Teddy was first pick following camp, Avery Lane was second, obviously, no shocks for anyone there. The basketball season got under way as May came, and we fell into a new rhythm.

Teddy went back and forth on game or training days, and committed to not staying away over night, even if that meant she drove late, which I disliked. I didn't like the fact she drove so much alone, because in turn it drove my mind insane with worry.

I sit in bed with my book, finger poised to turn a page when the bedroom door creaks open. She appears, in grey sweatpants, a white t shirt with her teams name on ,from the merch store, and a weary smile, "you waited up for me?" She asks.

I smile and place the book down on the bedside "of course" I say holding out my arms.

She dumps her bag and takes the two steps to the bed, falling down with exhaustion, her head landing on my lap.

I look down and stroke her forehead "tired" I ask.

Her lips are all squished against my stomach as her eyes flick open, and take me in. I could see it in her eyes, a little blood shot from being up from dawn and having a full on day.

She nods and closes her eyes, and it's no surprise that she actually falls asleep, her breathing becoming steady and slow. I turn as much as I can and reach for the lamp, switching it off and snuggling down. She moves up a little with the movement, and her head slips down beside my stomach instead, her body curled up against me.

"I love you" I whisper and I stroke her cheek, letting my fingers linger there a little.

Life with Teddy was so easy in the most part, our focus was always Wren by day, and of course, us, by night. The way we had combined ourselves seemed effortless, the transition, to a couple, seamless, but we had big changes to make soon, we needed our own home, to put down roots somewhere at some point and to finally have that wedding that the Nomikos won't let go.

As days and weeks passed though, I was more and more content with how we were, and it would quite honestly take Teddy proposing again to remind me that we still had the romantic wedding to go, because in my mind and legally, she was already my wife.

Teddy's wife, a thought I enjoyed far too much, and a title I would never tire of saying out loud.

***
I became a regular fixture court side on weekends when Teddy would play. I loved to watch her play in person, and the way she would run over and kiss me at half time, a welcomed sensation, knowing that this incredible creature was mine.

On the occasions that Teddy played earlier, at two, Willa and mama would come down with Wren, and oh how Wren lit up to be carried off with Teddy and her team mates, to toddle around on court and attempt to pick up the ball after the games.

Teddy never looked so proud as the moments she would take Wren on a victory lap with her, her daughter, her pride and joy, and as the courts would soon sign off on, her legal child.

We had spent a small fortune on legal fees recently to complete the adoption and figure out other legalities, well Teddy had for the most part, although as she liked to remind me, what was hers, was mine. She had handed me a slick black credit card a few months ago, and pushed it into my hands. I had had it for months and not even used it yet, my tastes were simple ones, Extravagance was not me.

Teddy's recent deal with Avery, for a famous sports brand, a new campaign they were to face, may have been worth just shy of a million dollars each for a couple hours work a year, but that money didn't exist in my mind. It was like Monopoly money to me, one day though it would buy our dream home, it would pay for our children's education, and of course the sneaker addiction they all seemed to inherit from their Mom.

Teddy's hard work, would mean at some point soon I could be a stay at home mama, for a while, whilst our children grew and Teddy's career continued to go from strength to strength. It would change and morph as years passed by, but Teddy's career would thrive, and she was always in demand.

The day we found out Wren was Teddy's officially, it was a normal Monday, but as the news arrived and we received the adoption decree from the court, it became the most celebrated day of our journey so far. A Monday in July, that forever became the date that Teddy became a Mommy, legally... and two weeks after that we received Wrens amended birth certificate with Theodora Nomikos as the second parent, right there in black and white.

I think we cried happy tears on and off for the entire day each time we looked at it, or at Wren. There was something so final in that last piece of the puzzle from the past, and it brought me great peace to see my child claimed by their rightful parent. It left the memory of her true conception in a distant, far away place, that seemed so far removed from me now it was as if it never happened at all, as if she was created by me only and born to us, Teddy and I, that Christmas Eve.

***

"Wren Helena Nomikos" Allie reads aloud from the birth certificate.

Harper nods with a delighted smile she can't wipe off "isn't it wonderful" she muses, as she looks at Wrens birth certificate, for the hundredth time, at the dinner table.

We were having a dinner with Willa, Allie, and Mary and Erica who were staying for the week in the airstream. This was one of their regular visits, and we had decided with the birth certificate arriving that we should celebrate a little.

Willa ordered take out, a birthday cake for Wren (to celebrate her new name) which she had already smashed to bits for a million photos. Allie had even bought some mini jerseys of my team, with W. Nomikos written on the back.

"Now my wife and my child are Nomikos and I'm still sitting here a Jameson" Harper says playfully nudging me.

I smile at her cute frown, because it wouldn't be long now before Harper took the name, not long at all. We could of course have changed it over with Wrens, but the truth was, it was the one thing I could give Harper on our wedding the next time around that I hadn't already. I wanted to make it special so that at our wedding, surrounded by family and friends, we finally became Mrs's and Mrs's Nomikos"

Willa sits forward, a forkful of noodles ready at her lips "I think we should all just call Teddy 'Harpers wife' from this moment forward because I've not heard her call you anything else in months" she jokes.

Mary looks to us opposite with a look of affection "I think it's adorable, after all, she is Harpers wife. Anyone who is anyone knows it... I went on that thing online last week, you know that one where people share photos" she says waving her hand about as if she's trying to catch the thought.

"IG" Allie offers.

She nods "yes that one... and I saw a fan account called 'Tharper' and it was quite literally a gazillion fan videos and pictures of Teddy and Harper court side, mostly making out, but a really adorable one of Teddy picking Harper up...people had added music and hearts and all sorts of cute little things... apparently that's their ship name whatever that means"

"I have to see this" Harper says reaching in her pocket for her phone.

She types it in, reading it out as she did "T H A R P E R" before erupting into loving sighs and adorable smiles "oh my golly gosh" she announces "this is the cutest thing I've ever seen"

We completely lose her in her phone,
as she scrolls down the feed, the odd song playing out, mostly love songs but a rather raunchy one that made me peek over her shoulder. "Who filmed that... I had no idea we were visible" I say slightly shocked as I looked down at a video of me holding Harper with her legs wrapped around my waist. We were down the back of the court, against a wall, a rather steamy moment nobody should have seen, behind a private screened off area. "I don't know but it has over three hundred thousand views"

"It's kinda hot" Harper observes, forgetting we are all sat around the table looking at her with various degrees of raised eyebrows.

Allies hand slowly comes across the table, and she placed it on Harpers "I don't think it's too much to ask, for no porn at the dinner table Harper"

Erica chokes on her mouthful as she laughs.

"But I'm in it" Harper returns.

I take the phone from her hand and kiss her nose "that's not making your mama feel any better" I say pocketing her phone.

She looks up sheepishly "sorry" she apologises and she leans in to me, and whispers "let's stay at the hotel tonight" before wiggling her eyebrows at me.

"Oh you're feeling yourself are you?" I ask amused.

She smiles and forks some fresh food onto her fork "I would much rather be feeling you" she whispers.

Allie drops her fork onto her plate making it clang in the process and we all look at her "We may be older than you two but we can hear you... you do know that Harper... we are not deaf"  

Allie shakes her head, and then she lets out a loud laugh, from trying to be so serious.

Willa holds her hand over her mouth as she watches her wife lose it a little "I kind of wish I was though" she adds more seriously.

Harper looks to me coyly and back to Allie "Sorry Mama" she apologised across the table.

"Let's change the subject" Allie suggests "Mary and Erica tell us about anything... anything at all... please just save me from my daughters debauchery"

Willa takes her glass of wine and gulps it back, widening her eyes.

I look to Harper amused and shake my head at her. "Behave" I whisper.

Her nostrils flare a little as she holds back her laugh, and she forces herself to eat her dinner quietly.

***
When we get back to the hotel, Harper takes my hand and pulls me through the door so fast I feel a little off balance. She kicks off her shoes, starts unbuttoning her jeans, and throws them aside.

I look to her wide eyed, a little smile tugging on my lips "what's the rush"

She pulls her t shirt and bra off, and disappears into the bathroom, the shower starting. I stand there with the key card in hand, beside the door that's still closing slowly and I have no idea what exactly is about to happen, but clearly my wife had a plan that she had not filled me in on. I guess, that her tongue rolling along my neck in the car was a good indication that this was about to be intense. A thirst could not be ignored, and it most definitely needed to be quenched.

I slowly remove my clothes and drape them over the chair, releasing my breasts with a sigh as my bra is unclipped. I toss it over the clothes piled up, and walk into the bathroom, to find Harper stepping out of the shower with a white towel in her hand.

I shake my head and admire her beautiful form in front of me. "You are a little intense tonight... no?" I ask.

She cocks an eyebrow "me?" She asks teasingly and she runs her hand down my chest and between my breasts as she leans forward and captures my lips in a most unusual way for Harper. Her teeth graze my bottom lip, her tongue swabbing the plump flesh and drawing it into her mouth, in what can only be described, as a sexual power move, in other words "Your wife's about to fucking own you"

She pulls away as her fingers tease between my legs, and she gives me a wicked smile "see you in there" she dares me as she walks away.

I step back a little, amazed at the way she could still surprise me. Harper may have worried she had less experience in the bedroom, but I could not tell, and her confidence in her body turned me on.

I take the quickest shower of my life and return to the bedroom to find her sat in the centre of the bed, sheets around her, her phone in hand.

I cock an eyebrow at her "um... this wasn't the propositioning I was expecting..." I say waving my pointed finger at her.

She looks up and laughs "there are more of these pages of us... and I rather like this one" she says turning the phone.

I jump onto the bed and crawl over to her on all fours "Harddy?" I ask.

She laughs "I think that's my favourite"

I look down the tag and shake my head "these are pretty cute" I note.

She takes the phone and places it back on the side, returning to her position underneath me.

I look down at her and she looks amused "Harper... I'm confused... is this sexy time or ... are we going to snuggle and laugh at reels online?"

She pulls me down on top of her, and runs her tongue back over my lips, an urgency to it, and my mouth opens and accepts hers, an intense open mouth kiss that she moans into as she turns me over and slips on top of me.

Her hands cup my breasts, pinching and teasing my nipples which makes them tingle and harden as if on cue. She straddles my waist and takes my hands, placing them on her breasts before running them down her thighs.

She breaks from the kiss and looks into my eyes with a confidence "fuck me with your mouth" she demands.

My heart races as she tightens her grip of my hands on her thighs, and she eases up my body.

I realise then, exactly what she means, and this is most definitely a first together.

I sweep my hair back as her thighs slide up, either side of my ears. I run my hands down her firm thighs and pull her down onto my mouth. The sighs and muffled moans that fall from her lips as I delve my tongue inside of her, make my own arousal intensify. Her hands grip the headboard above me as I pull her down onto my tongue repeatedly, running it up and down her throbbing tip, tasting her ,sucking her, fucking her exactly as she wished. I didn't stop until her hips tightened against my cheeks, the taste of her hitting my tongue, the release sending shudders down her entire body. Her breasts above me, harden, goosebumps pricking the flesh around them. I release her thighs and she slips back down my body, her head placed on my chest, her wet auburn hair tickling my skin.

I wipe my mouth with the back of my hand as I try and catch my breath "I was not expecting that" I reveal.

She smiles against my skin, her lips kissing me there between my breasts. "But a good surprise" she asks.

I nod "oh most definitely" I say honestly and I smile "you made me feel extremely... hash tag...Harddy" I say trying not to laugh.

She looks up to me, her lips look like they are stained by wine, the rush of blood from her orgasm evident "Then get up here" she says rolling over and pulling me onto her waist. "Higher" she demands wiggling her eyebrows and I slip up a little higher purposefully slow, my thighs now either side of her shoulders "higher" she asks again more intensely.

Before I can tease her further, she takes my thighs and pulls me forward onto her mouth, my thighs clamping around her face, her hands taking the plumped flesh of my rear and driving me down harder against her tongue as she flicked it up over the pulse of me, which made my lips drop open and an orgasmic cry come from my mouth. I clamp my teeth down on my bottom lip and reach up for the wall to steady myself as Harper intensified the rolls of her tongue and the thrusting of my flesh into her mouth, with her hands at my back.

***
An hour after Harper initiated her power play, we fell back into the sheets, both gasping for air and a little sweaty, my hair was clinging to wet flesh, beads of sweat running down my chest. Harper was the same. What had just happened was the most intense sexual experience of my entire life.

I wasn't sure how that could ever be recreated...dear god. Harper removed the strap and dropped it on the bedside cabinet, returning to my side. I stared at the ceiling, my chest rose and fell so hard I felt like my heart might rip out of my chest and dance away.

Harpers turns on the pillow beside me, and I turn back to her, her cheeks are rosy red, and her skin is glistening with sweat.

Her lips tremble a little as she breaths so rapidly "Did I break you" she asks looking at the devoured state of me.

I shake my head, my dark curls moving around my cheeks, but I can't even speak.

I can only shake my head and lick my lips.

"Oh god I broke you" she whispers turning over and kissing my shoulder.

"Almost" I whisper " but not quite..."

"Good because I need you to survive, we have a little Nomikos to raise now, and I can't have fucked you to death before I even get the surname. Teddy... when may that be" she asks teasingly.

I shake my head "Harper Jameson... it's coming" I promise "I just need to avoid my sisters wedding planning until the new year. I think Calliopes wedding is more than enough Nomikos fun for one year, and of course the babies are due not long after"

"I want a little Teddy" Harper whispers.

I smile and turn, kissing her forehead "I actually want to talk to you about that"

She looks to me surprised "really" she asks.

I lick my lips and smile "By the end of the year let's have that conversation... say Christmas Eve wish time?"

She grins "that sounds about right" she whispers back.

I turn so we are both facing each other, and draw her closer for a kiss.