[Closed - Levi and Bella]

[detectivecontrary]

Levi was pretty sure everything was perfect. He was also pretty sure that everything didn't have to be perfect. Finally, he was pretty sure perfection was easy when your plan was so simple. The simplicity of it was what he liked though, because it meant he didn't have to do a lot to have a good time with Bella. This was about as simple as it got.

Sweatpants and a tanktop were his outfit of choice. There was no meal to cook or wine to open. Nothing at all like that. So when 7 o'clock rolled around, Levi just opened his door.

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[vamp_warden]

"I...," Bella said, stopping to take stock of her body, her everything, and smiled up at him. "I've never felt like this. Ever." She slid her hand into his hair, again, guiding his mouth to hers. "And it's wonderful."

[detectivecontrary]

"Good," he told her, kissing her again and pressing more against her. This was definitely worth any pain or discomfort he might have gone through, to see her this happy. Something had happened to her, he wasn't sure what, but something had changed and he was pretty sure that it was for the better.

[vamp_warden]

"Would you mind trying something for me?" Bella asked, her voice a low purr.

[detectivecontrary]

"Anything," he said, really liking how her voice sounded now. It seemed as if every time he thought he found a way she sounded that he liked best, she made a different type of noise and that became his favorite.

[vamp_warden]

Bella closed her eyes. "Can you try to tickle me again? I want to test a theory."

[detectivecontrary]

Levi paused, a bit taken aback. That was... not the request that he had expected. Not that he was unhappy or unwilling to do it, it was just not what he thought she would ask. He supposed if she hadn't been tickled in a long time, the sensation would be novel.

"Okay, how about we try it... here," he said, fingers lightly dancing along her side.

[vamp_warden]

What for most would have been a squeak sounded more like a bell choir warming up, and Bella squirmed underneath him as if trying to get away from his fingers. Her eyes flew open, wide and searching. "I felt it! Levi, it...it tickled!"

Then she pulled him to her and kissed him again...as much as she could through the laughter anyway.

[detectivecontrary]

"Uh huh, and what about this?" he asked, tickling her more even as she pulled him close for a kiss. He was delighted at her reaction to the ticking. It was like everything was new to her, which maybe it was, and he was having almost as much fun as she was discovering it.

[vamp_warden]

"Stop, stop, stop!" She didn't mean it, of course.

She was completely writhing now, laughing and squeaking, and trying to get away from his fingers...but not with any real conviction. It wasn't as though she couldn't easily lift him off of her and throw her across the room.

[detectivecontrary]

Levi laughed, clearly not interested in stopping, fingers moving all along her body. He trusted her not to hurt him, even though she was jerking erratically when he touched her lightly enough to tickle. She was laughing so much, he couldn't bring himself to stop.

"Bells the big bad beautiful vampire is ticklish," he teased.

[vamp_warden]

"Never have been before." The teasing made her laugh almost as much as the tickling did, but the one thing she had in her favor when she wanted him to stop was that she could take hold of his hands and keep them from getting near her. "Yeah, well I can still take you down, Detective."

[detectivecontrary]

"You say that like I would mind," he said, leaning in to give her a quick kiss. He didn't even bother trying to wrestle free from her, he knew that he didn't stand a chance of getting away. Not that he minded.

"However, I need a drink of water."

[vamp_warden]

"Now that sounds intriguing," Bella grinned then released his hands and nodded. "Human stuff, right? Go ahead, I'm not going anywhere."

[detectivecontrary]

"Yes, human stuff like hydration," he said, wincing slightly as he got out of bed. Definitely going to be sore tomorrow, but definitely going to have lots of great memories to make up for it. Limping slightly he made his way to the kitchen to grab a bottle of water before settling back into bed next to her.

[vamp_warden]

Bella was sitting up when he returned, back against the headboard and knees drawn up to her chest. The laughter and smiles were gone from her face, guilt in its place. Not meeting his eyes, she picked at one of the holes she'd ripped in the bedsheets.

"How bad does it hurt?" She knew she would see the forming bruises on his ass in her mind for a while, and not in a good way.

[detectivecontrary]

Levi knew the question was coming. He couldn't have hid the soreness from her forever and he didn't want to. Lies were such a huge part of his normal life, between his ability and his detective work, he liked having one area where he didn't lie. He didn't ever want to lie to Bella.

"Slightly more than a hard workout but less than falling down stairs," he said, easing himself back into bed as he took a long drink of water. "And absolutely worth it. I don't know if you know this but sex between humans can leave each other sore. Human or vampire, either way I would have fucked you until I walked funny tomorrow, Bells."

[vamp_warden]

Bella nodded, glad of the truth - and his words after both eased a lot of the guilt. They also, if she was being honest, turned her on. "Probably doesn't say much for me, but I don't regret a single minute of it and," she paused to smile a little, "I kind of like the idea of my fingerprints marking your ass. I feel a little guilty about the sheets, and the shirt I ruined, though."

She reached over, took his hand like it was made of spun glass and brought it up to her lips. "Vampires never walk funny, not my kind anyway, but I wouldn't mind if you tried to make it happen anyway."

[detectivecontrary]

"I liked making it about you," he said, glad that she seemed more relaxed about it and the look of guilt was gone. Or at least the complete stillness he took for her shaming herself in her head. He smiled at the kiss against her hand, amused at how gallant it was. Kind of interesting being the delicate one in the relationship.

"Not that I didn't enjoy it, but I imagine I'm the first to make it about pleasuring you and I like that. To be honest, I don't know that I could go much harder than I did tonight. But I have a feeling the more we do this, the more we'll find ways to make it really good for both of us. And you can mark my ass or wherever else you want anytime, Bells."

[vamp_warden]

"Close," Bella nodded, "it's never been about me before, not as far as orgasm anyway." She wouldn't lay anything on Valkyrie - she knew the fighter would have reciprocated, and gladly, if Bella had been able to stay in that alley after....

Bella frowned and went still - thinking and taking stock of her mind, her body. Senses still sharp, she heard mice in the nearby alley, the neighbor getting water from their fridge, a television; and she could still see in vivid detail.

Where was the bloodlust? When Valkyrie had screamed her orgasm, the scent of her arousal and the rapid beat of her heart had almost been too much - Bella had had to step back, hold her breath and run for it. She hadn't felt any such need tonight.

Needing to know, Bella darted at him and pinned him to the mattress. Her legs straddled his hips, hands held his wrists, and leaned down to his throat, lips and nose hovering over his jugular. And waited.

[detectivecontrary]

Levi let out a surprised shout as he suddenly found himself pinned to the mattress. Instinctively he struggled against her but he knew it was useless. He trusted Bella and believed that she didn't want to hurt him, but Maggie's warnings came back to him. She was a predator, hunting and killing was in her nature. Bella had seemed to be in control in it and she told him the bloodlust didn't rule her like some others but... her mouth was right there and he couldn't help the quickening of his heartbeat.

"Bells? What the hell are you doing?"

[vamp_warden]

She lingered at his throat for a few beats more. She sensed the adrenaline spike, both in the more-rapid beat and the change in his blood chemistry. Still, her throat remained...well, not cooled, nothing ever really cooled that burn. But it wasn't on fire, the venom didn't pool in her mouth and compel her to bite, to drink. It should have. It didn't.

So she smiled and kissed him there, flicking her tongue against the pulse beat before moving on to take his lips gently, lingering. "I don't know how, or why, but your blood doesn't appeal to me. It should. Heightened awareness, sex, adrenaline, fast pulse. I shouldn't be able to get as close to you as I just did; I shouldn't have been able to stay around after I turned Vlad to ash in that warehouse, not with your blood still fresh on your clothes and skin. I should be running right now, fast, to put as much distance between you and my teeth. But that's not the kind of lust I feel when I'm around you."

[detectivecontrary]

The lick didn't exactly calm Levi, he had an image of a cat playing with its prey just before pouncing. Still, he couldn't stop the shiver that ran along his body at how good it felt. It wasn't until she kissed him, softly, that he allowed himself to relax. He was still pinned with her astride him, but with that kiss that position took on a completely different feeling.

"I'm... very glad I have disgusting blood?" Levi said, relieved but also insulted. "Maybe it's because I'm different? But as long as you feel the right kind of lust..."

[vamp_warden]

"I wouldn't call it disgusting. It actually smells pretty good." There was a wry smirk that would have probably spent most men ducking for cover. "But it doesn't pull me. Maybe it fits with why I can feel your touches the way I haven't from anyone else? Maybe it is tied to what makes you special. Maybe it's a survival thing," she grinned and kissed him again. "Not killing the guy responsible for the best sex you'd ever had?"

[detectivecontrary]

"I like that last one, he said, smiling and kissing her back, body arching up against her, wanting to feel more of her against him. She was being careful with him, completely in control of herself, which meant maybe he could push her buttons a bit.

"Maybe we should make this a regular, frequent thing then," he said, teeth pulling st her bottom lip. "For the sake of my survival."

[vamp_warden]

"Now why doesn't that surprise me," Bella giggled her windchimes into his ear, moving her body backwards just a little to see if he was as affected as she was. Especially when his teeth took hold of her lower lip. "As opposed to a one night stand?"