Page 103 of Paradigm

“I’m so happy, Arlowe. I know things are not ideal, and there’s still a big if with my visa, but the fact that you’re here now and that you’re staying so we can give this a real chance while we work out the rest, makes me so happy.”

“I know when I left before, you felt like I wasn’t willing or, I don’t know, smart enough to figure it out, but it wasn’t that.” Arlowe ran her hands up Eline’s back. “I loved you so much, but I was so young, Eline. I’d never even had a real girlfriend before you – not like you, anyway – and there you were, the love of my life, before I was ready or able to deal with everything that came with that. I couldn’t see myself being with you without being with you for most of the time. I’m ready now.”

“Me too,” Eline said with a smile before she kissed her, but as she started lowering her lips to Arlowe’s neck, she heard Arlowe sniffling, so she stopped and looked at her. “Are you okay?”

“Sorry,” Arlowe said, wiping her eyes. “I thought I was done with the waterworks.”

“Babe…”

Eline kissed Arlowe’s eyelids.

“It’s a lot. I’m here with you, and we’re doing this, and it’s a lot. I never thought I’d get to have this again.”

“Neither did I,” she replied and kissed Arlowe once more before lowering her lips back to Arlowe’s neck.

Arlowe’s tears subsided, and not long after that, Eline felt Arlowe squirm a little beneath her. She rolled down into her, and that had Arlowe moaning.

“God, I need you,” Arlowe said.

“I know, baby,” she replied.

She lowered her mouth to Arlowe’s breast, and for the first time in forever, she licked at the hardened nipple.

“Oh, God,” Arlowe said.

“I see you’re still sensitive here, too.”

She smirked and rubbed her nose against it.

“Yes,” Arlowe replied.

“Can you still…”

“I don’t know,” Arlowe said.

Eline looked up at her in confusion.

“It really shouldn’t surprise you that no one’s ever made me feel how you have in all the ways, so I don’t know if I still can. No one’s ever made me come just by touching my breasts how you did.”

Eline smiled up at her and said, “Well, we can test that later. I need to touch you everywhere first.”

“Yes, please,” Arlowe said.

Eline sucked on the nipple, causing Arlowe to shift under her, and when she moved her lips to Arlowe’s other nipple, giving it the same treatment, she knew for sure that she could still make Arlowe come just from this because of how Arlowe’s body was reacting to her without even trying. She used that confidence to move down lower, kissing Arlowe’s flat stomach and breathing her in as she moved her mouth around the flesh.

Arlowe had always been the most beautiful woman in the world to her. From the moment she’d first met her eyes with Arlowe’s amazing gray ones, she’d been fully captured by her beauty, but if it was possible, Arlowe was even more beautiful now. It was as if she’d grown into herself more with age, and that made her more confident in her own skin, which was something that Eline loved.

She kissed down to Arlowe’s thighs and pushed Arlowe’s legs apart, knowing exactly what she wanted. Licking the inside of Arlowe’s thigh earned her a twitch and a hiss from the woman she loved, and Eline flattened her tongue and licked again. Arlowe jolted this time, and Eline moved to her other thigh and licked. She did that over and over again until Arlowe couldn’t control her hips anymore, and that was when Eline reached between Arlowe’s legs and spread her, taking a moment to swallow and remind herself that they could finally have this. Then, she pressed her tongue to Arlowe’s clit and tasted her for the first time in years.

“Oh, fuck,” Arlowe let out.

Eline remembered what Arlowe used to like and hoped that it was still the case, so she licked her and felt Arlowe’s legs move even farther apart to give her better access. Then, she flattened her tongue once more and licked hard, and Arlowe gasped. Eline did it again and again, licking up one side or the other, dancing around Arlowe’s clit, building her up higher and higher, and when she knew that Arlowe was ready for her, she took her with her mouth and sucked on Arlowe’s clit hard, feeling Arlowe’s thighs tighten around her head just how they used to when she was about to come.

Eline continued to suck until Arlowe came, rocking into her face and making her moan herself because Arlowe’s hand was on the back of her head, driving her crazy. She was now desperate for Arlowe’s touch again, but she knew she’d have to wait because she wasn’t done yet. When Arlowe’s thighs finally released Eline’s head, and her hand went slack, Eline didn’t waste any time. She moved up Arlowe’s body, kissed her hard, and slid her hand between Arlowe’s legs before pushing inside her with two fingers, knowing that Arlowe would be ready for her. Arlowe’s eyes opened then, and they stared at her while Eline pulled out and pushed back in.

“I love you,” she said.

Arlowe seemed to only be able to nod, which had Eline smiling into another kiss, and she began working Arlowe up by pushing inside and pulling out, deeper every time. Soon, though, she switched to curling and flicking while she rubbed Arlowe’s likely still-sensitive clit with her thumb.