“Good. Rinse.” Pia waited until KT was suds free, then leaned back against the shower wall and pulled KT with her, dropping her hands to KT’s hips and guiding KT’s thigh between her legs. “Because if you’re going to spend four nights a week in Boston, I don’t want you to be wasting your time.”

KT braced her elbows against the wall on either side of Pia’s shoulders and rhythmically thrust her leg between Pia’s. Pia moaned and KT smiled. “You did too miss me.”

“Maybe.” Pia tilted her head back, her eyes hazy and her smile soft. “You?”

“Every minute,” KT growled as she lowered her mouth to Pia’s. She kissed her hard this time, her tongue insistent as she drew her thigh in and out between Pia’s. She found Pia’s breast, closing her fingers around it as she thumbed the nipple. She felt Pia’s fingers dig into her buttocks, urging her to pump harder, and she knew that Pia was ready. When she moved her left hand down, eager to satisfy her, Pia caught her wrist.

“No,” Pia gasped. “You can’t.”

“Damn it,” KT muttered, angling her body to fit her right hand between Pia’s legs. “I need both hands to touch you. I need all of you.”

On a laugh that was nearly a sob, Pia guided KT inside her. “Touching me or not, you have all of me.”

“I love you,” KT whispered, reveling in the heat of Pia’s body. She thrust more gently than she had intended, her hunger sharp but her pleasure tempered by awe. She was where she wanted to be, needed to be, and she was desperate for this moment never to end. “Tell me. God, Pia, tell me.”

Pia drew one leg up, circling KT’s hips, taking her even deeper inside. She knew what her lover asked, and she never tired of answering. It was no hardship to bestow what she wanted so very much to give. She would come for her in a minute, holding nothing back. But before that, she would give her what they both needed. “I love you. Always.”

“It’s quiet here without her, isn’t it,” Reese said, softly running her hand up and down Tory’s arm.

“Almost too quiet.”

“Yeah.”

“I wonder how long it will be before she can stay overnight with her grandmothers and we won’t miss her.” Tory drew one leg over Reese’s and curled into the side of her body, murmuring contentedly as she nuzzled Reese’s neck. The windows were open, and the breeze carried winter on its wings.

“Not ever, I don’t think.” Reese kissed Tory’s forehead, her fingers drifting lazily along the curve of her lover’s breast. “But it is nice that it’s just the two of us now and then.”

“Especially today.” Tory raised up on an elbow, kissed the tip of Reese’s chin, and smiled. “Nervous?”

Reese laughed and pulled Tory on top of her. She bent one leg at the knee so that Tory could settle between her thighs. “No. Excited. You?”

“Mmm. Excited and happy.” Tory smoothed her cheek over Reese’s breast, absently brushing the nipple with her lips. “It’s funny,” she mused, unmindful of the quickening of Reese’s breath. “We’ve been together for years now and have a child, but I still feel like a bride.”

“It’s special, standing up in front of our friends and family to pledge our love.”

“Are you okay that KT will be coming with Pia?”

“Of course. I like her.”

“Funny, me too.” Tory made absent circles on Reese’s stomach with her fingertips, aware now of the tension humming in Reese’s body. “And I love that Bri is going to stand up with you. The two of you will look so handsome.”

Laughing, Reese threaded her fingers into Tory’s hair, unconsciously guiding Tory’s mouth back to her nipple. “Everyone knows how much I love you, but I want to say it out loud for all the world to hear.” Her voice was husky, deep with emotion and desire. “I want everyone to know that I belong to you.”

“And I to you,” Tory murmured even as her focus shifted from the upcoming ceremony to the woman in her arms. Always, always there was Reese, and only Reese. Reese kept nothing from her, not her tenderness or her fears or her devotion.

No matter where they were, no matter what convention said of them or what circumstance befell them, the only thing that truly mattered was what bound them, heart and soul the love they had forged. Reese was her answer and her hope, her home and her destiny, her partner and her passion. Reese was her heart, as she knew she was Reese’s. She would say that aloud to all who would listen today, tomorrow, and every day to come. They would live with their love as their shield and their banner, for all the days of their lives. This was their truth.