SEVENTEEN YEARS LATER…
Sweat rolled down her back as she kicked the punching back with a force that would shatter bones. A grunt escaped her throat but didn’t stop her from delivering another deadly kick from the left to the bag. She spent most of her free time doing such and even more of training time catching up on the task. The only sounds in the room were her light grunts at each attack, the sound of her landing a hit, her dog tags clanking together with each movement and the air swishing through the vents of the AC as she worked. So much had changed. Not just her visage or the fact that she was a woman now, but her mind…her persona…everything had changed. Tears never welled in those icy emerald eyes anymore. She had no time for them. They didn’t help to make her stronger…and that’s all she needed.
“Leah! I’ve been looking for you…’course I should’ve known you’d be here.” A voice called from behind her. She dropped her hands and inclined her head to the side as a bone popped loudly in her neck. She straightened and turned slowly to face her friend and squad member.
“Nat…sorry I forgot…” Leah said her voice a bit breathy from the work out. She truly had changed. Her body was lithe, built yet still it held its womanly attributes quite fine. Her ravenous hair was cut short in the back and long in the front with a blunt cut bang that hung long over nicely arched brows. Though she wouldn’t admit it even if she thought it-and she didn’t- Leah was a beauty.
“Yeah, yeah…save the excuses.” Natalie said as she shrugged off the matter.
“Would you like for me to still help?”
“Nah…it could wait…its just hair…you can cut it some other time.” She said as she pushed off from the doorframe and turned to leave. Just when Leah thought she was leaving, Natalie turned again, but this time with a mischievous grin.
“Oh but before I go…” She started
“Yeah?” Leah urged as she unwound the bands from her hands. She flexed them slowly as she waited for blood to flow better in them and for Natalie to stop the suspense act. She wasn’t the eager type, so she would play along with Natalie as long as she liked. That always spoiled it for her friend but it was not in her nature to be the eager for news type.
She watched her sigh and figured that she’d given up.
“Ray is looking for you…” With that she was gone from the door with a giggle.
Ray…Lt. Raymond Ross from Squad Alpha13. He was Leah’s first in command…she was the second. She didn’t have a problem working with Ray…no…none whatsoever. He was a remarkable leader for the squad and made sure that all made it back from the night raids. But, and this was the big but, when he was off the field and work was not in the forefront, his advances on Leah would become of other business.
As she headed to the lockers she couldn’t help remembering the day he first approached her about his feelings for her. They had finished training for the day and everyone was headed for the showers. Leah had stayed back to put away the equipment and he opted to help. She’d noticed that his attitude was overly friendly but made nothing of it. As they rolled up the ropes from a game of Tug-O-War-which was more training that fun- he’d held her hands and looked her dead in the eye and said: ‘Leah I want you…’
Interesting how she’d blushed…but she couldn’t let him think that it was encouragement. She’d told him that nothing but business could be between the two of them and he should just drop it. After that he’d grilled her in squad trainings and after, he’d have her do cleanup. She knew he was just nursing his bruised ego and it actually made her laugh how he would think that extra work bugged her. Unfortunately, he’d grown wise. He became too sweet after that and she found that that got under her skin a bit. She turned on the shower and began removing her dog tags. She’d earn them, thanks to him and also…Jin. He’d trained them all actually. If it weren’t for him…Leah would probably still be the weak, scared girl in the cave that watched her mother get devoured from the very thing she fought now. The memory didn’t sting as much anymore. Jin had been her refuge from her nightmares and she found that it was safe to say, that she had become his as well. Together they had nursed each other back to life and found comfort in each other. But on the field, he was Captain and he was in charge of all. She gave him the right respect where needed and felt no weight for it.
With a sigh she tried to figure out a way to duck Ray. Okay maybe it was safe to say that she did have an interest for him. Perhaps even safe to say that she sometimes fantasized about him. She loved the fact that he was the aggressive type and didn’t shy away from her like most of the other men did. She assumed it was her position that intimidated them, but it was more than that. Leah hadn’t given any of them the time of day, and shot them all down as they came bearing gifts of their affection. Yet Ray…well she felt she’d need a bigger gun if she planned to succeed with him.
She lifted her arms as she removed her shirt and felt her muscles protesting. The pain was always welcomed. It meant that she was doing something right. When she was fully naked, she shook her fingers through her hair and stepped into the shower. The nozzle sprayed hot, but bearable water all over her skin and made goose bumps tingle down her back. She let the water soak through her hair and had to breathe through her mouth as her face became saturated by the water.
“Hey beautiful…”
Leah nearly jumped out of her skin at the sound of a deep yet familiar voice bouncing of the tiles. She wiped a hand over her face so she could see clearly and covered herself immediately when she confirmed who she thought it was. Ray stood leaning in the doorway from the lockers to the showers, with both hands in his pockets. He was still wearing his casual uniform; long black pants with big pockets at the thighs, a white slightly fitted jersey with his dog tags dangling from his neck, and black boots that were laced tightly to his feet. Ray was a wet dream walking. He had many women, squad or civilian, no matter whom, pining after him for just one night of wild fucking. Those stormy grey eyes haunted a lot of restless nights for Leah…but she hadn’t let on about that at all. All she could do was try pathetically to shield her privates from his probing eyes.
“Lieutenant Ross! What are you doing here sir?” Leah’s voice was trying for nonchalant all business and crisp but was slowly failing miserably at all. She shivered as he chuckled and stepped into the room. The steam was building and that she was thankful for.
“No need for formality Leah…especially given the situation. At ease…by all means…” He said, loving the way her eyes narrowed at him in a vicious glare. Most men with sense would run screaming with a glare like that aimed at them…but not Ray. Leah was his mission. He wanted her and wouldn’t stop till he got her.
“Ray-” She started through clenched teeth.
“Ah that’s much better…” He interrupted, taking another step towards her. Each step was slow but meaningful. There really wasn’t nowhere for Leah to run and to top it off her towel was hanging up by the door.
“Ray…please le-”
“You can’t imagine how beautiful you look right now…” Those words caught her of guard and heaven help her she was blushing. She took a step back after she realized he was less than five feet away from her.
“I suppose I could but what good would it serve?” She asked as the water continued to spray from the showerhead and onto her heated skin.
“Don’t know if it’ll do you any good…but you should see what it’s doing to me…” He said and Leah had to bite back a whimper. Damn her body for being excited. Ray was wrong for her. You should never mix business with pleasure. Too many feelings in the ruins would make her a vulnerable target.
“Ray…” Her voice was barely over a whisper. Her back touched the cold tile and she found herself looking for a way out of the situation. He was persistent, there was no way this was going to be easy.
“Yes Leah?” He answered, his voice thick and husky. She felt his eyes all over her and couldn’t stop the wave of pleasure that brushed the pulse between her thighs.
“We can’t…” Pathetic fight but a fight nonetheless.
“Yes we can…” He had closed in the gap and stood under the shower, wholesale, with her pinned to the wall and the front of his hard core. Ray loved the way her breast felt against his body and how small and fragile she felt in his arms. He knew Leah was lethal in every sense of the word…but this was when she was weak. He loved stripping away that hard shell she wore for everyone and how meek she became when caught in his web of lust. Before she could protest, he claimed her lips and sucked hard at them, nibbling and crushing them in his onslaught.
Leah melted in his arms and had to hold onto him to keep upright. Even if she didn’t, Ray wasn’t letting go. She felt his leg slip between her legs and nudged them open. The voice that was so prominent in her mind, telling her that this should and would never happen, was suddenly put on mute. She didn’t care anymore. Ray had made it impossible to fight. She sighed into his mouth as he gripped both of her thighs and lifted her of her feet. She wrapped her legs about his waist, never breaking the heated and wild kiss.
He couldn’t count the nights he fantasized about her, much less the days. He would enjoy this moment and made sure that it wasn’t the last. He kneaded her nipple as he devoured her mouth and heard her cry out as he did so. The clothes were restricting but if he stopped now to remove them, it could mean the end of this. He wasn’t about to give her time to think. He let the water continue to seep into his uniform and clamped his lips over her nipple. Leah nearly slammed her head against the tiling when she felt the heat of his lips on her breast. She gripped his black short hair and arched her back to his lips.
“Oh yes! Ray…n-uh!” She gasped as he bit down on the hard knob and caused her to flood between her legs. She was still protesting and that wasn’t acceptable.
He pushed her harder against the wall to keep her in place and slipped a finger slowly into the wet velvet of her pussy. That sent her flailing and moaning louder.
Ray grinned slowly as he pushed a second finger into Leah.
“Let me fuck you Leah…” He mumbled softly in her ear and bit the flushed little lobe. Leah wasn’t sure how she was still hearing him over the blood flooding her ears and the sounds of her own moans, but hear him she did and she wanted him terribly. Her walls convulsed as he thrust his fingers deep inside her and out again. She dug her fingernails into his shoulders and was sure that she would leave little crescent moons there.
“Ray…” She panted.
“Just say it Leah. Stop fighting me and say it…” She tried to breathe but the air went as quick as it came. Her body was begging for her to let him in and Leah couldn’t fight him any longer.
“Ray…” She moaned
“Say it…”
“F-”
“Attention all squad leaders…attention all squad leaders…please meet at Sector B18…I repeat…” and the message did just that over the intercom.
“Fuck!” Ray exclaimed loudly as he slammed one palm into the wall. Leah was praying for composure but found no way to find it. She felt his fingers slip out of her and she nearly passed out from that alone. She was too aroused and wanted to be fucked hard. Damn them for their badly planned meetings.
Ray was still holding her up and cupping her ass comfortably. The water was running cold and she was glad because they both needed it. She felt the response between her legs when he brushed the hardness of his cock against her clit, through the wet fabric of his pants.
“No Ray…we have…we have to go…” She said, starting to think again. That was the last thing he wanted her to do.
“Damn it Leah…I finally get you where I want you, and I was so about to fuck your brains out right here…’ His words sent waves through her body and a thought that maybe they could be done in time. Someone must’ve turned the mute off on the voice because it was protesting once again.
“Put me down…I need to get dress…and you need to change…”
“But Leah…”
“No. We can’t…I-I… want to, but we can’t” She finally said and hated the distraught and pained look she placed in his eyes. Yet he placed her down and forced his legs back. She watched him look her over once more and shake his head.
“Fuck…” Then his eyes were intense and alluring as he spoke. “I’m not done with you yet Leah…not yet.” After a good pause and after he was sure he saw her rub her thighs together to fight of the needed pleasure, he turned on his heels and walked out of the showers.
When she was sure he was gone…Leah breathed again and turned on the cold water only. It was the sudden shock she needed but the heat was still in her skin.
“Fuck indeed…” She panted as she fought for a clear mind. She had to get dress, the meeting was called and as second in command she had to be there. My, wouldn’t it cause talk to have the first and second of Squad Alpha13 late, with both of their hairs soaking wet. Another problem she’d need to cure quickly.
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