Marjoreece - Written In The Stars

After the Shower

Marjorie had showered for longer than she usually would, but there was still no sign of Reece. She gave up and returned to their room, checking on the sleeping twins as she did. She threw on a robe and dried her hair before heading back downstairs, only to find Reece in the exact same position he was in when she left him.

"My love?" She said as she walked towards him. She heard him grunt, but outside of that, there was no acknowledgement of her presence. She continued the walk to the sofa. As he was sat so far forward, she slid herself in behind him, sitting on her knees so she was slightly higher than him. She placed her hands on his shoulders, feeling the tension across his back as she started to try and work out the knots. His head dropped further, and he leant back slightly into her as he let out a moan and relaxed into her touch. He lifted his head and turned to look at her. 

"Hey, you."

"Welcome back to the land of the living. You've barely spoken to me the last few hours, even when I've asked you something." Marjorie said, smiling at him. She couldn't be mad at him. She could see how much he was trying to put in to their family, the nurseries, and everything. "How are you getting on?"

"Sorry, gorgeous. Yea, Aut has covered most bases. Looking at everything, the most sensible decision would be to finish the new building and go through with the merger. We can do so much with the new building for less than it would cost to bring one of the original nurseries up to the same standard let alone all three and we won't need to close, so fewer angry parents. I've been looking at the plans, and we can do so much more than he'd thought of. The best part is that we wouldn't need to try and source the money from anywhere. It's all already in the budget, and there's plenty now that it will all be spent on the nursery instead of hot tubs and new cars." 

Marjorie leant into him and rested her head on his shoulder, looking down onto the table at the plans and paperwork now covered in sketches and notations. She smiled to herself at all the ideas he'd had to make the nursery better. "You and Autumn are going to be so good for the nursery." She said, her arms wrapping around his body.

He turned slightly to kiss her again. "We'll be even better when you're on the board where you belong as well." He pulled her round onto his lap. The pair sat there looking over the plans, Reece talking Marjorie through some of the features they could add to the new building, one arm around her waist while the other rested on her thigh gently tracing patterns under her robe.

She leant forwards to grab some of the plans from the table for a closer look. As she placed the paperwork in her lap to shift her weight slightly, the top of her robe opened a little more, catching Reeces eye as he looked down to see what she'd picked up. It didn't take long for Marjorie to notice where his eyes were lingering.

"Oi! My eyes are up here."

Reece looked up at her guiltily, "What?"

"You could have done more than stare if you'd joined me in the shower."

"Wait... That was an option?" He asked, looking confused.

Marjorie sighed, "Yes, my love. I told you I was going for a  shower and asked if you were joining me. You didn't respond."

"Fuck! I missed that?" He sighed, flopping back onto the sofa.

She laughed at the slight sulk that now formed on his face before leaning down to kiss him. Her hands tangled in his hair as his slid round her body to pull her closer, deepening the kiss. He slowly slid one hand up her thigh under the robe so it settled on her bum. His eyes widened at the realisation she wasn't wearing anything underneath it.

"The twins are asleep and up in bed right?" He asked between kisses.

"Yea, they were out like a light. Your little day out must have really taken it out of them." She replied. She pulled away from him slightly and raised her eyebrow at him. "Why?"

"No reason." He shrugged, pulling her back in for an even more passionate kiss. She adjusted her position so she was straddling him, pulling herself into him even more before he wrapped his arms around her and led her down on the sofa. She groaned at the loss of contact as he pulled away from her to undo the tie on her robe and let it fall open. His eyes traced the outline of her body, the look of lust, and adoration in them unmistakable.

Marjorie had been feeling even more self-conscious about her body since she'd been pregnant, and Reece always tried to allay those concerns. Tonight, however, as she watched his eyes take her in she couldn't shake the feeling she wasn't good enough or attractive to him anymore. Her body was still changing and she'd notice something different nearly every day and worry about it. He leant back in to kiss her, his fingertips gently tracing a line from her neck across her chest and down her side until his hand settled on her hip, pulling her closer to him. Her body tensed slightly at his touch. She tried to hide it, hoping he hadn't noticed but she knew he had when he pulled away again. His face showing a concerned frown as he looked down at her.

"Marj are you OK? I thought that.... the shower thing.... I just.... If you don't want...." He sighed as he sat back. "I'm sorry. Are you OK?"

She pulled her robe back around her and moved to cuddle into him, he placed a soft kiss on the side of her head as he pulled her into him. "Reece believe me it's not you. I did want... I do want to, but it suddenly hit me how I don't look like the person you fell in love with now, and I was worried you'd go off me."

She buried her head in his shoulder as she finished speaking, now she said it out loud she was feeling even more embarrassed, especially considering he'd seen her body since she'd given birth loads of times and he still didn't treat her or look at her like she was anything other than the only woman in the world for him.

"You're worried about that?" She saw the panic in his eyes, Marjorie read this as him, thinking he'd been found out. His actual reaction shocked her. "Have I done something to make you think that, or not done something to make sure you know that I think you're the sexiest woman in the world? Gorgeous, I'm so sorry if I've done that. You're stunning. You've always been stunning. There's nothing I'd change."

"That's the problem, though, Reece. I have changed, and I am still changing. I'm not that person anymore."

"I know that, but what I mean is I wouldn't change the changes either. The ones that have happened or the ones that are to come. Marjorie, I'm spending the rest of my life with you. We're both gonna change. We'll get older, we'll gain weight, lose weight, whatever, it's life. Would you still want me if I stopped working out and didn't have muscles or would you go off me?"

"What muscles?" She replied with a smirk. In her mind, she could see herself running her hand over his six pack and his chest. She knew she'd still want him if they weren't there, though.

He rolled his eyes, placing one hand in her cheek and turning her head to look at him. "Marj, I love you. In my eyes, no matter what, you are and will always be the hottest, most beautiful, sexiest woman in the world. No question about it." He'd been gently kissing her lips in between words as he spoke. As he finished, she pulled him in for a passionate, hungry kiss. She tried to lean back on the sofa, pulling him back down on top of her, hoping he'd get this hint that she wanted to try again. She panicked as he pulled away.

"Not here, not like this." He whispered in her ear before picking her up and carrying her upstairs.