Today by Lou-La

Official Description:

Bella helps Edward through an exceptionally rough day at work. Took Kathy’s choice and three-way tie for Steamiest Lemon in the Perv Pack’s Smut Shack “An Officer and a Gentleman” contest. Dedicated to the men and women who risk everything daily.

Word Count: 4,639

Today by Lou-la is one of those stories that takes a trope and turns it on its head. It’s not just about the sexy, heroic firefighter. It’s about the man beneath all that. The one that tries so hard to be a hero but who, for all his valor, feels his own perceived failures all the more acutely. After all, with the power of saving lives comes the crippling guilt: What happens when I can’t?

At the beginning of Today, we meet an Edward who is drowning in that guilt. Try reading the opening lines without being swept away with compassion for him:

Today was one of those days when I really hated my job. Today, the toll it took on my physical and mental health didn’t feel worth it. Today was the hardest day I had been through in over fifteen hundred.

Today, the water didn’t help to ease away the memories. Instead, the spraying water reminded me of the jets shooting from the fire hoses. The water blended with the smell of smoke that I reeked of and choked me. The rushing sound made the screams echo in my ears.

Today was one of those days where I wanted to remember everyone I did save, but I could only see those that I lost. I tried to recall the words of our Chief on how to get through losses, but could only hear his encouragements of a job well done. I wanted to forget the sorrow, the death, the pain, but it was all I could think about.

Distantly, I heard the shower door slide open and back. Gentle hands worked to pry my hands from my hair and when I let them, she put them at my sides. She formed a cocoon around me, swathing my body with her own and holding me.

I kept my eyes closed, though I knew she could distinguish the tears from the shower water, but hoping she wouldn’t try to. She pressed gentle, loving kisses against my chest. They didn’t soothe the ache I felt.

“Let it go.”

My favorite part of the story is how this big, strong man finds his strength in his wife. She reminds him about what’s important and grounds him with a love that any man would be a fool not to live for.

Of course, she also takes care of him in, ahem, other ways, too… Lest you think this story is all maudlin, let me reassure you it is also, appropriately enough for a firefighter story, smoking hot:

With my nose, I pushed her wet hair aside and I licked, sucked, and bit at the back of her neck and ear. “Such a naughty, horny girl,” I tisked, clucking my tongue at her.

“Edward,” she whimpered, pressing her ass more forcefully against me and fighting my hold on her wrists. “Please, I need you inside of me.”

Her ass wriggled back and forth, teasing me and making me want her even more than I already did, but I had an agenda. I rubbed rapid circles over her clit, just waiting for that moment for her to stop fighting.

“Are you going to cum, Bella?” I asked hoarsely.

She didn’t answer. Her lips were held firmly together, but I could still hear the sounds she was trying to suppress. Her knees weakened and her body shook.

“That’s right, love,” I encouraged, “cum for me. Show me how much you’re actually loving this.”

She tensed and her jaw clenched tighter. I kissed it. “Ah, Bella love, your pussy is so wet for me, don’t think you can hide how badly you want to cum by tensing that pretty little jaw.”

I licked my way from her jaw to her ear, sucking on the lobe then biting it. “Cum now, love. Give me what I want, I’ll give you what you want, I promise.”

And believe me, he does.

While perusing the entries for the Officer and a Gentleman Contest, I came across this little gem, which won steamiest lemon. Of course, I had to read it, and I’m so glad I did. It. is. hot.

I growled at her words, pushing her back against the shower wall.

“We don’t fuck like we used to.”

“If you still fucked me like you used to, I’d be dead by now.”

Like theladyingrey said, there’s more to it than that, though. It’s about a couple that faces what life throws at them together, no matter what. It’s about family. And yeah, it’s hot. So read it

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