In A Heartbeat
by DeepBlueSea

The plaintive calls of the seagulls hovering over the water on this gray and cloudy morning woke Joey from a deep sleep. She blinked a few times, as she always did when she woke up at the beach house, as the many windows let in much more light than she was used to – even at this early hour. She raised her head off the pillow and only fully opened one eye to see the red numbers of the alarm clock. Cringing at the time and shivering a little from the ocean breeze coming in through the window they had left open a crack the night before, she promptly rolled over, pulling the comforter up over her shoulder and burying her face in Pacey’s warm chest.

He was still asleep and just shifted slightly, as if instinctively making room for her. His hand had already been resting on her hip, and just traveled with her when she had rolled so that it was now resting on the opposite hip as she faced him. She scrunched in closer, turning her head a little to the side now to listen to the steady beat of his heart with a small smile. She remembered when Alex had been born, Bessie had shown her a baby catalog with a teddy bear that could replicate the sounds of a mother’s heart as heard from the womb. She giggled a little to herself, wondering if she could somehow capture the sound of Pacey’s heart like that. Put it inside a pillow so she could have him there even when she couldn’t be in his bed with him like this.

Pacey sighed now, moving his hand up a few inches so that it was resting on her waist. He just gently rubbed it back and forth there for a minute, on top of the comforter, before gently sliding it behind her to the small of her back and pulling her in closer to him with another sigh. She felt him start to get hard now against her, the feel of him against her bare skin causing the heat of anticipation began to pool in her lower stomach. She grinned, arching her back so that her lithe body glided against him, lolling her head back as he lowered his head to kiss her neck without even opening his eyes.

There was something about this that excited her, these times when they would wake up like this in these rare instances when they had the luxury of sharing a bed overnight. It would be the middle of the night, or just at the break of dawn like now, and there wouldn’t even be a word exchanged. It was all done as if on instinct, every touch and every movement like some secret language that only the two of them could ever possibly understand. Sometimes she wouldn’t even know if it were real, she might think that she was dreaming about him inside her and then suddenly he was, and she was falling helplessly over the edge before she even realized she was reaching it.

His hands were under the comforter now, traveling over her skin and leaving a delicious trail of nerve endings tingling in their wake. He just rubbed the palm of his hand over her breast, the rough calloused skin there immediately turning the peaked nub hard. He then lowered his mouth to it, soft and hot. Joey moaned at the sensation, the only sound either one of them had made up to that point. His hand was traveling lower now, his finger gently sliding inside her just once and then out again. She already knew how wet she must be. She brought her own hand around from where she had been holding on to his waist, gliding it across his hip and then running it over the length of him. She swallowed, exhilarated by how hard and thick he felt in her hand. It was his turn to groan now, and he raised his head from her chest to suck on her neck again. He took her arms in his hands and slowly raised them above her head, gently pinning them there on the pillow and rolling her onto her back with his body. He was inside her in an instant, and she gasped out loud at the feel of him entering her. He pulled almost all the way out and then thrust even deeper, starting with a slow and leisurely rhythm and then gradually increasing speed and the force of his thrusts. Joey smiled a little as she bit down his shoulder, knowing that he was never rough like this except in these unspoken moments, another reason why they always secretly excited her so much. Someday she would tell him that, she thought with a sigh. She came almost immediately after that, moaning his name as she felt the warm rush of her release meet his only a few moments later.

He lay on top of her for just a second, gaining his composure, and then he rolled onto his back pulling her with him. She groaned softly along with him as she felt him pull out of her, and then snuggled her body as close to his as possible to try to recapture some of his warmth. He wrapped his arm around her back, pulling her in even closer so that she was partially lying on top of him. Joey laid her head on his chest, seeking out his heartbeat again and smiling softly as she listened to the thunderous pounding gradually slow to a normal even pace. It always gave her a little thrill to think that she had the power to do that to him, that was what was going on inside him by just being with her. She smiled again and closed her eyes.

“I’m going to invent a Pacey pillow.” She mumbled sleepily against his skin.

“Huh?” He rubbed his hand over his hair, his voice husky and low so that it rumbled through his chest and tickled her ear. “And what exactly is that, Josephine?” He gently ran his other hand up her back, absently rubbing just the tips of his fingers back and forth against the back of her shoulder.

“A pillow. That feels like you. And sounds like you.” She yawned. “To bring to school with me.”

Pacey blinked a few times, just looking up at the ceiling of his room. “Why?” He asked after a moment, his voice softer and quieter now.

“So you can always be with me – even when you are not right there next to me.” Her voice was becoming drowsy as sleep started to overtake her. “I haven’t read all my catalogs yet, but something tells me that my dorm at Worthington would probably not look too kindly on me sneaking you into my room every night.” She adjusted her body, finding a place for her head under his chin and crushing her breasts against him as she threw her arm across his body. “And it’s getting too hard for me to fall asleep without you now…”

Pacey didn’t say anything, just continued to look up at the ceiling as he bit his lower lip. He listened as her breathing started to slow, sensing that exact point when she finally gave in to sleep.

“You’ll learn…” He finally whispered, leaning down to press a gentle kiss on the top of her head.

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