Who: Zach and Tessa Where: Her place What: Tessa rescues Zach, then they explore a little. When: During Wonderland Warnings/Rating: R for sexual situations Status Complete
Zach wondered what exactly he had been thinking when he decided to go out. Seriously. Why had he done this? He was hiding, now, behind a flat of boxes. He’d managed to take out most of the card soldiers with well-aimed boxes, frozen meat, and thrown without thinking, a meat cleaver, to his horror. Now he was hiding, hoping the last few did not make their way back here. He had managed to get the rest of the shoppers out by his distraction. Somehow, thinking about them made it easier for him to fight off his anxiety attack, and do something. Of course, now that they were gone, his heart was pounding and his vision was blurry.
God, he was such a loser as a hero.
Good thing he had no desire to be one.
HIs fingers fumbled at his phone and pressed a number and it rang, and he waited, crouching.
Tessa picked up her phone on the first ring, having seen that it was Zach. Whether it was an urgent call after a bad dream, or just to say hello, she didn’t like to keep him waiting, if she could help it. “Hey, Zach. How’s it going?”
“Oh, ah, you know, pretty well.” He was breathless and whispering. “Except the part where the evil card soldiers are in the store somewhere, I managed to chase off some of them, distract them and get the rest of the people out, and am now having an anxiety attack while I hide.”
A pause.
“You know... just a normal day?” His voice squeaked toward the end there, making him wince, as he panted, forcing himself to breathe slower. “How, ah?” He heard something and peered, quiet, until he thought it was nothing. “How are you?” His voice was quieter then, anyway and he scrunched up tighter in his hiding place.
“I’m okay,” she said. She could hear the anxiety in Zach’s voice and tried her best to stay calm, and positive; not to let her worry come through in her tone. “The GPS in the ambulance decided to grow legs and run away with my partner’s cell phone, earlier, but I guess reapers never get lost. So I drove, for the rest of my shift. Now I’m back in my apartment, where things mostly make sense. Do you need a ride?”
“Yeah. I could use one. I’m near the back loading dock, which has a ramp. And mostly trying to hide. A ride would be good. But also, be careful.” He nodded to himself.
Tessa had grabbed her keys and was heading out the door before Zach even finished speaking. “I’m on my way,” she said as she got into her vehicle. “I’ve got you on speaker, so you can stay on the line if you want to. Okay?”
Zach smiled as he worked on calming down. “Okay.” He spoke quietly, his lips millimeters from the phone. Had he heard a sound? Frack. That wasn’t good. It was probably just his imagination, right?
Right.
He hoped.
Tessa listened as she drove, answering softly if Zach spoke to her, but otherwise remaining quiet so as not to give him away. It didn’t take her long to reach the store, and pull slowly around to the loading dock. “I’m here, Zach.”
“Okay, Stay there, then. I’m headed out.” And he burst from his hiding place, and nearly bowled over a card soldier. “Shit!” he tumbled and his heart pounded and he ran, slamming out the back door of the store and running for all he was worth for her car. “Hi hi hi. We should go now, yes?” And out of the store boiled half a dozen card soldiers wielding swords and spears.
As Zach sprinted toward her car, Tessa leaned over and pushed open the passenger door. “Hi. Yes. Seatbelt?” She put the car in gear and started rolling. She’d drive through the card soldiers if she had to, but she really didn’t want to, in case they were real people inside. But she really didn’t fancy taking a spear through one of her windows, or tires, either.
Zach slid in and belted in, and breathed, trying to force himself to calm down from the terror he had been experiencing for the last hour. “So, ah, hey.” He spoke around pants, shuddering, his voice strained, and he rested against the door as they shot away.
“Hey.” She hit the locks, and then switched hands on the wheel, reaching over to pat Zach’s shoulder. “It’s okay. I’m here now.” She glanced over, then back at the road. “Where do you want to go?”
“Any place but here. Yours, mine? Somewhere with a hot shower, please.” And he paused and looked at her. “Some place we can stay, together, tonight?”
“You want...” Suddenly feeling a little breathless herself, Tessa swallowed, and started over. “You want to stay with me tonight?” Even without waiting for his answer, she headed in the direction of her place. “Do you want to swing by and pick up any of your things?”
“Nah. I have a change in my bag. I was going to go to the gym, try to walk more inside since the weather has been so weird, but then wonderland and card things.” He grinned at her. “And I... I would like to stay with you, if that’s okay.”
“Yeah, that’s fine.” She smiled at him. “It’s no problem.” The couch was comfy, and she had a double-bed if he didn’t want to be that far away. “Have you eaten yet? I can pop something in the oven when we get back.”
“Oh yeah, I ate around ten, not that long ago.” Of course, he had ended up working on a computer and lost track of time, so he was not all that aware that it was now somewhere around 5.
"Okay, " she said, "I'll throw something in the oven." He was probably hungrier than he realized. She pulled a granola bar out of the glove box for him. "It's already dinner time, babe."
Zach blinked. “Really?” He glanced outside and only then noticed how it was getting darker. “Huhn:” He took the bar and nibbled at it. “I totally didn’t notice.” He chuckled, then, blushing.
“It’s all good,” Tessa said, “I like to be prepared, in case I work late and miss a meal. I don’t mind sharing.” It wouldn’t take long to reach her house, but she’d rather be safe than sorry.
“You’re pretty darn amazing, Tessa. Have I told you that, yet? Because... every day I am reminded of it.” He nodded, watching her. Zach was growing more confident in the telling. He loved being around her. She made him feel even better.
“Thank you.” She grinned. He really was gaining confidence, sometimes by the minute. She still wasn’t sure she could take all the credit for that, but she did enjoy sharing his triumphs. She pulled into her car port and shut off the engine, turning to face him properly for a moment. “I think you’re pretty special too.”
“You’re welcome. Thank you. You make it feel good.” He smiled softly and leaned in, hesitated, looking in her eyes from close up, and then kissed her, slow and warmly. When he pulled back, he smiled. “You make me feel amazing, and you make... you make it easier somehow, to be … to think and feel stronger.” He liked being those things with her, really.
She touched his face, running her fingers through his hair the way he liked. “I never want to make you feel bad,” she murmured. She wanted him to be able to be himself. It seemed like he was coming out of his shell, more and more, and she liked what she saw. “But we should probably head inside.”
Zach smiled. “You never have.” He nodded to her. “You just talk with me and touch me and I really like being around you, a lot.” He smiled softly. “Yeah, ah, we can do that.” He grinned, then unbuckled and slid out. Yay!
She got out and walked around to Zach’s side, slipping her hand in his as she let them into the house. Zach had been inside her place before, a few times now, but this time might be a little different. Using her shower. Hiding from the world until further notice.
“Do you think you can find your way around, or should I give you a refresher tour?”
He squeezed her hand and smiled softly. “Me? Not take you up on a chance at a tour? Heaven’s Forbid!” And he grinned. “Also a chance to watch you walk? Y-you know you have a v-very nice behind, right?” He was blushing purple when he said it, but, well, he wanted to say it. He liked how she looked and he liked complimenting her.
“Oh, I know,” she said, smirking at him, and swinging her hips as she led him inside. “The bath is this way.”
Zach groaned as he followed her and checked her out openly. You were allowed to do that with your girlfriend. He thought so anyway.
“Thanks. I could definitely use a shower.” He absentmindedly dropped his bag in a chair as he followed that rather amazing rear.
If Tessa had been walking behind him, she would have grabbed the bag and brought it to the bathroom. As it was, she was already there, flipping on the light and the fan, and grabbing clean towel and washcloth.
“You’re welcome to use my shampoo and conditioner if it isn’t too girly for you,” she said, “If you need it. Make yourself at home.”
He stepped in, grinning as he stepped near to her. “Thanks. I could use it. And... thanks again for the rescue.” He reached out a hand to touch her face, a tender look on his. “Dunno what I would have done without you.”
“You’re welcome,” she said, wrapping her arms around his waist. She smiled, and leaned into his hand, licking her lips a little. “You’re going to be okay, Zach.”
He blushed at her look and her licking and he smiled softly,. “I think so. And I am going to be great, maybe, as long as I’m with you.”
He kissed her, then, slow and steady, and ended it with a soft sigh.
Smiling into the kiss, Tessa gently kneaded his lower back with her knuckles. She liked these moments. Tender, comfortable...everything just seemed to fit together. “Go ahead and get cleaned up,” she said, when they parted. “I’ll get dinner started.”
Zach relaxed, grinning and smiled. “Sounds good.” He smiled and turned away, and without waiting for her to leave, he started to undress. There was a little daring there in wondering if she would leave, or wait...
She’d expected him to wait for her to leave, and when he didn’t, she paused in the doorway, momentarily stunned. Was he actually disrobing in front of her? She knew she wouldn’t have minded him watching, but this was Zach.
Zach was well aware she was still in the room. He was blushing, and he was breathing faster, but... he had been thinking about this for some time. He cared for Tessa a lot, and he liked exploring things with her, sharing with her. And it was time he was willing to let her see all of him. He nodded as he undressed, a shirt hitting the floor, then shoes and pants and then, he turned as he swallowed, but his eyes sought out hers as he moved to drop his underwear. He was not fully erect yet, but not completely flaccid either, mixed signals from his brain making his body confused, but his eyes sought Tessa’s with both trust and interest in them...
Tessa smiled softly, her eyes caressing his face even as she took in the whole picture. He wasn’t a bodybuilder by any stretch of the imagination, but he was entrusting himself to her, and that was both humbling and somehow strangely gratifying.
“I should let you get to it...unless...you want me to stay.”
Zach smiled softly. “I ah... I would like that. yeah.” He blushed. “Every day, I find I am enjoying being around you more, and not being as afraid as I once was. And I like... I like what we do together.” He turned, then to step into the shower, and wash off, blushing, heart pounding, but entirely grinning like a loon.
Tessa peeled her shirt off, stripping down to her panties as Zach stepped into the shower. “Should I join you?” Maybe she should have asked before she stripped. But it only seemed fair to let Zach see everything that he was willing to show her.
Zach stepped into the water, then heard her words and he blushed down to his waist almost. He looked at Tessa and his desire and his care for her was in his eyes. He tried to speak twice, then managed. “Tessa, I would like you to come in. And I should very much like to wash your back...” Among other things.
She was so beautiful and he felt like he should be freaked out. But... he wasn’t. She was the woman he... and he suddenly realized something huge.
She was the woman he loved.
The hot water suddenly felt like the sun coming out.
She stood there, watching, waiting for him to speak; her fingers fidgeting almost shyly with the elastic on the legs of her panties. At his assent, she slid them down her legs, stepping gracefully out of them and into the shower. Her fingertips brushed his chest, and she smiled; sliding the shower curtain closed behind her.
His eyes went wider as she slid off her panties and he swallowed. “Wow.” He knew she had been going to do that, but it still made him swallow and grin. She was sexy! And gorgeous! And... wow. He kissed her, as seemed right, there under the hot water. His hands reached for the soap, and he shuddered as he smirked at her. “I like this. I feel... wow.” He was blushing and his heart was hammering, loud and fast, but he liked it.
Blinking against the spray of water, Tessa let her eyes close as she kissed him, moving gradually closer. Her own heart fluttered a little, knowing this was a big step for Zach, and for the both of them together. Whatever happened, she wanted it to be enjoyable for him.
“You look happy.”
He slid his arms around her and nodded. Holding her for a moment and just enjoying the hot water felt good. “I... I really am. With you, I always am.”
He kissed her again, the feeling of their naked bodies against one another incredible to him. Then he stepped back and grabbed the soap again. “Hold still, gorgeous.” And he started gently soaping her, exploring slowly, eyes and hands both moving over her body.
His face showed his wonder and pleasure.
Smiling against his lips, Tessa basked in the warmth and closeness for a blissful moment. She watched him as he drew back and began to work, letting him guide and move her as he pleased. Her fingers trailed over his skin from time to time as he lathered and caressed, the intimacy of the experience growing deeper with every touch, every beat of her heart.
He loved touching her, stroking her and exploring her, His hands lathered her breasts, teasing the nipples hard, and under them, his mouth going dry with a desire to touch them more. He forced his hands to slide down her body, stroking her belly and then lathering there, between her legs. Stroking and exploring her folds, he groaned, panting slightly, then smiled at her as he kissed her again.
“Turn around, Tessa, please?”
Even as Zach’s hands moved down her stomach, she wasn’t sure if he would go there, was pleasantly surprised when he did. Catching some of the soap that ran down her body, and rubbing it over his skin, she hummed softly in encouragement as he explored, and eagerly returned the kiss.
Turning at his request, she drew her hair over her shoulder, and smiled at him. “How are you doing, handsome?”
“Anxious, but... more confident and more sure I am in the right place, doing the right thing, than i ever have been before.” He blushed and grinned at her as he slowly soaped up her back, almost massaging her inexpertly as he worked down her arms and her shoulders, and underarms then down her sides to her ass. His hands slowly stroked her there and then gently caressed those globes. He knelt behind her, hands gently stroking her ass and sliding between those cheeks, sudsing her up everywhere...
He stood again. “Rinsing time!” He grinned, feeling bouncy almost as he took the shower head and pulled it to where he could rinse her off, over her shoulder. One hand slid down her body, stroking her breasts as he canted the water to pour down her front. His hands slid lower, still, as he pressed against her from behind, hard, and excited almost as much by the intimacy as by the touching.
Tessa felt her breathing quicken a little as Zach’s hands slid over her body, pleasure coiling in her belly from even the simple touch. The excitement was not diminished when he began to rinse, and she couldn’t help but arch her back a little, rocking back against the hardness that she felt between them.
“I hope you don’t mind me saying this,” she breathed, “But I am really turned on right now.”
Zach chuckled. “I don’t mind. I think you can feel how turned on I am back here.” He bit his lower lip and stroked his hands across her folds, working to get the suds out and feeling her there a little more, he had to admit. he stepped back and rinsed his front, then he spoke.
“Turn around?”
He needed to rinse her back and he had it in mind to do it the same way...
“Mhm...” She shifted her feet apart so he could better rinse--and touch her--between her legs. The water felt good there. His hands felt even better. Finally, she turned around, eyes glancing down at his erection, and back up to his face.
She could hardly wait to feel how they would fit together from the front.
He was blushing furiously and he smile softly at her, eyes bright with emotion, and lust both.
He gently pulled her close to kiss her and then arced the water over her shoulder as he did so, groaning into that kiss as he pressed against her, hard as a rock against her belly.
He teased her back gently as he rinsed her there, running his hands over her body.
Moaning into his mouth, Tessa wrapped her arms around him, rocking gently against his body. She could feel him pressed against her lower abdomen, and there was a wetness between her folds that wasn’t from plain water. It would be so easy to rise up on her toes, and slip him into the cleft of her legs--even if she just held him between her legs, and not all the way inside--but she wouldn’t. Not without permission.
“May I touch you, Zach?”
Zach groaned back, shuddering as they move against each other and he nodded, whimpering. “S-sure. Yes, please.”
His hands curved down across her ass, and then parted her cheeks, sudsing there, too, and stroking her tiny hole with suds as well as he groped her ass slightly.
Tessa felt her face and body warming with arousal rather than embarrassment as Zach continued to boldly explore her curves and crevices. She rocked against him, and back into his cupped hands as she reached between them to stroke his thigh, his stomach, and finally his erection.
She watched and listened all the while, gauging his reactions, and moving slowly so that he would have time to get used to her touch. “Just tell me if you need to stop.”
Zach was whimpering and moaning, enjoying this a great deal. When her hands reached his erection, he shuddered and nodded. “W-will do. It feels good to do this with you.” Not just to do it, but with her. That was important. Otherwise, he was pretty sure he would be out cold ten times over by now.
His hands stroked her and teased her and then he raised his hands to hold her close as he kissed her hard. His breathing was a little heavy as he grinned at her. “I never imagined anything that felt as good as being with you.”
She kissed him, closing her hand around his length, applying gentle pressure and friction. If they made a mess, well, what better place to fool around than in the shower? “You make me feel good, too, Zach.”
Zach whimpered and stroked her ass and her back, and he grinned at her. He was breathing faster, one hand sliding down to cup her folds as she stroked his cock. “Good. I like... mmm, doing that.” He blushed more, and shuddered. “You make me feel amazing.”
“Good...” She rocked against him, rising on the balls of her feet a little, and moaning softly at his touch. It was hard not to rush, but she didn’t want to spoil the experience for Zach.
He stroked her folds faster, a little more, and one finger slid into her. “You feel so good. So...right.” He shuddered, then said it before he could back down. “I want to make love to you.”
Tessa felt her heart skip a beat, then rush to catch up with itself at that. She leaned back a little, just enough to look him in the eyes. If he was ready...
“Do you want to go to the bedroom?”
He nodded, eyes wide and filled with wonder, and not a little lust. “Yes, please.” He shivered, hard still and nodded. “I would very much like that.”
And he hoped he didn’t pratfall here like he had that first day.
Tessa reached around, and shut off the water, her hand sliding down to take hold of Zach’s as she stepped out of the shower. She grabbed an extra large towel, but didn’t really bother drying off. Instead, she led them to the bedroom, where she threw back the covers, and spread the towel across the bottom sheet.
“Here.” She crawled backwards on the bed, legs spread slightly apart, eyes fixed on Zach’s as she stroked herself, making sure that she was wet for him. “Come join me.”
He shuddered and took her hand and kissed it,. following her, shivering. The moment felt right and he gladly followed her. And wow... she was gorgeous, even more so in this light.
Zach smiled as he crawled onto the bed, feeling odd, but perfect. He slid to her side and kissed her, hard, shuddering as he looked at her, all his caring and all of his lust boiling up in him. His kiss carried his emotions and his need as his hands caressed her body, from her breasts, which felt hot and heavy in them, down to where she was touching herself. She felt so wet! “God... I want you.”
She rolled toward him, leaning into the kiss, and laying her hand over his as he touched her. All of their kissing and touching on previous dates seemed to have been leading up to this moment, all part of Zach's lovemaking. She drew a leg over his, lining him up with her entrance.
“I want you to have me.”
Zach nodded and slowly pressed in, hissing out a slow moan of pleasure, that turned into a cry. He was panting almost instantly at the heat and wetness and the tight hotness. “Oh... Oh...Oh God...” He couldn’t see to say anything else as he pressed inward, wanting, and needing, to be deeper in her, to feel more of this. As he sank in, he whimpered, and when he found his belly suddenly against hers, he groaned low and loud. Wonder and pleasure rolled through him and he looked at her with wondering eyes. “It feels incredible... you feel... wow.” And he kissed her, fiercely, needing, wanting.
There was a moment of intense anticipation, and then he was inside her, and their bodies flush; skin against damp skin. She opened her mouth to him, tongue thrusting against his as she tensed her inner muscles around him, holding him that much more tightly. It felt so good to finally take him in.
His mouth opened ot hers, and he kissed her, groaning, shuddering at how she tensed, whimpering at the sensations and desire running through him. He slid his tongue along hers, inexpertly, and yet enthusiastically, as he started to stroke in and out of her, his rhythm not yet quite great. She felt incredible!
Moaning into his mouth, Tessa moved with him, loving his enthusiasm. She didn’t care if it was messy, or awkward. It could only get better. She rolled, breasts swaying as she straddled him, rising on his cock, and settling back down; squeezing her muscles around him on the upstrokes. This first time might be all about him, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t show him how to please her along the way.
As she straddled him, he moaned, and cried out. Her movements made him shudder. He had never dreamed it could be remotely this good! Surely nothing could be as good as this! Wow!!
He groaned as he moved with her, faster, harder, groaning as she squeezed around him. “T-tessa! So good!” He wanted to make this great for her, too and reached out to stroke her breasts, teasing them, wanting to try to give her pleasure.
“Good...” She groaned as he squeezed her breasts, nipples hardening in his hands, arousal coiling in her belly. She angled her hips to take him deeper, watching his face as she did.
That hardening was not ignored and he tried to focus on her nipples, even as she moved on him and he cried out. shuddering, never imagining anything could ever feel this good. “Oh God, Oh God!” He shuddered as she rode him, and he whimpered as he tried to match her movements. he could feel his pleasure getting greater and greater, feeling like nothing he had ever known. “Oh Tessa... Can’t... won’t be... Oh God!”
He was almost there, the pleasure carrying him along with no choice in the matter.
She rolled her hips, finding her g-spot and varying her movements to drag across it with every stroke, increasing the stimulation for herself as well as Zach. “It’s okay,” she gasped, “Go ahead. Come for me.”
That new movement was all it took and suddenly he was arching up into her, and crying out, shuddering as he came in her, unable to stop as he emptied his essence into her. And it felt so good, so incredible. After, he felt like he could barely move, and he reached for her, shuddering, to pull her close and kiss her, almost crying from the sheer incredible bliss of it.
Tessa lay down with him, stroking his face and hair as she returned the kiss. It felt good to give herself to him like this, to make him feel good. Knowing it was his first everything...that made her feel special too.
He blushed as he kissed her, and stroked her hair and body. “S-sorry I didn’t last long. It felt so... too incredible!” he shuddered, the pleasure still filling his mind.
“It’s okay,” she assured him, “Don’t worry about it. First times are always a little...unpredictable.” She kissed him back, and traced his mouth with her thumb. She hadn’t expected for them to come even this far when she’d gone to pick him up, so she was anything but disappointed. “It gets even better with practice.”
He groaned as he kissed her softly. And he hugged her close. “Yeah? I want... Uhm, I want to practice a lot.” He blushed. “It’s weird. in my head, I can feel me and I can also feel Zeus some, and he is... a lot more... er, vulgar.” he shuddered. “I’d rather we explored and had fun, and ignored anything he says in my head.” He wished he had a mental muzzle.
Tessa drew the covers up, wrapping them snugly around herself and Zach in a warm cocoon. She could freak out later, about taking Zeus’ virginity--if such a thing were possible. Right now, Zeus was the last thing on her mind. She didn’t deny that the Reaper and the Olympian were part of their lives now, but Tessa and Zach were more than the sum of their parts.
“Anything you want, Zach, don’t be afraid to ask. We can explore our boundaries together. Just you and me.”
He smiled softly, and kissed her harder, and grinned. “Together. Sounds perfect.” And he hugged her close, inhaling her scent. Absolutely perfect.