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It's the next morning and you awake alone, stretching and content, nonetheless. You know Aether had been there until not too long ago-- the pillow beside your head is still warm with his scent. Rolling over in bed, you startle when you hear the sound of crinkling paper under your backside.
A note!
Your heart thumps as you pull the crinkled note from under your butt and unfold it, flipping it over to read it. The scrawl of Ghoulian text is difficult for your eyes to adjust to, but once they do you can feel the corners of your mouth quirking up in a smile.
Dearest,
You're probably still half asleep and I'm just barely gone by the time you read this... Am I right, love? Smile if I'm right!
I want to let you know that I'll be back tonight and I won't be letting you out of my sight until morning.
I have some errands to run today but I'll make sure to keep you in mind with every step I take, so rest easy and don't worry about a thing. I'll be thinking of you every second.
Good luck on your project, and don't stress yourself out too much, yeah?
All my love,
Aether
You read the note and your smile widens, your heart fluttering like the wings of a bird. Of course he would remember that you have a project due for the Sister Imperator tonight-- he's just that kind of partner. Aether has always been nothing but attentive, sweet and caring since the time the two of you got together, and you can't think of anything that's slipped his mind when it comes to your complicated and busy work life.
The clock in your room reads 10 AM as you get up, rolling out of bed and taking a moment to stretch and let the drowsiness recede from your limbs. Aether's scent is still on the sheets, and you breathe it in deeply before rising from the bed. There's a residual soreness in your thighs from last night and you can practically feel the small bruises that his fingertips left, but it's nothing that you can't handle as you go through your day. A sudden thought pops into your head, and you quickly turn back to the bed and begin to strip the sheets off.
They could use a wash, and dammit, you deserve to sleep on freshly cleaned sheets after the completion of your job for Sister tonight.
The rest of the morning is spent productively; after washing the sheets, you head down to the Abbey's kitchen to grab some breakfast, and then return to your room to start working on your project. It isn't the first time that you've been tasked with whittling down the mountains of budgetary paperwork that the Abbey struggles with, but you would be lying if you said you actually enjoyed it. You find that you're much more focused and relaxed than you were last night, and you get a good amount of work done before it's time for lunch.
By the time evening arrives you're finished with the stack of papers and finally writing a note to the Sister Imperator indicating certain discrepancies in the numbers. She was expecting them yesterday, but you know she'll understand when she receives them late this evening. There's a bit of a spring in your step after you leave her office, especially with the knowledge that you'll soon be back with Aether, and you'll have more time for one another than you had in the past month. The two of you have both been busy with respective projects, and only now do your schedules align perfectly for some time Alone Together.
You're humming to yourself as you make your way down the corridors towards the dining hall. It's late, and most of the other Sisters and Brothers have already eaten, but you're hoping that there might still be something left over for you. Sure enough, there's a small plate of sandwiches left out on one of the larger oak tables towards the front of the dining hall, and you gratefully sit down at one of the benches and take one for yourself. It's a simple meal, but the fresh bread and hearty filling is enough to tide you over until you and Aether go out for breakfast in the morning.
The dining hall is quiet, and you enjoy the peace and solitude for a few moments, allowing your mind to relax and truly drink in the lack of stress before finishing your food and heading back to your room. Your heart starts to race in excitement at the thought of spending time with Aether again, and you practically skip down the corridor as you make your way back to your dorm. There's no other Sisters in the halls, and you count your blessings-- no one could mistake what's on your mind with how you're practically jogging back to your room.
It's dark in your room, the only light coming from the dim candle that sits on your desk. You close the door behind you, smiling to yourself as you lean against it and sigh. The tension from your body from the past few weeks has been slowly ebbing away since you went to bed with Aeth last night, and you feel lighter than you have in ages. Aether had been right - the stress relief had been exactly what you needed-- and now, with your project completed and submitted, you feel like you can finally relax and spend time with him properly.
You only intend to lay down for a few minutes, just letting yourself acclimate to the lack of an impending deadline whistling towards your head... but the call of sleep is a little too tantalizing to ignore and you soon find yourself pulled under. The pillow under your head could almost feel just as soft as Aether's thighs if you think hard enough. You're fast asleep before you know it, sleeping off your exhaustion and so deeply asleep that the sound of your door opening and closing doesn't wake you up.
Aether spots your sleeping form and moves forward quietly, running his hand along the bedsheet gently as he comes to sit beside you. When he drops a warm palm onto your hip you wake up, jolting slightly before you're able to piece together which Ghoul is beside you. You can't help but purr, stretching languidly as he watches and rolling over for his seeking hands, allowing him to run his sharp claws lightly along your spine. A contented sigh rumbles from his chest and his tail swishes lightly from its place beside him.
"I'm so glad you're here," you murmur, pressing your face into your pillow and burying yourself deeper in the bed. "I've been waiting all day..." Aether hums softly in response, trailing his claws along your back, and you shiver a little at the sensation. "Can I have you?" you ask, arching your back slightly and looking up at him over your shoulder. "You did promise me some more stress relief, after all."
Aether smiles and leans down, kissing the nape of your neck. "You don't even have to ask," he says, nipping your ear playfully. The hand on your back moves suddenly, cupping your ass with a primal grip as the sounds of a growl start in his throat. You lean into the sensation, rolling your hips and pressing back against him. You lift your head slightly as you feel him lean further over you, his chin resting in the dip of your shoulder.
"Let me get a little more comfortable, love," he says lowly, directly into your ear. The bed lifts as he stands up and you take the moment to rearrange yourself, making yourself more comfortable where you rest on your stomach. Your arms are under your pillow, head resting on it and eyes half-lidded as you watch him-- Aether undressing is one of your favourite sights.
The way he moves is smooth and deliberate, like the semi-feral hunter he actually is. Aether's tail swishes lightly behind him and his hands move to the buttons on his shirt, starting at the collar and working his way down slowly. He has your rapt attention and he's keenly aware of it, and you can feel yourself growing wetter at the sight of him baring his body for you. Something about the cool gray of his skin and the black curly chest hair slowly becoming more visible always leaves you in a breathless stupor. His muscles shift under the skin as he works, and you can't help but stare as he continues to unbutton his shirt.
When he finally finishes, Aether tosses the garment to the floor, revealing his bare chest and abdomen. You can't help but run your eyes over him, tracing the lines of his body appreciatively as he moves to undo his belt buckle next, his claws tangling briefly in the long cord of leather. He laughs a little and finally unbuckles it, whipping it through the belt loops in his pants with ease and folding it at the foot of your bed. His pants, by comparison, practically fly off of him followed by his boxers and within seconds he's moving back to his position on the bed, cock bobbing and slightly swollen already.
You watch with hooded eyes as he strokes himself once, twice, before positioning himself behind you. His hands are on your hips again, rolling you onto your side so that he can reach around and cup your breast with one hand, teasing and kneading your nipple. You shiver and gasp, arching your back into his touch and allowing a moan to slip from your lips. He chuckles, his other hand reaching down to slide between your legs and cup your wet heat.
"Oh, you are needy, aren't you, pet?" He purrs into your ear, nipping your shoulder with a growl as he begins to finger you. Aether's fingers are deft and clever, and he knows exactly how to touch you to make you keen for him, and he takes his time doing it. His thumb strokes languidly against your clit as he watches you underneath him, squirming with pleasure and starting to breathe heavier and heavier. Aether pulls his hand away from you and you whine with the sudden loss, gasping when his hand instead grips your hip, rolling you back roughly onto your stomach.
Aether's thighs fit over yours nicely, the strong muscle holding you in place perfectly as his large hands spread your cheeks, kneading and rubbing the whole way. He groans at the sight, his thumb dipping to rub against your dripping wet entrance, slipping into you and then withdrawing to tease your clit again-- you know he could spend hours like this, teasing you and working you up into a lather... but thankfully, tonight, he doesn't.
The sharp tips of his claws just barely graze your pussy, making you whimper and push back against the sensation. "Fuck, you look good enough to eat," he growls, one hand moving down to wrap around his cock and stroke himself, using your slickness to ease the glide, "but I'll save that for round two. I can't wait to get inside you, love." Aether leans down, nipping the shell of your ear lightly. "Are you ready? Do you want me?"
You nod and hum your arousal, rolling your hips back against him and trying to coax him in. You're already aching to be full, and you can feel yourself getting wetter and wetter at the thought of having Aether inside of you. It's been a little while since the two of you have actually had a decent amount of time to do the deed, and you're already anticipating the soreness that you'll feel in the morning that usually comes with a good Ghoul fuck.
Aether's cock slides between your cheeks and you gasp, arching your back and pushing yourself closer to him. The blunt head of his cock slips over your entrance before finding its mark and starting to press in. You sigh and moan, pressing back against him and relishing in the feeling of being filled. There's a slight burning stretch as he presses further and you accommodate him, clit throbbing in time with your heart beat. Your breath hitches in your throat as he bottoms out inside of you, his cock pulsing and stretching you wide open-- his girth has never really been an issue for you before, but this position makes his size much more noticeable, and not necessarily in a bad way.
The Ghoul's voice is a low rumble in your ear, his claws digging into your hips as he starts to thrust into you. The sounds of your breathing are loud in the silence of your room, and you can't help but gasp at the feeling of Aether's cock sliding in and out of you, filling you up and stretching you out with every thrust. He presses at the walls of your cunt in the most delicious way, already almost pushing you into overstimulation at just how much it is.
His hands on your hips are a brand straight from Satan Himself, keeping you still and steady as he fucks into you, each thrust jolting your body with the force of it-- slowly and deeply he fills you, the drag of his cock highlighting every inch of him. "Fffuck, Aether," you moan, your hands already tightening in the bedsheets in front of you, "you feel so fucking good." You arch your back, pushing yourself closer to him and trying to grind back against him, desperate for more. The sounds of his ragged breathing behind you make you shiver, the sound of his pleasure sending a thrill of excitement through you. You know you'll be able to get him to cum soon enough, and the thought makes your cunt clench around his cock.
Aether groans, his thrusts picking up speed as he starts to fuck you harder, his hips slapping against your ass with every thrust. One of his hands sweeps up your spine with the press of his palm, only stopping when he's able to grip the hair at the nape of your neck. The gentle pull makes you gasp and moan, your head tilting back with involuntary obedience as he tugs on it again, this time slightly harder than the first.
"Mm, does my girl like that?" He asks, his voice a low growl as he fucks into you, his hips slapping against your ass hard enough that it stings. You nod and whimper, unable to form words as he continues to fuck you, his cock dragging against your sensitive inner walls in the most delicious way. He groans and tugs on your hair again, pulling you back towards him as he fucks into you, ever cautious not to hurt you. "I didn't hear you, pet. Answer me, yeah?"
"Yes!" You gasp, finally releasing the bite you had on your lower lip. Aether drives his cock home inside of you once more with a definitive grunt before he leans over your sweat-slick back, lips perfectly level with your ear. His fangs caress the outer rim of your ear as he pulses his cock inside of you, making you twitch with every movement. Aether holds you here for a moment, right on the precipice of "enough" and "too much", dangerously at the brink between a wordless, soundless screaming orgasm and a ruined climax.
He holds you there for a moment longer than you can stand and you finally cry out, the tension in your body breaking as you cum around his cock, muscles twitching and cunt clamping around his length. Your hands grip the sheets and twist them in your fists, your body going rigid as your orgasm washes over you like a crashing wave. Aether groans behind you and his hands tighten in your hair, his claws digging into your hips as he thrusts into you, his rhythm becoming erratic as he chases his own release. You can feel him twitching inside of you as he fucks you through your climax and into the throes of oversensitivity, the drag of his cock against your sensitive inner walls drawing a moan from your throat.
"Fuck," he grunts, pushing his cock inside of you until his balls rest perfectly against your ass, his cock pulsing and twitching as he cums inside of you. You can feel the warm flood of his release spilling into you, dripping out around his cock and onto your thighs as he slowly grinds against you. Aether releases his grip on your hair and pulls away, his cock slipping out of you with a lewd sound. You're both breathing heavily, and he chuckles quietly as he flops down on the bed next to you.
You take a moment to catch your breath before rolling onto your side and snuggling against him, tucking yourself against his broad chest and resting your head there, listening to his heart beat. It's soothing, and you find yourself getting sleepy again, eyelids heavy and limbs tired. Aether's hand strokes down your back, his claws tracing along your spine in a light touch that makes you shiver. His claws are trimmed down but still sharp enough to raise goosebumps along your skin, making you shudder a little and press closer to him. He chuckles and the warm air from his nose warms your head, another comforting piece of him to ease your mind.
"I did say round two, didn't I?" Aether asks softly, picking his head up to look at the clock on the bedside table. "It's only half past 7, ay?" He looks down at you, cocking up one eyebrow in silent question. "Do you want to take a nap or keep going?"
You stretch, arching your back and trying to decide if you want to sleep or not. You're not sure how long you were out for, but it feels like you haven't had enough sleep yet, and your body is feeling a bit stiff and sore already. You roll onto your back and contort yourself again, taking a deep breath and letting it out in a sigh, your muscles slack and warm after the stretch. You can feel the ache in your muscles and joints, the sensation of having your body pushed to its limits, and you decide that you're probably done for the night.
Aether watches you closely, eyes darting to your face as you turn towards him again. Before you can speak he speaks for you, laughing as he agrees,
"Nap first, sex later."
You nod, agreeing with him. "Sounds good to me," you say, and he nods and smiles at you, leaning in to kiss you softly. His lips are warm and soft, and you can't help but sigh happily into the kiss, closing your eyes and savouring the moment. After a few seconds he pulls away, his eyes glittering with mischief.
"Alright," he says, and kisses your nose quickly before sitting up, swinging his legs over the side of the bed. "I'll go get us some food, you get comfy." He stands up and stretches, his back popping loudly as he does. "What do you want?"
"Anything," you say, rolling onto your side and grabbing your pillow.
“‘Anything’ she says, ‘anything’, okay.” Aether pulls on a pair of sweatpants that he’s taken to keeping at the foot of your bed, slipping into them quickly and tying the elastic band in the front. “I’ll find something perfect for my perfect girl, alright, love? Go on and get comfortable.”
You yawn again as you nod, slipping under the covers and managing to avoid the wet spot by a comforting amount. By the time he returns you’ll already be asleep, and you know you’ll more than likely be waking up to round two already starting.