Page 28 of Eclipse Bound
Eclipse set aside his mug and rose from the sofa, moving to stand away from the window where the neighbors could see him.
“I’ll shut the blinds.” She went to pull a string to hide the room from the outside.
With deliberate movements, he removed the outer Earth clothing. The skin-suit had a human phallus between the legs was a useless decoration that did not mimic his actual shape. Her attention focused on it as he reached for the release mechanism at the back of his neck.
The skin-suit peeled from his body with a soft hissing sound, and the constraining membrane fell away to reveal his true form. Unlike Solar's blazing golden light or Lunar's absorbing darkness, Eclipse's natural state was a balance of both.
Rowan's breath caught, and her eyes widened as she took in his true appearance. Eclipse remained perfectly still, allowing her to look at him. His body maintained a humanoid shape but was composed of twilight energy, a luminous purple-blue that shifted and flowed like the sky at dusk. Within this energy, patterns of light and shadow moved in complex interactions, never fully separating.
"You're beautiful," she said finally, approaching him slowly. "Like the evening sky given form."
"That is an accurate assessment," Eclipse acknowledged, his voice resonating more fully now that he wasn't constrained. He felt his body absorbing energy more easily from the atmosphere.
Rowan stopped just before him, her hand half-raised in an unspoken question. Eclipse inclined his head slightly, granting permission. Her fingers tentatively touched his chest, then with more confidence as she discovered that while his form appeared fluid, it maintained substance.
"It's like touching a warm current," she murmured, fascination evident in her voice. "I can feel the energy flowing, but it doesn't hurt. It tingles."
"Our compatibility allows for safe interaction," Eclipse explained. "Had our biorhythms been discordant, the contact might have been uncomfortable for you."
Rowan's hand moved from his chest to his face, tracing the contours that were now defined by energy rather than solid matter. Where she touched, the patterns within his form responded, swirling toward her fingers like liquid metal drawn to a magnet.
"When you touched me in my office and while I was driving," she said softly, "it felt like every nerve ending in my body was alive. Was that because of this? Your true form affecting me even through the skin-suit?"
"Yes," Eclipse confirmed. "As the membrane thinned, more of my actual energy was able to interact with yours. Our connection amplified the effect."
Her fingers continued their exploration, moving along his shoulder and down his arm. Each touch created new patterns in his energy field, ripples that Eclipse found increasingly difficult to moderate.
"And if we were to touch fully without any barriers between us," Rowan asked, her voice dropping lower, "what would that feel like?"
Eclipse studied her face, noting the dilation of her pupils, the flush spreading across her skin, and the quickening of her pulse visible at her throat. He saw heat rising from her. All were indicators of human arousal, but more significantly, her energy field pulsed in a way that harmonized perfectly with his own.
He wished humans had the words to describe his feelings so he could adequately describe them to her.
"It would be intense," he answered. "More so than before. Our energy fields would interact directly, creating resonance patterns that both physical forms would experience as pleasure."
"I love the literal way you talk," she said.
"I know no other way."
"Show me these—how did you say it?—resonance pleasure patterns," Rowan requested, her gaze steady despite the vulnerability of the request.
Eclipse raised his hand to her face, mirroring her earlier touch but now with no barrier between his energy and her skin. The contact created an immediate surge, his twilight energy flowing like water over her flesh, seeking pathways of connection.
Rowan gasped, her eyes widening at the sensation.
"Oh," she breathed, leaning into his touch. "That's..."
"Too much?" Eclipse asked, prepared to withdraw.
"No," she said quickly, her hand covering his to keep it in place. "It's incredible. Like every cell in my body just woke up. My heart is beating so fast."
Encouraged by her response, Eclipse let his other hand rise to her waist, drawing her closer. Where they connected, his energy adapted to her form, creating a seamless interface between twilight essence and human biology. He could feel her heartbeat, the rush of blood through her veins, the electrical impulses of her nervous system, all harmonizing with his own energy patterns.
When their lips met, the resonance intensified exponentially. Eclipse felt Rowan's consciousness merge with his own, their perceptions overlapping in ways that transcended normal physical contact. He experienced her wonder, her desire, her curiosity. It all flowed through the connection.
"I can feel what you feel," she whispered against his mouth. "It's like being inside twilight."
"The resonance creates a feedback loop," Eclipse explained, his voice vibrating with the effort of maintaining control. "Our energies recognize compatible patterns and seek to harmonize."
