#finith

Finan and Eadith hold up the rear with ten-twenty yards between them and the last horse. Eadith’s head rests on Finan's shoulder with her body pressed against his back. She lays her hands tenderly on each thigh, rubbing up and down very slightly. It could almost be perceived as movements made from the rocky road, but they both know otherwise. Finan sits up straight, trying to keep at least some focus on guiding the horse. He rides tall, proud to have her by his side again, but he can feel Eadith pressed against him and wants to give her his full attention. As space grows between them and the other riders, they find everything they had been wanting to tell the other from the past month spilling out and they both feel at home again. No detail is left unmentioned; every successful village defense, every absurd Aelswith request, every funny sihtric/ osferth blunder, all the tawdry castle gossip he shamelessly enjoyed.. She continues, now massaging through his hair and upper neck. Kneading his upper arms as well, but that is just as much a pleasure for her as it is for him and he knows it. It had grown hot, either from the summer sun or their yearning body heat, most likely both. It had given the excuse for Finan to bear nothing on his back other than his sleeveless leather armor; again to both of their pleasure.

Eadith finishes a funny story to which Finan tacks on an impromptu joke causing them to burst into laughter. The rest of their group can hear this from up ahead.

“If they’re laughing at least that means they didn’t stop to fuck” Sihtric notes and everyone laughs in agreement.

“Yet..” Father Pulig makes sure to add.

“Yeah you never know with those two” Edwin says, jokingly glancing behind him. While he hadn’t been around when Finan and Eadith met he had done this trip with this group enough times now to know what to expect.

Finan and Eadith trail just out of sight as the group steers left at a bend in the creek. Eadith’s laugh subsides, Finan’s follows, and her gaze settles on Finan who is facing forward to lead them. Suddenly their horse hits a rock and there is a slight lurch, Finan’s hand immediately reaches back to Eadith, catching her leg to make sure she is okay and steady until they get back on the flat trail.

Now that his hand is there he doesn’t want to let go. He keeps one hand on the reins and the other on her, he begins caressing her lower thigh over her thin summer dress. Her hands slip back under his arms and onto his thighs and make their way up his leg, this time her intensions are very clear as she lifts the flap of his protective leather and reaches down his pants.

Finan is almost embarrassed by how he immediately starts to grow at just Eadith’s touch, the image of her hands on him, but that embarrassment quickly goes away as he relaxes, closing his eyes as she strokes him to full erection. She places soft sensual kisses over his neck. Her right hand full of his cock and her left hand cupping his balls in a slow circular motion like he liked. He can feel her breast pinned against his back and with his eyes shut he can enjoy imagining that without clothes in between them. She can’t help but grind against him, in rhythm with her hands as the pressure builds. He can feel her clit urging against him. His hand moves down then right back up, bringing her skirt with him as he gently grips up her now exposed leg, massaging in sync with her hip motions. He feels her so soft against his rugged touch which sends a wave of pleasure over her body. Her legs hug tighter against his.

They turn the corner where the rest of their party had suddenly stopped and she immediately sits up at the sight of them with Finan quickly realizing and joining her.

*

The men had stopped to watch Osferth in the back of the herd, who had had to dismounted to attend to his horse. Eadith and Finan come into view and they pull up next to him, quickly shaking off their urges before anyone could tell what had been going on. After brief deliberation Eadith gets down off the horse to help him. Finan has his arms crossed in front of him, bending over a little and squinting off into the trees, just doing his best to hide his erection. But Uhtred catches him.. Sihtric sees Uhtred hold in a small laugh so he follows Uhtred’s attention to Finan to see what’s so funny for himself. Watching Finan fumble attempts to hide this, almost impossible to do with the two who could read him better than anyone, Sihtric joined in a low chuckle. Finan rolls his eyes as if to tell them to fuck off and they all get ready to move forward again. Lucky for Finan, Uhtred and Sihtric are at the front of the group so no one else sees this exchange. He knows they wouldn’t say anything to the others, at least not until later.

*

“Alroit yerr roidin' in front now” Finan quietly asserts at Eadith. Partly as a joke but he helps Eadith back onto the horse and positions her on the saddle in front of him this time, his accent becoming more pronounced like it does when he’s flustered. Her eyes widen in delighted surprise as she feels his huge cock still erect and now against her lower back. Her clit suddenly throbs with excitement as he adjusts her by her waist, until she quickly snaps back to holds the reins, looking straight ahead, clearing her throat trying to compose herself. He smiles to himself knowing the tables have turned on her now and noticing her becoming flushed.

He has missed having that effect on her.

They again let the rest of their group ride up ahead but there is not the same amount of distance between them yet and they have to refrain for a moment. That moment didn’t last. Finan, feeling cheeky, reaches his left hand around her waist, resting his large palm just under her navel and his finger pulling just above her clit, pulling her even closer to him while nestling his kisses in the small of her neck, his beard caressing her skin.

She has missed that.

With his left hand now set on making its way down to her clit, his right hand, wide-spread, creeps up her body and through her cleavage, his rings and arm metal clanging against her crucifix as he grabs a handful of her bosom. She lets out a surprised lustful gasp as her body has no where else to go but further back into his chest. He smiles and his hand continues to climb slowly over her chest and up her neck, turning her chin towards him.

“Yer going to maeke these noises without kissin’ meh ferst?” He says as he leans over her shoulder. His attempt to playfully tease her doesn’t work and she silences his stupid joke with a smile, biting her lip as she looks down to his. Then, with his hand cradling her face towards his, she kisses him. Eadith holds the reins in one hand and runs her fingers through his hair with the other, bringing his face closer to hers so she can kiss him deeper. Their tongues tie. Finan’s left hand begins to wander again, his right still holding her perfect face, not letting go. Feeling him enjoy her body brings out uncontrollable moans and it only makes him want her more. He runs his grip back and forth over her thigh, pulsing again and again over her clit before moving up and taking turns fondling each breast. She was increasingly aware of her arse cheeks grinding against his hard throbbing cock and he was holding onto her with all his tender strength in efforts to restrain himself.

He feels so good pressed against her and she feels so good pressed against him. His fierce embrace only exasperates her yearning for him and he feels her body fill his arms. She takes her hand off his head, transfers the reins to her right hand. She brings her left hand to join on top of his where he is feeling around her full bosom. She intertwines their fingers and guides his palm from her left breast to her right, going under her dress this time and her nipples harden as he takes the lead again, squeezing her full bosom, his strong hands on her bare chest. Her chest fills his hands as she inhales and exhales desire between kisses. Her legs hug tighter to his..

*

“They are going to fall off that horse” Osferth emphasizes, stunned and shaking his head in disbelief. He had glanced back for a moment to see if Finan and Eadith were still with them and he had to do a double take. There they were, far behind but still in sight, so entangled in each other it was hard to tell who’s arms were who’s. They all turn back to see what he is talking about.

“At least she’s got one hand on the reins” Purlig sighs in humor after turning back and returning to look ahead.

“That poor horse..” Edwin tisks starring back at them and they all start laughing.

“We press on” Uhtred commands. Not even needing to look back.

The youngers in the group have a hard time breaking their gaze in amazement, no one can deny it is a sight, and they’d all love to be in Finan’s position with a woman of their own. But they press forward, and Finan and Eadith disappear from sight again behind some trees. They continued to move much slower than the rest.

Sihtric leans over to Uhtred; “Three silver coins says they stop to hump before the sun goes down” Sihtric whispers his bet to Uhtred.

“Nooo bet” Uhtred laughs at his friend, for they both know Finan and Eadith are likely to pull over any minute, no way they would hold out til sun down.

They both laugh and continue down the road.