M- Congratulations on the perfect season, and if I may just say, the perfect butt, because my
god did I look at it a little much these last few weeks.... Unashamedly so! Are you ready to bring that butt to me for a walk?! Because I'm ready when you are ❤️‍🩹

L- Not a word in almost two months and you go straight in for the butt? No hello I've missed you?! Morgan Keaton, you are back! 😍 Just so you know, I've missed you! And although I've not been drooling over your butt on TV, I've been dreaming of taking your hand and going on that walk. I am ready! 💫

M- then I am waiting Leah ... where are you?! 💕

L- I am on flight 238 and due in at seven tonight, fancy a walk in the dark?!

M- just as long as it's with you... I will take a walk anywhere and in any conditions 💖

L- Be with you soon 💕

***
Nervous, I was so nervous. I had changed three times, and swapped shoes every ten minutes for no reason other than to keep on my feet and busy.

It kinda felt like I had waited for Leah for much longer, like years had passed on by. I knew her presence at my door would be overwhelming, but my goodness, I couldn't have prepared for it, because when the door rang and I opened it up to see her stood there, it felt like my entire body entered a drugged up state of euphoria, excitement, longing, love, lust, and serotonin surges that could overwhelm in the best way, instantaneously. I wonder how I had been without her so close for so long.

"Hi stranger" she greeted , and her lips lifted into a contented smile as she reached her hand out for mine. I look down and place mine in hers "ready for that walk" she asks.

I reach out and remove her snapback in one swift movement, it drops through my fingers to the floor as I erase the space quickly and press my lips to hers. Her hand releases mine and instead threads through my hair as she drew me closer, my mouth opening to hers as we fell into it. The longing and love came all at once, lips caressing each other's in a soft and slow discovery, a dance, and a coming together that was long overdue. As my hands ran down her arms and our stomachs pressed together, I felt our two half's collide.

I slowly back out of the kiss, it's slow because neither of us want to pull away, not really, but I really did want to just look at her for a moment.

"Hi" she says again, opening her eyes and  smiling as we part.

"Hi" I repeat like an idiot. I can't wipe the smile away, but I look her over slow, taking my time, looking into her lagoon blue eyes, and counting her freckles. I wanted to run my finger down the creases that form in her cheeks around her smile. I hadn't taken enough notice of those details, and now I wanted to remember them, forever, to take a mental picture and file it away. I run my hand up through her long brown hair and lick my lips as soon as I look to hers, her soft and perfectly pink lips, and when I meet her eyes again she is amused.

"Did you forget what I looked like" she asks.

I try not to laugh "no I just don't want to forget a thing ... you are so beautiful Leah"

My hands land on her biceps and my eyes widen "you really have been working out haven't you. George told me you spent a lot of time in the gym trying to forget me. I can see it was fruitful"

Leah rolls her eyes "that blabber" she responds  "but quite true... I did"

"I am going to enjoy discovering you again Ms Mitchell" I say with a teasing smile.

"And I you Ms Keaton" she says grabbing my waist and bringing me back to her lips once more.

I sigh a little at the soft brush of her lips against mine. "A walk" I blurt out releasing her lips.

She looks a little surprised "let's take a walk" I repeat, trying to actually encourage myself to let her go "I really want to talk for a bit" I add with an eager smile.

She nods "okay... a walk" she agrees and her fingers slide through mine. I shut the door and we take off around the block. It would be so easy to just fall into each other's arms and physically connect, but I wanted to walk to it again, and enjoy it slowly, like a relationship foreplay.

Leah is wearing a pair of dark blue denim jeans and a sports bra with a sports jersey over the top, and her white sneakers look new. I loved her confident swagger as she walked, and I couldn't help take her in as we went.

"You look cute" she observes, looking me up and down.

I look at myself and back to her. "It's a t shirt and shorts"

She laughs "is that not allowed to be cute" she asks.

I shrug "listen if you call me cute in anything...I will take it... thank you"

"So talk to me" she asks.

I take her arm and lean into her as we walk "I've picked up a really weird skill these last two months... too much time spent alone with Lydia" I confess.

Leah smiles "what is it" she asks. "I'm kinda afraid to know"

"I absolutely hate avocados with a passion... but can I bust one of those bad boys open in two seconds? Yes I can, and do I then eat them... absolutely not... but Lydia has been rooming with me here at the house, and she eats them every morning, because she's a dumb ass who follows every new fad going"

"Is Lydia still seeing that guy Frederick"  Leah asks, laughing at the previous confession. She can tell instantly from my expression that I am eager to answer.

"I forgot you had no idea" I say with an excited smile "oh Leah ... buckle in... I have some news"

"What" she asks eagerly. "Tell me" she begs.

I take a deep breath "Lydia is now dating a rather handsome woman called Paige ... and they are officially girlfriends...haven't you seen her on social media" I ask.

She laughs and is shocked "no she unfollowed me. I hadn't been on there much since. I thought Lydia was straight" she asks.

I nod slowly "as did the world ... but apparently Paige has a way of turning a lady once she gets them alone, and Lydia was no exception to that rule"

"I don't know why this is so exciting" Leah confesses.

"Because it's adding another member to the rainbow ... that's always exciting"

She squeezes me against her, her hand landing on my flesh between my t shirt and my shorts. She looks to me coyly "should I just remove that" she asks, nose wrinkled up jovially.

I nod in the same vain "probably" I agree as she does just that, removing her hand from my flesh. One wrong touch could quite literally ignite a flame that sent us into my neighbours shrubbery and clothes flying. The spark was undeniable.

"How has therapy gone" she asks me a little more seriously.

"It's been really hard... much tougher than I imagined and a lot more tears than expected too, but I finally feel as if the clouds have parted and I can see the light again. I had been doing therapy a little before the separation, but this felt different, it felt like I actually fought my demons for once"

"I love you" she says stopping mid stride and turning to me "Morgan I really love you... and I'm so sorry I had any part in hurting you..." she apologises. She looks so remorseful, like she had beaten me herself.

I place my hands either side of her jaw and bring her toward me "I know" I say before placing a kiss on her lips "and you don't have to keep apologising to me... I don't want you too... I want to move forward okay... no more guilty looks please" I beg, and before she can answer I pull her back to my lips and kiss her a little more purposefully, wanting her to feel I meant that. I wanted her and I wasn't holding back, there was no longer a part of me that held any animosity towards her. I just wanted her to let it go too, so that we could end that chapter and turn this next page with open and clear hearts and minds.

Dear god, Leah's kiss, it was delicious and far too moreish for someone taking a walk. It made me want her lips on mine for hours, and if those lips should decide to kiss me elsewhere, Lordy. I would sacrifice myself to that fate, yes give it to me, I want it, I want you, okay I'm horny, this kiss should end. I need to slow down. I place my hand on her chest and push back. We both breathe a little quicker as we part "that was..." she begins.

"Hornifying" i interject, stepping out of her embrace.

She lifts an eyebrow "that's not a word" she informs me, her lips twitching with amusement.

"It should be..." I reply, biting down on my bottom lip.

Leah shakes her head "don't bite your lip like that" she asks as her nostrils flare a little. She looks away briefly, rolling her eyes up.

"Why" I ask, reaching for her jersey and pulling her against me with it, forcing her to look down at me "because it's absolutely Hornifying" she confesses.

I can't help the way that makes me smile, playfully, tauntingly perhaps "that's not a word" i retort.

"It should be" she replies, imitating me and raising her eyebrows.

"Let's keep this moving" I suggest.

She agrees "please" as we walk on around the bend.

"How is Spencer and Joplin" I ask.

"Joplin just left to travel around Europe... she's meeting up with this girl she met last time, Maya, they traveled around Asia together"

"Ooh nice" I reply, thinking of how I would love to do some travelling soon too. I hadn't been to Europe since I went with Willa back in the day.

"And Spencer?" I ask, but it's a hesitant ask because for months I thought Leah was with her and now I couldn't shake off how her name made me think of them together, kissing. It made my belly flip like an anxious friend returning to me. Leah must sense it because she also looks hesitant to reply.

"She's still at the hospital working her residency. She's seeing her superior and trying not to be obvious about it whilst she's at work. I'm pretty sure the fact that they disappear into a store closet together, on the reg, kind of gives them away"

"Guy or girl" I ask, not that it mattered.

"A guy... he's a lot older than her too but she likes him and it's only fun for now"

"And you... did you see anyone whilst we were apart" I ask.

She looks to me instantly, her forehead creased deeply like that thought was a slap in the face "of course I didn't Morgan... I don't even like that you asked me that" she replies frustratedly.

I take her hand and hold it up to my lips "Im sorry I was just wondering... I just wanted to get that thought out of my head once and for all"

"Then please remove it and don't ever think it again, because I have only had eyes for you since Teddy's wedding, when all it was meant to be was a little fun. Fun though, it morphed into you permanently setting up home in my mind"

"Same" I reply kissing the back of her hand "I'm sorry I asked... I guess I'm still working a few kinks out"

"Well perhaps replace the kinks with new ones" Leah suggests, changing the energy instantly with the suggestive look on her face.

"Sexual kinks" i ask with raised brows "does Leah Mitchell have a kink I need to know about ... because we really didn't have time to explore much last time did we" I ask.

She stops walking and pulls me into her by my waist "I may have" she says kissing me quickly and taking my breath away with it.

She flings me back out with her arm like a little dance as we kept moving down the road "Are you going to tell me what they are" I ask.

She looks sideways to me and licks her lips "I think it's better I show you" she offers.

My eyebrows shoot up "can this walk turn into a run..." I ask.

She laughs, it's music to my ears "I didn't think that Morgan Keaton liked to run.... I've heard you say more than once that running just to run was pointless"

"I wouldn't be running just to run... I would be running with a destination in mind" I retort.

"And where is that" she asks me.

I bite my lip as her eyes drop to observe it "My bed"

"But what if the kink is in the kitchen" Leah informs me playfully.

I bite down on my lip far too hard at that thought. I take her hand and tug it with me as I start running, and she's laughing as she comes along behind me "Morgan stop" she says trying to find her feet a moment.

"no... I have places to be and kinks to kink" I call back.

She races up beside me "okay, then I will race you" she says and she takes off at an athletic pace up across the road to the house.

I wrinkle up my nose and push myself forward like I'm propelled, and before she reaches the door I fly by her and hit it first, body slamming into it before turning with my back to it and pointing at her a little out of breath "I win" i declare.

She holds her knees and bends over slightly, looking up to me confused "how the hell does someone who thinks running is pointless beat an athlete in a race"

"Because despite what everyone thinks...I literally run back and forth all day at work. I'm not a coach who stands still on the sidelines you know"

"I so wish you were my coach...I'm getting a little flustered imagining it" she retorts.

I reach out and pull her into me, her body presses me to the front door. Her eyes take me in appreciatively "I could coach you" I say playfully.

"In what" she asks as her fingers run down my sides to my hips. My t shirt lifts as her hands find my flesh and squeeze me gently.

"Ways to keep fit that don't involve leaving your bed" I suggest.

"We better warm up then" she says eyebrows wiggling flirtatiously, and her hands slowly run up and over my sides, following my ribs to the underwire of my bra. Her fingers tease the material out of the way and slip under it, my breath completely catches in my throat, and a warmth flows down between my legs as Leah's hands slide up over my breasts. Her thumbs circle over them, making me let out a pleasurable gasp as I grab her neck and pull her down to kiss me. I run my tongue seductively across her lower lip as it opens to me, and I let her know with the intensity of the way my tongue moves against hers that I am most definitely a fan of a warm up.

***
"So how long have you had that kink" I ask sliding back down the kitchen side. Her hands run up my bare thighs as she releases me slowly, her chest rising and falling against me hard. The exercises that followed the warm up had most definitely been worth the wait.

"Probably since I saw how good you looked on a kitchen counter last time" she says pressing her lips against my forehead "And the kink was a natural progression to the thoughts that followed that memory"

"What now then" I ask, running my hand down her bare chest. Her bra and jersey were now lying on the kitchen floor with my shorts and t shirt.

"Now I want to take you upstairs and show you how much I missed you" she says.

I smile against her lips as she kisses me gently "I hope you missed me a lot... and I hope you missed me as much as I missed you" I tease.

"More" she replies confidently reaching down and grabbing my thighs and lifting me like it was effortless onto her waist "I promise... so much more" she adds.

I lace my arms around her neck as she carries me up the stairs, and I lean in and kiss her neck as we reach the bedroom door. "I don't think that's wise" she whispers, as she kicks open the door.

"I'm the coach... this is me blowing the whistle to get us started" I play.

She drops me down onto the bed and begins to unbutton her jeans "Hey wait" I say, sitting up.

She shakes her head "You blew the whistle coach" she reminds me.

I roll my eyes in jest "okay... play on" I say observing her with lustful eyes, because as the jeans come off, her toned thighs are revealed and they make me want to do things we hadn't even done together yet... but that was for another day. Today I wanted Leah to make love to me... and that was exactly what she did as she climbed over me and lay me down, one gentle kiss and touch at a time.

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