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Jim smiled at her words, his gaze warmer. Despite the tone of their conversation, he couldn't help feeling immensely happy to get that answer from her. He'd loathe a life without her at this point. He wasn't even sure he'd manage to part now, but...

He just needed her to be completely sure that this was what she wanted. That she was aware of the risks and that she fully accepted them.

"And I'm yours," he said as he lifted his head and pressed his lips to hers. His hand settled on her side and he flipped them around on the bed, so that she was lying on her back and he was hovering above her.

Maybe she had no idea what she was getting into. She had lost a husband before and it had hurt terribly. Perhaps it was just such a loss that was making her rebel in this way. To sleep with a man and to continue doing it without chance of marriage was scandalous. Mary knew they had a word for women like her, even if Jim was the only man she was sleeping with. Mary loved him though, and she had realized that there was a difference among love and sex and marriage. One didn't need to be married to be committed to someone or to have sex with them. It was a wild idea for both her time and her social class.

Mary grinned up at him when he pushed her back on the bed. She smoothed her hands slowly down his chest. "Did you want something, Captain?"

Jim knew his own opinions on this matter were mad for their time, but then most of his opinions were. No doubt he could easily be called insane for some of the things he believed in and stood for, but luckily his reputation seemed to be mostly built around the fact that he'd been a Navy captain turned pirate.

He was just glad to live among people who shared in his beliefs. Just like he was immensely happy that he'd gotten Mary to see things more like he did too. If nothing else, then at least she was free, of both body and mind. A sentiment in which most women didn't share.

"To kiss you senseless," he smiled, yet despite his words he kissed her slowly, a hand curling on her waist. He broke the kiss and shifted around, settling his head on the nook of her shoulder. "To fall asleep... every day, just like this."

Mary had never even known that she could feel this free. Now that he had shown her, she never wanted to go back to her old life. All she wanted was to be with him and his crew, as loving and friendly as they all were to each other. While her family had been very loyal to each other, Mary had never had friends like she did on the Enterprise.

"Funny, I want those things too," she said quietly. "I'll bet you want me naked in your cabin all the time as well, don't you?"

"Hmm yes, we've spoken about that already," he murmured, grinning as his voice lilted in amusement. His hand slid up from her side and between her breasts, settling warmly at the center of her chest. "No clothes will be allowed in there. The punishment for breaking this rule will be... severe."

She cocked an eyebrow. "What sort of punishment?" There were punishments for the crew when they broke his rules, but somehow she felt that he had something different in mind for her.

"Guess you won't find out unless you break that rule," he teased with a lazy tone. "Or until you break that rule." It was more than clear that this wasn't any sort of actual punishment, nor was it an actual serious rule set by him as captain. Not like he'd just order her when to be naked or not, after all.

"Oh really?" Mary asked. "Is that a challenge?"

She kind of liked it though, being naked all the time in his cabin - their cabin, really. It wasn't as if her clothes stayed on for long anyway.

"I think the bigger challenge would be to see how long you could manage to keep your hands off me."

"Maybe it is," he grinned as he lifted his head and looked up at her, nipping playfully at the skin of her breast. "You know how fond I am of a good challenge."

Especially challenges of this nature. Not that they needed the added excitement to keep things interesting, but he sure enjoyed it nonetheless.

"You do know that I can be a merciless tease, don't you?" A sly grin crossed her lips. "Do you think you could really sit there and watch me touching myself without you joining in somehow?"

Mary doubted it. Jim tended to not have self-control when it came to her.

"Maybe I could," Jim shrugged, raising an eyebrow. "I do think you underestimate my self-control at times."

It was true he rarely ever stopped himself when it came to Mary, but then that was because he knew he didn't have to, and that she wanted him just as badly as wanted did her each time.

"Doubtful," Mary responded. "I'm irresistible to you."

Of course, the opposite was true as well. She might not be able to contain herself if she saw him pleasuring himself. Though to be fair, she found it very arousing to watch him do that.

Jim laughed at her words, loud and openly, shifting a little to look properly at her.

"Oh, my God! You are unbelievable," he pinched her side playfully, evidently not meaning that word in a bad way. In fact it was obvious he was teasing her about it. "Who's being cocky now?"

"I believe you've rubbed off on me, Jim." She grinned, laughing and swatting his hand when he pinched her. "Although I have always been somewhat vain. I would rather blame you though. You seduced a poor widow and made her a pirate's mistress."

Not that she had resisted much. Mary was hooked after their first time and Jim had done a lot to lessen any shame she may have felt about it.

"Well, I do often rub off on you in a myriad of ways," he teased, grinning even as he tried to feign a tone of offense at the accusation that followed. "Me? Lies and slander. You were eyeing me as much as I was eyeing you, and I didn't have a cleavage nearly as captivating as yours."

Mary rolled her eyes at his bawdy joke. She should have known that he would go there.

"Oh was I? Perhaps I was worried that as a ruthless pirate you were going to stab me or worse. I had no idea that my cleavage was captivating. My breasts aren't incredibly big."

Jim looked down briefly, looking almost serious if not for the way he cupped one of her breasts, hand moving as if examining it attentively.

"... yes, I guess they're not all that big, but... they're pretty," he leaned in and tipped his head down to lap his tongue across her nipple. "And very fun to play with."

She couldn't help but crack up at the way he grabbed her breasts and examined them. "I'm glad they meet with your approval, Jim."

It felt good to lay next to him and laugh. He made her so happy even when they were just being silly. Mary's eyes met his. "Are you spent or do you want me again?"

"As you very well should," he said almost seriously, failing to completely hide his grin. "I'm very thorough and demanding about these things."

Finally letting go of her breasts, he shifted a little and kissed her cheek, then her neck, burrowing his face into it with a sigh. "Later, yes. I could use some rest now."

Mary laughed softly and ran her hands up and down his back. "I've tired you out, then?" His stamina was very impressive, but he was only human. Most men got a bit tired after just one orgasm. At least Jim could go for two easily.

She curled up next to him and pulled the blanket up and around their bodies. "I love you."

He bit lightly at her neck, playful more than anything. "Don't test me, woman. I could just as easily go for a third round."

Well, not as easily, especially with how much he'd had to drink before, but still. For now, though, he was all too happy to lie in her arms, curled in close to her warmth, closing his eyes and relaxing against her as she tucked the blanket up to cover them both. "Love you too, Mary."

"But you'd rather sleep?" Mary tsked at him, but she was teasing of course. Honestly, she was tired too after what they had been through that night. At least at the end of it, they had confirmed that they only wanted to be with each other, regardless of the risks.

Mary was living in the moment, and at the moment, she was the happiest she had ever been. She laid her head on his chest and closed her eyes.

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