October 31, 1888 - Bixby Apartment, Hogsmeade

Yellow diamonds in the light
And we're standing side by side
As your shadow crosses mine
What it takes to come alive

It's the way I'm feeling I just can't deny
But I've gotta let it go

We found love in a hopeless place

Early morning light trickled into the room, landing on Rufus as he began to wake up. His heavy lids reminded him it had been a late night, he probably hadn’t managed more than three or four hours of sleep with his tired he felt. But the light playing on his closed eyelids told him it would soon be time to start moving for practice.

Beside him a gentle breathing woke him fully up and Rufus came face to face with Tuni. His wife. A smile crossed his lips as it dawned on him fully, Tuni was his wife. Her unbound brown hair twisted around her as her face remained peacefully asleep. Rufus smiled, remembering the night before. The moment in the Park, the marriage, the wedding night. His gentle wife's passion, his own. This was happiness, this feeling. There would be no more ‘what ifs’ or rumors to tear them apart. Just the two of them and the love they shared.

  

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It surely had all been a dream. There was no way they could have gone from nearly never seeing one another again to getting married. She was loathe to wake from such a dream, truthfully. Fearful that if she opened her eyes she wouldn't see him there next to her. But her other senses took care of that even before she opened her eyes. She could smell him, the warmth sort of musky masculine smell she was so used to of him. She could feel the weight of him next to her as he began to stir away, too. And then she opened her eyes.

Big brown eyes took a moment to focus but a smile soon broke over her features when she did indeed see Rufus lying there and smiling down at her.

She stretched out her legs underneath the blankets, wincing ever so slightly at the ache of a long and wonderful night. "Morning love," she said softly as she stretched a hand up to brush against the faint stubble growing on his cheeks from having yet to shave for the day.

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Brown eyes slowly fluttered open to look at him, a big smile dawning on her lips as she too realized and remembered. Rufus's heart swelled. "Morning wife." He returned, the word feeling odd in his mouth this. He reached his hand up to cover her own and then leaned down to kiss her forehead. "How did you sleep?"

  

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Tuni hummed pleasantly at the sound of the word wife on his lips. She could definitely get used to that. It would be something that she held onto tightly through the likely storm they were about to face. She knew it wasn't going to be easy but it would be so worth it if he always woke up looking at her like that. It was truly perfect.

"Never better," she answered with that same grin, "How about you? "

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Tuni's grin, so full of joy and happiness, was one of the most beautiful things Rufus thought he'd ever seen. "Good." He agreed, kissing her deeply. He could not image a better way to wake up. "Better if we could stay like this all day." He admitted with a roguish grin. But that was just the problem they both still had work to go to today. Not exactly how he had expected to spend the day after he got married - if he ever did. But now he had and he'd take each delicious moment with Tuni when he could 'cause at least he had her.

  

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Tuni hummed happily at his answer with a deep and quite lovely kiss. She had to agree full heartedly. Remaining right there in bed would be the best course of action. If only they could. Damned work. "We could always call in," she said trailing a finger along his jaw and down his bare chest, even though she very well knew what the answer would be. They couldn't exactly afford to do such a thing. Not now that they were officially married. Society was already going to be staring at them as a result and if they started to flounder with money, well, it would only prove all the naysayers right.

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The trail of Tuni's fingers was like fire, tempting him into other plans for his morning. Chuckling at her suggestion, he ran a hand through her hair and down her neck, gently running it across her collarbone and over her shoulder till he idly ran a finger over her back. "Mmm, tempting." For a moment he'd allow that temptation to take hold, just a moment, he promised himself. Tuni deserved much more than a moment the morning of her wedding night, but unfortunately he knew that couldn't be. No matter how much they might want it. He leaned down and gently kissed behind her ear and down her neck where she had moaned the night before.

  

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Tuni couldn't help but to giggle at his own chuckle and the feel of his finger trailing across bare skin. It was a strange sort of sensation, really. Tickling but also quite enticing. She knew she'd never grow tired of such a thing and they hadn't even been man and wife a full twenty-four hours yet! Eloping surely was the best idea she'd ever had despite the drama that was sure to come.

His kisses were sure to bring another soft moan from her lips and she leaned toward him, pressing herself against him as much as she could. Her legs easily tangled with his own as her hands gripped at his shoulders simply for something to hold on to. "You're not going to be allowed to leave if you go much further," she said in a breathless sort of manner, speaking all too much of the desires she craved from him.

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"Is that so?" Rufus asked mischievously, nipping her earlobe as she tangled into him. Perhaps they could spare a few moments after all, he thought, letting his body react to his wife. His wife. The words still rang through his mind with a happy prideful feeling. "And what are you going to do if I don't stop, Mrs. Bixby?" He asked with a chuckle as he pulled her closer to him, allowing his words to dance across her ear and neck in a warm breathe.

  

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"Mhm," Tuni responded before giggling all over again as he nipped at her earlobe. Hearing him call her Mrs. Bixby sent a thrill through her entire being. She was his wife. She was all his. Forever from that day forward. She quite enjoyed that thought. All those other girls who may have once been in his life somehow or even just thought of by others no longer mattered in the slightest. She was his and he was hers. His words and that very thought caused a wicked sort of grin to grace her features.

"Perhaps a little of this," she said softly, her own words getting a bit breathless as she kissed along his jawline and down his throat and collar bone all while her hands slid from his shoulders down his arms. They didn't stop there though as they trailed down his chest once more before dancing dangerously close to his groin where she could already feel his own reaction of her against him growing. "Maybe a little more," she whispered against his skin, thoughts flashing to the book so many months ago that had resulted in her showing up at his door to tempt fate further as her hand brushed against his own arousal but without fully grasping it, clearly teasing for the moment.

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"Mmmm." Rufus sighed at her touch wanting nothing more than to let her willingly lead him down this path. He let his hand slide down to her waist and further, taking in the curves of his wife as he let his fingers trail lightly across her skin to see where she would lead. "You, wife, are much too tempting for any man's sake." He told her leaning in to kiss a trail down her shoulder and collarbone and down between the hills of her breasts, careful not to nudge away her own hand.

  

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Clearly, Tuni had won. She wasn't entirely sure what she was doing or where she should go with it all but she knew instinct would perhaps be best in those moments. It was a bit hard, however, to remain focused as his own hands wandered and his lips trailed their own path of heated kisses on her body. Her back arched slightly into him, pressing against him as one hand did finally wrap around his own arousal. She didn't grasp too firmly though, knowing enough that gentle pressure was more than enough as her free hand ran up his side to cup his chin and bring his face back to her own so that a searing and deep kiss as she gently began to stroke him beneath the sheets. "Good thing you're the only man I want," she whispered against his lips during a brief pause of their kiss.

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The thought of Tuni wanting another man made Rufus frown for a moment but only a moment. He'd never really doubted Tuni's love of him. "Good thing." He murmured as he kissed her breast slowly, letting her have her way for a moment. Only a moment, he promised himself again as his spare hand tightened it's hold on her butt ever so slightly.

  

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Tuni was well out of her element, no matter what they'd done the moment they'd gotten back to his home after their visit to Gretna Green. She hadn't read many of those books after getting one from Febs but she'd read enough to learn a few things. But, of course, that was just reading. She still had never experienced any of it until Rufus had brought her home. But it didn't mean she wasn't at least willing to learn and try. She was a rather analytical sort of type, after all, and liked to learn things hands on wherever possible. He was just very distracting so her hands still as she got lost in the feelings and emotions she was experience. "Tell me what to do," she said softly, her cheeks flushed with a bit of embarrassment as well as pleasure.

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When Rufus had brought Tuni home last night it was clear it was her first time, something Rufus had neither doubted nor been upset by. Instead he had taken it in stride, carefully leading her. It had been so natural between them the several times they had been together last night that Rufus had almost forgotten that this was only the beginning for her. He was reminded now as he hand stilled and she looked at him for askance, cheeks pink from exertion and perhaps even a bit of embarrassment. "Relax." He answered her gently, moving over her and nudging her knees apart. He leaned down to kiss a trail down past her breasts and belly button and further south. His hands moved down her thighs, rolling her onto her back as he began to kiss back up the trail, taking a moment with each breast before moving up her collarbone to the sensitive spots below her neck. "Just relax." He repeated one hand creeping north up her inner thigh to make sure she was ready. Poised to enter, Rufus paused, "This alright?" His words were thick with lust but he would not do anything she didn't wish to. He hadn't last night and he wouldn't now, or tomorrow, or next month, or ever. He respected and loved Tuni too much for that.

  

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Tuni nodded, biting on her bottom lip as she willed herself to do just that and relax. It was hard for someone like her though, to not overthink and to simply allow instinct to take over. The previous night had been a euphoric one and she'd been on a bit of an adrenaline high as a result so it had been much easier. But now, in the faint morning light, her mind was racing with what she needed to or should do. But feeling his lips against her flushed skin was more than enough to take her mind off of too much overthinking.

Her body arched into him instinctively, craving to feel more of him against her. His lips at the sensitive parts of her neck had her humming with pleasure while her hands twisted in the sheet under her. One hand didn't remain there long as he hesitated above her and spoke in such a tone. "Always," she whispered back to him, soft tones laced with love and desire as she reached up with one hand to cup his cheek and meet his lips with her own again. The searing kiss only added to her approval and acceptance of his question.

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