Chapter 29 – The Night before the Storm

Hermione looked up as Viktor strolled into the bedroom dirty and covered in sweat, "You are late." She said with a smile when he sighed falling into his chair by the fireplace. "Your quick Patronus at dinner telling us that you were going to be late did not leave a lot for us to go by." She said with a soft smile.

Viktor groaned, "Coach wanted us to prefect the drills before we left…... he said since it was our last real practice before the cup, we had to get it right." He said closing his eyes, tilting his head back against he cushion, "We will have warmups and short practices tomorrow and Thursday and a quick practice on the field on Friday but today was the last full hard day and then it is the cup on Saturday."

Hermione walked behind his chair and started to rub his shoulders, "Poor baby… are you sleepy." She asked leaning down to kiss his forhead.

Viktor moaned, "Yes… and exhausted and sore… and sorry that I missed dinner with you and the girls." He said reaching up to grab one of her hands and gave it a squeeze, "How was your day?" He asked his eyes still closed as he stretched his legs out in front of him.

Hermione pulled her hand away and began to rub Viktor's shoulders again, "I looked through Andrian's contract and found a clause that will let him cancel the contract tomorrow… so he is super excited." She said smiling when all Viktor did was hum at her, "I worked with Ginny and Luna on some spells while Harry and Neville worked on some protection measures for the Manor and for when we go to the cup on Saturday… as well as some extra spells they want to put on the hotel rooms this weekend." She paused walking around to sit on his lap carefully smiling when his arms wrapped around her tightly, his eyes never opening and his head never lifting off the back of the chair.

"I also worked with Alek on my arm today." She said softly grinning when he finally looked down at her with tired eyes, "What did he say?' Viktor asked carefully, his eyes searching hers.

Hermione smiled thoughtfully looking down at her arm, "He said it was completely healed of the curse." She said turing her arm over and pulling up the sleeve of her robe so they could look at the letters still visible, the scar deep and ugly. Hermione gave a small frown as she looked at it, but Viktor shook his head, his thumb brushing small circles on her wrist above the scar, "Don't." He said softly making her look up at him.

"Don't What?" She asked softly, her voice catching in a way that made Viktor's heart catch in response.

Viktor let go of her wrist and cupped her chin, "I can see it in your eyes Mila…." He said softly looking her in the eyes, "But this scar is not ugly…... and it does not make you ugly." He whispered reading her mind, "It is your badge of honor… it is when you fought against those who would hurt others and it is a testament of you beating them… you won Mila… and you are beautiful…no you are amazingly gorgeous… This scar shows me how hard you fought… how you survived… how amazing you are." He said pulling her arm up to give the scars feather light kisses, "You are my stunning woman… every single part of you is prefect and soon you will be my wife."

Hermione let a tear slide down her cheek and threw her arms around him tightly, "Thank you Viktor." She said softly, "I love you so much."

Viktor kissed her cheek, "It is easy to say these things because they are true Mila." He said softly pulling back, "Now what did Alek say about the break?"

Hermione sighed, "He said it was healed but I would take time before it is as strong as it was before and…. I will still have to be careful." She said leaning back in his arms again, "He also looked at my back and said that while I guess the colors are looking spectacular it is healing nicely… the new damage is not as bad as the old damage." She laid her head on his chest, "Alek said by Friday, travel should be just fine and by next week I should be all the way healed as long I keep taking the potions that he is giving me."

Viktor gave her a bright smile, "I am glad… I was worried that you would have trouble traveling for the match." He said his thumb rubbing circles on her wrist above her scars again, grounding her to him.

Hermione smiled, "You are not getting rid of me that easy." She said sighing and leaning back against his chest, "You smell good." She said softly pushing her nose into his chest.

Viktor snorted, "I smell like stink and sweat." He said laying his head down on hers and digging his nose into her curls.

Hermione shook her head softly, "No…. you smell like you…... earth and salt…. Wood and a hint of your aftershave that I love so much." She whispered kissing his throat softy, her fingers trailing over his chest, "I miss what you smelled like… when I was gone…. I would lay in bed… I would hug a pillow and I would try to pretend that it was you, but it never smelled right."

Viktor smiled softly rubbing his nose back and forth in her curls, "You smell better." He said softly, he paused for a moment taking a deep breath, "After you left, I laid in our bed just hugging your pillow… I did that every single time you left." He whispered kissing her forhead, "After I got the fake letters, I laid in the bed surrounded by your scent until It faded away…. then I left because I could not be here without you…. the bed did not smell right… the house was not right without you in it."

Hermione sighed wrapping her arms tighter around Viktor, "I am sorry." She said softly and she shook her head cutting him off when he went to tell her it was not her fault, "I know that it was not my fault and I know that you don't blame me… but I am sorry that you were hurting… I am sorry that you were in pain… I never want you in pain."

Viktor pulled her head back and lightly kissed her lips, before pulling back to look her in the eyes, "I am sorry we were both in pain… I am sorry that I was not there for you when you were fighting… I am sorry that you had to fight." He paused, "I am sorry for so many things… but all I can do is love you now… and I will never let you go and make sure to stop more pain from coming your way." He murmured.

Hermione smiled up at him brightly, "I Love you Viktor Krum." She said softly before pulling him into a deep kiss, her tongue licking his lips for entrance. When he groaned deeply and opened up for her, she smiled against his lips and used her teeth to pull on his bottom lip making his moan come from deep in his chest, it was so deep she felt it making his chest tremble against her. His hands gripped her hips and forced her to stand before pulling her back down, so she was straddling his legs, her knees pushed into the back of the chair by his hips.

"Fuck …. Mila." He said when she rolled her hips over his and his hands tightened on her thighs. "You have to stop." He begged after a few moments pulling back to lay his forhead on hers, "You were sore and hurting last time." He panted, his breath brushing her cheeks as he tried to pull back the need that was coursing though him like a raging burning fire.

Hermione grinned her hands sliding down his chest until her fingers played with the bottom of his shirt, "You did not hurt me…. And I was not that sore…. Plus, I have had 3 more potions since then." She mouthed against his throat, she gave it a light nip that had him jerk against her and a quick lick to sooth it that had him trembling again, "I want you Viktor." She whispered into his ear, licking the shell making him clench his eyes closed as he gasped harshly.

Viktor sighed deeply and shook his head, "I will not let you distract me again woman." He said his hands going to her hips to hold them still, "If all goes well you can either congratulate me on Saturday or make me feel better when I am sad." He muttered taking a deep breath to try and control the flames running through him.

Hermione sighed sitting back on his knees, "Fine." She said, her hands sliding down his chest to lay on his stomach.

Viktor narrowed his eyes at the mischief in her eyes and the slight smirk on her face, "What are you up to?" He asked one eyebrow raised and his face turning into a light scowl.

Hermione gave a small giggle at his face and cupped his cheeks, "Up to what?" She asked leaning up to kiss his chin softly before pulling back to untie her robe, "Gosh it is hot in here." She softly said her eyes gleaming.

Viktor's eyes went round when she slid the black silk robe off her shoulders reveling the deep burgundy slip laying against her skin, "Mila…..." He whispered, his voice catching. He had no control over his hands when they went to play with the thin… almost not there straps on her shoulders. His fingers twisted in the deep mahogany curls falling over her shoulders, he watched as the curls slipped back and forth over the swell of her chest and his hands ached to pull at them… to take their place on her skin. He could see the faint outline of her nipples and watched with hooded eyes as her chest rose and fell with each one of her breaths.

Viktor closed his eyes fighting for control, his hands moving to clench at her sides. He jumped when her hands slid back up his chest to cup his neck, "Viktor…. I NEED you." She whispered her lips coming up to brush gently across chin and up over to his lips, "I need you like I need to breath." She said brushing her lips over his until he was gasping in her mouth like he could pull his very life from her lungs, "'I need you… only you Viktor… around me... in me… just you and me." She begged before covering his mouth hers and begged for entrance with her tongue.

Viktor's hands were shaking when they slid into her curls and roughly tilted her head so he could take the kiss over. He dominated her…. his hands almost pulling her hair as she rolled her hips over his hard. Her hands slid back down and glided under his shirt and up until her nails scraped his nipples making him jerk against her quickly.

Hermione pulled back sharply feeling the slight sting of her hair being pulled from his fingers and she yanked his jumper up to go over his head and she was already licking his chest before he could get the jumper all the way over his head. "Hermione." He gasped when her tongue went over his nipple and he gave a small shout when she bit him hard enough to leave a mark. "Slow down." He begged her his hands gripping at her hips again that were moving against his.

Hermione shook her head as she licked up to his chin and covered his mouth with hers again, "I have been thinking about this all day… ever since you came home and kissed me in your practice wear." She muttered against his mouth making him grin and chuckle darkly and grab her head again.

"You thought about me?" He muttered tilting her neck back so he could nip along the column until he reached the top of the burgundy silk, "Is that why you wore this color for me?" He whispered against her skin…. Stopping to pull at her nipple with his teeth through her slip.

Hermione cupped the back of his head and nodded, "Yes… yes please… please." She begged, moving her hips hard against him. "You said early bedtime and you were late… so fucking late." She muttered her nails scratching his scalp making him shudder against her.

Viktor's fingers trembled as they slid down her side to in between their bodies to feel the damp heat pushing against him and he groaned deep in his throat as his lips moved to the other nipple and bit down making Hermione cry out.

"Viktor, I swear to gods." She mumbled when his fingers traced around everywhere but where she wanted, "Please." Her nails scratching at his neck hard enough to create little lines that had him seeing stars.

Hermione lost her will to let him lead and pushed his head back away from her chest and reached to grab his hands and placing them on the arms of the chair, "Stay." She muttered darkly making Viktor's eyes flash deeply as a smirk covered his face.

Viktor watched with hooded eyes as Hermione's slip fell uncovering first one nipple then the other and his mouth watered with the need to taste her bare skin, he looked down at her hands when she reached the zipper of his pants and he gasped and bucked his hips when her fingers grazed over him as she unzipped him. "Mila." It came out as a warning, his voice tight and low with his desire.

Hermione looked up her eye catching his and his breath caught in his chest at the look on her face, "Yes Viktor." She said softly slipping her hand inside his pants to grasp him tightly.

The smirk fell off Viktor's face and his eyes glazed over as her hand began to move, "OH Fuck me." He muttered, his head falling back against the chair his body arching up under hers.

Hermione leaned forward and kissed his throat giving it a long lick that had Viktor gasping, "I plan on it." She murmured against his skin making his eyes pop open and his hands clench the arms of the chair tighter. "Right now." She said moving over him and sliding him home.

Viktor froze…. his neck straining hard as she settled over him, "Please." He begged his voice rough with need, "Don't move for a moment Milla…. I just need a moment." His eyes tightly clenched as his body felt like a at any moment it would explode.

Hermione smiled down at him letting her hands run lightly over his chest, her lips following softly ... like a feather that made his muscles jump and move under her lips, but she kept her hips still while he tried to get a deep breath… over and over. After a moment she looked up into his eyes and saw the swirls of liquid coffee surrounded by his dark lashes, "What do you want Viktor?" She asked squeezing her muscles and watching his eyes widen just a little more and his mouth fall open.

Viktor panted, leaning forward to capture her lips with his, his tongue tracing and teeth nipping until she began to shift over him making him jerk back, "Let me touch you." He begged, "Please... I have to touch you."

Hermione had barely nodded before Viktor sprung into action… his hands reaching out and grasping her hips harshly. Hermione slid her hands to the back of his head as she kissed him deeply and she gave a slight jump when she felt his hands grab her hips tightly pulling her down harder as he arched up. "Mila…" He froze and gripped her hips trying to hold her still, "Tell me if I hurt you." He demanded, his voice straining.

Hermione just kept kissing along his neck, her tongue tracing fire over his skin and her hips trying to move against him. Viktor's hands were shaking as he clenched at her hip locking her against him, "HERMIONE." He demanded as his voice snapped. "Promise me that you will tell me if I hurt you."

Hermione nodded, "Yes… yes..." She said trying to move her hips harder, "I promise…... now please MOVE." She demanded, "Please Viktor."

Viktor clenched her hips and raised her slightly sliding lower in the seat, "Hold on." He said slamming up to meet her. Viktor watched as Hermione's head fell back as she clenched on to his shoulders. Viktor gasped when her nails dug in leaving crescent marks. His eyes were at half mast as he continued to slam up into her, taking in everything about her in his lap. It was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. Her head thrown back so far that he felt her hair brush his thighs… her breasts swinging in front of his eyes still glistening from his kisses…... her lip tight between her teeth as she closed her eyes tightly. "Beautiful." He murmured.

Hermione slid her eyes open to look down at Viktor, "Perfection." She whispered back, leaning forward tight against him wrapping her arms around his shoulders, "Sit up… against me, I want to feel you wrapped around me." She begged pushing her chest tight against his. Viktor nodded needing the same thing…... his body demanding the same thing. He pushed forward and sat up, "Yes… hold on." He muttered, quickly standing up, "Wrap your legs around me." He said covering her mouth with his.

Hermione wrapped her legs tight around his hips and pushed his pants farther down his hips until they hit his knees, "Viktor move... now." She demanded, her voice gasping in her need… her fingers scraping along his back as she arched against him.

Viktor sat back on the edge of the chair and gripped her hips rolling them against him, her feet tucked at his back and her heels digging into his ass as he pushed against her again. "Mila…" He said against her mouth, his breath rushing over her face "I need you…. I need you..." His hands gripping her hips, her heat burning him from the inside out.

Hermione pulled her mouth away from his in a gasp and closed her eyes tightly, "Viktor… My Viktor." She begged against him as she wrapped her arms around his shoulders and tucked her face into his neck, "Viktor." She plead, "More... more." her nails scratching along his back as she held him tightly, leaving red angry marks that made him move harder against her, "Please." She said her hips rolling against his as he slid deeper and deeper inside her.

Viktor gripped her hips as he pushed against her, "Yes, Mila… I need more… NOW" He demand as he felt his body tighten against her. "I need you to finish now…. I need you." He begged against her lips.

Hermione shook her head against his shoulder, "Not yet…" She gasped, "I can't… not yet." She panted and Viktor clenched his jaw as his body began to vibrate. "Yes… now." He said shifting so he was leaning back again her feet stuck behind him and shifted her forward, laying her along his body, so his hip bone hit her center with every stroke. Hermione began to shake in his arms as he pushed and pulled her against him, "Viktor…" She said her mouth searching for his on instinct as she flew closer and closer to the edge, "Please." She uttered into his mouth, "Please."

Viktor slammed up once, twice…. finally, one last time and when Hermione screamed into his mouth tumbling over the edge he followed after gasping her name like a prayer on her lips.

Hermione fell forward laying across his chest gasping as Viktor stroked her sides, refusing to move from the sweet wet heat that surrounded him. His lips found her forhead as he tried to catch his breath, "Mila… are you ok?" He asked, his hands grazing along her back gently.

Hermione chuckled against his chest, "Are you going to ask me that every time?" She said kissing his nipple taking a deep breath, "I am not ok Viktor…... I am prefect."

Viktor chuckled sitting forward enough so she could slide her feet out from behind him, "I am pretty prefect right now too." He said leaning back again so he could kick his pants the rest of the way off, "Only thing that would make it better would be a shower and a bed."

Hermione pulled back sitting up on his lap and Viktor took her in again, her hair now falling over her shoulders wild from his hands. Her slip sliding down her arms, her face soft and pink, her lips full and bruised and he felt his heart nearly burst. His hand reached out to cup her cheek, his thumb brushing back and forth, "I love you." He whispered looking her in the eye.

Hermione gazed down at him, her fingers reaching out to trace along his beard, over to his lips. Viktor kissed her fingertips and she smiled down at him leaning down to give him a gentle kiss, "I love you more." She whispered against his cheek making him smile. She sat back on his legs again, "Now let's get you in the shower." She said standing up off his lap and fixing her straps to cover her body. Viktor's eyes traced along her skin as he took her in and felt his body start to harden again.

Viktor smirked up at her when he saw her looking down his body taking in every naked hard inch, "Again?" He asked eyebrow raised.

Hermione laughed shaking her head, "You are impossible." She muttered holding out a hand, "Lets go."

Viktor slid a hand into hers and walked her into the bathroom, "Come on, you can wash my back…. I got you dirty anyway." He said sliding the straps of her slip down her shoulders until it slipped and fell to the floor.

Hermione rolled her eyes, "Sure that is why you want me in the shower." She said stepping in and pulling her hair up into a lose wild bun at the top if her hair, so it did not get wet.

Viktor chuckled getting in behind her, "Yes well…. The view is nice also." He said kissing her shoulder. "Are you ready for tomorrow." He asked.

Hermione turned and wrapped her arms around Viktor's waist, "Not excited about getting up so early but yes…. I have never been to see you play or practice." She said kissing his chin under the water.

Viktor smiled, "It is not that early, I still have to be there at 5:45 in the morning… you don't have to be there until 8." He chuckled.

Hermione sighed, "Way too early…that means that I have to get up at 6:30 to get ready." She said rubbing her nose on his collar bone.

Viktor chuckled, "The rest of our life I will be chasing you out of bed in the morning." He said his hand rubbing over her wet sides.

Hermione rolled her eyes, "You would think you would want me to get in the bed… not out." She said pulling away to get the body wash, "Also are you ok if your mom keeps Bella home tomorrow?"

Viktor nodded, "It will be a long day… maybe it would be better if she stayed home." He said scrubbing at his hair.

Hermione finished washing up and snuck out of the shower while Viktor was under the spray of the water, "We are all floo-ing over to the stadium at 8 together…. Are you sure it is ok if we all come… Harry, Neville, Luna, Ginny Me, and Adeline…... That is a lot of us." She called out drying off.

Viktor stuck his head out of the shower with narrowed eyes, "You got out." He said making her smile. "And yes… it is fine. I think Andrian, Rose and Alek will be there also."

Hermione grinned at him, "I am all clean." She said sliding on a black silk night gown.

Viktor's eyes darkened as he took in her damp curls falling from her bun around the edge of her neck and black silk and he went to step out. Hermione laughed taking a step back, "Don't even think about it." She said grinning, "Finish up and you can come to bed."

Viktor groaned ducking back into the shower, "FINE…... Fine." He yelled, "But I can make you feel better."

Hermione laughed as she walked out of the bathroom, "Who said that I need to feel better…. In case you forgot I just told you that I feel GREAT… actually pretty prefect." She called out.

Viktor chuckled, "I can ALWAYS make you feel better…..." He called out to her.

Hermione stuck her head back into the bathroom, "Well if you hurry up, I will massage your sore muscles." She said. "And then you can make me FEEL BETTER." She said with a grin.

Hermione's eye widened when she heard the shower turn off, "Really, Viktor." She called out laughing.

Viktor stuck his head out of the shower and nodded, "Really." He said with a grin chasing Hermione out of the bathroom naked and wet making Hermione burst out laughing.