Angelos Heatwave - #4
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veiledndarknessVlad/Joanna - Bittersweet Symphony
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Vlad eyed the water before him, a faint scowl twisting his lips. He leaned back further into the shade of the umbrella, the sand scorching under his toes. He pushed his sunglasses further up his nose, the light creeping over the sand.
“You do know that the sun won’t make you explode, right?” Joanna dropped down beside him, her eyes amused as she looked him over.
“Not at once, but eventually, yeah,” Vlad said dryly.
She rolled her eyes and dug out a bottle of sunscreen from her canvas tote bag. “Mhm, in the meanwhile, the children nearby are taking bets over the albino ‘monster’ they spotted this way,” she said.
Vlad’s lips twitched. “That bastard made off with my sandwich, I’ll have you know,” he said.
Joanna chuckled and squirted some of the cream onto her palm. She began smoothing it onto one arm, her lightly tanned skin drawing Vlad’s attention. “A little sunshine won’t kill you,” she said. “All you need is sunscreen and you’ll be fine.”
“Yes, but the heat very well might,” he said. The heat wave had lingered for so long; Vlad had begun to wonder if the ozone had fizzled away. Joanna grinned and smoothed more cream into her other arm.
“Come into the water with me before you frighten all the children away,” she said, unperturbed by his protests.
Vlad hunched his shoulders, his black t-shirt sticking to his back uncomfortably. “Maybe,” he said. Joanna looked at him over her shoulder, her blond hair gleaming against her tanned skin, the straps of her bikini top slipping down. Vlad swallowed lightly, his throat working hard.
“Do my back?” she asked, holding the bottle out.
He took it wordlessly and gestured for her to lean forward. Jo did so, tugging her straps down carefully, her palm pressed against her chest keeping the top up. He squeezed the cream onto his palm and began rubbing it into Joanna’s shoulders, her warm skin making him break out in goose bumps.
Vlad concentrated on covering her skin, his fingers sliding through the slick cream. He breathed out, his palm tingling as he touched her. “Done,” he said eventually.
Joanna slipped the straps back up and winked at him. “Thanks,” she said. “Come in the water now, you’re sweating terribly under that shirt, I know it.”
Vlad eyed the water again, blue and inviting, the waves lapping at the edge of the sand. “Alright,” he said grudgingly. “A few minutes only.”
Joanna looked him over. “You’re missing something though,” she said.
Vlad shrugged his shirt off. “What?’ he asked, looking at the sand around him.
Joanna giggled and dabbed a small dollop of cream on Vlad’s nose. ‘There,” she said. “Perfect.”
He stared at her with his best, ‘I am not amused’ look. She grinned and rubbed it in, kissing him as she did so. Vlad wrapped his arms around her, the kiss deepening. Joanna turned her head after a moment, licking her lower lip. “There are children watching us,” she murmured.
Vlad looked over in their direction, several little kids openly watching them. Joanna stood up, dusting the sand from her bottom. She tugged Vlad up by the hand and marched towards the water. Vlad looked over at the kids and growled softly, sending them scampering and squealing away from him.
“Vlad,” Joanna chided him lovingly. “Don’t scare the children.”
“Mongrels,” he muttered. She laughed and bumped hips with him. “You’re terrible, what are you going to do when we have kids, hmm?”
Vlad paused at the water’s edge, blinking. “You…”
She smiled and walked into the water, her long legs tempting him. “You need to cool off,” she said, splashing him suddenly.
Vlad recovered quickly and grabbed her, cradling her against his chest for a moment before dropping her into the water, her delighted shrieks filling the air.
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Vlad eyed the water before him, a faint scowl twisting his lips. He leaned back further into the shade of the umbrella, the sand scorching under his toes. He pushed his sunglasses further up his nose, the light creeping over the sand.
“You do know that the sun won’t make you explode, right?” Joanna dropped down beside him, her eyes amused as she looked him over.
“Not at once, but eventually, yeah,” Vlad said dryly.
She rolled her eyes and dug out a bottle of sunscreen from her canvas tote bag. “Mhm, in the meanwhile, the children nearby are taking bets over the albino ‘monster’ they spotted this way,” she said.
Vlad’s lips twitched. “That bastard made off with my sandwich, I’ll have you know,” he said.
Joanna chuckled and squirted some of the cream onto her palm. She began smoothing it onto one arm, her lightly tanned skin drawing Vlad’s attention. “A little sunshine won’t kill you,” she said. “All you need is sunscreen and you’ll be fine.”
“Yes, but the heat very well might,” he said. The heat wave had lingered for so long; Vlad had begun to wonder if the ozone had fizzled away. Joanna grinned and smoothed more cream into her other arm.
“Come into the water with me before you frighten all the children away,” she said, unperturbed by his protests.
Vlad hunched his shoulders, his black t-shirt sticking to his back uncomfortably. “Maybe,” he said. Joanna looked at him over her shoulder, her blond hair gleaming against her tanned skin, the straps of her bikini top slipping down. Vlad swallowed lightly, his throat working hard.
“Do my back?” she asked, holding the bottle out.
He took it wordlessly and gestured for her to lean forward. Jo did so, tugging her straps down carefully, her palm pressed against her chest keeping the top up. He squeezed the cream onto his palm and began rubbing it into Joanna’s shoulders, her warm skin making him break out in goose bumps.
Vlad concentrated on covering her skin, his fingers sliding through the slick cream. He breathed out, his palm tingling as he touched her. “Done,” he said eventually.
Joanna slipped the straps back up and winked at him. “Thanks,” she said. “Come in the water now, you’re sweating terribly under that shirt, I know it.”
Vlad eyed the water again, blue and inviting, the waves lapping at the edge of the sand. “Alright,” he said grudgingly. “A few minutes only.”
Joanna looked him over. “You’re missing something though,” she said.
Vlad shrugged his shirt off. “What?’ he asked, looking at the sand around him.
Joanna giggled and dabbed a small dollop of cream on Vlad’s nose. ‘There,” she said. “Perfect.”
He stared at her with his best, ‘I am not amused’ look. She grinned and rubbed it in, kissing him as she did so. Vlad wrapped his arms around her, the kiss deepening. Joanna turned her head after a moment, licking her lower lip. “There are children watching us,” she murmured.
Vlad looked over in their direction, several little kids openly watching them. Joanna stood up, dusting the sand from her bottom. She tugged Vlad up by the hand and marched towards the water. Vlad looked over at the kids and growled softly, sending them scampering and squealing away from him.
“Vlad,” Joanna chided him lovingly. “Don’t scare the children.”
“Mongrels,” he muttered. She laughed and bumped hips with him. “You’re terrible, what are you going to do when we have kids, hmm?”
Vlad paused at the water’s edge, blinking. “You…”
She smiled and walked into the water, her long legs tempting him. “You need to cool off,” she said, splashing him suddenly.
Vlad recovered quickly and grabbed her, cradling her against his chest for a moment before dropping her into the water, her delighted shrieks filling the air.
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