FIC Courtship Part 7
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jessara40k_ljTitle: Courtship
Fandom: FFVII Cetra Restoration AU
Rating: R
Warnings: implied slavery, het, implied slash
Zack woke up to the feel of Aeris stretching slowly beside him. He didn’t say anything, just remained silent, waiting for her to notice that she’d woken him - she would, she always did, but he liked to see how long it would take when they woke like this.
“Good morning love.” She kissed him, stroking his chest with one hand and resting the other on his cheek.
“Good morning Heart.” Aeris still giggled at his nickname for her, to his pleasure, and she climbed on top of him with a smile. When she kissed him again he wrapped his arms around her waist, just holding her for the moment, until she wanted more. When she started running her hands over his chest Zack ran his hands lightly up her back to her shoulders and then down to her hips, but she pulled away from him.
“No, just lie back and let me do all the work this time.”
“Go ahead then.” Zack let his hands fall to his sides and settled for watching his lady move above him. She laughed and ran her hands down her body slowly, caressing her breasts briefly before sweeping her hands back and down to run over her hips and down her thighs, circling back up over her ass. She settled down then, trapping his hard cock between her thighs, rubbing up against her pussy, without pushing inside. When she leaned forward she rubbed against him even more, and Zack moaned as she started kissing him at his offered throat, hands running down his body before her lips followed, trailing kisses to his nipples before shifting her seat, to sit across his legs, where she could kiss her way down to his groin.
When she got there she took his dick in her hand, and licked cautiously at the very head, stroking him and taking him into her mouth, but never fast enough or deep enough to bring him to climax. Zack shut his eyes, enjoying the teasing Aeris was indulging in, letting the pleasure build slowly as Aeris amused herself, rocking her hips against his legs almost idly. Eventually she pulled back and moved over him again, guiding him into her. She was still tight, even though she was dripping wet, and the only reason he didn’t come just from that, from pushing into her, was that she had a firm grip at the base of his cock. She stayed still then, letting herself adjust, and giving Zack time to get used to how she felt around him, until he wasn’t in danger of coming as soon as she moved. When she did start to move it was slow, almost languid, and she kept on kissing him and stroking his body and arms. Zack stayed on his back, passively allowing Aeris to do whatever she wanted, and only coming after she climaxed, clenching around him.
“Thank you for that Zack.” Aeris trailed a hand over his face as she rolled off to lie beside him, and Zack caught hold of it, turning it so he could lay a kiss on the inside of her wrist.
“You are most welcome.” Zack wasn’t really ready to get up, but he had to, and reluctantly he left the bed for the bathroom. Aeris used the bathroom after him, and when they were both dressed she sat down with a pen and notebook.
“We need to narrow it down to one choice from the three we had last night. So, any thoughts?” Aeris was looking at him seriously - she wanted Zack’s opinion first.
“All I can say is not Regis. Did you see how he treated his consort?”
“Not really, not the way you seem to have. I saw her kneeling at his feet, but Sephiroth does that for Cloud, and you danced with her when he refused to dance with you.”
“That isn’t exactly what happened.” Zack shook his head in unhappy negation, shutting his eyes as he thought about how Rhoslyn was trapped, even if she didn’t recognise it. “It seems Regis requires anyone who wants to dance with Rhoslyn - that’s his consort in case he never mentioned her name to you - to ask his consent, not hers, and when I asked him to dance he made it clear he would be offended if I hadn’t ‘misspoken’ and ‘meant’ to ask his permission to dance with her. And yeah, Seph sits at Cloud’s feet on formal occasions, but not when Cloud has an excuse to let him act more freely, like when other nobles are letting their consorts sit at the table with them.” He opened his eyes and just looked at Aeris, willing her to understand what he meant.
“Good point.” Aeris grimaced as she began to write in her notebook, splitting the page in two and writing ‘Darres’ and ‘Lewis’ at the top of each side. “I didn’t hit it off with him either, so I thought I should play devil’s advocate, in case it was just that he had problems with the main topic of conversation. But...I did give him a chance to talk about his consort, and he didn’t take it. Everyone else was willing to talk about how they fell in love with their consort, or how they deal with having a spouse and a consort, or a spouse with a consort. But like you said, Regis didn’t even tell me his consort’s name.”
“Aeris, you’re not making a judgement here, except of who you want to give you heirs.” He shouldn’t have to say this, but it looked as if he did, and if he could keep Aeris from making a mistake in her choice he would. “You don’t have to try to be fair, what’s most important is that you pick someone you can live with.”
“You’re right. And the point of that dinner was to eliminate two of them as options, wasn’t it?”
“If we can, yes. But...I don’t think we can choose between Darres and Lewis.” Or at least Zack couldn’t. Maybe Aeris had already formed a preference between them, and wanted to hear his opinion without tainting it with her own, the way she had with Regis, but he didn’t think she did, even if he hoped he was wrong.
“Not easily, no. But I hope that if we compare notes on them it’ll be easy to make my choice, or...get me the book on courtship protocol, I think there’s an accepted variation that would work if there isn’t anything between them.”
“But you still want to look for differences between them, even if there’s a way to get both of them to court you?” Zack made the comment teasing as he looked for the thin book Aeris wanted. If it was him he’d take whatever excuse he could to get to know the two nobles better before deciding between them, instead of basing his choice on files and a single dinner.
“Yes. I’m pretty sure the other option’s more complicated.” Aeris took the book and set it aside with a smile. “Thank you, I’ll check after we’ve discussed them both properly. Let’s start with Darres, tell me your observations about him, and his consort.”
Fandom: FFVII Cetra Restoration AU
Rating: R
Warnings: implied slavery, het, implied slash
Zack woke up to the feel of Aeris stretching slowly beside him. He didn’t say anything, just remained silent, waiting for her to notice that she’d woken him - she would, she always did, but he liked to see how long it would take when they woke like this.
“Good morning love.” She kissed him, stroking his chest with one hand and resting the other on his cheek.
“Good morning Heart.” Aeris still giggled at his nickname for her, to his pleasure, and she climbed on top of him with a smile. When she kissed him again he wrapped his arms around her waist, just holding her for the moment, until she wanted more. When she started running her hands over his chest Zack ran his hands lightly up her back to her shoulders and then down to her hips, but she pulled away from him.
“No, just lie back and let me do all the work this time.”
“Go ahead then.” Zack let his hands fall to his sides and settled for watching his lady move above him. She laughed and ran her hands down her body slowly, caressing her breasts briefly before sweeping her hands back and down to run over her hips and down her thighs, circling back up over her ass. She settled down then, trapping his hard cock between her thighs, rubbing up against her pussy, without pushing inside. When she leaned forward she rubbed against him even more, and Zack moaned as she started kissing him at his offered throat, hands running down his body before her lips followed, trailing kisses to his nipples before shifting her seat, to sit across his legs, where she could kiss her way down to his groin.
When she got there she took his dick in her hand, and licked cautiously at the very head, stroking him and taking him into her mouth, but never fast enough or deep enough to bring him to climax. Zack shut his eyes, enjoying the teasing Aeris was indulging in, letting the pleasure build slowly as Aeris amused herself, rocking her hips against his legs almost idly. Eventually she pulled back and moved over him again, guiding him into her. She was still tight, even though she was dripping wet, and the only reason he didn’t come just from that, from pushing into her, was that she had a firm grip at the base of his cock. She stayed still then, letting herself adjust, and giving Zack time to get used to how she felt around him, until he wasn’t in danger of coming as soon as she moved. When she did start to move it was slow, almost languid, and she kept on kissing him and stroking his body and arms. Zack stayed on his back, passively allowing Aeris to do whatever she wanted, and only coming after she climaxed, clenching around him.
“Thank you for that Zack.” Aeris trailed a hand over his face as she rolled off to lie beside him, and Zack caught hold of it, turning it so he could lay a kiss on the inside of her wrist.
“You are most welcome.” Zack wasn’t really ready to get up, but he had to, and reluctantly he left the bed for the bathroom. Aeris used the bathroom after him, and when they were both dressed she sat down with a pen and notebook.
“We need to narrow it down to one choice from the three we had last night. So, any thoughts?” Aeris was looking at him seriously - she wanted Zack’s opinion first.
“All I can say is not Regis. Did you see how he treated his consort?”
“Not really, not the way you seem to have. I saw her kneeling at his feet, but Sephiroth does that for Cloud, and you danced with her when he refused to dance with you.”
“That isn’t exactly what happened.” Zack shook his head in unhappy negation, shutting his eyes as he thought about how Rhoslyn was trapped, even if she didn’t recognise it. “It seems Regis requires anyone who wants to dance with Rhoslyn - that’s his consort in case he never mentioned her name to you - to ask his consent, not hers, and when I asked him to dance he made it clear he would be offended if I hadn’t ‘misspoken’ and ‘meant’ to ask his permission to dance with her. And yeah, Seph sits at Cloud’s feet on formal occasions, but not when Cloud has an excuse to let him act more freely, like when other nobles are letting their consorts sit at the table with them.” He opened his eyes and just looked at Aeris, willing her to understand what he meant.
“Good point.” Aeris grimaced as she began to write in her notebook, splitting the page in two and writing ‘Darres’ and ‘Lewis’ at the top of each side. “I didn’t hit it off with him either, so I thought I should play devil’s advocate, in case it was just that he had problems with the main topic of conversation. But...I did give him a chance to talk about his consort, and he didn’t take it. Everyone else was willing to talk about how they fell in love with their consort, or how they deal with having a spouse and a consort, or a spouse with a consort. But like you said, Regis didn’t even tell me his consort’s name.”
“Aeris, you’re not making a judgement here, except of who you want to give you heirs.” He shouldn’t have to say this, but it looked as if he did, and if he could keep Aeris from making a mistake in her choice he would. “You don’t have to try to be fair, what’s most important is that you pick someone you can live with.”
“You’re right. And the point of that dinner was to eliminate two of them as options, wasn’t it?”
“If we can, yes. But...I don’t think we can choose between Darres and Lewis.” Or at least Zack couldn’t. Maybe Aeris had already formed a preference between them, and wanted to hear his opinion without tainting it with her own, the way she had with Regis, but he didn’t think she did, even if he hoped he was wrong.
“Not easily, no. But I hope that if we compare notes on them it’ll be easy to make my choice, or...get me the book on courtship protocol, I think there’s an accepted variation that would work if there isn’t anything between them.”
“But you still want to look for differences between them, even if there’s a way to get both of them to court you?” Zack made the comment teasing as he looked for the thin book Aeris wanted. If it was him he’d take whatever excuse he could to get to know the two nobles better before deciding between them, instead of basing his choice on files and a single dinner.
“Yes. I’m pretty sure the other option’s more complicated.” Aeris took the book and set it aside with a smile. “Thank you, I’ll check after we’ve discussed them both properly. Let’s start with Darres, tell me your observations about him, and his consort.”
