Lady Mary Crawley (
thequitecontrary) wrote2017-07-02 09:35 pm
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Nighttime Visits
Another dinner between Steve and Mary's family had gone well. Of course, Steve was very polite and sociable, so they usually had a tendency to go well. He seemed to be getting along with her uncle, and while the two men were in conversation, Martha had asked Mary about where she felt this relationship was going. Mary didn't want to cause a fuss, so she was deliberately a bit vague. She told her grandmother that she was very fond of Steve. Martha asked about if a proposal was coming, and Mary was again vague. She didn't want to have this conversation with Steve in the room, even if he was on the other side of it. For her part, Martha was concerned, though not distressed. She did like Steve. He just seemed terribly unsuitable for her granddaughter and she wondered what the British contingent would have to say about it. Being Martha though, the idea of their reaction kind of amused her and she decided to let the chips fall where they may. And at least he wasn't the chauffeur.
After saying goodnight, Mary went up to her room, pleased that they'd had another good evening with Steve. They were warming to him, even if Mary didn't think that they would be advocates for this union when the time came to tell her parents about it. She sat down to write a letter to Sybil and had just started when she heard a rapping at the window.
That was curious. It didn't seem to be a branch. Steve usually tossed rocks up when he was trying to get her to go out with him, but he had just left. Mary got up and pulled back the curtain, surprised to see Steve sitting on the other side of the glass in the tree that was just outside her window. She quickly opened it and stuck her head out slightly.
"What are you doing?" she asked in a hushed voice.
After saying goodnight, Mary went up to her room, pleased that they'd had another good evening with Steve. They were warming to him, even if Mary didn't think that they would be advocates for this union when the time came to tell her parents about it. She sat down to write a letter to Sybil and had just started when she heard a rapping at the window.
That was curious. It didn't seem to be a branch. Steve usually tossed rocks up when he was trying to get her to go out with him, but he had just left. Mary got up and pulled back the curtain, surprised to see Steve sitting on the other side of the glass in the tree that was just outside her window. She quickly opened it and stuck her head out slightly.
"What are you doing?" she asked in a hushed voice.

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Tongue pushing into her mouth, he deepened the kiss, his hands sliding down her back to round the curve of her ass. The previous night had been wonderful but not nearly enough, and Steve missed the feel or her body and taste of her skin already.
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The kiss broke eventually, since they both needed to breathe, and Steve especially needed to start planting a trail of warm kisses down her neck. "I miss you already, Mary..."
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His kisses were setting her on fire, and even though practicality told her to stop, she didn't want to. She was keenly aware that Anna would be coming soon to help her dress for bed, but his lips felt too good.
"We shouldn't..." she protested weakly.
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"Does that mean you want me to stop?" It was mostly a rhetorical question. He could tell she didn't. But he was still ready to pull from her if she asked him to.
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"Milady," came Anna's voice from the other side. "Are you ready for bed."
Mary froze and then realized that she had to think fast. "Down!" she hissed, indicating that Steve should hide on the floor next to the bed. Anna had no reason to come on that side of it, so it should work. She hoped.
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Ducking and hiding behind the bed, Steve lay down on the floor, looking up at Mary with a wide-eyed stare that matched the ridiculousness of this moment. He tipped his head then, watching Anna's feet as she came into the room.
Well, if she came to this side, he could always scoot underneath the bed. But for now he stayed very still so he made as little noise as possible.
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They chatted for a bit while Anna did her hair, Anna asking about how dinner had gone and Mary trying to keep her cool. Anna never asked presumptuous questions, though she did offhandedly ask whether Mary planned to go out that night. Mary assured her that she didn't. Steve didn't sneak her out anymore after her grandmother found out. He was allowed to come for her now, albeit at the servant's entrance if it was past the usual time for evening callers.
Mary tried not to hurry Anna out too quickly but was afraid that she might not have succeeded in that. She explained that she was exhausted and that she still had to finish a letter to Sybil. Once Anna had finally said goodnight, Mary leaned against the closed door and breathed a sigh of relief.
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Only when she left the room and the door closed behind her did Steve let out a breath of relief, eyes closing a moment. Finally he sat up, his head poking from the other side of the bed as he propped his arms over the edge, kneeling on the floor next to it.
"I'm sorry," he whispered very quietly, hiding a small apologetic smile behind his own arms.
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Sitting down on the edge of the bed on his side, she reached down and brushed her fingertips over his cheeks. "We should be alone now," she said. No one else would probably interrupt them and she was relatively alone in this wing of the house. That didn't mean that they still didn't have to be quiet though. If they were found out, this would most assuredly be unacceptable.
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As she sat down near him, he put his arm across her lap and around her waist, hand resting on her side and sliding up. "Does that mean we can pick up where we left off?" No harm in asking, since the scare could very well be enough for her to not want to do anything else. Still, Steve hoped that wouldn't be the case.
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She tilted his chin up with her fingertips and pressed her lips to his again.
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Mary pulled back gently from the kiss and looked at him. "Should we?" She whispered.
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"I want to," he said in a hushed tone, warm against her lips. He took a slow breath, licking at his own lips and swallowing dryly as he looked her in the eye. "But... only if you want to."
He wasn't going to push her into doing something if she wasn't comfortable with where they were.
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It went without saying that regardless of what they did they would have to be quiet. They couldn't run any risk of getting caught.
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Not because he had expected to do anything during the actual dinner, but because he had considered the possibility of paying her a nighttime visit— just like he ended up doing.
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That was kind of arousing. She brushed her fingers down over his neck, then into the jacket that he was wearing, trying to push it off of his shoulders.
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"I definitely can't get enough of you," he said a bit more huskily, hands sliding up her sides again, until he was cupping her breasts over the fabric of her nightie. "You feel so good, Mary."
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Mary reached down and hiked the nightgown up her legs so that the hem rested on her thighs. Then she began to unbutton Steve's shirt.
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He kissed her deeply again, tongue plunging into her mouth, his hands leaving her for a moment just so he could help her unbutton his shirt faster. Tugging it off and letting it fall to the floor, his hands slid up her bare legs next, reaching her underwear and pulling it down her thighs while he mouthed at one of her nipples through the fabric.
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She stretched her legs out as he removed her panties from her legs, then spread them again so that he could move back between them. Her fingers threaded his hair as he sucked at her nipple. Mary could feel herself growing wetter with each second that passed.
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Pressing his tongue agains her hardened peak, he licked and nibbled lightly at the sensitive flesh. One hand settled on the curve of her thigh while the other trailed up between her legs, gentle but surely, until his fingertips were sliding past her folds and teasing her already wet slit.
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