But Linda could, and could give it back just as well, encouraging him and drawing more out of him. Her climaxes hit hard and fast but she didn't give into them, instead using her orgasmic flutterings to clench and squeeze him.
Sweat glistened on their bodies, and she was grinning at him with a feral, unrestrained joy in her face that was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen. He could almost feel her throb as he ground against her, her walls squeezing him again and again, drawing her into him.
"Linda, I…” he gasped, and she clawed the back of his neck, pulling him down for a wild kiss as Brutus, with one final stroke, released inside her. A week's worth of passion and seed flooded from him and into her, both of them moaning incoherently as the biggest orgasm yet swept through her. He could feel her flutter, and finally sag to the mattress, utterly spent.
Brutus maintained his hold on her, rolling to the side carefully to keep her from being crushed as he stroked her hair, kissing her forehead.
"I didn't know."
Linda chuckled, and stroked her fingers down his back. "I know. It's not like I was disappointed before. It's always been the most amazing sex of my life. But now you know."
"Anything else you want me to know?"
Linda chuckled, and kissed his chin. "Yeah. But we've got time to learn and explore. That's what's great about a lifelong relationship. We've got time to learn... and time to cuddle."
She yawned, and Brutus looked down into her now sleepy eyes.
"Didn't sleep much on the plane, did you?"
"C-17's are better than C-130's... but yeah," she admitted. "Never do."
"Then sleep now, my love." Brutus kissed her forehead. "You're forever safe in my arms."
Linda nodded, and within seconds, was snoring lightly. It brought out the tears in Brutus's eyes again, because he knew she believed him. She would always, forever, be safe in his arms.
He closed his eyes, smiling at the thought.
27
LINDA
"It's going to suck to lose you," Hollywood said when she came out of the company offices.
The entire squad was there, and she could see that some of them were almost emotional about it.
"I keep this up, and people are going to start thinking I'm bad luck."
"Well, you are going to be on your third team leader in less than a year," Linda replied, smiling. "Then again, anyone who's looking for their soulmate might want to be in a fire team with you. You're good luck in that regard."
"Huh, we hadn't thought of that." Sergeant Orkin jabbed Hollywood in the shoulder. "What do you say there, Specialist as of next month Goodman? Want to be called Lucky instead of Hollywood?"
"Can we just call me by my name instead?" Goodman offered, getting laughs all around.
"So what happened?" Derrick Jackson asked her. "Are you leaving us permanently?"
"Yes and no." Linda got confused looks all around. "It seems that Colonel Remsburg happens to like my work. So at least for my pregnancy, I'm being transferred to Battalion Headquarters. I'm going to be working for Master Sergeant Austin in the intelligence office."
"Ooooh, Mata Hari!" Satomura teased. "Just try not to get yourself compromised with an enemy agent, Sarge."
"I wish it were that exciting," Linda admitted with a small smile. "Ninety percent of the job is paperwork. I'm more worried about my mind going dull than any explosion. Apparently Major Elfman just gets most of the intel he feeds us straight from the Pentagon. We're not exactly analyzing stuff up there."
"Pssh, knowing you, you'll be running the place by Christmas," Orkin joked. "Rank or no rank. If we don't hear about you causing an international incident by Thanksgiving, I'm going to be disappointed in you."
Linda laughed softly. "Well, who knows. Major Kirk also said I'll probably get promoted to Staff Sergeant while I'm pregnant, and that it might be a good time for me to consider leaving active duty."
"No way!" Simon Dawkins exclaimed, legitimately upset. "Just because you're becoming a mom? Big fuckin...”
"Actually Simon, I think it might be a good time for me to rotate out too," Linda admitted. "And that wasn't why. I've been with this battalion since I was a low-ranking soldier. I became a Sergeant here, and I've been leading this team for a long time. I think I'm ready for a change."
