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He gritted his teeth Not yet Not when she was so close

“Gareth!” she gasped

He slid his hand between their bodies again He found her, swollen and wet, and he pressed, probably with less finesse than he ought but certainly with as much as he was able

And he never looked away fro al breath, and her body was arching, pressing, pushing

“Oh!” she cried out, and he quickly kissed her to s the sound She was tense, she was quivering, and then she spasrabbed at his shoulders, his neck, her fingers biting his skin

But he didn’t care He couldn’t feel it There was nothing but the exquisite pressure of her, grabbing hi him in until he quite literally exploded

And he had to kiss her again, this time to tamp down his own cries of passion

It had never been like this He hadn’t known it could

“Oh, my,” Hyacinth breathed, once he’d rolled off her and onto his back

He nodded, still too spent to speak But he took her hand in his He wanted to touch her still He needed the contact

“I didn’t know,” she said

“Neither did I,” he soed

“Is it always—”

He squeezed her hand, and when he heard her turn to him, he shook his head

“Oh” There was awe’re getting married, then”