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1. This Photograph is Proof This was originally posted on Free For All Friday over on Twilighted last week. a / n: Big thanks to annanabanana who beta'ed this for me, and melissa228, scarlettletters, lolashoes and windycitywonder who preread and committed mutiny on the SS Flail. Also to manyafandom for letting me smut all over you guys. Enjoy. 3 They were beautiful. Sinuous limbs and soft curves glowed in the moonlight streaming from the window behind them. The air was heavy in the room, the silence only broken by the small sounds of their moans and sighs, the quiet clicks of my shutter as I shot frame after frame. It was the best birthday present ever. When Bella had given me her teasing smile and said she was finally going to give me what I'd been pining for since our junior year of college more than ten years before, I'd had no idea what she meant. I was perfectly content in our lives. After a few years of floundering, I'd finally made a name for myself as a freelance photographer, and while I wasn't exactly in high demand, I was offered enough jobs to keep us comfortable. Enough so that Bella was able to spend her days in the studio as she wished, instead of having to work in order to keep us afloat. She came home paint splattered and smiling every night, and I'd never been happier. When my confusion registered with her, she'd only had to utter one word to make me understand. "Tor." Suddenly, it had all come flooding back to me. Before me there had been Tor, Bella's best friend, roommate and lover throughout her first three years at the University of Washington. Tor was a photography student like me, though one year ahead of both Bella and me, and when 1. This Photograph is Proof
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I'd seen her and Bella at a party I knew I had to photograph them. Unfortunately, they'd never let me. Though they remained close friends, their relationship had been waning as Tor's senior year came to a close and they'd realized they were heading in different directions with their lives. So while Tor had graduated and gone on to make a name for herself as a photographic journalist, Bella's and my friendship had blossomed into something more. Into love. Ten years later, we'd come full circle. I captured their trailing fingers and tongues, their parted lips and arching limbs as they moved together on the dark blue sheets. I made a study of their contrasts through my lens. Tor was all bold slashes of color against Bella's quiet subtlety; burning flames and banked embers. Long and lanky limbs tangled with soft curves, dips and hollows compressed into one slick and sinuous rhythm. The porcelain of their skin glowed pearlescent in the light streaming through the window, the only demarcation between them the freckles that flecked Tor's flesh. I was able to keep myself somewhat removed from the eroticism of the scene before me, focusing instead on the play of light and shadow, framing shots abstractedly as their bodies moved together. I didn't want to be that creepy guy moaning and jacking it in the corner, but as their movements and their sounds increased in intensity I found myself less able to focus on the mechanics of my camera. I stood transfixed. Their legs tangled as their mouths met, muting their moans for a moment before Tor pulled back, trailing down Bella's neck to her chest, taking one perfect peak into her mouth while her long 1. This Photograph is Proof
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fingers twisted and plucked the other. Bella moaned and arched, her hands tangling into the riotous flames of Tor's hair, holding her mouth to her breast. My cock pulsed painfully within my pants, and without conscious thought I rubbed it through the barrier of my jeans, trying to relieve the pressure. When the movement registered, I quickly removed my hand, shaking my head to clear it and brought the camera back to my face. I nearly dropped it from my shaking hands when Tor's fingers met Bella's slick folds, when the wet sounds of them sliding into Bella and her strangled cry filled the room as Tor's thumb began to run in quick circles over her clit. Tor slowly moved to straddle Bella, pulling and pushing until their pussies were pressed together. They both gasped quietly, their eyes holding for the beat of a breath before they began to move together, undulating in a liquid and languorous rhythm that sped gradually until it became an erratic dance in time with their panting breaths and murmurs. I sat down heavily in the chair across from the bed, camera dangling from my limp hand, when they came with sharp keening whimpers that spoke of the stabbing and sudden surprise of overwhelming pleasure, their bodies arching and bucking beautifully against each other. There was a slashing stab of jealousy for one breathless moment as Tor climbed slowly up Bella's body, when their hands entwined as they rolled to their sides and kissed, sloppy and sated. There was such a comfort about the way they moved with one another, even after nearly twelve years apart, they could still come together as seamlessly as though it had only been a few days. I wondered if Bella missed this. If some part of her felt empty and cold without this--this love I could not give her--to fill it.
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As though she could hear my thoughts from across the room, Bella rolled lazily onto her back, turning her head to find me. She smiled, pursing her lips in a quiet kiss and whispering, "I love you." The sound filled the room, filled my head as if it had been a scream rather than barely a breath. I tried to return her smile but I knew insecurity still tightened my features because she got up from the bed and walked to me, settling on my lap and pulling my face to hers. She smelled like sandalwood and sex--like Tor--but underneath it was the familiar: faint turpentine under the stronger scents of ginger and lemon. Bella. Her mouth was soft and warm against mine, her tongue a sweet and slick intrusion. Her hands were small and smooth against the rasping rough of my cheeks, and as I swallowed the sweet sigh of her breath, I felt my chest loosen and lighten, the weight of insecurity lift. I used the strap to lower my camera to the floor, my hands running up the silk skin of her back to tangle in the cool weight of her hair, holding her to me as I changed the angle of the kiss. She pressed against me, into me, reminding me of the throbbing I'd tried to ignore the entire evening. I felt her lips spread into a smile against my mouth and couldn't fight the answering grin that split my face, effectively breaking our kiss. She leaned back, her hands in my hair, and surveyed me. "I missed you, green eyes," she murmured, kissing me quickly, sweetly. "But you're wearing far too many clothes for my taste, at the moment," she teased. "Far be it from me to disappoint you," I laughed. Her hands found the tensed skin of my stomach, pushing my shirt up as they glided up my torso. I raised my arms and let her remove it completely, sighing when she pressed her naked chest against mine, moaning when she shifted purposefully against me. 1. This Photograph is Proof
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She slid off my lap, kneeling in front of me and popped open the button on my jeans, slowly sliding the zipper down. I lifted my hips to help as she pulled my pants and boxers down simultaneously, leaving me bare, heavy and aching before her. Her eyes flitted up to mine, a teasing smile creasing their edges as she bit her lip and surveyed my twitching length. Her small fingers glided up my shaft, warm and smooth and so light on my sensitive skin that it was almost too much. I closed my eyes as they circled my head, spreading the wetness around the tip. I gasped, choking back a moan when I felt the warm wet of her mouth engulf me and the vibrations of her small moan skitter electrically across my nerve endings. I opened my eyes, looking down at her as she moved over me. Her eyes were closed, lashes creating long shadows over her cheeks. Her hair was a mass of tangles framing her face, her cheeks flushed, her lips dark and swollen and spread around me so beautifully... God. I leaned my head against the back of the chair, unable to take the sight of her mouth moving over me for very long. My hands twisted passively in her hair, letting her set the rhythm, though I could not keep my hips from thrusting sporadically. A movement across the room caught my eye. Tor sat on her knees, her hand between her legs, her eyes locked on us. She must have felt my gaze, her eyes met mine and her brow quirked up as though to ask permission. I nodded, not ashamed or uncomfortable in the least with her watching. Not when I'd been witness to their intimate acts mere minutes before. I closed my eyes again, letting my entire self be swallowed up in the wet and warm suction of Bella's mouth, the languid swipes of her tongue and the hands that soothed and incited.
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My eyes flew open again when I heard the soft whir of the shutter to my right. Tor had moved from the bed and grabbed one of the cameras, taking shots of Bella as she kneeled between my legs. I moved Bella's hair from her shoulder, giving Tor a cleaner shot of her mouth as it moved over me. I felt myself swell and ache inexplicably at the thought of Tor taking photos of Bella and me. Though I'd taken countless shots of us over the years, there was something different, something more elicit about the reversal of this night that incited me beyond belief. Knowing I was about to come in her mouth, I tugged gently on Bella's hair. She released me with a loud pop, wiping her smiling mouth with her fingers and kissing my thigh. She leaned over, grasping Tor's face and bringing her in for a kiss. They broke, breathless, moments later when Tor laughed. "You taste like him." "Mmm, I know," Bella purred, licking her lips with a grin. "Jesus, when did you get to be such a cock whore?" Tor teased in her usual brash fashion. I choked on a laugh, loving that Bella could blush at words when she had no problem engaging in sexual acts with two different people on the same night. Bella's eyes met mine, full of laughter despite her blush. "When I met him... and his cock." "Come here," I growled, pulling her up. She straddled my lap, positioning herself to slide over me, but I stopped her. "Turn around so Tor can watch," I suggested. She smiled sexily, biting my bottom lip before she complied.
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She turned around, gripping me in her fist and lifting her hips. I buried my face in her neck and groaned as she slid over me until she sat flush with my thighs. I slid to the edge of the chair, pulling her back against my chest and pumping into her. "Fuck," she moaned. "Christ, you guys are pretty," Tor murmured, the clicks and whirs of the camera resuming. Our only answer was a pair of breathless moans as we became lost in one another. I bit and sucked at Bella's shoulder as I fucked her, alternating between thrusting up into her and letting her slide herself up and down on my cock. She was so tight and hot and wet and her small sounds filled my head as we moved together. Bella arched against me and cried out sharply just as I felt a warm weight settle between my legs. I looked down to see Tor kneeling between mine and Bella's spread thighs, her tongue sliding against Bella's clit. "Fuck," I grit out between clenched teeth as Bella's pussy gripped me in a slick fist and her left hand tangled painfully in my hair. I stared transfixed at the sight before me. Bella's body bowed between us, her fingers clenched in the curling flames that settled over our thighs. Tor's mouth on Bella's pussy as Bella undulated against us both. I watched as though in a dream, utterly overwhelmed by the onslaught of sensation. With one hand, I gripped Bella's hip, anchoring her to me as I began to thrust sharp and fast into her. I cupped her breast in the other, twisting and pinching her nipple as Tor's mouth began to work over her in time with my movements. Her fingers spread Bella's folds as she licked and sucked at her slick skin. Bella's hands gripped us both as she tensed 1. This Photograph is Proof
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and pulsed and vibrated over me. "Oh god, oh fuck," she keened. "Come for me, Bella," I murmured breathlessly in her ear, knowing I was not going to be able to last much longer with her gripping me so tightly. "Come for us." "I can't... it's too much... fuck," she babbled even as she tensed and fluttered around me. Her breath came in sobs as she began to move erratically against us both, mine and Tor's hands overlapping as we held her hips down. I slammed up into her just as Tor sucked her clit hard into her mouth. Bella fell apart, bucking wildly as she cried out, her fingers clenching in my hair painfully. I continued to thrust into her, groaning her name loudly as I came. Finally, she collapsed against me, our bodies sliding slickly against each other. "Thanks guys," she laughed weakly. "That was... wow. Yeah." I glanced down at Tor who had sat down on the floor. "Yeah, wow," I echoed, smiling in gratitude and amusement at our utter lack of articulation. She nodded and winked, grabbing the camera at her side and taking a shot of Bella and I slumped against one another. After a few minutes, when we'd caught our breath, Bella stood. "Oh my god, my legs feel like jelly," she giggled and then groaned as a trail of liquid began to drip down her thigh. "The consequences of being a cock whore," she said with a laugh. She began to move to the bathroom to clean up when Tor stopped her by grabbing her hips from her position on the floor. She shot Bella a mischievous look before dragging her tongue along the wetness on Bella's thigh, tasting both mine and Bella's come.
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Bella and I both groaned as we watched. "God, that should be really gross but for some reason is so fucking sexy," Bella moaned before leaning down and kissing Tor. "Mmm," she murmured as she broke away. "Whatcha think?" Tor laughed. "I think I still prefer pure, unadulterated pussy," she said, but leaned around Bella to look at me. "But I have to admit, it's not as bad as I thought it would be. Congrats, Edward." I couldn't help the barking laugh that burst out of me. "Umm... thanks?" "Anytime." x~X~x Hours later, when Tor had left, Bella and I lay entwined in bed, neither sleeping nor speaking, just content to lay within the other's arms. I played idly with her hair as I mentally recounted the events of the night. "I love you," she sighed after a few moments. "I love you too," I murmured. "Thank you for my birthday gift." She giggled. "I feel like I should be the one thanking you. I think I'm still tingling. That was amazing." I laughed and nodded in agreement, though some small part within me tightened and ached with insecurity. "Do you--does it... never mind," I trailed off. She leaned up on her elbow. "What?" she asked, her face creasing with confusion and worry. I rolled onto my back and sighed. "Nothing. I don't know. I just... I just wondered if you missed it. Tor. If you felt like something was... missing 1. This Photograph is Proof
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in your life. With me, I mean," I rambled, turning my face away to hide my fear. "Hey," she whispered, her hand on my cheek, tugging until I looked at her again. She moved to press against my side, her lips meeting mine softly. "I love Tor, she was and is a huge part of my life. But what I feel for her now, even what I felt for her then, is nothing compared to what I have with you. Nothing." Her eyes held mine, filled with quiet assurance. "I know," I said finally. "It was stupid." "Not stupid," she said, shaking her head. "If this had been reversed--which, by the way, would never happen, I don't care how much of a double standard it is--I would have been eaten alive with jealousy over you touching someone else." "It's not that I was even jealous, really," I explained. "I just worried that you were missing something I couldn't give you." "It's a different experience, sure, but I don't ever miss it--as in feel a void without it. You give me everything, Edward. I want for nothing with you." "Ok," I said, turning on my side and gathering her to me. She wriggled against me, pulling her leg over my hip and pressing into me until I'd slipped inside her. "There," she sighed. "Now I have everything." I rolled her over, our hands entwined as her mouth muted my sigh of contentment. We moved together, slow and sweet until we both fell asleep, still joined. x~X~x
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When I finally was able to go through the film the next day, I was overjoyed at the amount of amazing shots both Tor and I had managed to achieve. One shot in particular caught my eye and stilled my breath: Bella and me completely lost to one another as we moved together. My face was buried in her neck, one of her hands was clutching my hair, the other entwined with mine against her hip. Her eyes were closed, her mouth twisted up in just the barest hint of a smile. I don't know what specifically about it spoke to me, I only knew it was the evidence my still trembling heart needed to let the full weight of Bella's words settle upon me, to hear it as truth. She wanted for nothing, because she had me. I studied the rest of the photographs as they developed, noting the ones that came out particularly well. Though photographing sex might seem simple, it's actually very hard to walk the line between outright porn and artistic eroticism, and I was pleased at the amount of shots that hit the mark. Not that I didn't also enjoy the more pornographic shots. In the privacy of my dark room, I finally allowed myself what I had resisted the night before: being the creepy dude jacking it in the corner while two hot girls went at it. Heh. Hope you liked! General note: I will be participating in the Fandom Gives Back auction beginning next week. You want something? You lemme know. :) Have a good weekend, dolls!
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