Message-ID: <41352asstr$1048075803@assm.asstr-mirror.org> Return-Path: X-Original-Message-ID: <20030319045244.54172.qmail@web13901.mail.yahoo.com> From: jordan shelbourne MIME-Version: 1.0 X-ASSTR-Original-Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 20:52:44 -0800 (PST) Subject: {ASSM} The Wedding Night (short-short, historical, mf, no overt sex) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 07:10:03 -0500 Path: assm.asstr-mirror.org!not-for-mail Approved: Newsgroups: alt.sex.stories.moderated,alt.sex.stories Followup-To: alt.sex.stories.d X-Archived-At: X-Moderator-Contact: ASSTR ASSM moderation X-Story-Submission: X-Moderator-ID: gill-bates, dennyw THE WEDDING NIGHT 2003, Jordan Shelbourne [A slight piece that began life as a writing exercise to use three words. Feel free to guess which three of the words in the story prompted it. [At 750 words, this is on the long side of flash; call it a short-short instead. [I confess that I adore feedback, especially that sent to j_shelbourne AT yahoo.com; compliments are best, but I also respond to reasoned criticism. More of my older stories are at http://www.compu-diva.com/IvoryGates/index.htm [JS] At last all excuses had been exhausted and Robert turned to his new wife Jane. "And now to bed," he said, and the emphasis he put on those words told her she could not hide her secrets any longer. Jane tried: she made her toilet before he did and lay in the bed, her flannel nightgown tucked tightly around her body, the sheets likewise. When Robert returned, she whispered, "Would you not sleep, husband?" "Not yet," he said. "Not yet." And he rubbed her cheek with the back of his hand. He kissed her on her mouth, his lips soft and tasting faintly of rum and coffee. She felt slightly faint and then resisted the urge to kiss him back. Better he think her an unresponsive fish than a crimson profane whore. Perhaps it would dampen his ardor. He nuzzled her neck, kissed her collarbone through the flannel, and stroked her hair. "It will be fine, lass," he said. "Do not be afraid." "I am not afraid," she lied, and held herself motionless. She would do nothing to help. He peeled back the bedsheets and she lay there, legs clamped tightly together, a fold of nightgown caught between her thighs. "Shhhh," he sighed and stroked her body, cupping her small breasts, caressing the softness at her belly, the breadth of her hips, the lines of her legs. He did this for long minutes, and she felt herself growing aroused despite her fear, which made her more rigid, more resistant. Each time his hands moved from her knees back up to her shoulders, he tugged her gown a little looser, a little higher until finally the fabric pulled free and she felt thigh against thigh and knew that soon he must see her naked. "Wee sleekit cowering timorous beastie," he whispered as he stroked her flannel-clad thighs, and he smiled up at her. She tried not to respond. He took the hem of her nightgown and pulled it up, exposing her knees, her thighs, and then her sex. She heard his sharp intake of breath. "Sleekit indeed," he said, and he ran one calloused fingertip over her bare-shaven mound. She felt tears welling up in her eyes. "Did you perhaps have problems with lice, my love? That is one reason I've heard for men and women to shave." She shook her head tightly. His fingertip found the scar. "My dear, you have a dawk," he said, his voice light. "I feel I should look for your footnote." He lifted her foot and kissed one toe. "No explanation here." She tried to speak and couldn't, then tried again and found her voice. "It is a brand." He was silent and when he spoke, his voice was low and murderous. "Who marked you so?" "Some...men. They used me, made me their slave, marked me, and then bade me keep that mark always bare." "But you escaped?" She nodded. "Then you may cover it again." She did not. She whispered, "They wanted any man who married me to know that I was spoiled." He made small circles around the scar as he sat in thought. "You mean to tell me you are not virgin?" "That is what it means." Sobs broke free. "I have already had a printer's dagger." He kissed her. "Thank heavens for that." She stopped in astonishment. "You do not care?" "I care somewhat but it is not very important. Mostly, I am relieved. I have heard awful tales of how a man of modest proportions may hurt a woman, and you have had that hurt already. I would not do it to you if I had a choice." "Thank you." "You have another secret, I can tell." She blushed. "Those men, what they did--some things I liked. I liked them very much." "And that is all? I am not a virgin either, and some of those things that women did with me, I liked them very much." She giggled. "Perhaps we can find common ground, then." She spread her legs and let him see her sex, all moist and swollen. "So we are done with secrets." "Almost," he said sheepishly. "What secret have you held?" Jane asked playfully. "It cannot be so bad." "Some might think it is, some not." He stood for a moment to pull off his nightshirt. She gasped. Robert smiled sadly. "I have been told I am not of modest proportions." He kneeled before her. "Wife, I hope this does not hurt." "Husband," Jane whispered, "I hope it does." __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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