Pieces of a puzzle

[sablinovia]

A small convoy of vehicles traveled down an industrial road in Singapore. The windows were tinted black and they rolled through several stoplights. They turned down a dark street, the dark vehicles almost swallowed up in the surrounding shadows. The headlights were the only things keeping the street from going pitch black. The vehicles were halfway

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[clericpreston]

Acknowledging the line between 'business' and 'personal', John decided to wait for Silver inside her quarters at her castle in Symkaria. What they needed to discuss had nothing to to with work. In truth, John would love to have skipped the conversation all together, but he owed her an explanation of his recent isolation.

He slipped in through the hidden passage she'd shown him and took a seat on the sofa under a window to wait.

[sablinovia]

After landing in Symkaria, Silver had Lorna take over the boy's welfare. Silver left instructions to give him a guest room and have Jun guard the room. Chen would handle talking to the small boy tomorrow morning. Hopefully, without her necklace.

The silver-haired mercenary rolled her shoulders as she headed for her room. She had been taking more solo assignments recently, and so far it was agreeing with her. Except that she seemed a little lax in being prepared in her own room.

She hadn't expected anyone dropping by for a visit. John Preston especially after he had been purposefully distancing himself from her. She frowned a little as she closed the door behind her. Her mind hadn't quite clicked off of business mode.

"Did you need something, Preston?"

[clericpreston]

Well, that was about the reaction he'd expected. He started re-thinking the wisdom of his coming here for about the hundredth time that day.

He managed, just barely, not to sigh. And, had no idea what to say.

"I wanted to... apologize. Talk. Unless you'd rather I left?"

[sablinovia]

That caught her a little off-guard. This was not the normal way of things for her. "No... you may stay."

Silver hesitated before removing her hooded jacket. She draped it over a nearby chair before making her way over to sit beside John. She attempted to keep her poise. Which was easier said then done. Though she did have the clarity of mind to not start off sitting in his lap.

[clericpreston]

John laughed softly and grinned at her. "Oh no. Anything but that. In bed with a beautiful woman? For the foreseeable future? With no end in sight?"

He could very much have sounded frightened. If, by frightened, one meant "excited and eager".

[sablinovia]

"Well, there will be an end or two in sight," she commented dryly as she slid her legs off his waist. Though it was merely so both her hands could get a nice grab at John's ass. "That would be one right there."

Silver would take excited and eager as a good substitute for frightened from John. He was her lover, not her nemesis. She did much more pleasurable things with the former instead of the latter.

[clericpreston]

"Eh, you've seen that end before." John winked at her. He didn't mind her exploring that end. He liked the feel of her hands on his body.

John wouldn't fear her unnecessarily. Only if he had done something to deserve it.

[sablinovia]

"Yes, I have. And I enjoy multiple viewings." She gave him a squeeze before sliding her hands up and then along his sides. There was something trying to hide behind her dimming euphoria. Something that was making her a little nervous if she tried saying it.

"John," she tried carefully. "Promise me you'll listen all the way through what I'm about to say before saying anything..."

[clericpreston]

John chuckled softly and wrapped his arms around her. He didn't hold her too tightly. What she was doing with her hands was too nice to interrupt or impede.

He pushed his hips up against her. The more skin he could get next to her, the better. His hands slid down her back and rested comfortably on two of his very favorite hand holds.

[sablinovia]

There was a better way to get more of his skin against hers. She let her legs slip to either side of his. It gave her enough leverage to push back against him.

Once her hands got to his hips, she started back up. Her fingers pressed somewhat harder and kneaded a little on their journey up.

[clericpreston]

His hands squeezed on her and then released, sliding back up to her shoulders. He tugged her down to kiss her hard as he enjoyed the feel of her fingers exploring along his body.

Then he let go and laid back, content to let her decide how the moment would go.

[sablinovia]

Silver rocked her hips against him as she pushed up to sit up a bit. "We're supposed to go a little slower this time, right?" she asked huskily.

She examined all the skin at her disposal and tried to figure out the best place to proceed.