Page 54 of Solar Bound
"Twenty-three minutes," Dani repeated, a smile spreading across her face. "That's not much time."
"I am capable of efficiency."
Her laugh was cut short as Solar closed the distance between them, his lips finding hers with precision that belied the unanchored environment. The kiss deepened immediately, both of them abandoning the tentative exploration of their first encounter. Now they knew each other's rhythms, understood the harmonics of their connection.
As they kissed, they rotated slowly in the zero-gravity environment, drifting away from the control panel toward the center of the engine room. Solar's natural light intensified, bathing them in golden radiance that pulsed in time with his quickening energy.
Dani's hands moved to his shirt, deftly unfastening it to reveal his luminescent skin beneath. "I missed this," she murmured against his mouth. "Seeing the real you."
Solar felt a surge of pleasure at her words. On Zorveya, his natural form was commonplace, unremarkable among his own kind. But Dani saw it as something extraordinary, something to be admired rather than concealed.
"The feeling is mutual," he replied, helping her remove her own shirt in the weightless environment. The garment drifted away, forgotten as he took in the sight of her partially unclothed form floating before him.
Their bodies came together again, skin against skin, his light flowing into her wherever they touched. In zero gravity, every movement created an equal and opposite reaction, sending them spinning slowly as they explored each other with increasing urgency.
Solar discovered that weightlessness offered new possibilities, new angles and positions that defied Earth's gravitational constraints. He used his warrior's training to control their rotation and to anchor them against the gentle drift that threatened to separate them.
"This is incredible," Dani gasped as Solar's mouth traced a path along her collarbone, down to the curve of her breast. Her head fell back, her hair floating around her like flame frozen in time.
"We have only begun," Solar assured her, his voice deepening as his control over his emissions slipped further. Light pulsed from his skin, growing brighter with his arousal, casting moving shadows across Dani's body that enhanced every curve, every contour.
They helped each other remove the remainder of their clothing, the garments drifting away. Fully naked now, they moved together in the weightless space, a dance more complex and intricate than any Solar had known. Without gravity's pull, every touch, every caress required deliberate intent, creating a heightened awareness of each point of contact.
Dani's hands explored his body with the same precision she'd shown in their repair work, finding the places where his energy concentrated, where his light flared brightest beneath her touch. Solar responded in kind, mapping the subtle electrical patterns of her nervous system, learning where pressure elicited the strongest response.
"You're getting brighter," she observed, her voice breathless as her fingers traced patterns across his chest.
"My control diminishes with arousal," Solar explained, watching golden motes of light break free from his skin to swirl around them both. "Is it uncomfortable for you?"
"Hell, no," Dani replied, pulling him closer. "It's beautiful. You're beautiful."
The simple statement affected Solar more deeply than he anticipated. Beauty was not a quality valued in the Solarus Elite Guard, where function and effectiveness were the only meaningful metrics. To be seen as beautiful, to be desired for more than strategic capability, created a resonance in his core energy that defied analysis.
Their bodies aligned perfectly as they came together. Her legs wrapped around his waist, and he knew what she wanted him to do. His essence molded to fit inside her, stretching her as he pulsed. Solar guided them with subtle adjustments that kept them centered in the engine room's space as Dani pushed her hips to his.
Dani gasped, her fingers digging into his shoulders as they moved together. Without gravity to work against, each thrust created momentum that required careful control, a rhythm that built gradually as they learned to navigate this new environment.
Solar felt his energy expanding beyond the boundaries of his physical form, golden light encompassing them both in a private universe of shared sensation. Where their bodies joined, the transfer of energy intensified, creating feedback loops of pleasure that cycled between them and built with each movement.
"Solar," Dani whispered, her eyes wide as she watched light flow across her skin like fire where they touched. "What's happening?"
"Energy alignment," he managed, his voice strained as he fought to maintain some measure of control. "Our signatures are harmonizing."
The harmonization was deeper than anything Solar had experienced before, a synchronization of energy that surpassed physical coupling. As they moved together, floating in the center of the engine room, the boundaries between them seemed to blur. His light flowed into her, and her electrical patterns influenced his emissions.
The ship around them faded until only Dani existed. He focused on the sound of her breathing, the heat of her skin, the way her energy signature pulsed in time with his own. Their movements accelerated, finding a rhythm that defied the weightless environment, each thrust perfectly counterbalanced to maintain their position.
Solar felt the approaching climax, the point beyond which his control would shatter completely. His light intensified further, a radiance that filled the engine room so that the walls seemed to be replaced by a universe of pure energy.
"I can't—" Dani gasped, her body arching against his, her eyes wide with building pleasure.
"Don't fight it," Solar urged, his hands guiding her movements. "Let our energies align."
The alignment, when it came, was simultaneous and overwhelming. Solar felt his emissions surge beyond any previous limits as Dani cried out, her body convulsing against his. For one transcendent moment, he couldn't distinguish where his energy field ended and hers began. They were a single system, a perfect harmonic resonance cascading through shared consciousness.
The surge was so powerful that it traveled through the ship's systems, momentarily stabilizing the failing gravitational compensators. Gravity suddenly returned, dropping them to the floor. Solar instinctively positioned himself to absorb the impact. He landed on his feet with a light thud on the deck plating, cradling her in his arms, still joined, still engulfed in his light.
For several moments, they remained perfectly still, her breathing gradually slowing. The brighter light slowly receded to a gentle glow.
