Title: Heaven

  Authors: Sarah ([email protected]) and Alex ([email protected])

  Rating: NC-17 for graphic sex scenes. Underage? Scram!

  Category: Romance

  Disclaimer: We're not stealing these characters, we're just *borrowing* them!

  Notes: Takes part after the events of The Mummy Returns.

 

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  Far below Evie, the dust was settling from the collapse of the lost oasis of Ahm Shere which would now be forever lost. She had just set her son down and she came to stand beside her husband, taking in deep breaths of the air that felt more precious to her than all the gold in the world. Waving to Ardeth, she turned slightly to her husband, her eyes glowing and she offered him a sensitive smile.

 

  Rick smiled back at her, ignoring the pain in his body from when he had been battling with Imhotep.

 

  "I thought I almost lost you back there," he said softly as he gazed into her eyes. He had come so close to losing her and he almost couldn't believe his eyes back at the temple when he had seen her standing right before him, alive. And when she had pulled him back from the precipice, he had felt her, warm and definitely alive.

 

  She looked at him seriously, fear evident in her own voice as she spoke to him.

 

  "For a moment there you did."

 

  She sighed and placed a hand on his arm, feeling tears threaten her eyes. She was so in love with this man that it tore at her emotions and left her bare before him. She offered him a lopsided smile and tried to lighten the mood. "Do you want to know what heaven looks like?"

 

  "Later," he smiled, leaning down toward her for a kiss. He vaguely heard Alex and Johnathan mutter, "Puh-lease!" but he paid them no heed as he pressed his lips against hers, bringing his arms around her to hold her close to his aching body, feeling the warm vibrance of her in his embrace.

 

  Her heart pounded, rich and alive against his own. She brought her arms up around his neck and pulled him closer, just marvelling in his kiss, his lips and his body. She'd almost lost this. Heaven was not heaven without Rick O'Connell and she closed her eyes tighter, deepening the kiss.

 

  He parted his lips so that her tongue could delve inside and they just stood there, exploring the confines of each other's mouths, oblivious to everyone and everything around them in that moment. After a while, who knew how long, Rick pulled back slightly to look into her eyes once again.

 

  "Evie, there is nothing more I'd like to show you how much I love you but unfortunately-" he indicated his son, his brother-in-law and their pilot Izzy- "it's going to have to wait until we get somepleace a little more private."

 

  She gave a soft moan, her eyes still closed and she could sense that it was getting darker. She didn't want to stop this, she wanted to feel him around her, cool and warm at the same time. To ease her fears as she had been so scared by what had happened, by what she had seen. She kept her head tilted back as though waiting for another kiss.

 

  He obliged her, his lips meeting hers once again, but he was surprised at the ferocity of her kiss. It was harsh and full of need, as if she was fighting the memories of all that she had been through. His heart broke for the second time that day as he kissd her back just as passionately in an attempt to convey to her just how she made him feel, how thrilled he was to have her near him like this.

 

  She gasped against his mouth and wrapped he arms so tightly around him that she was practically lifting herself off the floor and standing on her toes. Right now, she didn't give a damn about what anyone thought of her romance with her husband, equalling his passion, her eyes closed tight.

 

  He felt her arms squeezing his body tight and he suddenly picked her up, letting her wrap her legs round his waist so that they could be even closer, all without breaking the kiss. He groaned a little in frustration. The only way he could be physically closer to her was by burying himself inside of her, but he was reminded of the fact that they had an audience and he ended the kiss regretfully.

 

  Evie moaned softly, not wanting the kiss to end, wanting to feel his flesh upon hers and their bodies connected in the most intimate of ways. She kept her legs around his waist and her arms tight around his neck, wanting nothing more that to make love to her husband.

 

  Rick smiled into her hair, nuzzling it and just enjoying the sweet scent of her. He looked for somewhere to sit and, figuring the floor was as good a place as any, eased himself down. He gasped sharply at the pain in his body but he ignored it as he settled his wife in his lap, stroking her back soothingly. He kissed her forehead and longed to kiss her in other, more intimae places and he closed his eyes, letting a low moan slip from his throat at the image he saw in his minds eye.

 

  "Rick, Rick...When can we be alone?" she asked in a soft whisper, blowing gently in his ear in a teasing and sensual manner. She curled close in his lap and massaged her hand over his shoulder to try and soothe the pain she knew he must be in. Her body ached for him when she felt the signs of his arousal.

 

  "God Evie, we can be alone just as soon as this clown with half an ass lands the damn dirigible!" he sighed as her soft hand rubbed at the tense muscles in his shoulders. "Mmm, that feels good." The slight weight of her in his lap was both arousing and comforting at the same time and he groaned again as he imagined himself bucking up into her.

 

  "Rick...Rick.." she sighed over and over, kissing his throat and neck, pulling him closer to her. She loved him dearly and she knew it would be a few days until they were back in London so she took advantage of the fact that Johnathan was taking care of Alex as she pressed soft kisses over her husbands skin.

 

  "You're not helping any, you know," he gasped out as she lavished attention on the flesh of his neck, but his hands belied the negative tone of his words by running up her back to tangle in her hair, alternately wishing that she would stop but hoping that she wouldn't, that she would keep on doing things to him with that wonderful mouth of hers. God, he was twisted.

 

  "I didn't-" she placed a long, suckling kiss right on his throat, "know...I was supposed to be helping any," she whispered and then she pressed her lips against his again, pressing against him. Her body was dying to have him inside of her and she felt hot in her clothes.

 

  He whimpered when he felt her press against his erection and he sincerely hoped that nobody was getting a free show, especially his son, but he was helpless to stop her from taking what she wanted. He deepened the kiss, tongues teasing and duelling and when they broke apart for breath, he could see that her face was flushed and that she was panting lightly. Two could play this seduction game.

 

  "You know, I could think of better uses for that tongue of yours," he whispered into her ear, his teeth gently tugging on the lobe.

 

  "So can I," she murmured and her fingers ran slowly down between their bodies, right to where their burdened needs were covered. She made sure that no-one could see her hands as she pressed them against his erection, feeling him hard under her fingers and she rolled herself over him just a bit. Her mind was so dizzy to the point where she could hardly think to stop.

 

  "Like I could kiss you right here..." she whispered to him.

 

  "Oh...Oh, Evie," he groaned. "You shouldn't be doing that, it's-" he gasped when she touched his cock- "dangerous," he finished lamely. So much for his game of seduction, she had always been much better at this sort of thing that he was.

 

*******

 

  Alex gazed in awe at his uncle's diamond. "WOW! I bet you can get so much money for that, it's sooo beautiful!" he smiled, intent on the gorgeous stone that Izzy had tried numerous times to take away. "Mum..." he started to say, wanting to show her the diamond but found that she didn't hear him. He looked at his parents curiously; he'd never seen them that close before.

 

  "Uncle John..." he whispered. "What are mum and dad doing like that?"

 

  "Um, maybe we should go and sit at the back with Izzy, Alex," said Johnathan hastily when he caught sight of his sister and brother-in-law...indulging in their sentiments, so to speak. "Your mum and dad are just happy that we're all safe now, so let's just sit over there and look at my diamond some more."

 

  And with that, he carried Alex over to the back of the dirigible and away from the activities of his parents.

 

  "But Uncle John, I want to show mum this big diamond! Can't I go and show them?" he asked, wanting to see if he would be stopped. "I mean, they aren't doing anything important, they're just kissing and stuff. I'm going to go stop them."

 

  "Alex," said Johnathan firmly, letting the lad know he was serious.  "Both you and your parents have been through a lot these past few days and I think that your dad is very happy that your mum didn't...that she isn't..." he couldn't bring himself to say the word die. 'Evie, why did you have to leave me to babysit like this?' he fumed silently, fending off his nephew's questions.

 

  "Anyway," he continued. "You can always show your mum the diamnd later. After all, she did see it on the temple. And if you stay here for a while with me and don't bother them, I'll..." He wracked his brains for an idea. "I'll teach you how to play poker like you asked me before."

 

  He knew Rick would kill him for that but he figured what the heck? He should thank him for the lengths he was going to in order to ensure their privacy.

 

  The eight year old boy's mind was easily persuaded at the sound of poker. Forget his mum and dad, his uncle was going to teach him poker! He jumped up excitedly, forgetting the diamond as he hugged his uncle. "Yay, poker!"

 

  "Sssh!" Johnathan hissed, clapping a hand over the boy's mouth. "Just be sure not to tell your mum and dad okay? It's a mans' game son, just you and me, alright?"

 

  Alex nodded and zipped his lip. He always felt to special with his uncle and this was just one more thing that he got to do with him. It made the eight year old feel very mature as he sat down to play the game.

 

*******

 

  Evie closed her eyes and whimpered softly. They shouldn't be doing this, they couldn't... why couldn't she stop this? She should have been able to but she couldn't help herself. She scooted closer on his lap, pushing herself down so that she could feel the bump of his erection between her legs.

 

  Rick groaned as he reflexively arched his hips up against her, bringing her mouth down on his so that he could muffle his sounds. His hand of its own accord snaked its way between their bodies to cup her breast, his fingers teasing the nipple through the fabric of her clothes.

 

  She wrapped he arms around his head, pulling his mouth tightly against hers, breathing heavily with lust for her husband. She pressed the juncture of her legs harder against him and rocked over his erection, wishing that he could be inside of her, pushing and moaning and making love. Oh, she was growing ever more needing of him...

 

  He couldn't help his body's reactions to her as they kissed sloppily, his hips thrusting rhythmically. He wished that he could just shed their clothes and pound into her like he knew they both wanted but for now, he had to settle for dry-humping his wife on the floor of a crappy old beat-up dirigible.

 

  He moaned into her mouth and he moved the hand that had been previously rested on her breast down between her thighs, slipping beneath the waistband of her pants.

 

  She closed her eyes and shook with pleasure. She took a long, shaky breaths as she tried to remain calm, but she was sweating with desire. Where was a blanket, where was security, where was...something that would allow him to join their bodies together with wild and delightful thrusts. She wanted him to smash his body against hers and bring her to ecstasy over and over again.

 

  His hand delved under her trousers and he moved his fingers lower, feeling the wetness between her legs and he pushed two fingers up into her, thrusting them in and out for a moment before moving them up to search for her clit, finding it and grinding his fingers hard over her. He loved how wet she always got for him and now was now exception. He quietened her moans with his mouth, their tongues, lips and teeth clashing against each others.

 

  Her body shook with passion and desire when she felt his fingers moving against her. She shifted a little in his lap and rocked her hips with his fingers, feeling them surround her. She wanted to cry out but couldn't, not wanting anyone to hear them.

 

  She pressed her hand against his erection and she knew that when he got this hard, his pants became uncomfortable, so she undid the zipper a bit for breathing room.

 

  "Rick..." she mumbled, rocking with his hand. "Can we...please...can we...make love?"

 

  "Oh God, we shouldn't," he groaned, but his hands were already moving from her body to push down her pants. He shifted a bit, crying out when her hand left his cock, but seeing it only as a temporary measure while he shoved down his own trousers. He gasped when the cool night air hit the heated skin of his penis and he positioned her hips over him, hoping to God that Johnathan was keeping Alex occupied.

 

  Evie's eyes fell to a blanket at the side of them and she pulled it over their bodies so that it wouldn't look so obvious that they were going to be connected for the next few minutes. She kept the blanket tight around them and let him feel the scorching heat from her body.

 

  "Can we...please..,oh Rick, please," she whimpered.

 

  "Yes...yesss, he gritted out through clenched teeth as he thrust his hips up at the same time as he pulled her down hard onto his cock and he had to muffle his sounds of pleasure as his teeth closed on the skin of her neck, sucking hard. He knew that he would leave a mark behind, but that just excited him more, the idea of marking her as his and his alone and he suckled harder as he began to buld a rhythm, thrusting steadily into her warm and welcoming body.

 

  She pushed herself down on him, her head rolling back to meet his lips. His suckling only aroused her more as their bodies danced together. She leaned her head against him, wraping her arms around his body. She was on such an emotional high that tears slipped from her eyes as she was wraught with pleasure and sensation. Everything he did, burying himself deep inside of her, holding her close was so much and she had almost lost it.

 

  Rick eased up on suckling her neck to kiss his way up to her face when he tasted the slt of her tears on her cheek. He kissed her closed eyelids tenderly, a contrast to the fierce movements of his hips as he embedded himself within her again and again and he whispered out through gasping breaths, "I love you Evie."

 

  She kissed him, whispering through the soft sobs, "I love you too." She pushed herself harder against him, moving with him as though their very souls were dancing in the beauty of their love, passionate and giving.

 

  She buried her face into his shirt that was dirty and blotched with blood, her blood, his blood and she cried softly with the overwhelming emotion of it all.

 

  He growled softly into her hair, his thrusts growing more and more frantic as he came ever nearer to his release. His hands were on her hips now, slamming her down onto him and he was beginning to chant her name in the way that he always did when he was about to come. He bit his lip, trying to quieten himself so that they wouldn't be heard but he couldn't stop the choked whimpers rising from his throat.

 

*******

 

  Alex looked up, thinking he had heard his mum and dad crying and he glanced over at Johnathan, dropping his winning hand.

 

  "Mum and dad are upset," he said, begining to walk away from his uncle. "I have to go and comfort them. I don't want them to cry."

 

  "No, no Alex, wait!" cried Johnathan grabbing his hand, wondering how the bloody hell he was going to get out of this one. He could hear the noises himself but he was grown-up enough to know what they really meant. He clenched his teeth, cursing his sister. The bloody cheek of it all! They were going to owe him big time for this.

 

  "Alex, why don't we just leave your parents alone for a few minutes more," he said, clutching at straws. "They can deal with...whatever they're doing by themselves." He hoped that he could put the boy off as he was running out of bribes.

 

  "But...but...my dad is hurting my mum! She's crying, I can hear her crying!" Alex was very confused and he looked at his uncle, trying to figure out what was going on. "Why would dad want to make mum cry like that?"

 

  "Trust me Alex, your dad isn't hurting your mother," said Johnathan, wishing heartily for a stiff drink right now. "Your dad, he, um...they...um..."

 

  'Hurry up Rick!' he thought sourly, running out of um's and ah's as he tried to keep Alex distracted.

 

  "He would never hurt your mother," he finished lamely.

 

  Alex thought for a moment and then sat back down. "You're right. Mum would never be hurt by dad. He loves her," he said, satisfied.

 

  "I'm always right Alex," said Johnathan, sighing in relief. "Now, how about getting back to our little card game partner?"

 

  Alex nodded as he sat back to finish up his game of cards. "Uncle john, do you have a girl you do that with...like my dad has my mum? Have you ever made a girl cry?" He used the word cry, not really knowing any other word for it.

 

  Johnathan sputtered in embarrassment at that particular question. Oh boy.

 

  "Alex, have I told you how much you take after your mother?" he complained. "Yes, I have made a girl...cry but I'm sure that if you ask your parents nicely one day, they'll tell you all you need to know about...crying."

 

  This however made no sense to the young boy and he just shrugged his shoulders. He would have to ask mum and dad later when they weren't so busy. He yawned suddenly and snuggled up to his uncle.

 

  "Uncle John, since mum and dad are staying together tonight, can I sleep with you?" he asked, eyes shining with adoration and childhood love for his uncle and best friend.

 

  "Of course you can partner," said Johnathan, taking off his jacket and wrapping it around his nephew. "I've got all the things that make me happy right here Alex. I've got you, your mum and your dad but-" he sighed. "By Jove, I could really do with a gin and tonic right now." He looked down at Alex curled up in his lap and smiled.

 

*******

 

  Evie pushed against her husband, tears flowing from her eyes and she closed them in an attempt to stop them, but they stained his shirt anyway. She was so close now and she bit her lip in quiet anticipation of the ecstasy that was just ahead for her body. She needed him and involuntarily, her walls tightened around him.

 

  Rick hissed when he felt her inner muscles clench round him and he began to speed up his movements, grinding his fingers over her clit, hard. As much as he wanted this to go on forever, they had to come. They'd been long enough already and he was so close.

 

  He concentrated on being quiet as he pounded into her once, twice and then his entire body stiffened as he came, his teeth clenched tight as he spilled himself inside of her.

 

  She made soft hiccupping sounds and her tears stained his shirt as they rocked together. She needed this more than anything in the world and she felt the amazing passion that filtered through her body. Whenever they made love, her emotions were always laid bare between them and right now, he was comforting her fear in the most heavenly way as he worked her body. As he came, spilling his seed deep within her, she let out a sob, crying freely against him, her own body spasming in reflex as she hit her peak and collapsed against him, crying at how much she loved her husband.

 

  Rick held her close to him, panting heavily as he brushed the tears gently away from her face, kissing her forehead. "Are you okay?" he asked hesitantly. He wasn't sure if this crying was a good thing or not.

 

  "Yeah," she whispered. "I'll be okay. Just being with you brings out so many emotions and I..." she pushed her face into his shoulder. "I...don't ever want to leave you," she said softly, letting him rock her soothingly.

 

  "Sssh baby, I'm here for you and I'm not going anywhere," he murmured, stroking her back and keeping her close. "I love you so much Evie, I don't ever want to let you go."

 

  She cried openly into his chest, wrapping her arms around his neck and just holding him tight. "I just thought...when I was lying there, I thought...I'm never going to make love with my husband ever again..and here we are, lying in each other's arms. Oh Rick, my emotions are just so much to handle right now." She whimpered as she rocked with him.

 

  "It's okay honey, it's okay," he whispered, his arms tightening around her. "We're both here, alive and well. Alex and Johnathan are both okay." He paused, kissing her cheek. "We are going to have to buy your brother a nice gift for distracting Alex," he said, smiling ruefully. "Do you think a card would cut it?"

 

  "I say he owes us," said Evie. "Well, after all those girls he's brought back to our house." She smiled and leaned against his chest, carressing the soft material of his shirt and slipping her fingers inside to toy lazily with his chest. She pulled herself off of him with some reluctance, but then didn't bother pulling her zipper up as she lay back in his lap.

 

  "Yeah, you're right," Rick agreed, laughing quietly as he arranged her more comfortably. He yawned softly as he nestled his head against hers, closing his eyes. He was so tired...

 

  She helped her husband fasten up his pants so that they were both covered again and no questions would arise. Well, not anymore. She curled her body around his and pulled the blanket over them both. "For the first time in weeks, we can sleep peacefully."

 

  "Hmmm," he mumbled, nuzzling her hair. "No more keeping me awake at night with those weird dreams..."

 

  He was already half-asleep but something tugged upon his conscious mind. "Where's Alex?" he asked sleepily.

 

  Evie opened her eyes and searched round for him. "I'll just go and check. Be right back." She reluctanty climbed off his lap and straightened out her blouse so that she didn't completely look like she had just made love with her husband. She saw Johnathan and walked over to him, kneeling by her brother and her sleeping son.

 

  "Hey Johnathan," she whispered softly in the calm manner that she always felt after sex.

 

  "Oh, hey Evie," he replied, glancing up at her. He had intended to grill her over her...ahem...activities with Rick, leaving him to take care of Alex, but as soon as he caught sight of the happily contented look on her face, he couldn't help but smile. "I'm okay to look after Alex while you sleep you know."

 

  She knelt down beside him. "Johnathan, you are the dearest brother." She hadn't felt this happy in weeks. She leaned down to kiss his cheek, and then her son's head. "Rick and I are going to bed now  think. If Alex needs us, be sure to tell him where we are. Thank you for keeping him busy. Rick and I...well...we just needed each other." She blushed as she looked at her brother.

 

  Johnathan returned the smile. "I understand," he said gently. "You go and get some sleep old mum, do you hear me?"

 

  "Of course Johnathan, of course," she smiled and in an almost motherly way, kissed his forehead and made her way back to Rick.

 

  Rick looked up when he saw her walking over to him. "Where is Alex?" he asked, motioning for her to come and lay down with him again.

 

  "He's asleep and I didn't get yelled at by my brother," she said, looking overhead at the stars as she sat down and settled against her husband once again, kissing his neck and lips. "Did you have fun tonight darling?"

 

  "Oh yeah," he said, grinning mischeviously at her. He kissed her back softly before pulling her close to him and resting his head on hers, closing his eyes and sighing. "I love you Evie," he murmured. "I can't seem to say that enough."

 

  "Perhaps it's becasue those words don't seem to do our feelings for each other justice. My love for you goes beyond comprehension; you are a part if me, interwoven, in the past, the present and the future." She gave a meek yawn. "Do you want to know what heaven is like?"

 

  "I already know," he said simply, kissing her lips before closing his eyes once again and drifting off to sleep.

 

  She smiled at his response and slowly joined him into blissful slumber.