The Doyennes' Worldly Convergence

Chapter 20 - Lifetime

Cordelia

My head was spinning as I tried to take everything in. None of this is what I expected to happen when I came here. All I wanted was information that might help me find Harlee, and instead, someone decided that it'd be funny to throw pieces of different horror movies into my snow globe of life. Then they put that snow globe in a paint-shaking machine for good measure.

Lorne was trying to comfort me the best that he could by encouraging me to lean into him as he gently rubbed my upper arm. I looked up at his dark, caring eyes, feeling stupid for pushing him away like I had, all because I wanted to prove myself right. And now there's a pretty God damn good chance that the world is going to end, or that many are going to die trying to prevent it.

I chewed on my bottom lip as I left Lorne's side and made my way upstairs, knocking on Rory and Falco's door to check in on my friend.

Falco slowly opened the door, making sure to let in as little light as possible, his lips forming a tight smile in an attempt to hide how worried he actually was.

"That good, huh?" Lorne asked from behind me. I didn't even know that he had followed me.

Falco closed his eyes as he rubbed his forehead, "I've honestly never seen this in person before. What I've been told happens isn't what I'm seeing. The symptoms are hitting her faster and harder than a regular human, but she's holding on strong."

The amount of love that Falco had for Rory was written all over his face, a love that I was happy my childhood friend had found, a love that I wish I had allowed into my own life ....

I took Falco's hand in my own and attempted to give him a reassuring smile, "We haven't told the others anything, and they're all too busy with what's going on to question it. Please, keep us posted."

"I will. And thanks for hanging around and not running off. Karro and I appreciate it. We never would have thought that we'd lean on a couple of humans for emotional support," Falco said with a faint smirk, attempting to add a little humor to the situation.

Falco and I gave each other a look of mutual respect before he shut the door, and I quickly turned to make my way to the room I had woken up in, Lorne following right behind me.

"Shouldn't we go help the others pick up or something?" Lorne asked as we entered the bedroom.

I turned around to shut and lock the door behind us, "There's something that needs to be done first."

"And just what might that be?" Lorne didn't bother hiding the confusion in his voice.

I wrapped my arms around Lorne's body, hugging him tightly out of fear for what was going on, worry about what was going to happen, and nervousness about what I was about to ask ..... "Make love to me?"

"Cordelia ....." he whispered my name into the top of my head.

I pulled back just enough to look into Lorne's eyes, "Don't ..... Just ...... Do you love me?"

Lorne smiled down at me as if he had been waiting for me to ask him that for forever, "Since the day I met you in the alley."

"Then make love to me, Lorne. We don't know how any of this is going to play out. I don't want to wait until it's too late. I don't want to live another day regretting a missed moment. I don't want to die regretting not taking a chance ...."

Lorne placed a hand on my jawline, gently tilting my face up towards his as his other hand found its way to my lower back, pulling my body in closely into his own and placing his lips onto mine.

As our tongues and lips passionately fought for dominance, Lorne's hands moved to the curves of my butt cheeks, gripping tightly before he lifted me up. Although I had to have control over literally every aspect of my life, I quickly gave in and wrapped my legs around his waist.

Lorne carefully walked us over to the bed and sat me down on the edge. I quietly watched as he started to unbuckle his belt and pants, letting them fall to the floor.

I swallowed the nervous lump in my throat as I scooted to the center of the bed. It had been a long time for me, longer than I cared to admit, and I felt like a nervous, clueless virgin propped up on my elbows, watching Lorne finish undressing.

As my eyes were tracing the lines of his body, I noticed that his motions weren't hurried, as if he were allowing me these moments to think about things in case I wanted to change my mind. But the gesture only made me want him that much more, as it gave me time to appreciate the man before me.

We stared into each other's eyes as he stood at full attention, and I couldn't help but smile up at him, "I'm on the shot .... and I'm not changing my mind, not unless you don't want ...."

Lorne let out a faint chuckle, "I'm pretty sure that it's obvious what I want."

He smiled softly as he made his way onto the bed, carefully placing himself over me so that we were face to face. Our lips quickly found each other again as my hands slowly made their way across Lorne's body, learning every curve, every line, every scar .... I hadn't known that he had so many .....

His large, warm hand slowly made its way underneath my shirt, the rough yet caring touch finding its way underneath my bra until it was gently gliding over my sensitive, hardened n****e.

I immediately arched my back, pressing myself against him, wishing the single layer of clothes wasn't in between us so that I could feel his body against my own.

The s****l frustration made me lightly bite down on Lorne's bottom lip while sucking it into my mouth, eliciting a low moan from him that sent a tingling yearning to my core.

Lorne's lips parted from my own, leaving a trail of kisses on the outside of my shirt and down to the top of my pants. I closed my eyes as he unbuckled them, and as soon as he started sliding them down, I raised my hips so that he could easily pull them, along with my underwear, off of my body.

I moaned with each gentle, warm kiss Lorne left on my legs as his mouth slowly made its way back up to my mound, his tongue diving in between my folds making me suck in a sharp breath of air.

With each flick that his tongue made, a sound of pleasure left my mouth, faster and faster until my breathing became gasps for air .... "Lorne, please ...." I begged him to stop teasing me already and simply give me what I wanted.

"Not until you get off first ....." his deep, lust-filled voice whispered as his hand gently slid up my thigh toward my folds.

Lorne's warm mouth went back towards my bud, his lips wrapping around it and his tongue flicking as he started sucking while using a single finger to tease my wet entrance.

I reached up and grabbed the underside of the headboard, my muscles tightening with desire as Lorne's movements became more persistent, begging me to release.

My fingers tried to dig into the wooden headboard as my thighs gripped onto Lorne's head, now pleading with him to continue his rhythm as my body got closer .... closer ....

I was finally pushed past my breaking point, moaning loudly with each twitch of my body, the world around me spinning to the point that I didn't even realize that Lorne had stopped and was now positioned with his tip at my entrance, rubbing himself against me to cover himself in my wetness ...

Lorne slowly moved a hand up one of my arms, stopping once he reached my wrist. I released the hold that I had on the headboard, gripping his forearm with my free hand instead.

"Open your eyes, Dee ..." he demanded with a whisper.

As soon as I obeyed, I was staring into his brown eyes as he slowly entered me. His shaft carefully made its way deeper and deeper until it couldn't go in anymore. I wanted to close my eyes so badly, but the emotions I was feeling through our gaze wouldn't allow me to break eye contact with him.

I wrapped my legs around his body, and with each slow yet forceful thrust he gave me I gripped onto his forearm tighter and tighter, a motion that made him go faster and harder until his thrusts were quick and powerful.

My already overly sensitive parts yearned for him to quickly find his release as my walls gripped onto his shaft tightly, sending his lips crashing back onto my own.

I sucked Lorne's tongue into my mouth, lightly gripping it between my teeth until a deep moan escaped him and his member started to pulsate inside of me, starting a chain reaction of my own spasms.

It wasn't until after our bodies started calming down that I realized I still had a death grip on Lorne's forearm, and I quickly released my hold. Lorne gently pushed my hair out of my face with his now free hand, staring into my eyes the entire time.

I could feel my eyes tear up because of the emotionally intimate moment, and as if he knew exactly what I was feeling, Lorne leaned down and left a delicate kiss on my lips as he left my body and laid down next to me.

"I ... I need to go to the bathroom ...." I stammered as I quickly got off of the bed and made my way to the bathroom, locking the doors as soon as I could.

I really did need to go to the bathroom, but I also needed to take a few seconds to try to collect my emotions. One-night stands were easy, but actually letting someone into your heart as well as your body proved to be more difficult than I expected.

After I cleaned myself up and took a few deep breaths, I made my way back to the bedroom to find Lorne on the bed and under the blankets.

"What? Did you think we were just going to get dressed and go get food after that?" he asked with a playful grin on his face.

I smiled as I quickly crawled in next to him, laying my head on his chest so that I could listen to his heartbeat as I continued to come off of my high, his fingertips lightly leaving trails on my back.

"Just so you know, I'll never let anything happen to you, Dee. Not in this lifetime, and not in the next," Lorne whispered before kissing the top of my head .....

I could only hope that it wouldn't come down to that .....