Page 33 of Flame Kissed
“It isn’t a contest,” Captain Hunter chastised, but she was smiling as she said it. “That being said, you all did well. You should be proud. Now let’s get back to the station.”
The ride back was always far livelier than the one out. Gone was the tension of going into a potentially dangerous situation and in its place was the excited buzz of a job well done.
A short time later, they made it back to the fire station and headed to go get cleaned up and do their paperwork.
It was maybe an hour after that, they were meeting up to enjoy some well-earned down time.
They were just sitting around. They’d probably start figuring out what they wanted for lunch soon, but for now they were just catching up over cards and coffee. Rory and Sierra were about halfway through a game of Spite and Malice, Leilani shuffling cards for them when the draw pile ran low.
“Are you still seeing the Sugar Mommy you brought to our monthly dinner?” Sierra asked, tossing another card in the discard pile.
Leilani smiled.
She couldn’t quite believe how well things had been going. Admittedly, Adaze had been weird after the evening she had spent at dinner with Leilani’s fire crew, but the next day, things had been totally fine again. And Leilani imagined it would be a lot meeting them all at once. And when they were alone together… well, it was just perfect.
Sexually, Adaze had taken her to places she had never been. It made Leilani realize how vanilla her sexual past had been. Maybe she had just been waiting for someone like Adaze to open her eyes.
She had never imagined herself calling anyone Mommy in bed and yet with Adaze it felt so natural. Oh, and such a turn on. That was the thing about their sexual connection. Adaze had the power to have Leilani melting in a pool of desire with one touch, one look, one command. She yearned for Adaze’s commands, and she thrived on being called Good Girl. Maybe she did have a total praise kink as Adaze said.
Aside from the sex, Adaze liked the same movies Leilani did. The super feminist ones, the lesbian classics; she even seemed to have the same sense of humor. Leilani loved it when they snuggled up to watch a movie together, laughed together, fell asleep in each other’s arms. Leilani loved the tender moments just as much as the red-hot ones.
There was just something in the back of her mind that felt like Adaze was hiding something from her. Leilani worried that maybe when it came to real life, they might just be too different. She hadn’t met any of Adaze’s friends or family yet and it bothered her.
“Adaze is her name… and yeah, and I think it’s going really well.”
“That’s great, Leilani! Should we be expecting any exciting news soon? A move-in to her mansion or adoption party for a new furry friend?”
Leilani let out a nervous laugh. “Come on, it's still too early for anything like that. It would be way too presumptuous to think about that any time soon.”
“Oh my god!” Rory gasped. “You are thinking about it, though, aren’t you?” She grinned. “I don’t believe it! I knew it!”
“You can’t not believe it and know it,” Sierra said, setting down an ace.
“What?” Leilani snorted. “No, it's way too soon. That would be crazy!”
Her coworkers shared a look before they burst out laughing. “It’s okay, Leilani. We’re all sapphic women here. Most of us have u-hauled, or at least thought about it, at least once.”
“She’s right,” Sierra chimed in. “There's nothing wrong with thinking about it. That doesn’t mean you’re going to do it, but even if you do, it isn’t the end of the world. Sometimes you just know it’s right.”
Leilani smiled. “I think you’re right. I don’t know if I’m going to do anything about it, but it is nice to think about.”
“Good, I’m glad things are going well. You deserve to be happy.”
“What about you?”
“What about me?” Rory frowned.
“Have you thought any more about getting back out there?”
“No, and I’m not planning on it.”
“But why not?”
“Because I don’t want to. It’s just not worth it.”
“We’ll see about that,” she muttered.
“Leilani, no. I don’t know what you’re planning, but don’t do it.”