Praying For Rain
Title: Praying For Rain
Author: Diane
Pairing: Nathan/Haley
Rating: Adult Rated
Disclaimer: I don’t own a thing!
Spoilers/Warnings: This is set post Season 5 so everything up to and including it. This story contains scenes and language of a sexual nature.
Summary: “Right, I guess it does look like one of those… I could tell you something else it looks like though,” he said, winking at her.
Author’s Notes: This is a sequel to my recent fanfic 'Celebration' and has been written for The “Summer Breeze” Challenge at nhlovenest. It’s also dedicated to the lovely Mandz as an early birthday present. I hope you like it! *hugs*
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“Did you know that Big Ben is 315.9 ft high and that its official name is the Great Bell?”
Nathan inwardly groaned as his wife reeled off yet more facts from the guide book she was reading from while they stood in front of the famous London landmark. “No, I didn’t.”
“Big Ben is actually the nickname of the bell housed within the Clock Tower,” she continued.
“Uh huh,” he mumbled, playing around with the settings on their digital camera and then snapping a couple of photos of the clock.
“Are you even listening to me?” Haley asked, looking up from the book and giving him a pointed look.
“Of course I am, Hales.” He smiled at her and mentally crossed his fingers that she didn’t ask him to repeat what she’d just said. He’d heard so many facts lately, they were starting to go in one ear and straight out of the other.
Giving him the benefit of the doubt, the corners of her mouth curved upwards and she smiled back at him. “Okay.” Taking in the views that surrounded them, her grin widened. “God, I can’t believe we’re finally in London. I’d started to think it would never happen for us.
Wrapping his arm around her shoulders, he hugged her to him, pressing a soft kiss against her temple. “I know, it feels almost unreal that we’re actually here. It’s just funny that we’ve yet to see any rain though,” he said.
“Tell me about it. We’re probably the only tourists who actually want it to rain on their vacation… Just our luck there’s a heat wave going on right now.”
He couldn’t help laughing at her pouty expression. “C’mon, how about we start heading to the London Eye? We’ve got a little while before we need to check in but I know you’ll want to take as many photos as you can on the way so we might as well make a move.”
Nodding her head, she replied, “Sure and then maybe after that we can go grab something to eat.”
“Back at the hotel?” he asked, giving her his best puppy dog face. His feet were already starting to hurt and all he wanted was to spend some time alone with her in the privacy of their room.
Leaning into him, she nuzzled her nose against his before kissing his lips. “Hmm, that doesn’t sound like a bad idea… I’ll probably feel like taking a nap after I’ve eaten,” she teased.
“Yeah, I’ll give you a nap,” he retorted with a smirk. Taking her hand in his and lacing their fingers together, they made their way to their next destination.
* * * * *
Haley took a moment to look up at Nathan who was standing beside her as they rode in one of the London Eye’s, thankfully, air conditioned capsules. He seemed to be as awestruck as she was as they took in the sights that made up the London skyline. She’d done her research on the capital and recognised several of the tall buildings, making sure to take as many photos as she could knowing how much their son would want to see them. “You know, as much as I’m enjoying our time alone together, I kind of wish Jamie was here with us to see all of this,” she told him.
“Yeah, I do as well. Maybe we can come back with him one day when he’s a bit older.”
She nodded her agreement. “At least he’s coming with us to Hawaii,” she reminded him, thinking about the vacation Nathan had booked as an anniversary present for them before he’d found out about the trip she’d booked to London also as an anniversary gift.
“He was pretty excited, wasn’t he?”
“Um, that’s a bit of an understatement. We’d better make sure to relax on this vacation ‘cause he’s going to be running us ragged,” Haley teased.
Lowering his head so his mouth was right by her ear, Nathan whispered, “Speaking of relaxing, I think we should go straight to the hotel after we finish here and then order room service later.”
“Later, huh?” she whispered back.
“Later,” he repeated. “C’mon, Hales, we’re on vacation and—”
“Okay,” she interrupted, wanting to end the conversation before his voice grew louder and drew unwanted attention their way. Her face heated up and she quickly looked around at the other passengers, releasing a sigh of relief when she saw they were engrossed in the views all around them instead of taking in what she and Nathan were whispering about.
Seeing her glance around at the other people they were sharing the capsule with, Nathan grinned knowingly. “I don’t think we’re that interesting,” he quipped.
“Shush, you.” Her lips curved upwards despite her wanting to keep a straight face.
“Hey, what’s that building over there?” he asked a moment later when his eyes suddenly landed upon it and he pointed it out to her.
“Oh, that’s the Gherkin,” she informed him. “It’s the British name for a pickle.”
“Right, I guess it does look like one of those… I could tell you something else it looks like though,” he said, winking at her.
“Nathan!”
“What, I’m just saying.”
“Anyway,” she continued, ignoring his snickering, “it’s London’s most distinctive skyscraper and—”
“Yeah, I can see why,” he interrupted.
“Keep this up, honey, and I’ll definitely be taking a nap when we get back to the hotel,” Haley warned him.
“We’ll see about that.”
“Hmm, is that a challenge, Nathan?” she asked, arching an eyebrow.
He quickly shook his head and quickly replied, “No, no challenge.” There was no way she was going to use this to prove a point.
Finding his hand, she traced her initials into her palm, her eyes fixed on his baby blues which had already started to darken.
“Hales…”
“Shh, I know,” Haley said quietly, shivering slightly at the huskiness of his tone and interlacing their fingers, she gave his hand a gentle squeeze. Suddenly, the ride was taking a lot longer than she liked.
* * * * *
As soon as they’d entered their hotel room, Haley found herself pushed up against the door with Nathan’s mouth covering hers, his tongue immediately delving between her parted lips. His hands gripped her hips, pulling her into him just as he was pressing forward into her.
“Nathan…” she panted, her need for him already at fever pitch. Her breath caught in her throat when she felt his fingers trailing up her bare thigh beneath the skirt she was wearing and she gasped into his mouth when he began stroking her through the silky fabric of her panties.
“You’re so wet, baby,” he whispered against her lips before seizing them in another hot, hungry kiss.
Haley held on to him tightly as the knot in her stomach grew tighter, her hands bunching up the thin T-shirt he wore before they slipped beneath it to touch his warm skin.
Breaking the kiss for a moment, Nathan grabbed the hem of his T-shirt and pulled it up and over his head, tossing it aside before turning his attention to getting his wife out of her clothes. He made short work of unbuttoning her shirt and as soon as he’d removed that from her, he popped the front clasp on her white satin bra and slowly slid the straps off her shoulders and down her arms, letting the delicate garment join the clothes that were already scattered on the floor. Palming her breasts, he grazed his teeth along her bottom lip, keeping his eyes open and trained on hers before slanting his mouth over hers and deepening the kiss.
She threaded her fingers through his thick hair, holding him to her as the kiss became more and more intense. Her blood felt like it was boiling in her veins and she was pretty sure she was about to explode at any given moment. God, what he could do to her just with his wickedly talented mouth and those magic hands.
“I want you so much,” he moaned against her throat a few minutes later when the need for air had become too strong to ignore and he’d broken the kiss. Banding his arms around her waist, he gently eased her away from the door and led her towards the bedroom, their eyes locked on each other’s as they made the short journey.
“I want you, too,” she whispered, cupping his cheek in her palm, smiling softly at him.
Once inside their room, he found the zipper on her skirt and quickly lowered it, pushing the dark blue fabric past her hips and thighs and he smirked when she did a little shimmy, causing it to fall down to her ankles, leaving her clad in her white satin panties.
“Your turn,” Haley teased, her hands immediately going to the top button of his jeans and popping it open before lowering the zipper.
Nathan’s eyes fluttered shut when he felt her slim fingers wrap around his cock and slowly slide up and down his hot, hard flesh. “Hales…”
The way he uttered her name… his voice a breathless whisper, had her feeling so powerful and pushing herself up onto her toes, she pressed her lips against his urgently.
Together, they quickly removed the rest of their clothing before finding themselves entwined in the centre of the large king size bed that dominated the room.
Pushing him over onto his back, she climbed on top of him, a smirk tugging at the corners of her lips as she did so. The smirk disappeared a moment later when she lowered herself onto him and her teeth sunk into her bottom lip as he stretched and filled her. She tried to keep her eyes open but the sensations were too strong and she squeezed them shut as she began moving up and down on him, her hips rotating in the way she knew drove him wild.
Nathan couldn’t tear his eyes away from the gorgeous sight she made; her hair was mussed, her lips kiss-swollen and a light sheen of perspiration already covered her baby soft skin, making her look as if she was glowing. Her full, firm breasts were bouncing with each movement she made and reaching up, he took them into his hands, kneading them gently, plucking at her tight, rosy nipples which had her gasping with pleasure.
“Ohhh… Don’t stop!” Haley pleaded, leaning forward slightly and resting her palms on his chest, gasping when the sudden change in angle caused her clit to rub deliciously against him.
Threading his fingers through her hair, he urged her closer to him, meeting her halfway and seizing her lips with his own. Kissing her hard, he thrust his tongue inside of her mouth, mimicking what their lower bodies were doing.
Bringing her even closer so she was practically lying flat on top of him, Nathan rolled them over so that she was now underneath him and he smiled down at her as he got up onto his knees.
“Nathan…”
Instead of answering her verbally, his smile turned into the playful smirk he knew she secretly loved and hooking her thighs over his forearms, he pushed them back so they were practically by her shoulders as he moved forward and rocked his hips into hers, loving the way she was biting into her bottom lip. He watched as she reached for the headboard behind her, her fingers gripping tightly to the wooden slats as he pounded into her.
“You feel so good, Hales… So tight…” he told her, his voice dripping with lust.
“Ohhh… Oh God… Faster…” she begged when she felt the faint stirrings of her orgasm growing stronger and she moaned loudly when he lifted one of her legs even higher and rested it over his shoulder. His hips were practically jack-hammering against hers now and leaning over her, his mouth instantly found hers.
When the kiss broke long minutes later, Nathan buried his face into the nook between her neck and shoulder, breathing in her unique scent as he felt her legs wrap around his waist, her heels pressing into his ass, urging him on. He could feel his own climax fast approaching so he upped the ante. Slipping one hand between their sweat-slicked bodies, he cupped her breast, massaging it gently before pinching her nipple; knowing it would bring help bring her closer to the edge. He shifted his hips, making sure his pubic bone rubbed against her clit on each down-stroke and judging by the sounds she was making, she was almost there.
Wrapping her arms around his neck, Haley held on tightly to him, pressing open-mouthed kisses along his throat and suckling on his Adam’s apple, something she knew he loved. Her fingers threaded through his damp hair, the blunt tips of her nails raking across his scalp and along his nape.
Covering his hand which was gently squeezing her other breast, she directed it south until it was exactly where she wanted to feel him the most right now and, together, they stroked the tiny bundle of nerves at the apex of her thighs. Her mouth fell open in a silent scream as that, combined with everything else, culminated in a mind shattering orgasm that had her holding onto him for dear life, her hips continuing to gyrate against his own as she encouraged his own climax.
It didn’t take long for it to happen and Nathan gripped the pillows either side of Haley’s head as his body seized up and he spilled himself inside of her. They stayed like that for several long moments as their bodies calmed down and their breathing returned to some semblance of normal; their hands lovingly stroking and caressing each other.
His lips found hers as he slowly withdrew from her and shifted over onto his side; his palm cupping her cheek and holding her steady as he deepened the kiss. “Wouldn’t it be cool if we conceived over here?” he said quietly, breaking the comfortable silence. “It’d be like a permanent souvenir from our vacation.”
Haley smiled and nodded her agreement. “Yeah, it would.”
They’d recently discussed trying for another baby and, as such, she had come off the pill about five months ago, and while she knew it might take a while to fall pregnant, she and Nathan weren’t wasting any time getting started.
Rolling onto his back, Nathan wrapped his arms around her and pulled her in close, her head resting on his chest. “You feel up to ordering room service or do you want to take that nap you were talking about?” he teased.
“Room service ‘cause I’m starving. And then maybe after we can get a little more practice in,” she replied, lifting her head up from its position so she could look at his face.
“You read my mind,” he told her, his blue eyes twinkling with amusement as he reached for the phone on the nightstand.
* * * * *
“Nathan! C’mon, baby, get up!” Haley said, climbing onto the bed and shaking him. She bit back the smile when he tried to burrow his head under his pillow and hide from her. Throwing one of her legs over him, she straddled his butt, her hands massaging over his warm skin. Even though she really wanted to go out on their last full day in London, she was pretty tempted to strip off the clothes she’d just put on and get back into bed with him.
“Mmm, that feels good,” he mumbled, his voice muffled since his head was half under his pillow.
“If you get up and come out with me today, I promise I’ll make it up to you when we get back here,” she promised.
“Why don’t you make it up to me now? It could be an incentive.”
“Uh huh. You know as well as I do that if I make it up to you now that we won’t be leaving this room until we fly back home tomorrow.”
“And what’s wrong with that?” he joked as he slowly rolled over, being careful not to throw her off of him.
“C’mon, Nathan. It’s our last day here and as much as I love doing that with you, I really want to go out and do something.”
“Okay, okay, I’m just kidding anyway. I’ve actually got a surprise planned for you but an important part of it won’t be ready for…” he paused as he turned his head to look at the clock on the nightstand. “… another half an hour or so.”
Haley’s mouth fell open as she looked at her grinning husband. “What’s the surprise?” she asked, bouncing on top of him.
“Now if I tell you it won’t be a surprise, will it? I’m afraid you’re going to have to wait a little while longer to find out.”
“Fine,” she huffed, moving to get off of him but he was too quick for her.
“Oh no you don’t,” Nathan said, grabbing her hips and keeping her in place. “We’ve got half an hour to kill so…”
“Well, if we must…” she said, mock-sighing as she grabbed the hem of her T-shirt and pulled it up and over her head, throwing it onto the floor.
“We definitely must,” he told her, slipping his fingers under the front of her bra and using it as leverage to pull her forward, the sound of her laughter filling the air as she fell on top of him.
* * * * *
“Nathan! This is… I love it!” Haley exclaimed, giving his hand a little squeeze as he led her to their destination.
“You really like it? I wasn’t sure if—”
“It’s perfect,” she interrupted. “A picnic in Hyde Park to end our extremely belated honeymoon and you know the best thing?”
“What’s that?” he asked, smiling at how happy she sounded.
“I heard that it’s supposed to rain today.”
“I heard the same thing,” he said, his grin widening. “The concierge at the hotel asked if I wanted to borrow a couple of umbrellas when I picked up our picnic basket this morning and you should’ve seen the look he gave me when I turned down his offer.”
“Well, what did you expect, honey? Even our own friends think we’re weird for loving the rain as much as we do,” she quipped.
Nodding his head, he smirked at her. “Yeah, they do. It makes it even cooler that Jamie agrees with our way of thinking and not theirs.”
“How could he not?” she replied, winking at him. “He’s our boy and since he might’ve actually been conceived in the rain…”
“There is that. Okay, how about we set up the picnic here?” Nathan asked, stopping under a large tree which had a nice view of the park’s lake; the sunlight shimmering on the water.
“Here’s good.” Taking the blanket they’d brought with them out of the bag, Haley shook it out and laid it flat on the grass before placing their picnic basket in the centre of it and opening it up.
He took a seat beside her, his long legs stretched out in front of him as he helped her get everything set up. The hotel had done a great job of packing everything they needed, granted it had cost a pretty penny for them to do so, but still… He’d pay anything to see Haley so happy and relaxed.
“This looks so good,” she said, helping herself to some chicken salad. “Do you want some?”
Shaking his head, he replied, “No, thanks. There’s a steak sandwich in there with my name on.” Rooting through the basket, he found what he was looking for and once it was unwrapped, he took a big bite of it and moaned loudly. “Wow! It’s almost as good as the ones we have back home.”
“Speaking of, I can’t wait for tomorrow. I know we’ve spoken to him practically every day but I can’t wait to see Jamie and give him lots of kisses and cuddles. I’ve missed him so much.”
“Me, too. You do realise though that he’s probably more excited about the presents we’ve gotten him than actually seeing us again.”
“Nope, not true,” she told him, biting back the smile she could feel forming. No doubt as soon as their boy had given her a hug he’d be wanting to search through their luggage to see what they’d bought for him.
“Uh huh,” he mumbled, smirking at her before taking another big bite of his food.
They continued eating their food, enjoying each other’s company and talking about this and that while also doing a little people watching.
“Yum!” Haley exclaimed a little while later after taking a bite of the mini chocolate cheesecake the hotel’s kitchen staff had packed for them.
“Good, huh?”
“God, yes. Here…” she said, leaning towards him, “… try some.”
Parting his lips, Nathan let her put the rest of her dessert into his mouth and he closed his eyes as he chewed on it. “Damn, that is good,” he agreed. Before she could wipe her chocolate covered fingers with her napkin, he grabbed her hand and brought it back up to his mouth; keeping his eyes fixed on hers as he sucked on her forefinger followed by her thumb.
“N-Nathan…” she breathed, her heart rate speeding up at his ministrations and at the way his eyes had darkened.
“There, all clean,” he said huskily a few moments later.
Her tongue snaked out to lick at her suddenly too dry lips and picking up her water bottle, she took a big mouthful of the cold liquid in an attempt to try and cool herself down.
“Are you okay?” he asked, another smirk gracing his face.
“You feel like taking a walk?” she found herself asking.
“Feeling a little… frustrated, are ya?”
Haley was about to shake her head but seeing as he knew her only too well, what was the point in denying the truth? “Maybe a little,” she whispered, her face flushing as she spoke.
“We could always go back to the hotel and, you know, work off those frustrations? I mean, we’ll be back home tomorrow and a certain little person will be interrupting us like crazy.”
“Oh, don’t worry, we’ll be working off those frustrations properly later but I want to wait a bit longer and see if we’ll get any rain while we’re out here.
“Okay, we can do that.” Leaning forward, he covered her mouth with his, kissing her soft and slow, his tongue slipping between her lips to glide against her own.
“W-We can’t do this here, Nathan,” she said, her blush deepening as she drew back from him and looked around to see if anyone was taking any notice of them.
“No one’s watching us, Hales… C’mere,” he whispered, his hand cupping the back of her to bring her in close again.
“We need to start walking because otherwise there’s a real risk that I’ll end up jumping you right here.”
Nathan laughed at that. “Oh really?”
“Really and since I’d rather we didn’t up in jail for… public indecency or something, especially since we’re due to go home tomorrow, I—”
He seized her lips again, stopping her mid-ramble, only drawing back when he felt her body relax against his. “C’mon, then. Let’s start packing up before you risk jail for doing me in a public park.”
Swatting his shoulder, she giggled at the mental picture his words created. “It’s not just a public park… It’s one of the Royal parks so that’s, like, even worse.”
He joined in with her laughter and, together, they began packing up their stuff, making sure to throw away their trash in a nearby garbage can. Once the basket was fastened and the blanket folded up, Haley slipped her hand into Nathan’s much larger one and they began walking through the park, soaking up the peaceful atmosphere.
Looking up at the sky, she couldn’t hide her smile when she saw the dark clouds that were gathering and she hoped that they’d finally get some rain, although knowing their luck it’d probably rain once they were on the flight back to the States.
“I think it’s started, Hales,” Nathan said a few minutes later when he saw a couple of people putting up umbrellas. Releasing her hand, he held it out, palm side up and he let out a laugh when a raindrop landed in the centre of it. “We’ve got rain, baby!”
She was practically bouncing on the balls of her feet and while others in the park were scrambling to put up umbrellas or pull on jackets, she and Nathan were just standing there, grinning at each other like crazy fools. Taking the picnic basket he was holding from him, she placed it on the ground along with the bag that held the blanket. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she raised her face to the sky and closed her eyes, enjoying the feel of the cool London rain as it fell, splashing her skin.
“How ridiculous do you think we look right now?” Nathan asked, his arms looped around her waist, their bodies pressed tightly together.
“Very,” she replied, “but I don’t care!”
“I don’t either,” he said, lowering his head to hers and kissing her passionately, the rain doing nothing to cool their ardour. When the kiss eventually ended so they could breathe in much needed air, he asked, “How ‘bout we take advantage of that giant tree over there and, uh…” His words trailed off but he wiggled his eyebrows suggestively which left her in no doubt as to what he was referring to.
“Nuh huh, buddy! I can just see us making the headlines on tonight’s news… ‘Crazy American couple caught having sex in one of the Royal parks’. I think I’ll pass on that.”
“Yeah, I thought you might. Okay, how about this instead, then? We walk back to the hotel, making the most of the rain and then I’ll let you take advantage of me.”
“Mmm, that’s sounds much better,” Haley replied, popping a kiss onto his lips and laughing against them when he took the opportunity to deepen it. Her laughter soon died away though when the kiss became even more intense and her fingers buried themselves into his hair, holding him in place as they furiously worked each other over. A distant voice in the back of her mind reminded her they were doing this in public but as always when it rained and the two of them were together, all thought and logic flew out of the window.
The rain was falling heavier now and their clothes were starting to get soaked through. Reluctantly drawing back from her, he nuzzled his nose against her cheek and said, “We’d better get back to the hotel before we catch cold or something.”
“Or something…” she teased, knowing where his mind was at which was definitely the same place as hers. “C’mon, let’s get going.”
Picking up their things, they shared another soft, lingering kiss before they again intertwined their fingers and began walking again.
“You know, if you want, we could get a cab back to the hotel...”
“God, I love you!” he exclaimed, pressing his mouth to hers and then suckling on her bottom lip, releasing it with a pop a couple of seconds later. “There’d better not be a long queue for a cab what with the change in the weather.”
“You’re such a grump when you’re in a hurry to get some,” Haley observed, her chuckles earning her a pointed look from her husband who she could see was trying to contain his own laughter.
“Oh, and you’re not? Want me to remind you about that time at college when Luke was all mopey over Peyton and wanted to hang out with us twenty-four/seven?”
“Fine, we’re both grumps,” she conceded remembering that incident only too well and how antsy she had been. “C’mon then, grump, let’s see how long we’ve got to wait to hail a cab. We can always make-out while we’re waiting though.”
“True,” he agreed. Before they’d taken another step, he stopped her and gave her hand a gentle squeeze. “Hey, I just want to say thanks again for the anniversary gift, Hales. This has been an amazing vacation and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it.”
Haley beamed at him. “You don’t have to thank me, Nathan, but you’re welcome. I’ve enjoyed every minute of it, too and, like I keep on saying, I’m so glad we got to come here. And the fact that we actually got rain… it just makes it that extra bit special.” Cupping his cheek in her palm, she pushed herself up onto her tiptoes and brushed her lips over his before kissing him properly.
With smiles fixed on their faces and their hands linked, they quickly made their way out of the park, both of them hoping that they’d manage to hail a cab on the first try so they could get started on enjoying their last night in London town.
Fin