Is It Really Love? [18+]

Posted on 04 Aug 2017 @ 2:18pm by Lieutenant Amaranai Franklin & Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm

3,486 words; about a 17 minute read

Mission: Episode 15 - Emanation
Location: Earth - San Francisco, Starfleet Residential Complex
Timeline: MD 14, 1947 hrs

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The most boring work day ever had finally ended and Saalm now found herself walking up the stairs to her temporary apartment several blocks away from the main Starfleet Headquarters complex. Her feet hurt and her legs felt stiff from sitting in front of her LCARS terminal all day, and so when she entered her security combination into the front door's keypad, she quickly entered her living room and went straight for the couch.

She let out a tired yet relieved sigh as she plopped down on the sofa and closed her eyes for a brief moment before Snuffles inevitably showed up. The soft and speedy hoofsteps of his feet on the carpet came closer and closer until she felt the full weight of the furry adolescent targ jump up on her lap. He snorted and licked her cheek for several minutes while she scratched in between his tusks and behind his ears. "Just you and me, Snuffles," she cooed to the beady-eyed animal. Or maybe not, she suddenly corrected as soon as her thoughts drifted towards Amaranai and the end of her crew's comms restrictions.

Lirha reached down to her waist and quickly retrieved her PADD with her free hand, then typed out a hasty message to her favorite security officer.

I miss you. Come see me. 3970 Starfleet Drive, apt 04A. ~Lirha

Her green thumb flicked the send button and away the transmission went, leaving Lirha to continue scratching Snuffles while she waited for a hopeful reply from Franklin.

Amaranai had sat at her desk filing paperwork and her eyes burned. She had been informed late in the day about the lifting of the communications ban for all Galileo crew and she had been itching to contact Lirha. However, work had kept her from doing so until the end of the day. Fortunately, Lirha had managed to contact her on her way home, so Amaranai changed her direction and headed for Lirha's apartment.

When Amaranai reached the door, she looked down at herself. She was in uniform still, but she didn't care. She had missed Lirha too much to run home and change. Amaranai had a feeling that her clothes wouldn't be on for too long anyway.

She knocked and waited. As the door opened, Amaranai didn't wait to fully see Lirha and jumped through the door, knocking them onto the floor. Her lips began to probe Lirha's lips and face, hands beginning to grope the body that had been longed for for so long.

The Orion caught only the briefest glance of Amaranai and began to smile before she found herself tackled to the ground and submitted. Her adrenaline suddenly spiked and before she knew it, she was furiously kissing and being kissed by Franklin. The hands that were groping her body elicited a whimper of delight; it'd been too long since Lirha had tasted or smelled the other woman, and she happily grinned and closed her eyes.

Amaranai's kisses moved across Lirha's face and fumbled with Lirha's clothes to disrobe her. After a moment of kissing, Amaranai noticed the door still partially open and kicked her foot out to close it. She paused the kisses a moment and looked into Lirha's eyes. Kissing the green lips underneath her, Amaranai smiled.

"I've missed you too," she said quietly and then kissed Lirha's lips once more.

It was the little things in life which often meant so much. The tingles of electricity that coursed through Lirha's body whenever she kissed Amaranai seemed to alleviate weeks of stress and bad thoughts. She had no words to say to her and instead just relished in the feeling of her body pressed against hers on the floor. Saalm smiled and leaned up to softly kiss Franklin's plush bottom lip while her fingers reached up to caress the side of her face.

Feeling the firm but gentle hands on her face only increased Amarnai's attempts to remove Lirha's clothing. As she started to feel Lirha's skin under her fingers, Amaranai slowed again.

"I think this might get a tad too uncomfortable," she said.

As she looked around, she also saw the targ staring.

"Plus, I don't like to be watched."

Amaranai kissed Lirha's lips and slid off of her and pulled her to a standing position.

"I think he's just curious," Saalm said with a light laugh when she caught Snuffles watching the two of them from across the room. "But he should know you well enough by now. He probably remembers you from DuJa'Q."

Amaranai chuckled at the thought of the targ being curious. Though she was not shy in the least, there was something about the beast being close by while Lirha and Amaranai enjoyed each other. Amaranai sat up and pulled Lirha up to sit with her. Amaranai hugged Lirha and kissed the green lips gently.

"I've missed being with you," Amaranai said. "And not just the sex, though that is a wonderful thing, but just being here with you."

Swooning at Franklin's affection, Saalm fluttered her dark eyelashes then leaned in close to her to wrap a comforting arm around the shorter woman's shoulders. "It's been difficult," she admitted, "to not see you for days at a time. But that's all over now and I have you to myself where no Starfleet order can take you away," she mischievously grinned.

It was nice to hear Lirha's words. It made Amaranai feel safer than she had in a long time. She was glad for what Lirha said about not being taken away by Starfleet and Amaranai knew that she was telling the truth.

"I know," she said. "Thank you."

Amaranai stood up and helped Lirha stand. Amaranai put her arms around her lover and pulled the two of them together.

"And as a show of thanks...."

The brunette reached up and began to take off Lirha's uniform and apply gentle kisses across the woman's shoulders and chest. She looked up at Lirha and smiled.

The wonderful twinges of arousal started to course through Lirha's extremities just as her red uniform vest finally hit the floor after being peeled off. Beneath it was a simple gray sports bra that she wore, and with little effort, she reached behind her shoulder blades to unclasp it. It, too, fell to the discard pile and was soon replaced with a warm touch when Saalm grabbed Amaranai's wrists and placed the Human's hands on her breasts. They ached for Franklin's attention.

Amaranai's body tingled as she removed Lirha's uniform and started to feel her green skin. She was grateful to the woman for unclasping the sports bra allowing Amaranai to drop it to the floor. Her abdomen tingled and she felt wetness between her legs as Lirha placed the brunette's hands onto her breasts. Amaranai leaned forward and placed her lips onto one of her breasts and began to suckle the nipple.

As she did so, she began to unzip her own vest and pulled it off. She grabbed Lirha's hands and brought them up to fondle her own breasts. Her panties were getting damp and her body wanted Lirha even more than she ever had to that point. Being so long without her had made her like an addict without their drug.

A shaky sigh of delight escaped Saalm's lips when Franklin began her intimate affections. She placed a hand on the side of Amaranai's neck then began to push her green digits up and into the back of her dark hair to keep her head in place, all the while looking down at the top of her gorgeous features. The warm and wet sensations of her mouth tending to her chest were enough to elicit a soft moan.

The feeling of Lirha's hands against her neck and coarsing through her hair felt wonderful. Amaranai could feel her head being pulled closer as she licked the green breast in front of her. Her body was feeling sensations it hadn't felt in some time and when Lirha moaned, Amaranai let out a small moan of her own.

Amaranai raised herself up to kiss Lirha on her lips. Slowly, she pushed her against the wall and kissed Lirha's lips and then moved down to her neck and breasts again. Then she followed the line between Lirha's breasts to her lower abdomen and then began to pull Lirha's pants down. She knelt down completely in front of Lirha and then looked up to grin.

One olive green hand gently cupped the side of Franklin's cheek while the other quickly unclasped the belt around her waist. Lirha pushed her black pants down to the floor with the help of Amaranai's anxious fingers, and soon her midnight black underwear was the only obstacle between them.

As Amaranai watched Lirha begin to remove her pants, Amaranai decided she needed to help. She hurried to push the pants down to the ground and then Amaranai got her a glimpse of Lirha that her body had been longing for. She looked up again and smiled and then sat on her knees to kiss her abdomen. Her lips reached the top of the black underwear and she gripped the waistband with her teeth. She pulled down the underwear with her teeth and could smell the musky scent escaping from Lirha. Amaranai wrapped her arms around Lirha's legs and began to kiss Lirha even further.

The buildup of tension started to skyrocket, but in a most pleasant manner. Lirha closed her eyes and leaned her head back against the wall while she focused on the erotic twinges in her pelvis that were elicited by each of Amaranai's kisses. Her green folds were pressed tightly against each other and glistening with her arousal. "...I missed you so much..." she whispered, waiting for Franklin to lick her clean.

Amaranai began to move her tongue into the lips in front of her. She tasted the nectar that she was releasing and lapped it up like a dog with water. After several minutes, Amaranai moved back up to kiss Lirha, letting the juices intermix in their mouths. Amaranai pulled her own pants and underwear down as they kissed and took Lirha's hand and placed it between her own legs to increase the pleasure already rocking through her body.

Fierce and passionate kisses were exchanged, and the Orion reveled in the flavor that played across Amaranai's palate. She lapped her tongue softly against her lover's while also letting the member guide across her plush lips.

Meanwhile, exploratory fingers grazed across the neatly-trimmed brown stubbles in between Franklin's legs; the private crease at the center of them was warm, and damp to the touch. It didn't take but a few delightful seconds for Saalm to begin to stroke in between them and feel the change of skin texture to her slippery inner lips. Lirha's thumb began to massage Franklin's throbbing button while two of her slender fingers slipped deep into her sex and began to massage her in a methodical upward-stroking motion.

As soon as Lirha's fingers entered, Amaranai lost her senses. She moaned loudly, having missed the sensation that was coarsing through her body at the moment. She put her own hand against Lirha's as a way to push the green fingers further inside, increasing the pleasure inside her gut. She felt the orgasm coming and let her juices spill onto Lirha's hand. But instead of letting Lirha remove her fingers, she simply pushed against the woman's hand to keep going. She wanted to keep going. She had missed her lover's touch and was going to get as much of it as possible.

"That's it...relax," Saalm cooed into Amaranai's ear with an affectionate smile while feeling her insides spasm around her fingers. The Orion kissed the side of Franklin's neck then started to nip gently against the smooth skin while slipping an additional finger in between her tight opening.

Amaranai's body relaxed as Lirha's fingers entered her further. She let out another moan with the combination of the fingers and the nips against her neck. Her breathing increased with each kiss and each movement. She allowed her body to have another orgasm within just a couple of minutes. Amaranai had been holding her breath during the actual orgasm and let it go, sucking in air quickly and then turning back to Lirha to kiss her lips and retrieve air from the other woman.

Amaranai pushed Lirha against the wall again and she pushed her own fingers into the slit between woman's legs. She wanted to make Lirha feel the same sensations she had been feeling for the past several minutes. Amaranai rubbed her fingers against Lirha and then inserted them into her. She kissed and fondled Lirha's body as her fingers increased in speed.

"God, I missed you, too," she said, acknowledging the statement made earlier.

It felt good to be loved. In this case, it was a most literal sense of the word. When her lover stretched her with her fingers, Lirha couldn't help but gasp then groan with delight. Her eyes briefly opened into narrow slits in order to look down in between her legs and take in the sight. In her most private of regions, Saalm could see the Human's wrist pushing further and further into her core. Each movement of the fingers inside her brought about intense twinges that forced her into ragged breathing. Her eyes fluttered closed and her knees went weak as she submitted to Franklin and let out a loud cry of ecstasy.

The cry of ecstasy from her lover only made Amaranai move her fingers more - further in, faster - to just keep the woman pleased. What was it about Lirha that made Amaranai want to please her so much?

The brunette stopped after another few moments of Lirha's body calming down and kissed the woman on the lips once more. She rested her head on the woman's chest and just lay there as her breath returned to normal. Amaranai sighed and looked up at the Orion as they stood against the wall. She offered a slight smile.

"So," she whispered. "How have you been?"

Lirha's green arms wrapped around Franklin's waist while she stared into her beautiful blue eyes. "Bored. Anxious," she started to answer, "and lonely." Her senses were still pleasantly twinging but she relished the chance to cuddle with Amaranai and speak to her. "You?"

Feeling the arms embrace her was all that Amaranai had wanted. She had gone sleepless for several nights again and had attributed it to not being with Lirha. The spoken words comforted Amaranai as she had felt the same. Slowly removing her fingers from Lirha's insides, Amaranai sighed.

"The same," she started. "Though I've had my sister to help combat the loneliness a little." She paused. "It's just not the same."

Lirha leaned her head down and began to slowly kiss Amaranai with a passion she hadn't felt in many months. She tilted her head for better access and cradled the back of the brunette's head while her tongue gently lapped and circled around Franklin's. All she wanted was for the two of them to spend the rest of their natural lives pressed together as they were, and it'd become so painful to be without her.

"Can I meet her?" Saalm asked in between long kisses.

The taste of Lirha's tongue mixed with hers caused Amaranai to not think about the question. It wasn't that she didn't want the two to meet but she hadn't really talked to Charlotte about the fact that, not only was Amaranai dating someone but that she was her commanding officer.

"It would be a good thing," she said. "If we're going to be together, she better approve."

She paused a moment.

"But no matter what she says, I'll still love you."

"I hope she does." Nesh probably wouldn't, Lirha thought to herself without much concern. "Maybe she should meet my own sister. They're close in age and it might help bring us together if the two of them end up enjoying each others' company?" she proposed.

Amaranai considered the offer. It was true, they were relatively close in age, with Nesh being a few years older than Charlotte, but not by much. If Lirha and Amaranai were to last as a couple, it would only make sense for the sisters to at least be cordial to each other, if not friends themselves.

"Sure," Amaranai said after a moment. "Why not?"

She second guessed herself immediately, but it was too late. Did Amaranai really want Charlotte to meet someone that was basically giving up on Starfleet - something that Amaranai herself had instilled was the best thing that had happened to her?

Lirha smiled at the acceptance of the offer. Finally...after months of loving and passion together, they would be able to start to take their relationship to a more permanent level. Saalm happily sighed and kissed Amaranai again, then cupped both of her olive green hands beneath the Human's milky white butt and lifted her hips up to her waist so her feet were off the ground. "Now I can carry you into my bedroom like I dreamed about," she grinned.

Amaranai didn't resist as Lirha lifted her smaller frame and wrapped her arms around Lirha's neck. She nuzzled her face into Lirha's neck and nipped kisses on the green shoulders that were supporting her.

"As long as we end up on your bed," Amaranai said. "I'll like that."

Franklin had a canny ability to read the Orion's thoughts from time to time, especially right now. It was only about ten paces to the small apartment's rear chamber, and after Lirha carried her through the door, she kicked it shut behind her and laid Amaranai down on her back in between the soft sheets. Saalm lazily flopped down on top of her then resumed her affectionate kisses against her plush lips.


Some Time Later...

Amaranai woke several hours later. She felt the arms of her lover around her - protecting her - and instantly she felt better. She rolled carefully around to face the woman and watch her sleep for a few moments before she was awake.

"Hello beautiful," she said when Lirha's eyes opened.

The shifting of positions in bed was enough to rouse Saalm from her light nap. With half-open eyes, she took in the sight, smell, scent, and feeling of Franklin who lay pressed against her. "..Hi..." she whispered with a small smile.

Amaranai reached her hand out and brushed Lirha's hair aside and rested her palm against the green cheek in front of her. She leaned forward and kissed the woman's lips. Their lips intertwined for several moments and Amaranai didn't want to release her hold on them - not anymore. And yet, their lips parted and Amaranai licked them because they were chapped. She sat back a moment.

"What happens now?"

Lirha explored both possible meanings of the question. There was the here and now which would probably include a shower and a meal together at some point in the near future; and then there was the more everlasting query about what direction their relationship would take as the days and weeks passed now that they were able to spend their time freely with one another.

"I can take you out for dinner and drinks after we clean up," she answered, tracing a fingernail down the side of Franklin's ribs. "And then we can do the same thing tomorrow night. And the night after, and the night after..." she added with a mischievous grin.

Amaranai shivered at the touch of the fingernail down her side. She smiled at the thought of dinner and drinks, but also at the thought of cleaning up. Lirha's mention of night after night after night of dinner and drinks made Amaranai wonder if she should inform Charlotte of her intention of staying with Lirha now that they were permitted to be together. Amaranai also wondered what would happen after Lirha's trial. If Lirha were sentenced to prison, the relationship would be torn asunder with little to grasp onto. If they were assigned to different ships, that would be better, but still difficult to see each other. And if they were assigned to the same ship, how would their relationship affect their professional environment? Inwardly, Amaranai sighed and restrained those questions for another time.

"Let's just start with tonight," Amaranai finally said and kissed Lirha's lips again. "We'll figure out the rest later."

That sounded like a promising deal to Lirha. "In that case, you're buying dinner," she teased, then quickly flung the blankets off of them to prepare for a mutual shower.

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RADM Lirha Saalm
Commanding Officer
USS Galileo

LT jg Amaranai Franklin
Assistant Chief Security / Tactical
USS Galileo

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