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The Swallow Tattoo
Date: 12/17/2014, Categories: Masturbation, Author: GoBigCatGo, Rating: 3, Source: LushStories
Finally home. Her soldier, her warrior, blocks the light from the front door of the cottage. His silhouette is dark and hard. She can’t see his face, aching to know if he is safe, or scarred this time. He’s always physically fine, beautiful and strong, but scarred beyond all recognition underneath that skin. And his uniform, all thickened into his pores like a shell. This time is no exception. She steps up to him and looks for some kindness in his eyes, but sees only the glint and creases of a polite smile. More armour. They hug, his buttons and buckles digging into the softness under the light dress she wore to please him, rasping at her washed and perfumed skin. He smells of carbolic, metal and earth. A noise escapes him, scraping boulders, and he holds her like the edge of a precipice. The same embrace they share when he leaves. Ah... There he is, his ghost anyway, in the desperation of that grip. She takes his hand and pulls him in as he removes his hat, stooping to fit into the little building. So incongruous and out-of-scale. His fingers are stiff and cold against her warmth and she trembles in them, apprehension and need. What have they done, those hands? What have those eyes seen, to be so guarded? She puts the chilling thoughts out of her mind. She knows what to do, and there is not much time. They go upstairs where she has filled the bath. She reaches up to kiss his lips for the first time and twitches, uncertain, at their resilience and stiffness, but checks her ...