Thanks for the tag @astarions-world!
I've spent the majority of my time these last few weeks at work, at a family member's bedside in the hospital, or exhausted/asleep. Right now, I'm editing a chapter that I wrote several days ago for Part 2 on AO3... My brain so desperately needed an escape and so off I went.... and, even though I don't usually name them, I decided to call this chapter "Creature Comforts"....
...Read Part 1 on AO3 to understand why.... (pinned to my Tumblr)
And I am MOST DEFINITELY blushing while writing it and... honestly... a little scared of how (good!) dark I went with the things I did after this point..... but am pleased....
Astarion gestured with his head in the direction of the water, “It certainly smells better than the Festering Cove that you go to with the Koa-toa under the tower back home.” Reluctantly, he released his grip on her and turned her to face the lagoon. He needed her focus to be on that swim. Not on him.
Tav laughed. “SO much better!” She pulled back from him and quickly lifted her tunic over her head, revealing her lace brassiere atop an hourglass figure and freckled, alabaster skin marked with a few jagged scars she wore as war trophies. Astarion watched her. He knew those scars. Each of them.
Intimately.
Tav removed her boots and brought her gaze to meet his. She moved at a more purposeful, careful, measured pace and let him watch her - and she observed his scarlet eyes that roved over her skin - as she ever so slowly wriggled out of her breeches and then slipped her underthings down her body to the ground.
“Careful, Love,” he whispered huskily, “or you won’t make it into the water.” Astarion cleared his throat.
“Where’s the fun in being careful, vampire?” she teased as she stood naked in front of him and trailed a finger across her chest, brushing some of her auburn hair aside with it.
“You little scoundrel, you,” he croaked.
She winked at him and then took off and darted for the water, knowing full well it would incite a chase. Tav knew she could make it into the lagoon before he snatched her if she used a little bit of her magic.
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