Aeris buried her head in his neck, her nails leaving half moon shapes on Cloud's skin. She almost cried out when he obeyed, putting her lips against his skin to stifle the sound. It only took three or four hard thrusts before her muscles clamped down on him all by themselves as she came, a moan leaving her throat.
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As the year passed, Aeris grew more comfortable with Cloud. She still tiptoed around the L word, but that was mostly due to her own inner insecurity that nothing could last. She was sleeping in his bed at nights, Emma was practically hers, and Cloud had basically let Yuffie move in too. They were like their own little family. Which frankly, terrified her. In October, she got sick. She thought it was just because of the removal of her IUD, and her body adjusting to the lack of hormone. She was scheduled to get it put back in the following month. But she hadn't exactly been being careful with Cloud. She had been told that most of the time it took a few months before the IUD hormones left her body entirely, so she hadn't thought to make him put on a condom. That morning she was hunched over the master bedroom toilet.
Rosetta had become very comfortable with Shaun. There was no more purposeful light dimming or pulling away. It had taken a few months after that first time, but soon enough was even initiating sometimes. And then after that, it was like she had trouble keeping her hands off of him. That morning in California, she was in their bathroom with the door locked, pacing. She was listening to the egg timer ticking down, watching the little stick. She had never been so nervous in her entire life. Not even being pinned down by snipers was so anxiety inducing.