The Adventure Continues

[abrightboy]

For thatsfascinating.



The villa Malcolm rented was in the Languedoc, not far from Marseilles, south of Avignon. It was a very historic region, though Malcolm was particularly not interested in visiting Marseilles again. There was a charming village nearby the villa and if they were going to go to an historic city for a day, he'd rather make the trip over to Montpellier, where he'd never been at all, much less with Dr Whitly.

The villa had six bedrooms. As the driver brought their luggage inside the bright and spacious main room, Malcolm handed him some folded Euros and thanked him and shut the door behind him.

"First choice of a room is yours," he told Edrisa with a smile. "But you might want to explore first."

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[abrightboy]

"But not as much as you do?" he teased, giving her a coy look, his spirits improving.

[thatsfascinating]

"Not even close," she confirmed with a smile, and leaned in to kiss him again.

"But, to be fair, it's an extremely high bar."

[abrightboy]

That made him laugh lightly, the ghosts of his concerns finally chased from his face.

"Rinse," he told her, reaching for conditioner.

[thatsfascinating]

Her smile widened, happy to see him happy. She loved being able to ease his worries.

She obeyed, pulling back to step into the spray, closing her eyes as the water washed the shampoo from her hair.

[abrightboy]

Once the water ran clear, he tugged her closer to him, pressing a kiss to her lips before massaging conditioner into her hair.

[thatsfascinating]

She smiled into the kiss, and kissed him again as he massaged conditioner in her hair, wrapping her arms around him and soaping up his back. Once she had soaped up to his shoulders, her hands wandered down to gently cup his ass, drawing him more firmly against her.

[abrightboy]

He smiled broadly as he was drawn against her.

"Are we going to consummate this marriage right before it takes place?" he teased gently.

[thatsfascinating]

She smiled back and nuzzled him.

"Not necessarily. It just feels good to be this close."

She wouldn't object to sex, but they probably didn't have enough time.

With a sigh she pulled back from him. "If you give me the shampoo, I can wash your hair."

[abrightboy]

"Which you can't do from over here where it feels good?" he teased with a pout.

[thatsfascinating]

She giggled a little, then stepped closer, pressing her body gently against his, and nuzzled him.

"Like here?"

[abrightboy]

"A little to the left," he teased, sliding his arms around her waist.

[thatsfascinating]

She giggled again, shifting to the left, and wrapped her arms around him as well. She kissed him softly.

"Here?" she murmured against his lips.

[abrightboy]

"Right there," he told her, pressing a lingering kiss to her lips.

[thatsfascinating]

She hummed against his lips, and returned the kiss, gentle and slow.

When the kiss broke, she reached for the shampoo, and poured some in her hand behind his back. She set the bottle down and began massaging the shampoo in Malcolm's hair, her body still pressed warmly against his.

[abrightboy]

Right where he liked it.

He watched her face as she worked the shampoo into his hair.

"How do you stay so focused on the good things?"

[thatsfascinating]

She smiled and shook her head slightly.

"There are so many good things. I'm extremely lucky."

The bad things were still there, of course...the bruises had faded but the memory of the trauma remained. But she wasn't thinking about that at all.

[abrightboy]

"Not as lucky as I am, I think," he admitted.

Maybe she wasn't typically the kind of person that got other people's attention, but she was amazing and she would have found someone. He was a wet paper bag of fragments. He knew what his future looked like without her.

[thatsfascinating]

"We're equally lucky," she asserted with a smile. He was incredible, and her world was so much richer with him in it.

"Here...come rinse off," she said, guiding them both under the spray.

[abrightboy]

His eyes stayed on her as she led him under the spray, until he had to close them to keep soap out of them.

"This is probably the most peaceful way to do this. I think it's the best choice."

[thatsfascinating]

She closed her eyes as well, holding him loosely so the water could run over them and between them.

"To take a shower?" she asked with amusement. "Or to get married?"

She was pretty sure he intended the latter.

[abrightboy]

He laughed. "Getting married like this," he clarified.

[thatsfascinating]

"Thought that's what you meant!" She smiled and nuzzled him. "And I agree. This is much better. More peaceful."

[abrightboy]

"Peaceful," he repeated at a murmur. "That's a thing. That people like." He looked at her. "Right?"

[thatsfascinating]

"In moderation." Their lives...their life together...was normally far from peaceful, and she was okay with that. More than okay, actually.

[abrightboy]

He nodded. Maybe moderation would be all right and not... one hundred percent screaming inside his own head.

Maybe two weeks off was too many weeks off for him.

Maybe they should have just taken two weeks off and not gone chasing after French predatory murderers.

Once they were rinsed off, he reached for the towels and handed her one, wrapping it around her to help dry her off.