#master thief garrett

As Kiara breathed between kisses against his lips, Garrett walked them back to his bed under the stairs of the Clockhouse, sure in his footing that for once made sound against the wooden floorboards. Whilst he kissed every part of Kiara’s bare skin he could reach, his long nimble fingers worked to loosen the straps of her leather bodice that was an annoying barrier to more of her beautiful alabaster flesh.

But when his calves hit the hard wood of the bed frame, the kiss was broken by her soft gasp and it made him look down at her, seeing her pale chalcedony eyes blown out in obsidian black with their desire for him - more precious than any jewel he’d ever stolen.

It suddenly baffled him at how she’d been so patient with him, even with the way he’d ignored his feelings before. How could someone like her want him? Who'd pushed nearly everyone away on the pretence he was better off alone.

He swallowed hard, nervously tightening his grip on her sides as if letting go would make her vanish the moment he spoke his fears.

Kiara noticed his reticence as she gazed up at him, smiling into his eyes as gently as she could. She could see the anxiety in them, that tension born of someone about to step off the edge of a precipice. She knew he was self dependant, especially after his last apprentice Erin had left after a massive argument.

The argument they’d just had, had been confirmation of that stubborn self reliance. Though it had kept him alive all this time and honed him into what he was. But since meeting him she’d seen another side of him – one which had allowed them to get close. They worked so well together, she didn’t want to lose that and he seemed to have finally realised that too. But if he was having cold feet now over what they were doing, maybe they could slow down, talk it out a bit more.

“Do you you still want to do this Garrett...we don’t have-

Garrett glanced to her mouth and ran his thumb over her lower lip, stopping her words as gently as he could less the spell be broken. His touch ghosted over her trembling lip as if imprinting it's softness to his memory, less it be taken from him. Somehow she was still here, still with him and as if on impulse he surged forward, pulling her to him and putting everything he felt for her into the kiss. His tongue licked at her lips and she opened willingly for him allowing him to deepen it and make Kiara melt against him, wrapping her arms tightly around him.

Gasping for breath, she eventually broke the intense kiss, smiling up into his face to see him looking back at her with a reverence born of a man who was worshipping what he saw. She'd never get tired of that look and she smirked when she realised they’d reached their goal. Still grinning, she pushed him down onto the bed behind him.

He fell back willingly, looking up on his elbows as she finished what he’d started, undoing the last buckle holding the bodice against her skin and letting it fall to the floor - the translucent top under it, ghosting over her body and teasing the bare skin underneath. She slowly lifted the hem and pulled it up till it reached her head, where Garrett reached up and stopped her, pulling the sleeves of the top back so the fabric fell tight across her face, only her mouth showing below it. She was trapped in the fabric, only seeing his silhouette through it and it sent a thrill through her in the way she could feel him looking at her. She relaxed, her arms above her head, trapped against him as he lowered his lips to her chest, teasing one nipple then the other between his lips.

It made her gasp, her mouth opening in silent appreciation of the delicious sensations coursing through her body - her sensitive nipples hardening against his mouth as they were paid close attention, whilst his free hand and nimble clever fingers ran slowly over her bare skin, memorising with touch every scar and mole across it. He chuckled between kisses, hearing every little gasp and moan from her, finally pulling her top off her body to pull her to join him on the bed and worship her properly.