After It All:

Set after City of Ember, People of Sparks and the Prophet of Yonwood (which I actually never got a chance to read yet). Doon and Lina finally get to just be together and not worry. They don't have to worry about the blackouts or Lizzie and Tick. They can just be at peace with the world and have Poppy taken care of when they're away.

Doon and I had been together for three years now but we were never alone up until this point. We were now eighteen and just needed each other… to be alone together.

We decided that to be alone we would go to the end of the river, where we had exited Ember all of those years ago. After a few days of traveling, we reached the open field and rocky heights.

"Lina, look." Doon called from an opening in the ground. I knelt next to him and looked into the hole. It was a black abyss. There was nothing but darkness.

"Do you know what this is? What was down there?" he asked, taking my hand.

"Ember?" I whispered, looking into his midnight blue eyes. He nodded.

There was nothing there anymore. Ember was gone. The generator had died and the city with it.

A tear slid down my face and Doon caught it in his finger.

"Lina," he said quietly. "Please don't cry."

I shook my head. "But look. The city… it's gone." He held me.

"Yes but everyone is here… safe." He said kissing my head.

I nodded in agreement and kissed his lips. He kissed me back. It was rough at first but then softened.

"Lina… I love you." Doon whispered to me.

"I love you too."

We continued to kiss and our hands roamed over our clothed bodies. I pressed my little hand hard over his tight center, making him moan.

He then took my shirt and pulled it over my head. I did the same to him.

He took my breast in his mouth and suckled like a baby. I moaned at the sensation.

He switched breasts and I pulled at his pants, yanking at them. He got my signal and pulled down his bottoms and boxers. Mine followed seconds after.

"Are you sure?" he asked me.

I nodded. "Yes. You have no idea how sure I am."

He rubbed his length against me and we both moaned. I took his mouth to mine as he continued.

He moved my lower lips apart and entered my wetness. I yelped as he slid in. there was so much pleasure but so much pain. He kept still as I adjusted to his size.

"are you okay?" he asked, kissing me.

"yes."

He began a slow rhythm of thrusts. I met every last one of them.

We came as the sun filled the field were we lay and though how we deserved this moment alone after it all.