it is not like ali to be like this, normally.
needy, hovering, baiting. to want to be wanted and used up without subtlety nor apology. mind, spine, and hormones all restlessly circling back to the same thought, too preoccupied to even consider the aphrodisiacs in place — she is simply biding her time, leaving her scent, anything to make it obvious how she only has one thing — one woman; one gemstone — in her hyper-focus, tunnel vision, the aftermath of stress and adrenaline blurring and blocking out her peripheral sight like a shadow.
it is unlike dazzler to not be the engaging entertainer this time, performing not a facade but performing for the sheer love of the craft, pleasantly accommodating, attention directed outward, always putting the needs of others first so that their joy remains sacred — and she derives satisfaction from the intrinsic act of loving the process, worshipping it as she holds music to a divine pedestal, a craft that is too important to be simplified in any way.
no, that — just won’t do tonight. not when the weight of one-hundred and twenty one days’ worth of back-to-back touring, rehearsing, singing, modelling, promoting, interacting, delivering, interviewing has started to catch up to her now that the songbird has been able to breath and stretch her muscles at home; now that she’s left to her own devices, with the echoes of a million voices, concerts, cheers, boos, weaponry, and applause still vividly ringing in her mutant ears; not when she’s in the care and company of the woman who might as well have invented perfection — a word that dazzler does not use lightly, but what is emma frost if not the most elevated of ideal?
it is not like alison to stay this quiet either — but she’s very much engaged here, attuned to every step, sound, static, and shadow of her lover like the rest of the world doesn’t matter; a shower in the evening does decently enough to shake off some of the underlying quivering agitation, but the real comfort that alison needs is the warmth of something she immensely treasures, and emma’s shirt accomplishes that pleasingly. the shorts that she throws on next are frankly negligible — and emma’s wandering gaze affirms that much. ali has those sharp sapphire eyes right where she’s wanted them — and thank god emma absolutely knows how to show a lady a good time, alison was getting real desperate here.
“hey,” ali begins, sitting down in emma’s lap gingerly and managing to take note of the room — their room — and everything that her girlfriend has done to welcome ali back from her show, how loving everything about this rooms feels - every touch on purpose, the two have always been so attentive to detail. she exhales, taking in the soothing air that the candles provide as her arms find purchase around emma’s shoulders, so deliciously sculpted and reliable. “love what you’ve done to set the mood, baby. you didn’t have to and you did — it’s so good to be back, thank you.”
“back in here, back to you ... it’s been too long.” before alison even fully settles into lying above emma, the songbird’s venturesome mouth and exploratory hands are already everywhere and all over her girlfriend, nipping at the sweet spot on emma’s neck and then right behind her ear before they’re making out again, dazzler’s lights intensifying in approval when emma squeezes her ass. “let's remedy that.”
“hey.” she pauses as soon as she catches the toys out of the corner of her eyes, already brightening and widening from sheer excitement. “why did i not know you’ve been expandin’ the collection while i was busy?” they’re perfect. it’s a no-brainer that a world-class telepath would be able to gauge the sort of sex gadgets that dazzler would be into, but it is rather impressive — and romantic — when the specifics are just on point too; size, shape, silhouette, novelty, texture (lord knows dazzler is a stickler about that), and colour — they’re even just so pleasant to behold, to alison blaire’s immense delight ...
of course their clothes are already out of the equation.
“oh my god—” she can come right there, emma’s digits are poised and adept like that, and alison would be more than happy to ride her girlfriend’s dexterous hands the whole night, anything to feel the white queen inside her, and that’s precisely why dazzler reaches for the double-ended vibrator and starts switching gears, reckoning they’re both wet enough to forget about the lube for once. she needs this now, and she hammers the point right after:
“emma, sweetheart,” a beat ali forces despite her unbecoming composure, her restraint ironically bringing out the lust in her cerulean eyes even more dazzlingly. “i would’ve taken you right there and then in my vanity room if and only if there wasn’t a meet-and-greet after. ‘horny’ does not even begin to describe this, babygirl.”
and then there’s no stopping afterwards; this is inevitable, this is the lead-up, and dazzler is neither stopping nor slowing down until they’ve gone all the way and reached fruition.
“louder, louder, louder,” their mutant gifts everpresent as always, alison’s lights are venereous in their own way in the more private moments as now, generously responding to both her and emma’s arousal, the incandescent hues accentuating the sweat on alison’s toned body — and heightening emma’s heat via soft, feathery touches, the ephemeral embers that they are.
“wait, what? why not?” the sudden drop in pace as well as the abruptness of emma’s declaration genuinely take dazzler aback, the lust wholly leaving her system for an entire second as sheer confusion takes over, prompting ali to tilt her head and wait for the follow-up — which she gets … non-verbally. “oh. oh. oh fuck — oh fuck.”
nails dig into emma’s back, teeth into her shoulder, but nothing is enough to keep dazzler composed for long enough — the star inevitably breaks, blissfully overwhelmed and overpowered enough to let go, nothing but primal instincts and the search for utmost nirvana control every fiber of her being for the next however long emma’s doing this for; the inelegant push-and-pull, the brutal grip of their greedy hands, the roughness, the intensity, every-fucking-thing dazzler didn’t know she’s been desperately wanting in the arms of her lover until they’re deep in the middle of it.
emma’s name leaves her mouth in rapid successions at increasing volumes, but at the arrival of their climax, alison switches to whispering ‘i love you’ fifty times a second, their flushed bodies and the hot minutes blurring into each other but never alison’s words, not a single instance of that confession is said mindlessly, she never plays about those three words, especially not when it comes to her signficant other. “i love you, emma, my god — don’t stop, please.”
then their climax strikes especially when it feels like this is never going to come to an end, and alison absolutely must drop down on emma and go still, catching her breath in irregular pants as the light of afterglow catches up to them dutifully; in dazzler’s case, a little literally.
“that was. i’m still processin’ it. wow, god, okay.” she shifts a little, nuzzling into emma’s neck with a little more intention, the warmth of their sweat and their heat melting into each other as alison melts into the way emma holds her so safely. “i was plannin’ to shift gears and squirt in your mouth at the last minute, but good on you for bein’ faster — that’s… exactly what i’ve been needin’ the past however fuckin’ long, darlin’; thank you.”
some moments of serenity — and dazzler is already back at it, propping herself up just enough to meet emma’s eyes and face her properly.
“question.” she starts, her tone being far more gentler than the content of what she’s about to say in complete sincerity: “can you … hypothetically speakin’ … sculpt a strap out of your diamond form and, well, fill me the whole way? i know, yes. i know. that’s exactly the trade-off i’m willin’ to pay off if i get to have you — and only you — inside me, lovely.” there is no shutting the valve on the floodgates tonight — they’ve been opened long ago, and dazzler’s too relentless to stop before emma says otherwise. a sigh, then - “or you can just let me grind against your shiny abs, i’m not picky.”