Stamina 3
Stamina
Chapter 3- Sleepless in Seattle
Callie/Arizona
NC-17
Standard Disclaimer: Don't own, Don't profit
Sequel to "Closer to Desperation" and several others, all located at my journal. This portion is set six months after the end of "Closer to Desperation"
Beta'd by livelovelearneg Who is most definitely not a bitch hahaha. You are cool, *Said sarcasm free*
A/N- This one is also pretty short, but what it lacks in length it makes up for in fluff. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy!
Callie----
We lay there for several minutes, the sounds of the busy streets of Seattle hardly penetrating the steel barrier around us. Her soft breath whispering through my hair as she continues to calm down, fingers absent mindedly locked with mine. The thousands of lights in the trees sparkle against the shiny finish of the sculpture, blending in perfectly with the millions of stars hanging from the heavens above us.
I know we should move, the longer we lay here, the more likely somebody’s going to stumble upon us. Separating our hands, I reach down and start shimmying her dress back down her legs. With her body pressed to mine, the material won’t budge and she begins to quietly laugh at my efforts. She scoots back and yanks it into place before returning to my side, wrapping her arm around my middle.
Her head rests on my shoulder, as we lay in silence, mesmerized by the tiny, twinkling miracles above us. I sigh with contentment at how oddly perfect this moment is.
“Callie?” She asks, breaking me from my thoughts. I press a kiss into her hair and hum my response. “Do you ever wish you could capture a moment forever?”
I’m not sure what she means so I nod down until she gets the hint and meets my questioning gaze. “What do you mean?”
Her eyes flee back to the heavens as she searches for comprehendible words. “I mean, you’re in a moment and it’s so perfect, you want to bottle it up so you can remember it forever. Time doesn’t fade or alter its perfection, it always remains just as amazing as it was the first time.” She pauses and sighs deeply, nestling closer into my side.
I laugh silently to myself. “Yeah, that was some pretty amazing sex,” I tease with a little poke to her side.
I’m rewarded with her angelic giggle that lights my heart on fire. “No Calliope,” She raises her head to meet my eyes in a mischievous smile, “Although that was pretty awesome,” She continues giggling as she presses a sweet but too short kiss to my lips. “Just everything about tonight. Your dad and I getting along, your mother is amazing, and now this,” She signals to our surroundings, waving her hand back and forth around us. “It’s like we’re in our own world where nothing bad can find us, it’s just us. Happy. I want to remember this moment so I can remember how perfectly content I am with everything right now.” I can’t see her face as it’s back under my chin but from her tone, I can tell she said every word with a smile.
“Arizona, look at me.” I tell her, placing a finger under her chin to pull her up. Her crystal clear eyes meet mine and I see everything I ever hoped I would see in the person that holds my heart; trust, faith, honesty, compassion, and love. “This moment isn’t perfect, you are.” The corniness of that line doesn’t pass her and she giggles at my admission. “You convinced my father of your honorable intentions, my mother adores you, and this moment, right now, would be nothing without you. So yes, this moment is amazing, but you are perfection.” Her giggles have turned into an adoring smile, accompanied with glistening, emotional eyes. “And I don’t need a snapshot or a bottle or anything, because I have you everyday. I love you, and if you need me to tell you that everyday so you can remember this feeling, then so be it. I’ll tell you how much I love you every single second of every single day until I run out of breath and-”
Her lips crash onto mine in an emotionally charged battle of lips and tongues. It’s passionate and deep, but not fueled by lust or desire. A strangled sob breaches her lips as she pulls away. “I love you too, Calliope. More than anything.” I lunge up to reconnect our lips, stealing the breath right from her chest. Her hands on my chest push until our lips separate. “Tell me again,” She asks excitedly with a huge smile stretching the width of her porcelain face, creating the dimples that caught my eye the first time I saw her.
I laugh and tuck a stray, wild wave behind her ear. “I love you so much.”
“How much?” She asks while places quick, chaste kisses on my lips and cheeks.
“This much,” I open my arms as wide as they can go to show her.
“That’s all?” Her lips continue brushing against my own.
“I love you like a fat kid loves cake!” I state excitedly. This actually causes her lips to still before breaking into a deep hearty laugh.
“Callie! That’s horrible!” She scolds and I join in her amusement.
Our laughter slowly fades, leaving her leaning over me just gazing into me. I break eye contact and my eyes immediately focus on the shining moon hanging high behind her head. My eyes return to hers and my fingers dance delicately over her features, committing each freckle and line to memory. “I love you to the moon and back.” I whisper.
This seems to be a passable answer as she slowly leans in to kiss me tenderly. It’s a simple dance, one of nothing but the utmost love with every movement of our lips together, as our hands magnetically link together. She sighs as she nestles back into my side. “That’s better.” She states quietly.
I lose all track of time as we lay there in our own little world placed right in the middle of the city. Seconds, minutes, and hours lose all meaning and the only reason I know time even exists is in the now inky night sky. I untangle myself from her arms and legs that were splayed across my own and stand before her. She takes my offered hand and rises in front of me with a confused look.
“There’s some sort of big party up there,” I tilt my head in the direction of the banquet hall. “Wanna go check it out?” I ask, teasing her.
She chuckles at my playfulness and nods. “Yeah we should get back, your parents are probably wondering where we disappeared to.” She begins to brush herself off, untangling loose pieces of bark from her hair. I do the same and then get her back after she does mine. I begin to lead her back out onto the path when I’m met with a tug of resistance from her.
“Just one more second, pretty please?” She asks in the most adorable way possible. As if there was any way I could deny those puppy dog eyes, I roll her back into me, silently grateful that, even for just one more second, the world is ours once again.
I kiss her softly, gently, attempting to portray every fiber of love I have for her in one single act. We’re pulled out of the moment when the ground begins to shake. She pulls back, her eyes wide with surprise as her grip on my arm becomes painfully tight. The rumbling grows stronger, causing my knees to wobble slightly as I hold on to her just as tightly. The dirt below our feet rolls and groans as it flexes. Car alarms erupt through the night and we both struggle to stay standing in our high heels. Just as fast as it came, it disappears. Leaving us holding our breaths and clinging to one another.
She looks to me, “What was th-”
Her question is drowned out by the ear shattering grinding of iron and steel. The sound raises the hairs on the back of my neck and has my teeth grinding together harshly. The crash crescendos to a sharp squealing of metal before the world goes black.
Chapter 3- Sleepless in Seattle
Callie/Arizona
NC-17
Standard Disclaimer: Don't own, Don't profit
Sequel to "Closer to Desperation" and several others, all located at my journal. This portion is set six months after the end of "Closer to Desperation"
Beta'd by livelovelearneg Who is most definitely not a bitch hahaha. You are cool, *Said sarcasm free*
A/N- This one is also pretty short, but what it lacks in length it makes up for in fluff. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy!
Callie----
We lay there for several minutes, the sounds of the busy streets of Seattle hardly penetrating the steel barrier around us. Her soft breath whispering through my hair as she continues to calm down, fingers absent mindedly locked with mine. The thousands of lights in the trees sparkle against the shiny finish of the sculpture, blending in perfectly with the millions of stars hanging from the heavens above us.
I know we should move, the longer we lay here, the more likely somebody’s going to stumble upon us. Separating our hands, I reach down and start shimmying her dress back down her legs. With her body pressed to mine, the material won’t budge and she begins to quietly laugh at my efforts. She scoots back and yanks it into place before returning to my side, wrapping her arm around my middle.
Her head rests on my shoulder, as we lay in silence, mesmerized by the tiny, twinkling miracles above us. I sigh with contentment at how oddly perfect this moment is.
“Callie?” She asks, breaking me from my thoughts. I press a kiss into her hair and hum my response. “Do you ever wish you could capture a moment forever?”
I’m not sure what she means so I nod down until she gets the hint and meets my questioning gaze. “What do you mean?”
Her eyes flee back to the heavens as she searches for comprehendible words. “I mean, you’re in a moment and it’s so perfect, you want to bottle it up so you can remember it forever. Time doesn’t fade or alter its perfection, it always remains just as amazing as it was the first time.” She pauses and sighs deeply, nestling closer into my side.
I laugh silently to myself. “Yeah, that was some pretty amazing sex,” I tease with a little poke to her side.
I’m rewarded with her angelic giggle that lights my heart on fire. “No Calliope,” She raises her head to meet my eyes in a mischievous smile, “Although that was pretty awesome,” She continues giggling as she presses a sweet but too short kiss to my lips. “Just everything about tonight. Your dad and I getting along, your mother is amazing, and now this,” She signals to our surroundings, waving her hand back and forth around us. “It’s like we’re in our own world where nothing bad can find us, it’s just us. Happy. I want to remember this moment so I can remember how perfectly content I am with everything right now.” I can’t see her face as it’s back under my chin but from her tone, I can tell she said every word with a smile.
“Arizona, look at me.” I tell her, placing a finger under her chin to pull her up. Her crystal clear eyes meet mine and I see everything I ever hoped I would see in the person that holds my heart; trust, faith, honesty, compassion, and love. “This moment isn’t perfect, you are.” The corniness of that line doesn’t pass her and she giggles at my admission. “You convinced my father of your honorable intentions, my mother adores you, and this moment, right now, would be nothing without you. So yes, this moment is amazing, but you are perfection.” Her giggles have turned into an adoring smile, accompanied with glistening, emotional eyes. “And I don’t need a snapshot or a bottle or anything, because I have you everyday. I love you, and if you need me to tell you that everyday so you can remember this feeling, then so be it. I’ll tell you how much I love you every single second of every single day until I run out of breath and-”
Her lips crash onto mine in an emotionally charged battle of lips and tongues. It’s passionate and deep, but not fueled by lust or desire. A strangled sob breaches her lips as she pulls away. “I love you too, Calliope. More than anything.” I lunge up to reconnect our lips, stealing the breath right from her chest. Her hands on my chest push until our lips separate. “Tell me again,” She asks excitedly with a huge smile stretching the width of her porcelain face, creating the dimples that caught my eye the first time I saw her.
I laugh and tuck a stray, wild wave behind her ear. “I love you so much.”
“How much?” She asks while places quick, chaste kisses on my lips and cheeks.
“This much,” I open my arms as wide as they can go to show her.
“That’s all?” Her lips continue brushing against my own.
“I love you like a fat kid loves cake!” I state excitedly. This actually causes her lips to still before breaking into a deep hearty laugh.
“Callie! That’s horrible!” She scolds and I join in her amusement.
Our laughter slowly fades, leaving her leaning over me just gazing into me. I break eye contact and my eyes immediately focus on the shining moon hanging high behind her head. My eyes return to hers and my fingers dance delicately over her features, committing each freckle and line to memory. “I love you to the moon and back.” I whisper.
This seems to be a passable answer as she slowly leans in to kiss me tenderly. It’s a simple dance, one of nothing but the utmost love with every movement of our lips together, as our hands magnetically link together. She sighs as she nestles back into my side. “That’s better.” She states quietly.
I lose all track of time as we lay there in our own little world placed right in the middle of the city. Seconds, minutes, and hours lose all meaning and the only reason I know time even exists is in the now inky night sky. I untangle myself from her arms and legs that were splayed across my own and stand before her. She takes my offered hand and rises in front of me with a confused look.
“There’s some sort of big party up there,” I tilt my head in the direction of the banquet hall. “Wanna go check it out?” I ask, teasing her.
She chuckles at my playfulness and nods. “Yeah we should get back, your parents are probably wondering where we disappeared to.” She begins to brush herself off, untangling loose pieces of bark from her hair. I do the same and then get her back after she does mine. I begin to lead her back out onto the path when I’m met with a tug of resistance from her.
“Just one more second, pretty please?” She asks in the most adorable way possible. As if there was any way I could deny those puppy dog eyes, I roll her back into me, silently grateful that, even for just one more second, the world is ours once again.
I kiss her softly, gently, attempting to portray every fiber of love I have for her in one single act. We’re pulled out of the moment when the ground begins to shake. She pulls back, her eyes wide with surprise as her grip on my arm becomes painfully tight. The rumbling grows stronger, causing my knees to wobble slightly as I hold on to her just as tightly. The dirt below our feet rolls and groans as it flexes. Car alarms erupt through the night and we both struggle to stay standing in our high heels. Just as fast as it came, it disappears. Leaving us holding our breaths and clinging to one another.
She looks to me, “What was th-”
Her question is drowned out by the ear shattering grinding of iron and steel. The sound raises the hairs on the back of my neck and has my teeth grinding together harshly. The crash crescendos to a sharp squealing of metal before the world goes black.