**INSPIRIED BY THE LYRICS OF "COME ON CLOSER" BY JEM**
Your pale green eyes grow wide when I open the door wearing the red, silk kimono you sent me while stationed overseas. It hits me mid-thigh with a matching silk sash. You look me up and down.
I can see the question in your eyes. You want to know if I'm wearing anything under the robe. I smile and bite my lower lip, shaking my head. The color of your eyes gets darker, like emeralds.
You reach out and run your fingers through my straight, black hair. I left it down, just as you like it. I hear your soft groan as your eyes drop to my mouth.
I step back into our apartment, letting you pass, and then close the door.
You look around, setting your duffle bag aside and removing your fatigue jacket. You tell me I've done a good job at keeping the place clean. How tired you are of sand and dust and wind. Of gunfire and crying children and bloodshed.
I tell you that I'm proud of you for serving our country. But I'm glad you are safe. I need you more. I tell you to come with me.
You take my outstretched hand, tilting your head to the side. You ask me what I have planned.
I just smile and lead you down the hall to our bedroom. My heart skips a little. It's been so lonely these last eighteen months. I push the door open and gesture for you to sit in the chair by the window. I draw the shades and light the candles I have arranged on the bookshelves above and around the oversized lounge chair.
You give me that crooked smile I love and sit down. You get comfortable, crossing your ankles, your hands loosely clasped in your lap.
I place a thick pillow on the floor by your feet and kneel on it.
You let out a soft gasp.
I run my hands over your knees and down your shins. Your worn camo pants are rough against my palms. I look up at you as I untie your boots and slowly remove them.
You are watching me closely. Your mouth is slightly gaping, and you are already breathing heavy. When I lick my lips, you mirror me, moaning. We've always been able to communicate without words. I wonder if you know what I'm thinking now.
I want to run my hands through your thick, dark hair. I want you to kiss me so badly. To touch me. Slowly. Fully. Until I am shaking in your arms.
But I promised myself that tonight would be all about you. I have worried every day since you were deployed. I want to show you how much you mean to me. How much I've missed you.
I pull your socks off next. I produce a bottle of lotion from beside the chair and rub it all over your left foot. You close your eyes and groan as I take time to massage each toe, each muscle, each curve. I press my thumb into your arch, and your foot flexes in my hands.
When I switch feet, you rub your left foot against my thigh. You slide it up under my kimono, making me shiver. I bite my lower lip while I massage your right foot, and I have to pause to take a deep breath, moaning softly as your touch arouses me.
I regretfully push your foot away. Finished with the foot massage, I move my hands up your shins to your knees again. I keep going, caressing your thighs through your pants now.