*****WARNING*****Graphic sexual content below. Reader discretion is advised.
Tara Munroe’s quarantine was ending on July 31st at exactly 9:42 pm. That was when she told Theo to arrive at her place. They had both had dinner already but Tara had baked them brownies to have at some point as dessert and celebration with ice cream. Now, her place was clean and she was freshly showered with newly shaved legs under a flowing bohemian orange tones skirt. She had on a comfortable lavender tank top with the straps of a deep orange lace bra hinted under it. Her hair was soft and freshly washed and growing on a little longer than its usual bob length because she had missed her haircut appointment during her quarantine. Her apartment was very compact. She had a small table with two chairs in the kitchen and then the livingroom was her bedroom as well and she had sectioned off the bed at one end in a corner using curtains that were a white gauze enough to see the bed was in there. There was a long rod across the wall and opposite the bed was a combo dresser wardrobe. She also had an old fashioned dressing table on the wall between the bed and dresser. Parallel to it was her small couch across from a modest TV and cabinet. Along the other wall leading to the kitchen was her little wooden vintage desk that served as her computer desk area and laptop and a small bookcase.
She had some family pictures in frames on the desk and bookcase. Her nieces; Miley and Kym with their arms around one another giggling. There was a family picture of the girls with their parents, her sister Laura and her husband Terry, too that looked like a sort of winter holiday portrait studio shot where they were all wearing Christmas sweaters. Laura looked nothing like Tara facially and was, as Tara described tall and model thin with what was possibly dyed blonde hair. There was a picture of Tara’s mother, Kim with her husband Lance where they were wearing what looked like warm holiday clothes in somewhere with palm trees, a vacation photo. Her mother had the exact same body type as Tara but facially looked more like Laura. And there was a picture of Tara’s brother Kyle in a shirt and tie looking proud in front of his chiropractic office when he first opened it. Facially he looked the most like Tara except he was taller and a leaner build.
On her walls she had some music posters, a band called The Dead South, Allison Kraus and The Wailin Jennies. For anyone in the know of those, Tara was a fan of bluegrass music. She also had some art featuring horses and pastures and nature scenes with trails and woodlands. A lot of her art looked distressed or vintage, it could be new but made to look old. Her decor in general, the kinds of wood on the furniture, revealed Tara liked things that looked like they were from older eras over modern. And there was lots of orange in the mix. Her carpet had big flowers on it with orange and white and brown tones with a small old wooden coffee table on top. The couch was a simple beige. The cover on her bed was a patchwork quilt that looked homemade. Her place was cosy.
Now she waited for Theo. She had put on a pot of orange vanilla rooibos tea and set out two cups but poured herself one because she needed a distraction. Tara was both excited and a little nervous. She loved Theo. She was well aware of this now but they hadn’t said the words out loud, either of them. Tara figured she might not be able to hold those words in her head tonight and wanted badly to tell Theo.
Theo had showered, shaved and changed his clothes not once, but twice. His final choice was a grey tshirt with a Pan African flag on it and black jeans. He slipped into socks and his trainers and left the apartment, trying not to look like he was headed for an emergency. It wasn’t a long walk, but it felt like one. But finally he arrived, checked his watch and found it was 9:41 and nearly 50 seconds. He paused, looking at it as the seconds wound town … three … two … one … and he pressed the door buzzer.
Tara almost spilled her tea when the buzzer rang and then set it down on the counter and jogged down the stairs to the door. She took a deep breath and then opened it to Theo and looked at him with longing and adoration as she basically yanked him into the stairwell, shut the door behind him and pushed him against it if she could, kissing him and throwing her arms around his neck as she almost stood on her tiptoes a bit in excitement.
Theo half expected the kiss and assisted with the quick closing of her door. For a while there is nothing but them kissing in the stairwell like a couple of teen agers. But he breaks it for a moment. “First things first, Tara.” he grins. “I love you. I'm not taking a chance that something else will come up before I get to say it to your face with my arms around you. I love you, woman.” and he kisses her again.
Tara gasps a little at Theo’s words and before they kiss again she returns them “I love you too. You beat me to it…” She laughs into the next kiss and then kisses him passionately. Finally that kiss ebbs and she reaches for his hand and tries to tug him to walk upstairs with her. When they get to the top she’ll impulsively kiss him again murmuring in between “I missed you...i missed this….kissing you…” And another kiss begins.
Theo heads upstairs with her. They have made it into the kitchen and he toes off his shoes and socks. He kisses her again with passion. “I missed you, too. Which is sort of interesting since I had breakfast with you this morning. I loved that, but this…” he pulls her a bit closer. “Is even better.” he moves ot kiss her yet again. “Now … you mentioned celebratory brownies?” he kisses her again, unable to get enough of it. It sends the best kinds of shivers up and down his spine.
Tara giggles and nods, kissing Theo again and again. Between kisses she casually says “Yeah I baked…mmmm” More kissing and her hands slide up the back of his t-shirt touching his skin wherever she can caress it “Sorry…..can we get to those..later…” She’s kissing his neck now and trying to slide the shirt up and off him “I mean stop me if you’d rather have the brownies…”
Even as Tara is working to get his shirt off, he is working to get her tank top off. If he can, he will toss it blindly someplace in the kitchen. “I see…” Now shirtless, he moves to pick her up and hopefully she will wrap her legs around his waist as he moves her out of the kitchen and into the main room of the apartment. He knows exactly where the couch is that she usually speaks to him from and he moves her there, setting her down on it and leaning over her, kissing her lip and then moving to the opposite and takes her foot, kissing her inner ankle.
Tara leans back and helps the tank come off and the shirt she took off Theo hits the floor too. She does wrap her legs around him as her skirt billows all around him. She’s in her orange lacy bra and skirt almost looking like some kind of belly dancer with the type of skirt. Underneath the skirt are matching orange lacy panties that were intentionally chosen for their skimpiness. Tara gets set on the couch and watches Theo kissing at her ankle after he gets up from her. She’s lying back so all her scars are visible but as he’s already seen them she’s made peace with that. Tara smiles at him “I like your body Theo...a lot…” She truly enjoys him shirtless and wants to see the rest.
Theo is taking her in, even as he undresses her. He drapes the leg with the ankle he’s been kissing over the back of the couch and stands long enough to remove his jeans and boxer briefs. He’s only semi erect, but no doubt he is excited. “I love your body, too.” and he bends over her, hooking the waistband of her skirt and pulling it off, If successful he will groan at her body in the orange lace and his cock will visibly twitch.
Tara shuddered as more of Theo was revealed to her “OK I defianely meant love….I’ve been curbing myself from just blurting it out at you...probably since our first date.” She admits. As he bends over her she runs her hands over him a bit because she just has to touch his skin again, his sides, his chest a bit and then he’s pulling off her skirt and she lifts her hips to help and sees his cock twitch and moans “Oh god Theo….I want you so bad….” She runs a foot up from his knee to the front of his thigh and looks at him with total desire, her mouth opening a bit.
Theo chuckles. “No more curbing ourselves, Tara.” he all but commands. He kisses his way from her ankle to her inner thigh. “I want you too but first I want to hear you cum.” he winks, parts her thighs and gives a lick. He isn’t going to tease her. They’ve been waiting for each other far too long for that.
Tara can’t help but grin at Theo’s sort of decree. She squirms as he kisses up her leg and she can see what he wants to do to her. He licks her and she gasps a bit and then even though her undies are skimpy she wants all of his tongue so she breathes out “Wait…” And moves a leg over for a moment so she can take them off for him “Yes I absolutely wore these for you but I debated answering the door just naked and chancing flashing the neighbours……” She repositions herself for him but then arches her back to undo the bra and take it off “But now you’re so beautifully naked…..and I’m all yours to hear and to have any way you want….” She drapes the bra over the top of the couch and the panties fall to the floor.
Theo is glad to see the panties go. He may have been ushing it to rip them off with his teeth. Now he doesn’t have to worry. “If you had done that we’d be making love on the stairs …. Maybe in a couple of hours….” and he kisses her belly before he goes back between her legs, searching for her clit with his tongue and, once he finds it, concentrating on it and her taste. She is absolutely intoxicating to him and he’s forgotten all about brownies at this point.
Tara giggles and the thought and it’s not unappealing “Mmm the stairs...next time..” Then his kisses and his tongue on her clit make her forget anything but this exact moment. She arches and moans. He’s doing exactly what her body is craving “Oh god Theo…” She presses into his tongue a bit and grips the cushions.
Theo circles the nub with his tongue and then moves his tongue back and forth. Tara moans and it sounds loud to his ears, but he doesn’t care. They are alone and they are adults. And at this moment he doesn’t care because there is no one in the world beside he and Tara. He moans a bit himself because her taste has him. He concentrates on her clit, her moans keeping him hard as steel.
Tara feels her pleasure building quickly and easily but she gives into every sensation and runs her hand over Theo’s head and neck as she loses herself in the ecstasy. He’s pushing her over the edge and she starts to cum hard, thrusting at him and crying out but she goes on, a series of many happy explosions seeming endless “Oh Theo come up…” She begs. She has more but she wants to share them with where they can take him too “Theo…...oh god Theo….I love you...” she pulls at his shoulders and moans again.
Theo doesn’t have to be told twice. He moves up her body and positions himself, pressing himself hard into her, fighting against the muscles clenching in orgasm. “Tara…. God…” he groans as he begins to thrust. “I love you … God woman.” he pulls up her leg, giving himself room to go deeper. With each thrust his moans of pleasure make it more than obvious how good it feels to him.
Tara’s orgasm goes on and on and with Theo joining the ride it seems to only heighten. She moves with him, gripping his hips and pulling them to hers over and over as she shudders and keeps moaning with him. She moves one arm off his hip when he pulls her leg up and wraps it around his upper back. Her energy and entire being entwined with Theo’s feels like perfection to her. Eventually she ebbs and keeps moving until he’s ready to ebb too, just loving him and the feeling of total togetherness.
Theo had been preparing for this night and h goes on for suite a bit, even with fighting the pleasure of Tara’s orgasmatic grip. But the pleasure builds and as she ebbs and the grip loosens, he teeters. He groans, moans and kisses her. “Jesus Tara …. Oh … god …” and he is falling off of that glorious cliff and into the abyss of orgasm. He cries out loudly, thrusting as deeply into her as he can and holding. Panting, he almost but not quite falls on her, making it a solid laying. “God I love you, Tara.” he pants into her ear and sighs in unmistakeable bliss. But then he stiffens and pulls away to look down at her, his face mildly panicked.
Tara was fully in the moment and basking with Theo until she saw his panic and scrunched up her face as she came to the same realization “I know….we missed a step. I have two boxes of condoms in my bedside table drawer too. I’m so sorry. It just flowed...naturally. Don’t freak out...please don’t freak out.” She was actually more afraid of that than of having his child unplanned. She tried to put her arms around him and hoped this wasn’t some kind of deal breaker. Tara gulped looking nervously at him.
Theo relaxed a bit. “I was afraid you might freak out. It just .. really occurred naturally. It was perfect.” he moves a bit of damp hair out of her eyes. “Let’s try and remember more often than we forget, but I’m very OK with anything that happens. No such thing as bad accidents with us.” he’s still a bit euphoric so he hopes she knows he means a pregnancy. That would be alright by him.
Tara hugs Theo in relief after he moves her hair out of her eyes. She laughs a bit “Yes we’ll work on the remembering part. Maybe just stash condoms everywhere….and no I wouldn’t be upset if we got pregnant unexpectedly. Honestly not at all. But ideally I would like to be at this new job long enough to get a full and proper mat leave. Not that I’m planning or pressuring. Just being practical. It was perfect Theo. I can see my whole life with you. I love you.” She pulls back from hugging him to kiss him sweetly.
Theo hugs her back and laughs. “Under the couch cushions, in all the drawers, tucked under a potted plant.” he teases. Then he caresses her face. “No pressure. I get it. We’ll take precautions … maybe the pill? I mean this night was …. Let's face it .. we’ve been forced apart for two weeks and in a way it's like we were trying to make up for lost time, if that makes sense.” he kisses her back and turns, landing on the floor and pulling her on top of him. “In the meantime I’ll tuck a condom in my wallet … a habit I admit I’ve gotten out of lately.”
Tara laughs as they land on the floor now between the couch and coffee table “Yes to all of that. OK Theo...i have this comfy bed we could lie in that has more room than the couch or this little spot here. I’ll think about the pill. I’ve tried to be on it before and it gave me headaches but I know there are a few different kinds so I would be willing to try again. But until that’s sorted, yes condoms under all the plants.” She carefully gets up and walks to the bed and crawls under the covers, leaving them open for him to come in and join her. As he walks that way she’ll open the bedside table drawer and reveal her condom stash “Two boxes...that Loveshack place even delivers.”
Theo laughs. “Bed sounds good.” he admits. “I’d go on the pill, but I’m not too likely to get pregnant and once you get more settled and we figure things out I’d love a kid … so vasectomy isn’t yet in the cards for me.” he gets in bed with her and puts an arm around her. “They deliver? Contactless?” he laughs. “I’m telling you … there some things about Covid that are just plain hilarious.”
Tara laughs about Theo offering to go on the pill and snuggles into him as he gets into bed. “No vasectomies...yikes.” She smiles at the fact that he’d love to have a kid. “Contactless condom delivery. During business hours of course. Not like an emergency service...but there’s a hell of a business idea in the making too.” she laughs again.
Theo hugs Tara to him as he lays on his back in her bed. “Megan might want to think about an emergency service.” he chuckles. “But in theory there’s no excuse to just have them delivered in a box. Who buys condoms singly?” he considers. “You know I should buy a box for my own bedside. I just have to decide if I want delivery or if I want to walk right on in and speak to Megan face to face.” he laughs. “And I know she’s pregnant, so I’ll have to try and NOT tease her about it. She gets that enough as it is.”
Tara muses about Theo’s friendship with the Loveshop co-owner “I had no idea you were so connected to the sex shop.” She giggles “Tell me more about that? I looked at their website so I know it’s Megan Brate and Kitty Carmichael. Who I’m now assuming is the Kitty you talked about before who’s your pretty neighbour? And the mayor’s wife so I’ve heard, pregnant wife no less….interesting town Alexandra…”
Theo laughs and holds up his hand. “It’s not that, really. Kitty is a co owner but I’m the Brate’s vet .. they have a small army of cats and the last time I saw her was for the cats and she threw up in the exam room sink and … I gave her what little professional opinion a vet can have to a pregnant human and …” he laughs and pulls her into a quick kiss. “It is an interesting town. The mayors wife and a lab tech own a sex shop … which sounds like the set up to a very bad joke.”
“An army of cats….wow. And you diagnose humans. Impressive. I mean we are animals.” She grins “although many forget that.” She nods “Sounds like a weird premise for a bad porno. Not that I’m into that...at all. I just don’t live under a rock.” She kisses him back and then kisses him again and pulls back “Do we want brownies and ice cream or round two?” She asks after suggesting both are viable options.
Theo shakes his head. “I don’t usually diagnose humans. I try to avoid giving them medical advice because sometimes they’re worse than my usual patients and I can’t just hide a tranquilizer in their treats and wait for them to get sleepy.” he watches her pull back and nods. “Yes, please.” he pulls her into a kiss, laying on his back and then grinning. “I’m thinking Round 2 .. then brownies, then ice cream and Round 3 .. we’re not old, you know.”
Tara giggles about tranquilizers in treats “If only we could right?” She kisses back “Mmmm yes….” Then she climbs fully on top of Theo, straddling him a bit and kisses him deeply for a long time before she starts kissing down his neck and chest, Her hand wanders lower, stroking at his stomach, abdomen, inner thighs and finally going between his legs and seeking out his cock as her kisses drift to his belly. Her breasts press into him when she’s in this position because of the angle and because they’re very ample.
Theo chuckles. “I’d be the biggest drug dealer in town.” and then she is straddling him and kissing him. He reaches for one of her beautiful breasts and begins to softly play. “God I love your body, Tara. Curves for days. So sexy.” he comments, feeling her hand on him and beginning nearly immediately to come to life in that hand.
Tara lifts her head to look up at Theo and grin “Curves for days. I love you, how you say things...your body too.” She feels him responding in her hand and begins to gently wrap her fingers around him and just rub up and down. She dips her head lower and just lightly licks around the tip of him enjoying the touch, smell and taste of him. Then she eases off her hand a bit and licks all up and down him before she closes her mouth around his cock and takes him in as deeply as she can.
Theo smiles back at her. “Nothing but truth, my love.” he replies and sighs happily as she begins to stroke him. He props himself up on his elbows to watch her and when she takes his hardening cock in her mouth, he cries out in pleasure. He throws his head back a moment, then looks down at her with a small smile.
Tara is very encouraged by his crying out and looks up at him directly as she slowly takes him in again and slides back up a few times, wetting him all the way down and then pressing her breasts around his cock and sliding up and down as she licks the tip of him on each slide down. Tara knows how to use what she’s been given with her curves.
Theo watches her and is absolutely amazed. He’s never had the like done to him and while it feels good, it is the visual that makes him moan long wiht the flicking of her tongue. “God, woman ….” he breathes. The sight is incredibly erotic to him. The woman is incredibly erotic to him.
Tara did this until the saliva dried up too much and then just grinned at Theo and wrapped her fingers tighter around him and went the more expected route but really really went for it possibly taking him by surprise, which was her goal by just suddenly diving her head down fully and susking and jacking him. She liked the slow play but it also turned her on and she wanted to taste him.
Theo is taken by surprise by the sudden change. He cries out loudly, and then moans. “Tara …. Oh god … Tara.” he tries to think calming thoughts, a cold shower for his mond. But it is no use. SHe is making him feel so good .. too good. “Tara!” he nearly shouts and begins to cum, hard. “Oh … god …” he moans, enjoying the sensation until he finally ebbs.
Tara feels him, hears him and tastes him as he cums and revels in it, swallowing and loving getting him there and all of it. As he ebbs she climbs back up and kisses his neck up to his mouth and then kisses him deeply “Mmmm….” She murmurs into the kiss. Then she breaks off and cuddles into Theo.
Theo wraps his arms around her. “Man … I .. don’t even know what you just did ot me, woman.” he half jokes. “But I love it and I love you.” he moves his hand along her body, taking a breast in one hand. “I heard that the larger a woman's chest, the less sensitive her breasts are. Is that true?” he wonders.
Tara settles into Theo’s arms happily and smiles “Good. I love you too….” She lets out a breathy little “Mmmm” at his hand on her breast “Well I’m not hyper sensitive but that still feels good. Every single touch from you feels amazing…..it’s like electricity. It’s never been quite like this before.” She kisses him again.
Theo moves onto his side, easing Tara onto her back. “I noticed that too. About the electricity.” he kisses her lips and then her chin. “And maybe it’s because we had to wait and then ait again, but I feel like I am starving for you.” he moves his lips to her chest, settling into her nipple while his other hand moves its way down to her pubic area.
Tara rolls as Theo moves her and smiles as he acknowledges the electricity. “Maybe the wait….oh Theo I’m yours…..all yours.” She gasps at his mouth on her nipple and then opens her legs and angles herself to his wandering hand, wanting his touch so badly.
Theo nods a bit, sucking softly at her nipple as his index finger slips between her labia searching for her clit. He finds it with ease and begins to stroke, but slowly. The initial feeling of rushing is past and now he can settle down for a nice tease .. and see if she likes that.
Tara moans softly at Theo’s stroking and cradles his head as he sucks at her nipple “Oh…..that’s nice…..very very nice…” She moves with him a bit, pressing, squirming and grinning. It’s all perfection to her.
Theo falls into a casual rhythm. He moves his lips from left breast, to lips to right breast all while softly stroking Tara’s lips and clit. He wants to see her pleasure, feel her pleasure and hear her pleasure for as long as possible. The ‘problem’ with being a man was the inability to literally go for hour after hour. At least in his experience.
Tara’s breath speeds up and she moans and gasps softly at Theo’s mouth and fingers pleasing her both up and down. She pushes into his fingers though like she wants more “Theo…..more please…” She directly requests. It’s heightening her but so slowly. She loves it though.
Theo searches her face as her pleasure grows. Her body presses into him and she out and out tells him she wants more. Kissing her softly, he gives her a small smile and moves a little faster, ending the agonizingly slow pace he’d been using. Seeing her like this definitely was a turn on.
Tara notices Theo looking at her and smiles at him back. She kisses him back and then moans loudly as he does give her more like she wanted and asked for. Her face contorts a bit and her eyes close as she feels obvious little waves of pleasure happening and presses into them “Oh god…” She whispers and arches, gripping one of the pillows on the bed. He takes her right to the edge and she preses into his fingers again falling over and starting to cum, her moans getting more and closer and louder as her mouth just opens and stays that way and she shudders. As like last time she goes on and eventually smacks at the open drawer with the two boxes of condoms “Theo…” She almost begs him.
Theo watches her cum and smiles. Even as she says his name, he is reaching for the drawer and fumbles with it, getting one in his hand and spilling a good 7 either into or out of the trawler. He opens the packet as he gets on his knees between her legs. It feels like another ten minutes before he can open the packet and put the condom on properly, even though it is only seconds. Her noises have turned him on like nobody's business and he wastes no time lining himself up and entering her with a lond moan. He pauses a moment to kiss her before he begins to move inside of her.
Tara grins at Theo even as he fumbles a bit. She’s still there and ready for him, all of him. She moans with him as he enters her and kisses him back hard before thrusting up at him and gripping his hips. Her moans don’t stop as she’s still riding the waves of her long orgasm and wanting to take him there. “Theo….” She digs her fingers a bit into his hips, imploring him.
Theo speeds up and deepens his strokes. She grabs his hips and he loves the encouragement. “Tara…” he moans and thrusts, burying his face in the crook of her neck. “God I love you woman. You feel so good.” that should be obvious, but he is being borne away on waves of pleasure.
Tara keeps moving with Theo, matching his pace and moaning harder as he goes deeper. When he buries his face she grips his back instead of his hips “I love you too…..oh my god you feel so good….” She bucks at him now and nearly screams. His pleasure just keeps hers going but after it hits this high she starts to finally ebb, hanging on tight and still moving for as long as he needs.
Theo has never felt this kind of pleasure in sex. It was always great but this had more to it that he couldn’t begin to explain. The minutes he spends making love feel like hours and she tightens around him, encouraging him along. At last he explodes with a near scream of his own and barely avoids collapsing on top of her. He pants into her neck. “God, Tara …”
Tara holds Theo tightly as he comes down on her after his orgasm. She smiles into his hair “I could say the same to you. What you do to me is...mindblowing.” She kisses at the side of his face “Theo Alvin, I love you.”
Theo smiles. “And I love you, Tara Munroe.” He carefully withdraws, taking care of the condom and wrapping it in a tissue. He flips onto his back beside her. “Mindblowing barely covers it.” he puts his arm around her. “I’ve thought about it and decided I don’t care .. I love you and if this is the intensity level … I’ll take it.”
Tara stays still so Theo can do what needs to be done and then slides her arm across his stomach when he lays on his back and puts his arm around her “Well we didn’t choose it but I love it. I’ll take it too…..” Then she rolls halfway onto him and kisses him briefly “Oh and brownies! We can take those too….don’t move...I’ll be right back.” She hops off the bed and pads to the kitchen, which she passes quickly to use the bathroom first and then comes out after with freshly washed hands to grab two bowls and spoons. She cuts them each two big brownies and then scoops two generous scoops of vanilla ice cream on top which she then drizzles with chocolate sauce. She sticks a spoon in each and takes them back to bed, handing one to Theo “Dessert.” She grins.
Theo watches her and once she’s done in the bathroom, he quickly follows suit and is done, washed and back in bed by the time she hands him his bowl. “Thank you, baby.” he digs in and moans in the pleasure of the taste. “Yum.” he proclaims and looks at her. “Now we just need to make sure there are no more 14 day delays.” he teases. “I know we can’t guarantee it. But I like to think we’ve passed whatever test the ‘verse had in store for us and our love.”
Tara giggles “Yes and the reward is sex AND chocolate?” She’s joking to a degree “I’m not saying it’s just sex…..at all. I would love to tell you I won’t get quarantined again but I don’t know. I really hope this island has less idiots going forward because this place is small and in some ways more vulnerable for it.” She eats some of her dessert and looks thoughtful.
Theo eats more. “No … it’s chocolate, too.” he winks. Then he becomes a bit more serious. “I get the dangers of your job.” he tells her. “And if you have to quarantine again … we’ll handle it. As long as I can still talk to you I’m happy.” he grins. “The last two weeks we’ve had a ton of fun, even if we couldn’t lay a finger on each other. We will be fine, as long as we can communicate.”
Tara grins at Theo’s jest. Then she nods along with his words “I think we’ve proven we can do it. I just hope it’s not often to be honest. But we do communicate well for sure. Really well. I didn’t expect you Theo but I’m very happy we met. I told my sister about you…..and of course she blabbed so now her family and my brother and mom and her hubby all want to meet you. On screen of course since we can’t really travel. I mean they could but they’re being careful. Would that be ...ok? They’re mostly harmless..” She chuckles.
Theo continues to eat as she speaks. “I’d love to meet your family. I’ll try and look every inch the impressive doctor.” he winks. “And at this point we are experts at online meetings so it’s bound to go of without a hitch.” he winks. “Did you make these yourself?” he wonders.
Tara gives Theo a little nudge “You are every inch an impressive doctor and many other things I’m learning.” she clears her throat. “I’m sure they’ll love you. I do. Yes I made the brownies. It’s the recipe off the back of the cocoa tin. First one I ever made and well it’s always on the tin so easy now and good.” She eats some more too and enjoys.
Theo grins at the nudge, then smiles about the recipe. “I like it.” he tells her. “So our first family recipe, eh?” he winks. He chuckles into another bite. “Will you still love me when I gain more weight?” he asks, although the males in his family aren’t prone to it and the women tend to be bit on the curvy side.
Tara laughs and gestures at her own body “You seem to love me so yes...I’m not hung up on the whole size and shape thing. Having had to work on not judging myself….well it extends. Not that you have anything to worry about. I mean are you thinking all we’re going to eat is brownies? I think we can balance it out…” She has to smile “Family recipe. Brownies, stir fry…..” She looks thoughtful “Corn bread? I didn’t make any that night. What else do you like to cook?”
Theo laughs. “Well, you are the one who said I was every INCH the good doctor.” he sticks out his tongue, but then pouts. “We’re not going to eat nothing but brownies and ice cream till death do us part?” he sighs as if in frustration. “Fine … we’ll mix it up. I love stir fry. You're not allergic to … well what are you allergic to?” he wonders. “And I’d like to try your corn bread. My family doesn’t so much have family recipes .. my mom just tried to make sure every ethnicity in the house was represented. But we can also make up some things our own.”
Tara blushes “I was making a lewd joke. About learning more inches of you today...not suggesting you’re gaining any from eating dessert.” She giggles “But I like the death do us part idea very much. Cool that your mom is such a fan of food from all cultures. “ Tara finishes her dessert and then goes to her dresser and grabs a big t-shirt style nightgown and pulls it on. It’s aqua coloured and it has a polar bear on the front. She goes to take her bowl to the kitchen and looks at Theo’s “Are you still working on yours?”
Theo grins at her. “I know, but you do bring out every inch I have to offer. And it helps I’m not gaining inches around my middle. He watches Tara get dressed for bed. “I am done, thanks.” he looks at the shirt. “Was I supposed to bring pajamas he wonders. “Since I left home, I kinda don’t. Just hope there’s time to grab my undies before the fire gets too bad.”
Tara shrugs and smiles “I don’t mind if you sleep naked. I just like pjs. I hope you don’t think it’s unsexy that I wear them.” She takes the bowls “I did get you a toothbrush though. It’s still wrapped in the bathroom cabinet, blue. I ordered it with my groceries.”
Theo shakes his head. “I don’t think you’re unsexy at all.” he tells her. “And thanks for the toothbrush. I almost came over with a bag, but decided not to push my luck.” he admits. “If you think … I should change that …” he shrugs, looking slightly shy about asking if he could just have some clothes at her place.
Tara comes back and lies down beside Theo “You can leave stuff here if you like.” She traces her finger on his arm “I would love you to stay here a lot. But it also dawns on me you have cats. Maybe I should be leaving a bag of clothes at your place.”
Theo takes Tara in his arms. “I will then.” he shrugs. “I don’t have cats of my own. But I take in fosters … family tradition I suppose. But you can also leave clothes at my place. Variety being the spice of life and all.” he caresses her cheek. “Cats aren't a problem, are they?” he wonders.
Tara nods “Yep I know all about that. And I like cats. Better than dogs although I don’t dislike dogs. I have no allergies to anything which is good in my work.” She leans into his caresses “And I suppose for falling in love with a vet. Has anyone ever brought in an animal you didn’t like? I mean aside from the biting ones.” She grins.
Theo chuckles. “Yea, we’ve had enough challenges in our relationship without adding animal allergies.” he considers her next question. “Not really. I like all animals.” he admits. “But I sometimes have a problem when people choose exotic or hard to care for animals. Or sometimes when the kids pick fad animals I worry will be abandoned when they get bored with them.”
Tara clearly understands “That would be hard to watch and deal with. Especially when you care for animals and see them abandoned. What’s the most unusual or unexpected animal anyone has shown up with?” She stretches her body and curls into Theo. She’s enjoying just chatting in bed. “I’m so happy there’s no screens between us tonight.”
Theo nods and considers it. “Well, our practice here was literally a week out when the earthquake hit, so we haven’t had a lot of imports. Since we got reconnected … I would have to say Fievel concerns us the most. Not that Angel doesn’t care, but it does require so much care.” he shrugs. “The more I get to know Angel, the less I worry about it, to be honest.” he admits. He kisses her forehead. “I am loving no screens between us. And I feel like each moment we have like this is a gift, given this damn pandemic.”
Tara looks curious about Fieval “So his hay makes me sick and he’s a fussy little rodent. Great…” She laughs “But yes, Angel is a good guy…..oh…” She thinks and then looks awkward. “I forgot to cover that vent…” They had not been quiet in their lovemaking since they were finally free to be together tonight. She looks self consciously at it and tiptoes over with a bed pillow and does cover it now, of course after they’d made noise 4 times, but still. She giggles and comes back to Theo “Shit. Maybe they’re out tonight.” She grins at him “I accept all gifts involving time with you Theo. I love you so much.” She starts kissing him again, intently. The vent is covered as they begin again but Tara’s bed has a bit of a squeak if they get going enthusiastically and the headboard tends to thump against the wall. And even with the pillow, it’s not silent, just muffled.
Theo participates enthusiastically in the lovemaking. He hadn’t thought about the vent since the first time they talked about it two weeks before. Afterwards, they finally found sleep in each others arms for the first, but definitely not the last time.
Saturday morning found them able to sleep in, as the vet’s office did not open until later. Theo had initially planned to go to his place if he had time, but he did not. After morning lovemaking, showers and a simple breakfast, Tara walked Theo to the door and outside, where they found a sheet of paper hanging obviously out of their mailbox. Curiously they read;
Dear Tara and Theo,
We are very happy for you. Love isn’t always easy to find, especially a true love. Theo especially has had a hard time of it, so it's even better to know he’s happy now. We’ve learned something as well and after last night we have agreed to try and keep the sounds of our own love down at night. So let’s make a deal. We’ll keep it quiet if you do.
Love your neighbours,
Angel and Ziggy
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