1949, Prince Edward Island, Canada

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The bathroom is filled with the steam of hot water, making the room appear to have a hazy glow.

Jasper actually fits in the tub for once, a luxuriously large tub for a luxurious hotel room, and Alice with him, leaning back against his chest, squeezed in between his legs.

They were on Prince Edward Island for the weekend and Alice had wanted something nicer than the roadside motels (or forested areas) just outside the populated areas that Jasper favored.

And who was he to deny her anything? Especially when it has been exactly a year since they met in Philly.

He kisses the top of her head, sighing softly, happily.

He wonders if she knows it’s been a year, and that’s the reason for the weekend and the room. He wonders if she knows that he knows?

Time’s a funny thing for vampires to keep track of, and neither of them have mentioned it yet.

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“Me too,” Alice whispers, leaning into his touch. “Even if we can’t dream—sometimes I worry this is just a very long vision.”

She presses a kiss to his fingers. “But it’s not—it’s real. You’re here and I’m here and—“

She moves forward, kissing him again, pouring her love into him.

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Jasper sighs at the first press of her lips to his again, overwhelmed as always by the strength of her love for him matched only by his own for her, and then he’s kissing her back.

His hands cradle her face as he kisses her deeply, savoring the gentle slide of her mouth against his, the slow tangle of their tongues, the trading of nips to bottom lips.

Everything is perfect and right, as always whenever she’s in his arms.

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After a long moment, she pulls back, albeit reluctantly. Her eyes are closed and she stays close, leaning into his hands once more. "Our first anniversary," Alice sighs, happily. "I hear most humans celebrate theirs with dinners and drinks. I prefer our setup."

Warm, safe, cradled in his hands and in this giant bathtub. She giggles softly, opening her eyes to smile at him again. "I can't believe we finally found a tub you can absolutely fit in. If I were in here by myself, I'd get lost, I think."

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“Just fit.”

His long legs just make it, if he bends his knees slightly.

He doesn’t care, though. He likes being crowded in the tub with her pressed against him.

He kisses her nose, her forehead.

“I’d rescue you if you got lost in its soapy depths.”

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"My hero," Alice murmurs, stroking her thumb along his neck. She's still smiling, a dreamy curl of her lips as she looks at him.

"So--I got you a present. Well, a couple, depending on if you want to see the next set of lingerie Delly sent last week, but that's not the actual present."

She fiddles with the ends of his hair, chewing on her lip. "It'll have to wait 'til we're out of the tub, don't wanna get it ruined."

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“You’re always buying me stuff,” he says, giving her a crooked half smile.

“You don’t have to be buying me nice things to keep me. I’m already yours.”

And if this is about the passing of a year -

Well. He hadn’t thought to get her anything, and instantly feels bad for not thinking of it.

He should’ve gotten her something.

He doesn’t know what, but something.

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"No," Alice answers something he hasn't said yet, may never say, but she sees the variations of conversations before they're ever said, anyway. "You don't have to get me anything--you are gift enough."

She kisses the corner of that crooked smile. "Sometimes I just see things and think you'd like them. And so I get them, and that's that. It just happened to coincide with our one year together--I would have bought it regardless.

"C'mere," Alice tugs on his shoulder, leaning in to kiss him again.

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“You’re answerin’ questions out of time again, darlin’,” he teases, leaning in to meet her for another kiss, quick and sweet.

He doesn’t mind when she does, though. It’s just part of her, and he loves every part of her.

“You’re the only gift I need too. Though I generally like those packages from Delly too.”

They’re usually a lot of fun.

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"Let's get out," Alice murmurs, pushing her wet fingers through his hair, curling the strands behind his ear. "Let me give you my present, then I can show you the latest gift from Delly, too."

She kisses him again, a soft press of her lips against his, lingering for a moment before pushing up and out of the bathwater, the loss of the water's heat making her shiver a little as she moves to grab one of the large, fluffy towels off the rack.

Wrapping it around her chest, she steps out of the tub carefully, reaching for the other towel and shaking it out, holding it open for Jasper to take when he stands.

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Jasper takes a moment to admire her before she covers herself with a towel. She is so beautiful and he knows he thinks and tells her so all the time but it’s true. He can feel his heart come to life just at the sight of her.

He climbs out of the tub after her, slipping the offered towel around his waist, before he’s scooping her up and off her feet.

“I love you,” he murmurs, carrying her into the adjoining bedroom even though she‘s more than capable of walking there herself.

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She tangles her fingers in the ends of his hair, grinning broadly at him. Snuggling close, Alice presses kisses against his cheek, jaw, the line of his neck.

"I love you, too," she whispers against his skin, her fingers combing through his hair. "I love you so much."

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"What were we doin'?"

Because Jasper's plans have suddenly morphed into placing her on the bed and covering her with his body as he kisses her deeply.

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"Your present--" Alice's words get swallowed by his kiss, choked off by his body covering hers.

Her hands cup his face, thumbs smoothing over his cheeks as she kisses him back. "You are--" she pants against his lips, "--incorrigible."

She's well aware of the hypocrisy in her words.

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"You're a present," he murmurs, trailing his lips down to her chin and nipping at her jaw. "And I want to unwrap you."

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"There's nothing to unwrap like this," she giggles, pressing her head back into the bed, giving him more room to work.

It's true--the towel is barely wrapped around her anymore, and her fingers slide down his sides until they reach the towel at his waist, fiddling with the edge of it, slipping her fingers just under.

"I love you."

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”Means I just get to enjoy my present all the sooner.”

As he sits back with a smirk to peel away the towel and reveal her naked body. His own gets tugged off and thrown to the side before he bends to press a kiss to her chest, just above her heart.

“And I love you too,” he adds, and he kisses her chest, again and again, just a brief press of lips to her skin.

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She shivers again, under his lips, the tingling up her spine more from him than any chill in the air. Her hands roam, sliding down his arms, across his shoulders and into his hair.

Back down his neck, his back, desperately needing to feel him under her hands. She wants to roll them, to kiss him, to be able to touch him more. She wants to stay here, with his weight pressed against her. She wants, and she wants.

His name is a whisper as Alice shifts under him, her hands trailing back into his hair, restless and wanting.

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“So restless,” Jasper laughs, and he kisses his way down to her breasts, tracing her curves of her with his mouth.

Her hands are everywhere, pulling at him, insistent. He loves it, and he loves to tease her too.

“‘M tryin’ to enjoy my gift here.”

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"But I want to touch you--" Alice whines, hips shifting, pressing up against his. "Kiss you. You're too far away."

She wraps her legs around his waist, ankles crossing at the small of his back, arching herself upward, meeting his mouth with her skin.

It's not enough. She wants to reach him, kiss and touch.

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“Five more minutes,” as he mouths at her breasts and licks at a nipple.

“And then you can do what you want with me.”

Because, right now -

He places lips around her pert little tip and sucks lightly.

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One hand pushes through her hair, fingers tightening at the roots, the other tangled in his hair, holding him close, arching up into his mouth.

A groan leaves Alice, her breath a gasp at the sensations he causes. Five minutes seems like too long and not enough. Always, she's so tangled up when it comes to Jasper and wanting, needing him. Wanting every moment to last forever, wanting to make every moment faster so she can experience more, all of it.

"God," she groans, her fingers tightening in his hair, teeth sinking into her bottom lip.

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His gaze flicks to her face, and the way she chews on her bottom lip, her hand tight in her hair, fanned out on the pillow.

He grins as he unhooks her legs from around his waist, as he spreads her legs wider when he continues to kiss his way down her body.

Before he settles between her thighs, and puts his mouth to her.

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It's like electricity running through her at the first touch of his mouth against her. A shock, knees trembling, her hands sliding to the sheets, curling her fingers in the fabric.

It never fails, the rush of desire and love and lust that happens when he touches her, it feels new and wonderful every time. "God, Jasper," her fingers tighten in the sheets. "God, I love you."

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Jasper moans at the rush of emotions from her.

The love and desire and need he feels from her is nothing new, as he feels it always from her, and yet he loves this too. Loves pleasuring her. Feeling her so unmoored as he works her with his mouth and tongue.

Her scent surrounding him, her gasps and whimpers and declarations of love -

He can’t get enough of it.

He risks a glance upward, her body sprawled out on the bed, head thrown back, fingers twisting in the sheets, and he moans again.

He shifts so he can work a hand between his body and the bed, stroking himself gently as he coaxes more moans from her.

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“God,” she presses the heel of her foot into the bed, anchoring herself against the onslaught of his tongue and lips.

He makes her feel so good, so desperate and wanting and needy. Shuddering, knees and hands shaking.

“Jasper, God, shit—” Alice babbles, his name and curses falling from her lips, incoherent groans as her hips stutter up, chasing his mouth.