Page 26 of My Apocalypse Mountain Man

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"More. Harder. Make me come."

I fuck her harder, faster, working her clit while she writhes beneath me. When she comes, she screams my name, her whole body shaking as her orgasm hits.

The feel of her pulsing around me is too much. I thrust a few more times, then bury myself deep as I come, filling her.

We stay like that for a moment, both breathing hard. Then Sierra laughs.

"We just fucked on the radio equipment."

"Table. We fucked on the table."

"Close enough." She pulls me down for a kiss. "Think Jim will notice?"

"We're cleaning it first."

"Romantic."

"Practical."

After, we clean up and finish preparations for tomorrow's trip. But that night, wrapped around each other in bed, I can't help thinking about the future.

"Sierra?" I murmur into the darkness.

"Mm?"

"Marry me."

She gasps, a tiny sound. "What?"

"Marry me. Nothing fancy, no big ceremony. Just make this official. Make you officially mine."

She rolls over to face me, and in the moonlight I can see her smile. "Yes," she says simply. "Yes, I'll marry you."

I kiss her, and it tastes like everything I never thought I'd have again.

"When?" she asks.

"Whenever you want."

"Soon," she decides. "Before winter. Maybe at Old Pines, with Tom and the others there."

"Whatever you want."

"I want you. Everything else is just details."

Epilogue

Sierra

Sixmonthslater,Iwake up asMrs. Kole.

Kole's still asleep beside me, one arm thrown over my waist. I watch him, thinking about how different he looks now. That constant tension he carried when we first met has faded. He still watches the perimeter like a hawk, still plans every supply run with military precision, but now there's laughter in between. Smiles. Life.

“Morning,” I say.

“Go back to sleep,” he groans.

"Can't. Radio check-in in twenty minutes."

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