In Your Eyes

Sid looked around at probably the most colorfully-decorated house he'd ever seen. It was definitely a girl's house, and definitely not the bachelor pads he was used to. He admired Piper's diverse way that she decorated her home.

"And this is my favorite place" Piper said, trotting over to a door that looked as if it led outside. "But you have to promise not to laugh."

"I can't promise that" Sid replied. "But I'll try."

"Good enough." Piper bit her lip and opened the door. "Welcome to my greenhouse."

He stepped inside the small room, eyes widening. Its walls were transparent enough to see the pine trees of her backyard through the panes, yet baskets of tiny purple flowers hung from a wooden railing above him in all directions. Below, a makeshift indoor garden contained plants ripe with tomatoes, squash, and peppers.

Piper stood off to the side, waiting anxiously for Sid's reaction. "So?"

He nodded, eyes scanning all around him. "It's amazing." His gaze fell center on her. "You grew all this?"

"Mmm hmm." She hurried over to the planter boxes at the far end. Granted, though there wasn't much room and it hardly fit two people (and Sid was the size of two people on his own), she had to shimmy past him to get to the boxes. She knelt, motioning for him to join. "See these?"

Sid knelt beside her. "Yeah, what are these?" He was looking at a healthy bunch of tiny green leaves dotted with the tiniest little star-shaped blue and white flowers. He'd never seen anything like it before.

"They're called Starry Eyes" Piper said, running her hand over the flat of flowers. "They're my favorite but they're ridiculously tough to grow." She looked at him and smiled. "Somehow, I got them to grow in here though."

He smiled. "I think this is really awesome, Piper."

She looked down at the flowers and shrugged it off. Sid thought maybe it was either embarrassment or a feeling of silliness he thought she was giving him…but what he saw was a girl who had more to her than he would've ever guessed.

When she glanced up, her green eyes glinted. "What?"

Sid shook his head. "Just admiring everything about you."

Piper suddenly felt the heat of the greenhouse…or was it the heat emanating from him?

"Honestly, I think this is great" he added, hoping to show her just how cool a girl he thought she was. "And these are pretty too."

"Pretty?" Piper stood. "You don't have to fake it, stud."

Sidney rolled his eyes and rubbed the back of her neck. "Are you always going to fight me on everything?"

"Maaaybe." She winked at him, and he melted.

"Show me more." His hand found a comfortable spot on her lower back.

"My house isn't nearly as huge as yours."

"But it's already got more character than both of my houses have, combined."

She started to laugh as they headed back into the house. "Listen to you! Both of my houses" she mocked, trying to make her voice sound like his.

"Is that really how I sound?" Sid stopped walking, feigning disgust. "How could you?"

"Well, I could imitate that thing you call a laugh" she teased, pushing herself into him. "But I won't, because I don't want to lose all respect for myself."

Sid's mouth dropped. "You sassy thing." He pushed himself into her, backing her up just the slightest bit.

"You haven't seen sassy yet, baby."

Piper's back hit her living room wall, forcing the pair to stop where they were. There was an obvious charge between them; Sid's large body pressed against her smaller one; her blondish-brown hair and lighter eyes facing his darker features. A building heat could be felt between their bodies, and Piper knew Sid was feeling what she was feeling.

Reaching up, she reached up and removed Sid's hat. He smiled, knowing his hat hair had to look atrocious. Piper ran her hands through it, grabbing onto its length.

"Why the fuck didn't you call me this week" she whispered. Her eyes fell to his mouth and his lips.

"I was in Colorado…" Sid cleared his throat, feeling most of his blood moving south. "…training." He felt Piper's hands slide down the side of his face as her eyes took on a hungry look.

"I thought you lost interest." She very lightly kissed his jaw, feeling the day old stubble that was making itself known.

Sid closed his eyes. "How could I?" he uttered softly. He leaned his face into her lips, wanting more.

Piper kissed by his ear. "I thought I did something wrong."

His grin appeared, even as Piper brought her lips towards his. He lifted his hands and held her face firmly, keeping her still as he looked into her eyes. "You've done everything right." He kept holding her face still, forcing her attention to remain on him. "And I'm going to show you just how perfect you've been."

In one swift movement, Sid lifted Piper's legs so that they were wrapped around his waist. Luckily for him, she had been wearing a shorter skirt. His work was half done for him. He slid his hands up her thighs to her ass, his fingers grabbing as much of her creamy flesh as they could.

Piper wasted no time opening her mouth to his, feeling Sid's ridiculous strength as he lifted her as easily as he would lift a doll. Her hands fell on his biceps, gripping at the muscle that flexed beneath. Pressed against her hottest spot she felt Sid's hardest muscle. It pressed against his jeans, hardening further with every second. Piper felt the heat of him, the hardness against her panties, which desperately needed to come off.

"Down" she breathed, and Sid gently let her legs go. He barely gave her enough room to move, so Piper pushed him a little. "My turn."

Sid was wheeled around by some newfound strength in Piper. He wondered, even as her hands worked at his belt, how strong a yoga instructor could be. He wanted to find out in every way possible. When he looked down, she was pulling down everything that separated her from his dick. Her adept hands reached for it, watching with wide green eyes as it popped out of his boxers.

"Fuck" she said, her voice hushed. "I am never going to get bored of seeing this."

Sid would've laughed…could've laughed….if his breath wasn't stolen from him the second her lips wrapped around his dick.

"Jesus, Piper…" His eyes closed shut as more of his length disappeared into the warmth of her mouth. Her tongue grazed over the head, her lips working in tandem with her hand. He was now cursing himself inside his mind for not jerking off that morning…because another few minutes of this and he'd be done.

Piper's mouth left Sid's dick for only a moment so she could take the rest of him in. It was a view she could get seriously used to. Sid's eyes, heavy lids and all, looked down at her as she stroked him.

"Tease."

She smiled. With her eyes never leaving his, she moved her mouth over his cock again. It was a full fit, even in her mouth…just as it had been in her pussy a week before.

"Fucking gorgeous" Sid muttered hoarsely, his voice nearly a growl. His desire to take her there against the wall was out the window. Every pass of Piper's mouth over his shaft made him think he wouldn't finish anywhere but in her mouth.

Piper felt Sid's hand rest on her head as his eyes closed again. His head leaned against the wall while he licked his bottom lip, focusing as she worked him. Piper was getting wet just watching his enjoyment. She wanted to test him…play with him a little, just to see…so she increased her pace with her mouth and her hand, and Sid grunted.

"Fuck."

Piper delivered more, and Sid's hand grasped more of her hair, following the bobbing motion of her head as she worked him to the brink.

Sid had to make a choice. He was two minutes from cumming inside her beautiful mouth…or he had to move so there was a chance of him cumming inside her beautiful body. It wasn't like him to take all the pleasure for himself - so the choice, this time, was easy.

The exchange of power happened, and Piper was lifted off her knees, only to be placed on her back on the living room floor. Sid stripped off his t-shirt and jeans, and then pressed the weight of his body against her. He didn't even bother with her clothes. He had to have her there, he didn't care. He kissed her, a feral need to taste her mouth.

Beneath him, Piper felt cool air play at her hot skin as Sid pulled her panties down, his mouth locked on to hers. He never missed a beat, keeping her distracted as he positioned himself over her.

"Sid…" she begged.

"I'm here." It came out breathily. Needfully. Urgently. He lifted her legs and used the floor for the leverage. With a quick thrust, he pushed inside, Piper's back arching in response. She was soaking wet. If it was possible, her readiness turned him on even more. Her tightness was what he had been thinking of each night in Vail; each night he didn't call and yet, had to rub one out every night until he came and the pressure was over.

An series of intense feelings swept through him…feelings that faded in and out of gentle, savage, generous, greedy. And now that he was deep inside Piper, he wanted to be deeper. Sid knew he could go deeper to get her to squeal for him,because of him. It's what he desired most. With every thrust he put all his power into it, giving Piper a reason to moan harder every time he withdrew and slammed back in.

Piper realized it was beyond the point of controlling her moans, because there was no controlling anything with Sid. His body was beyond heavy, his muscles moved in ways she didn't think were possible, his eyes…his beautiful eyes….looked at her, eyeing her up like his prize, like a game to be won and he wouldn't stop until he scored. When Sid spread her knees even further away from him did she realize what depth truly was.

"Ohmyfucckkkk, Sid--"

"Tell me" he growled, his breath becoming more ragged now. "Tell me how it feels."

Piper was whimpering as Sid pressed his weight against her, giving him an edge while giving her all he had.

"You feel…" she panted, trying not to give in to the orgasm that was just barely within her reach. "…you feel so fuckingamazing." Moaning as Sid bit at her neck, she felt her orgasming nearing. "You fill me….so much….agghh--"

Sid thrusted until he felt his balls press against her; he could go no deeper. He felt his mind start to slip as the familiar dizziness began.

From Piper's position beneath him, his body an anchor of muscle and tendon and power twisted into one compact frame, she felt herself lose it. Everything in that moment was too much for her; his size, his body, his eyes, his voice as it moaned against her neck. He was hitting every right spot inside her with just his width while breathing hard against her skin. His breath was hot, their bodies damp with sweat.

Piper felt it all, and she had to let go at that moment or else she'd shatter to pieces. When her body rocked and her voice called his name a final time, she sensed Sid smiling against her shoulder. He knew what he'd done, how he'd stolen another orgasm from her. He knew he'd unequivocally made her his. Piper mind matched her body, and was totally his.

Sid heard her moans somewhere off in the distance as he continued to pump. His head was swirling, disconnected from the rest of him. He knew it wasn't long. Sid bit his lip as he tried to hang on, but Piper's body was too much for him. With a final push, he bottomed out inside her, releasing himself with a heavy groan.

Whether it was minutes, seconds, or years that they lay together, spent in their ecstasy, drunk off one another. Sid was the first to move, propping himself onto on elbow, relieving Piper of some of his weight.

"You're beautiful" he said, still breathing unsteadily.

Piper still hadn't returned to earth, and his compliments weren't helping. With an exhausted smile, she lazily lifted a hand to his face, rubbing a single drop of sweat from his temple. "No, Sidney…you are."

* * *

Sid came out of the shower wrapped in a towel. Piper grabbed their drinks and headed back to the bedroom where she found him putting his watch on. His beautiful back and shoulders were her view which only made her shake her head, still amazed that she was dating him.

"One ice cold water with lemon, coming right up." She held out the glass as Sid gave her a kiss.

"Thank you."

Piper watched him chug almost the entire thing. "Holy shit, thirsty much?"

His eyes flashed. "Worked up quite a sweat."

Taking a seat on the bed, Piper curled one leg under her while the other dangled off the edge. She watched with wonder as Sid went through completely normal, every day movements. Somehow, even Sid made 'normal' look anything but. His muscles were a thing of beauty; the curls of hair, now damp with water, hung limp and stuck to his forehead. A glint of gold about his neck was the only thing beside his skin that seemed to glow.

As Sid went to retrieve a shirt from his luggage bag, a smile appeared on his face before he even looked at her. "Staring again?" He glanced over as he unfolded his t-shirt, eyes happy.

"No." She made a face. "Yeesss…." Sid pulled his t-shirt on over his head, tugging it over his boxy torso. She frowned exaggeratedly, sad to see his body disappear beneath the cotton. "Can't you just walk around naked all the time?"

He walked over and stood in front of her, forcing her to look up at him. "I will when you do."

"Don't test me, Crosby." She grabbed his hands in hers, a playful twinkle in her eye. "Because I will."

"I'm hoping you do!" Sid leaned forward, his lips pressing tenderly against hers. "Food first though, right?"

She groaned. "Do all hockey players eat like this?"

"Yes." Sid grinned. "Especially ones who just fucked the way we did." He pulled her up from the bed so that they were standing together. "Plus, I want to see the sunset."

Piper cocked her head. "Really?"

"Last time I watched the sun set with you, it was on my turf. Now we're on yours…it's only fair."

He's perfect. End of story. Piper smiled, her eyes slowly rolling down the Team Canada t-shirt he wore to the cream colored towel still wrapped about his waist.

Sid tried not to smirk when he felt a quick brush of her nails along his skin as the towel dropped to the floor. Her eyes moved upwards again, her grin growing naughty.

"Sorry" she said. "Had to see it again."

He shook his head, wondering if it was possible to like a girl too much this soon. "Don't worry - you'll see it again, alright." He pressed himself against her, his hands guiding her face to his. In a slow rhythm, their lips joined with the same jolt of fire igniting between them as it had the first time they'd done so. "Buttt…." Sid whispered, nuzzling his nose to hers. "I want to see your life before anything else. Show me?"

Piper did everything in her power not to melt. "I'll show you." She nodded towards the floor. "Now cover up. You're indecent."

As she walked past him and out of the bedroom, she could still hear Sid laughing behind her.

* * *

They sat down on a park bench facing the harbor, lobster rolls in hand. Tiny tugboats and lobstering boats were coming back from a long day out at sea, filling up the docks that became the view that Piper and Sid were currently enjoying with their dinner.

"This is fucking delicious" Sid said, mouth full.

"That place is wicked good. The best in town, if you ask me." Piper wiped her mouth and handed Sid a napkin as well. He took it gladly.

"Thffaanksp."

Piper sighed. "Don't chew with your mouth full." She giggled when he smiled, his cheeks chubby with a food. "You're worse than my kid brother."

Sid rolled his eyes, doing his best to swallow quickly. "Told you I was hungry!"

Smiling, Piper shook her head and took a bite of her own roll. Her eyes scanned the slowly dimming scenery around them. The sun was on it's way to saying goodnight to the world, but there was still so much Piper had to show Sid yet.

Beside her, Sid reached over and took a drink of her diet Coke. She nudged him in the side, which made him hand her back the paper cup. Piper took a drink, reveling in comfort that was already so evident between the two of them.

"We're going back to that place again tomorrow" Sid remarked. "I want to see what else they have on the menu."

"They can do no wrong, trust me. I've lived here my whole life and they've never changed." She smiled, beyond pleased that Sid was enjoying himself.

"What's that island there?"

Piper looked out at where Sid was pointing. "That's Bar Island."

Sid chuckled. "Fitting name."

"Well how 'bout this…" Piper pointed towards the southeast. "Collectively, all of these little guys are called the Porcupine Islands." Her eyes met his. "Weird, huh?"

"Yeah, really." His expression showed genuine interest. "I never saw so many tiny little islands, even around Nova Scotia."

"There are so many around here! Some you can get to, some are accessed by boat only." She took a bite of her sandwich and considered something. Leaning into Sid's shoulder close to her, she gave him a little smile. "Want to go exploring tomorrow?"

Sid's face lit up. "Really? Where to?"

"Anywhere!"

"I like that idea." He finished his sandwich, balling up the paper holder it came on. "In fact - let's just take off. Let's just drive. Go wherever. Anywhere you want to take me."

Piper's eyebrows lifted, as did the corners of her mouth. "Crosby the Adventurer! Who knew!?!?"

"Are you down?"

His eyes seemed to change color slightly, especially when he was relaxed and happy. Piper saw how the espresso shade had now gone lighter, indicating his excitement for their newly formed plan for tomorrow.

"Totally down" she said, balling up her own wrapper. "I have to do one thing first."

"And just what is that?"

Piper threw her arms around him, hugging him close just as he started to laugh. "I have to hug you because you might be the most fun guy I've ever met."

As he embraced her, Sid wished he could tell her at that moment was that he wasn't normally like this. Not consistently, anyway. It was becoming apparent that when he was with Piper, the weight of his career and lifestyle wasn't nearly as heavy. He wanted to be spontaneous with her…it was impossible not to; she was carefree and bubbly and her reactions to him made him feel amazing. It was the least he could do in return for how good she made him feel.

* * *

Almost all of the boutiques and shops downtown Bar Harbor were closed now, so the new couple felt like they had the entire place to themselves. Street by street (not that there were many of them), Piper led Sidney on a mini-tour, taking him around by foot as she pointed out key locations that meant something to her…even the locations that didn't.

Sid asked a lot of questions, hoping he wasn't being too annoying. Bar Harbor had a unique feel to it; one that, even in all his travels, he hadn't encountered yet.

Finally, they came to the place Sid was hoping to see most. Luckily for him, Piper didn't wait until the sun went down to show him.

"Daybreak Yoga and Pilates." He stared up at the letters above the entrance, seeing already Piper's personal touch and style just in the sign.

"Too boring?" She stood next to him, arms folded over her chest.

Sid shook his head. "Not at all. Although the curly-q at the ends of some of those letters are kind of girly." He turned his head, smirking at her.

"I can handle girly" she said, digging in her messenger bag. "Ready for the biiiiggg reveal?"

"Shaking in my shoes" Sid teased. In actuality, he was beyond excited to see her studio. He didn't know too many people who started their own business only a few years out of college. In fact, he was downright impressed.

The doors opened and they stepped inside. Piper flicked on the lights to the lobby, the trotted forward to hit the lights of both of the studios. As she did so, Sid took a moment to appreciate what he was seeing. A front desk, designed in a U-shape, had flowers in small pots on each side of the ledge where patrons checked in. If he had to guess, he'd say the flowers came from Piper's greenhouse.

Standing near the wall between the two studios, Piper watched nervously as Sid looked around. His keen gaze seemed to study everything, and Piper wondered what he was thinking.

"Nice office" he said with a grin. "And nice hat."

Piper laughed when she saw Sid lift up the hat he'd given her. "I wear it every day now, you know." She walked over and stole the hat from him and placed it on her head.

"Wow….even sexier than I thought" Sid replied with a grin. He tapped the bill, just as she'd done when she came to visit him. "I like this."

Piper tapped him on the nose. "I like you. Now come on…."

Keeping the hat on, she led Sidney to the main studio room where she held her classes. One wall had nothing but mirrors and a wooden ballet barre. The others were painted in the same colorful manner that Piper's house was, in soothing tones of blue and green that reminded him of waves.

"This place is so you" he said, turning to face her.

She smiled. "How so?"

"Well….it's cool, and interesting…" Sid stepped towards her slowly. "And colorful, and…" His eyes looked around. "…Pretty sexy."

"Sexy!?" Piper laughed, feeling her heart race the closer Sidney got to her. By the time he was standing in front of her, she could feel the thumping in her ears.

"Incredibly sexy." He leaned into her as if to kiss her, but stopped short. The tension between their bodies hung heavy in the small space that separated them. He purposely kept his lips just barely within reach of hers, and he smiled. "You forgot to show me some of your moves."

Piper pushed him backwards. Hard. "Stand back, Crosby." In her jeans and tank top, she bent forward. Even in the denim she was able to move as if she was in her usual yoga attire. If it was one thing Piper knew about herself, it was how agile she was.

Sidney stood back, watching closely. Piper contorted into some crazy sort of position, which led to her lifting her leg up to her shoulder, holding it there with a cool grin on her face.

"More?"

"Please." Sid's eyes followed her incredible body as she spun around, her back to him now as she flexed her leg upwards. She moved gracefully into an angle that made his dick throb.

Glancing over her shoulder while still holding her leg, Piper smirked. "More?"

Sid came forward, which prompted her to lower her leg. In the mirror, Piper watched as he pressed himself hard against her back, his arms so huge against hers that they drew her attention to them almost immediately. They wrapped around her tightly, his hips firmly cupping hers. She couldn't look away, not even as she watched his smile appear.

"We look pretty good together."

Piper felt his fingers slide over hers on the ballet barre. She closed her eyes, leaning into Sid as he kissed her cheek.

"Don't we?"

She nodded. "Yes, but it's all you." His breath was warm against her skin, which was slowly getting goosebumps.

"Wrong. It's all you."

They stood together staring into the mirror. Sid was hugging Piper in his arms, his eyes and hers looking at a situation that neither expected to ever happen.

"You're right" Piper remarked softly. "It is all me."

She giggled, which made Sid's arms tighten even more snugly around her. His grin grew to it's full breadth, which always lit up his face in a way that Piper was coming to love.

"Thank you for taking me here." He buried his nose in her soft hair, inhaling the scent of vanilla that drove him wild. "And for letting me into your life like this."

Goosebumps prickled all over her skin right down to her toes. Piper spun inside Sid's arms to face him. She felt the curve of his pecs beneath his t-shirt as she ran her hands up to his shoulders.

"Let's go home. Whaddya say?"

Sid pushed a piece of her hair behind her ear. "I say yes."

*

They had sex again, but it was much slower this time. Sid paid attention to every angle of Piper's body, relishing the chance to give her every ounce of pleasure she'd given him earlier. He took his time, using his lips for more than just kissing and his tongue for more than dancing with hers.

When their bodies connected, Sid took his time with that as well. He yearned for Piper's expressions; he read them like a textbook, learning everything he could about her. He took time to admire the way her eyelashes fluttered when she really felt him, the way her nails raked his back and sent sparks down his spine, all while feeling himself coming dangerously close to the edge himself.

As their soft murmurs of pleasure grew into louder groans of ecstasy, they lay together in the glow of their shared satisfaction. Sid held Piper close, her head on his chest and her hand draped over his stomach. As he looked down at her, he realized that this was the first time in a long, long time where he'd felt this content. He fell asleep not long after she did, and he was pretty sure he still had a smile on his face when he did.

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