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by Tweyelite
The afternoon was bright and the sun shone overhead. The day had promised to be beautiful in the morning, and it was. A light sheen of sweat covered both the warrior and the bard as they trotted along the road.
"Xena, It’s almost time for lunch and the horses need rest, and from the looks of it so do you." Gabrielle teased.
"You’re probably right, it is close enough to lunch, and since when are my looks subject to complaint? Warriors can look however they want and still be considered sexy you know." Xena stated with a straight face.
"Xena you are absolutely right, you look pretty hot to me right now." Gabrielle replied, as she watched a drop of sweat roll down Xena’s tanned neck and in between her breasts. Gabrielle was flirting with her! Xena suddenly realized. And not only that, but she was flirting well. A sudden burst of amusement and pride of her bard came to Xena and she laughed aloud in reply to Gabrielle’s comment.
"Are you flirting with me bard?" Xena said wickedly not waiting for an answer, "You better be careful because where there’s heat there’s bound to be fire."
Gabrielle briefly wondered how they had gotten from bearing their souls in metaphors in the morning to flirting like maniacs in the afternoon. Gabrielle was jus about to blame it on sun stroke when she dismissed the idea, after all Xena wanted to greet the day, well they were going to greet it right. As they dismounted and let their horses graze Gabrielle asked seriously, "Is there fire Xena?"
"Ever since I can remember." Xena replied staring evenly into Gabrielle’s questioning green eyes.
The air around them, if possible, became even more humid, as the two women were charged with tension.
"Show me." Gabrielle said, never taking her eyes from Xena’s as she stepped closer.
"Fire can burn you know." Xena said giving Gabrielle one last chance to get out of the situation cleanly.
"I want to be burned." Gabrielle said, as she licked the droplets of sweat that hung from her upper lip.
Xena was holding herself so rigid throughout the whole exchange but when she heard Gabrielle’s words and saw her lick her lip her passion could no longer be contained. She swept Gabrielle into her embrace so swiftly that the bard barely had time to take a breath before Xena’s hot mouth enveloped her. Gabrielle’s senses were reeling, and her last coherent thought was, ‘Why did it take us this long?’ After that, only sensations, Xena plunging her tongue into Gabrielle’s waiting mouth, Gabrielle’s soft whimpers, Xena’s sharp intake of breath when Gabrielle’s hands wandered.. Minute’s later Gabrielle pulled her face away from its happy task. Both women having forgotten that air was needed to survive; breathed audibly for a while.
"Xena, I love you."
"I know, and I love you with all of my being. I would go to Tartarus and back for you."
"You have." Gabrielle replied smiling.
Both women laughed. And Gabrielle wondered what the night would bring...
