next to her.
Driven by an urge he couldn't control, he brushed a tender loving kiss across the fullness of her lips, and then reached down and brought her curled up body into his arms.
Ragini stirred at the warm physical contact. She could feel him enveloping her, as he brought her up in his arms, cradling her gently, like she had wished he could have done for years. Ragini snuggled closer to the radiant heat that he possessed and sighed a little. Suddenly, she could feel a change in his presence, it was no longer chaste affection he was feeling. Desire began to roll off him like waves from the sea. She brought her arms up to embrace his broad shoulders as she brought her lips to the curve of his neck.
Nachiket cleared his throat and spoke huskily, her mouth's wanderings causing him some great discomfort. His body longed to be with her, to join molecule with molecule, soul to soul, but he wanted to look deep into her eyes first and be sure of everything.
He continued
"I brought us a little something to eat."
She looked down at the heaped plate of cookies that lay on the side table. Chocolate chip cookies, mint cookies, cashew nut cookies and all.
Her heart swelled with love as she realised the implication - her Nachiket had remembered her penchant and craving for cookies following their intense lovemaking sessions. Every time.
And he had made sure to get her some this time as well.
He looked up to see a gleam in his eyes, as he bent down slightly to claim her lips,
"I do remember, Mrs Khanna. And I have stocked up well enough."
She smiled and kissed him Good Morning as the rising sun ushered in happiness and content in their lives.
The End
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