#bonus points if hes tenderly cradling the baby or chicken

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new favorite niche medieval romance trope unlocked: big man on a big horse carrying something significantly smaller, preferably a baby or a chicken.

[valentines-in-london]

I Need Fire (Part 9)

Gif by @looks--that--kill​

Authors Note:  Our lovebirds are back together and it’s Chrismas time!  I hope you enjoy this chapter, I really enjoyed writing it!  Your feedback is always welcome, I’m like tinker bell feedback gives me life haha!! Word Count: 6,097 Warnings: candy floss fluff, sex talk (but not graphic) Taglist: @freddiessmallnipples @triplehaitches @samanthadegaro @lauravic  If you’d like to be added please let me know! Previous Chapter Master List

Chapter 9

The next day Rayne stood outside the studio where she said goodbye to Tommy almost a month ago.  The weather still hadn’t warmed up, as it was still morning, so Rayne stood on the corner wrapped up in one of Tommy’s leather jackets.  She couldn’t believe the day was finally here, she’d made it through one month without feeling his embrace.  In a way she was happy about their separation because it proved to her that she could be apart from him and not wither away, which the more dramatic part of her sometimes thought she would.

Rayne’s head perked up when she saw the bus turn the corner and head towards where she and Jo were standing.  She smiled so wide she could feel her cheeks starting to hurt. It felt like an eternity for the bus to finally stop and make its way to the curb in front of the studio but when the bus was put into park and the door opened the first person off was the one she wanted to see most.  

Tommy jumped from the top stair down to the concrete pavement in one quick movement and rushed to wrap his arms around Rayne.  He gripped her like he was afraid she would disappear and Rayne returned the embrace and she soon felt her feet leave the ground. Remaining in silence Tommy gently rocked back and forth, moving his chin from off her shoulder to face Rayne gazing into her eyes.  The two shared a smile before their lips met in a tender kiss.  Rayne cradled Tommy’s face in her hands as the two pulled away from each other.  “My beautiful fiery girlfriend.”

“My beautiful romantic boyfriend.”  Rayne smiled back at Tommy as he put her back down on the ground.

“You are real right?”  Tommy laughed running his fingers through Rayne’s red hair.  “I dreamt about you every night.”

“Oh I’m very real.”  Rayne nudged Tommy’s nose with her own.  “I’m sure they were nice PG rated dreams right?”

“Oh they most definitely were not.”  Tommy laughed while his hands traveled down her back and giving her ass a squeeze.  “Let’s grab my bags and we can head back to the condo.”  Rayne nodded and the two made their way to collect Tommy’s bags.  Tommy said his goodbyes to the tour bus driver before giving a quick goodbye to the band and Doc.

Tommy and Rayne walked into the condo fifteen minutes later. Both of them dropped the dufflebags that the two of them were shouldering down on the floor. Tommy’s eyes drifted to the kitchen counter, “Is that a Charlie Brown Christmas tree?”

Rayne laughed hiding her face, “Yeah.  I love Christmas and couldn’t bear to see the place without some decorations.  So I got us stockings and some lights strung up in the bedroom.”

“You’re adorable.”  Tommy smiled down at her.  “Why don’t we get a real tree?”

“Really?”  Rayne’s eyes lit up, “I’ve never had an actual Christmas tree before.  Jo hates cleaning up the pine needles and watering it.  And my family didn’t really celebrate Christmas as a kid.”

“What?  That’s like against the law or something.”  Tommy was shocked at her revelation.

“Yeah it’s not a big deal.”  Rayne shrugged it off.

“Then it’s settled, tomorrow we get a tree, and some lights and ornaments because I don’t have any of that.”  He gave Rayne a quick peck on the lips.

“Tomorrow?  Why not today?”  Rayne questioned before squealing as Tommy picked her up suddenly.

“I’m not leaving this house for the rest of the day or night. We’ve only had sex in the bedroom, which means we still have the kitchen, the living room, the outside patio and the bathroom.  That means we have lots of rooms to christen.”  Tommy teased.

“The outside patio?  Tommy we are not fucking outside, we have neighbors.”  Rayne pointed a finger at Tommy.

“You said you wouldn’t fuck me in a public bathroom either and that changed.”  Tommy quickly kissed Rayne hovering over her.

“No, no!  We did not fuck.  You hand cuffed me in the stall…”  “And I got you off so well on my fingers you actually squirted, for the first time ever I might add.”  Rayne rolled her eyes.  “Am I wrong?”  Conceding her defeat Rayne admitted, “No.”

“Just be wild baby.  I think you really want to be, but are too afraid to let it go.  Who gives a fuck if our neighbors see us fucking? I want them to, they can be jealous because I’m the one who gets to fuck you and no one else.”  He winked at her.

“Charming Tommy.”  She laughed wrapping her arms around him before adding playfully, “I’m more than just a piece of meat you know!”

“Oh I know that baby.  Your personality and heart are why I love you, the fact that you’re a beautiful sex goddess is just a very nice added bonus.”  Tommy ran his finger up and down her neck until he hooked it under her chin lifting her head up.  “I’d love to make up for lost time, if you’ll have me.”

Rayne lifted her head and captured Tommy’s lips in a passionate kiss.  “I’ll have you.” Rayne winked before grabbing Tommy’s collar and dragging him towards the couch in the living room.

After checking off two places on their “condo bucket list” the two took a small nap before they both woke up a tangled mess of sheets. Tommy grinned and started massaging Rayne’s scalp making her moan at his touch.  “I’ve missed this.”

“Me too.”  Tommy whispered reaching for his pack of cigarettes with his free hand taking one and offering a second to Rayne.  He effortlessly lit both with his lighter.  “You especially learn how special this is when you share a room with Nikki every single night for a month.”

Rayne laughed, “Well I’m glad I can pull rank over Nikki in that department.  I definitely think I had it easier in that regard, I just had to listen to a moaning Jo.”

“Yeah I’d rather listen to that.”  Tommy nodded his head before Rayne smacked him on the chest. “You perv!”

“What?  I’d rather hear a girl moaning while getting off than a farting, puking Nikki any day of the week.”  Tommy said so innocently before turning to Rayne.  “I could listen to you moan and scream all day every day. It’s one of my favorite sounds. We might have to put you on a record one day.”

“What?  No!  Tommy you’re crazy. That won’t happen.”  Rayne shook her head as Tommy began pushing himself off the bed.  “Where are you going?”

“I totally spaced dude, I have something for you.”  Tommy got up and Rayne watched as his naked form disappeared from sight.

“God Tommy you got a pair of chicken legs.  I’ll gladly give you some of mine if you want it.” Rayne called out, resting on her side.

“Nope, you’re perfect the way you are.  Everything about you should stay as is.”  Tommy called from the living room, she heard his voice approaching and getting closer.  When he came back in he held something behind his back.

“What do you have there?”  Rayne narrowed her eyes as Tommy approached her on the bed. With a wide grin Tommy pulled out a long black box.

“Just something to show you I missed you.”  Tommy replied softly sitting beside her.

“Tommy I know you missed me, you didn’t have to get me anything to show me that.”  Rayne said genuinely, sitting up in bed grabbing the sheets to cover herself.

“I wanted to.”  He spoke tenderly and Rayne lifted herself up to give him a kiss on the lips. She looked down at the box and Tommy slowly opened it causing her to gasp.  She was looking at a beautiful silver necklace with a large sparkling star at the end.  “I know Christmas is in a few days but I wanted to give this to you now.”

“Tommy it’s beautiful.  I can’t accept that, I’m sure it cost a lot of money!”  Rayne said, her voice no more than a hushed whisper. Tommy took it out of the box, holding it out in front of Rayne.

“You will accept it, for me.” Tommy grinned.  “It’s the least I could do for you.  May I?”

Rayne gently nodded her head, bringing her hair up in both of her hands exposing her neck and causing the sheet to fall and pool around her waist.  Tommy leaned forward to bring the necklace around her neck and clasping it at the back.  When he looked at her Rayne swore she had never seen anyone look at her like the way Tommy did, wish such love and adoration. He didn’t even need to speak he just let out a rush of breath and smiled brightly.  “Tommy stop looking at me like that, you’re making me self conscious!  I’m not good with receiving gifts as it is.”

“I just want to remember this moment forever.”  Tommy smiled leaning in to kiss Rayne, slowly easing her back down onto the bed as he settled on top of her.

The next day the two found themselves dragging a Christmas tree into the condo, and pine needles dropped everywhere as they pulled it through the door.  “Who would’ve thought a tree would need so much.”  Tommy huffed as he dropped the tree on the floor.

“Well when you have to buy everything new, yeah.  We needed a tree stand, ornaments, tree lights, a star, and your damn tinsel.”  Rayne laughed grabbing the various bags of necessities for the tree she had brought up before they hauled the thing in.

“But the tinsel was so shiny.”  Tommy smiled innocently.

Rayne returned his smile, she had always wanted a real Christmas tree just like in all her favorite movies.  She knew it was a silly desire but she’d never had the opportunity to have a tree until this moment.  “Here put the tree in the stand and I’ll sweep up all of the needles that dropped.”

“Should I cut the net off?”  Tommy questioned looking down at the tree.

“No I would keep it on, it’ll probably be easier to pick it up. Wait haven’t you had a tree before?”  Rayne questioned as she swept up the needles.

“Yeah but my dad always put it up.”  Tommy defended his question as he picked up the and set it into the stand.  “Wow, that’s actually not ba-“

“Tommy!”  Rayne shouted as the tree fell down onto the living room floor, immediately she burst out into laughter.  It took about three minutes for both of them to compose themselves. “Tommy!”  Rayne gasped holding her stomach which hurt from laughing.  “Tommy you have to tighten the swivel thing to the tree trunk before you just put it in there.”

“Oh.  Shit, you’re right.”  Tommy chuckled reaching down to grab the swivel and tighten it to the trunk. This time when Tommy placed the tree in the stand it stood tall and sturdy.

“We’re a mess.”  Rayne shook her head approaching Tommy and giving him a quick kiss on the cheek. “Now you can cut the net off, and once the tree settles we can start putting our ornaments on.  I can’t believe we found black, red and purple ones.”

“I can’t believe you know so much about trees.”  Tommy smiled cutting the netting off of the tree while Rayne scooped up the needles and got rid of them in the trashcan.  “By the way since we’re talking about Christmas I wanted to ask you something.”

“Yeah?”

“Would you want to spend Christmas day with me and my family in Covina?”  He asked.  “I know you probably do something with Jo, but it would mean a lot to me.”

Rayne smiled, “Jo and I usually just watch movies on Christmas, neither of us talk with our families very much.  Let me call her and see if she’s okay with me going.  I don’t want to just bail on her.”

“I understand.”  Tommy replied genuinely.  Rayne walked over to the kitchen, picking up the phone and dialing the number to her apartment.

“Hello?”  Jo answered out of breath.

“Hey it’s Rayne.  I won’t keep you long but I had a question for you.”  Rayne asked hearing Jo hush someone to be quiet, it didn’t take a rocket science to know what was going on.  Rayne genuinely did not know how Jo and Vince could still possibly be going at it.

“What’s up?”  Jo giggled.

“Well, Tommy wanted me to go to his family’s house for Christmas. I know we usually spend the day together so I wanted to as-“ Rayne started before Jo cut her off.  “Oh I’m so glad you’re asking me this! Vince wanted me to spend the day with him, but I didn’t want to leave you alone.”

“Is this what being an adult is?  Giving up Christmas traditions with your best friend for your boyfriend?”  Rayne laughed.

“No, you and I will always have our traditions.  And unfortunately for you, you’re stuck with me forever no matter what guys are in our lives.”  Jo said happily.

“Well I’ll let you get back to whatever activities you two are doing.”  Rayne began to hang up the phone before she heard Jo shout from the other end of the phone. “Wait, wait Ray!  Ray!”

“What?”  Rayne asked.

“Aren’t you gonna thank me?”  Jo asked.  “For what?”  “Well, you were sex ready right?”

“Goodbye Jo.”  Rayne laughed hearing her best friend laugh on the other end as well.  Rayne turned to Tommy with a smile.  “Well drummer, it looks like I’m gonna meet your parents.”  She paused.  “And just saying that out loud makes me wanna throw up.”

“Why?”  Tommy patted the couch cushion next to him.  Rayne sat down and just stared ahead to the wall.

“I’ve never met any boyfriends parents before.”  Rayne realized.  She knew Tommy really loved his family, he had told her many times about his mother and father and how they met and it was love at first sight.

“Rayne, I love you.  And so will they.”  Tommy wrapped his arm around Rayne comforting her.  Rayne took a deep breath and nodded her head.

“I’ll try not to freak out.”  Rayne honestly replied.

“There’s nothing to freak out about.  I promise they’ll love you, my sister will definitely love how sarcastic you are.  Come on, let’s start decorating the tree and distract you so you don’t have a panic attack.”  Tommy gently pulled on her sleeve.

“I’m not having a panic attack!”  Rayne defended, “Or if I am it’s just a very mild one.”

“Hey, do you trust me?”  Rayne nodded her head softly.  “Good, I’m telling you there’s nothing to worry about.”

Four Days Later

Christmas Day

Rayne walked up to Tommy’s front door and dropped the filled bags on the ground before pulling out her keys inserting them into the lock. Opening the door Rayne grabbed one bag and placed it onto the apartment.  As she reached down to pick up the other bag Tommy rushed towards her, “Babe I would’ve grabbed those for you.”

“Nah it’s alright I got it.”  Rayne smiled bringing in the next bag over the threshold.  “It’s like I’m a living breathing Mrs. Clause.”

Tommy smiled at the statement taking in Rayne’s outfit, she was in a red dress with a high neckline but a deep cut out at the back, which exposed her creamy skin.  The dress hugged her curves but still flowed and wasn’t too tight.  The outfit was topped off with a pair of black pumps.  “Looking like that, you are definitely on the naughty list.”

Rayne shot up straight, “Is it too much?  I wasn’t sure what to wear but I tried to not wear anything too risqué.”

Tommy smiled placing his hands on both of her shoulders. “You look perfect.”

Rayne smiled and let out a sigh of relief.  She spent the night before looking at different outfits to wear to meet Tommy’s family in. She didn’t want to just show up in jeans and a t-shirt or leather pants.  She wanted to make a good impression.  Tommy was even a bit dressed up for the day, he wore a black button down dress shirt and a nice pair of blue jeans.  Rayne smiled up at him, “Thank you.  Let me put your gifts under the tree.”

Tommy let Rayne put the gifts out, even though they could just as easily have opened gifts from the bag she was holding but he knew this meant a lot to her so he let her go.  “Babe are all those for me?  You didn’t have to get me anything.  As long as I get to unwrap you at the end of the night I’m happy.”

“We’re staying at your parents house tonight Tommy, we’re not having sex there!”  Rayne laughed continuing to place the presents.

“I think my favorite thing is you telling me we can’t have sex in certain places, and then we end up having sex in that exact place.” Tommy grinned.

“And you said I was on the naughty list.  If what you just described is the case I should be on the nice list.”  Rayne smiled before standing up and hanging Tommy’s filled stocking next to hers, which Rayne was surprised was filled.  “Okay.  All done.  Open your presents!”

“No, no you go first.”  Tommy insisted walking towards the couch with a garbage bag in hand for all discarded paper and taking a seat, leaning forward so his elbows rested on his knees.  He also reached for the camera which was sitting on the table in front of him.

“Okay.”  Rayne smiled wide grabbing her stocking and sitting down on the floor.  As she began to look through the stocking Tommy haulted her, “Oh hang on!”  Tommy came back with a leopard print Santa hat, handing it to Rayne. “If you’re opening the presents you have to wear the hat.”  Rayne smiled and happily took the hat from him settling it over her mass of curls.  She began looking through the stocking to find various little items, everything from nail polish and makeup, to razors and candy.  “My sister told me the best things to put in a stocking were every day things that are annoying to buy for yourself.  Plus I figured you could keep a lot of them here.”

Rayne pushed herself onto her knees and gave Tommy a hug, “Thank you Tommy.”

“You’re welcome.”  He smiled back happily.  “I feel bad I didn’t get you a lot of gifts.”

“No Tommy, don’t feel bad.  You’ve been a little busy the past month.  And the necklace is more than enough.”  Rayne smiled placing her hand over the star diamond he had given her.  Rayne reached for the first present and began to open it up.  She lifted the lid off the box and smiled when she saw what it was.  She pulled it completely out of the box and revealed a long sleeve black blouse that had skulls on it like polka dots.  The fabric was see through and extremely soft.  “Tommy I love it!”

“Jo helped a little.”  Tommy said bashfully.

“Oh she did, did she?”  Rayne smiled.  “Well thank you both.”

Rayne reached for another box that felt significantly lighter than the previous one.  Tommy perked up as she began to open it.  Lifting the lid off this box Rayne immediately shut it blushing up at Tommy.  “I think you bought this for you.”

“Maybe a little.”  He grinned at her as she finally removed the lid looking at what was in it.  It was a lingerie set. Inside there was a see through lacy red bra, what looked like a soft waist cincher, crotchless lacy underwear and suspenders to hold her thigh high stockings up.

“This is gorgeous Tommy.  Even though you’ll be the only one who’ll ever see it.” Rayne chuckled.

“Don’t say that, I kind of like the idea of you out at work with this underneath your scrubs.”  

“God you’re such a horn dog.”  Rayne shook her head before reaching for the last gift that had her name on it.  This one was a little big bigger, as Rayne took the wrapping paper off she saw it was a frame but she had opened it on the wrong side, when she turned it around her jaw dropped. “Tommy, how did you?”

Her eyes couldn’t leave the frame in front of her.  It was a photo that had a quote written in cursive from Pride & Prejudice it read, I can not fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation.  It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.  Under the text was three photos of Tommy and Rayne together out at various nights on the sunset strip.  One was from the first time she had seen Motley Crue.  Another was from Halloween, after their bathroom escapade. Another was one Jo took of them at Rayne’s apartment.  And the final one was one Tommy had taken of the two of them after they had sex for the first time, luckily you couldn’t tell they were naked from the way the photo was cropped.  The gift was stunning and left Rayne utterly speechless and her eyes started to water.

“I remembered Jo saying that you loved Jane Austen and I did some digging and I really liked that quote.  It reminded me of you because it’s true.  I was head over heels before we even spoke.”  Tommy said leaning forward gently wiping a fallen tear from Rayne’s cheek.  “I thought we could put it up in the bedroom.”

Rayne simply cradled his hand against her cheek before she got up and sat in Tommy’s lap wrapping her arms around his neck.  “I love you so much Tommy.  How did I get so lucky?”

“I’m the lucky one.”  Tommy smiled up at her before giving her a soft pat on the hips.

“I’m warning you right now, there’s nothing as good as that in those boxes.”  Rayne pointed towards the wrapped gifts she brought Tommy.  Tommy grinned as she took the Santa hat off her head and placed it on his.

“I meant what I said, all I need is you and I am a happy man.” Tommy declared as Rayne shifted off his lap.  Rayne sat on the couch and grabbed the camera ready to take photos of Tommy as he opened his gifts just as he had done with her.

“Now it’s your turn.”  Rayne smiled as Tommy took a seat on the floor grabbing his stocking. Rayne had filled it with lots of travel sized items that he could bring with him out on the road.  She had kind of did exactly what Tommy did and filled it with various every day items that he could use when he was out on the road.  After his stocking, Tommy reached for the closest wrapped gift to him.  Almost all of the gifts Rayne has gotten Tommy had a theme to them.  It was a small box and as he opened it he smiled immediately, he pulled out a pair of dangling earrings that had a large spike attached to the end.

“Oh yes!  I love these!”  Tommy exclaimed happily running his hand up and down Rayne’s calf.

Tommy continued to open his presents to reveal various clothing items and accessories that he could wear on stage or just day to day.  Rayne had gotten him belts that were studded and spiked and covered in bullets.  She’d gotten him silver bracelets and bangles, chokers and necklaces.  She even got him a nice wide brimmed hat after she had seen Tommy steal one from Jo one night after a show.  “Tommy I’m not gonna lie shopping for you is kinda like shopping for a woman.  The girl that helped me at Retail Slut was very happy with her commission.”

Tommy let out a laugh, “What can I say I like clothes and jewelry.” He reached for the last gift under the tree.

“Okay, I really hope you like this one.  There’s a story behind it.”  Rayne confessed as Tommy pulled out the large box. First he shook the box trying to get an idea for what was inside.  When he couldn’t get a read on it because it was mostly silent he began to tear off the paper.  When the box was revealed the name Poison Ivy was engraved at the top. Rayne watched as the name didn’t register with Tommy, and he opened the box and it was time for his jaw to drop. Rayne watched as Tommy pulled out the leather jacket.  It was a little long for a jacket, it would most likely fall just past Tommy’s hips especially with his torso being so long.  The jacket was lined with traditional leopard print and it also was on the lapels of the jacket.  On the shoulders were a few draped chains and star studs on the lapels.

“This is fuckin sick dude.”  Tommy stood up and put the coat on, it looked amazing on him, just the way she imagined.  Tommy walked over to the bathroom where there was a decent sized mirror. He rushed out with a giant smile on his face and picked Rayne up.  “Where did you get this?”

Rayne recalled the story of how she reached out to Doc asking for the designer that was designing their stage clothes and how she went to the studio not knowing if she would even be able to work anything out with the older man.  “So you designed this?”

“Well I didn’t design it, I had the idea in my head and Stanley designed it.”  It looked perfect on him.  “You better be happy he’s gay Tommy because I think he’s a little in love with me, you might have had some competition.”

“That guy was like sixty, if I remember correctly.”  Tommy chuckled throwing his head back. “And what do you mean he’s a little in love with you?”

“Hey he’s cute for an older man!”  Rayne defended him before going into the story from when she returned to the design studio to pick up Tommy’s jacket.

Three Days Before December 22nd

Rayne walked into the studio a little after 6pm, she walked there from the hospital. The little bell above the door jingled to signal her presence.  This time there was a tall thin blonde man at the front desk.  “Hi can I help you?”

“I’m here to pick up a jacket from Stanley.”  Rayne answered before hearing the older man’s voice from the back.

“Is that my beautiful red head?”  She recognized his voice instantly before he appeared in front of her. “Yes there she is.”

He approached her and opened his arms.  She leaned down slightly and he kissed her on both cheeks.  “Ronnie, look at this girl.  Isn’t she the most inspirational figure you’ve ever seen?”

Rayne instantly felt her cheeks heat up.  “Oh, no I’m not.”  She brushed off the compliment.

“Hush darling. Come on back, wait til you see what I have done for you.”  Stanley waved her back into the studio. She smiled at the blonde at the desk and followed him back.  As she walked back into the room where she had first met him she saw the jacket immediately.

“Oh my god it’s perfect!”  Rayne gasped as she approached the jacket and immediately touched the soft leather and silky leopard lining.  “You’re amazing!”

“Thank you my love.  You deserve some credit too, the idea was in your head, I just created it.”  He theatrically bowed at her praise.  “But that’s not all I made.”

“Huh?” Rayne asked watching as he disappeared down the hallway before a few minutes later wheeling out a mannequin in his left hand and a cart with a few items of clothing on hangers in his right.  “I made some things for you too.”

“Oh, no. Mr. Varone I’m flattered but I told you, I can’t afford tha-“

“My darling listen to me, I have not been so inspired in years.  I’ve designed the same types of clothing for far too long. I lost my passion for it because of the monotony of it all, everyone looking the same, and dressing the same. Then you walked into my studio and it was like a cloud lifted.  As soon as you left that day I began designing clothing inspired by you, I created a mannequin with your exact measurements.  The clothes are seductive, womanly and edgy. Please just do me the honor of trying some of the pieces on.”  Stanley asked and Rayne immediately softened to the ask.

“Okay, I’ll try them on.  But only because you did such an amazing job on Tommy’s jacket.” She said pointedly at him.

“Bellissima!” He explained taking something off the rack.  He held it out to Rayne and showed her to the dressing room.  She looked at the outfit in front of her and was unsure if it would work on her body.  It was a short leather and lace dress, mostly lace, with the leather covering up all the necessary bits, the lace even went all the way down to transition into a pair of gloves.  Rayne was almost afraid to even touch the garment it looked so expensive. But soon she was removing her clothes and slipping into the dress.  She was unable to zip it up and didn’t dare look in the mirror she just walked out to the main floor.

“I couldn’t zip it.”  She said to Stanley who looked like he was about to cry.  She immediately thought to herself, Oh god was it that bad?  See this was why she didn’t want to try anything on, a dress this revealing should be put on someone who was stick thin.  Stanley approached Rayne who turned her back to him and he slowly zipped up the dress and took a step back.

“Oh my word. My darling you are exquisite! Look at yourself.”  The older man said pulling a full length mirror in front of her.  Rayne looked at herself in utter shock.  She didn’t look awful, she didn’t look like herself but she didn’t look awful, the dress fit her like a glove, and everything was covered that she wanted to be covered.

“I-I don’t even recognize myself.”  Rayne said softly looking at herself.

“May I take a photo of you in the dress?”  Stanley asked politely.

“Sure.” Rayne said still slightly stunned as Stanley grabbed a very expensive looking camera and began snapping a few photos.

Rayne tried on a few more outfits, one that was a leather jacket paired with an almost see through skirt that had fringe strategically placed that looked incredible as she walked.  Another was a suede studded jacket that was tailored in at the waist and a high pencil skirt that the studs continued down.  She also tried on two pairs of leather pants, she had never had a pair that fit her right so to have ones that were literally custom fit to her body was kind of insane.  The final dress she tried on was a little less edgy, it was a loose wrap dress that showed a lot of leg and a lot of boobs but had a small train on the back the colors were a mix of light blue and pink almost like cotton candy.  It was almost angelic with how it moved.  “I don’t know what to say Stanley. These are beautiful, I don’t know how I could possibly inspire such beauty.”

“Darling, do me the honor of wearing the clothes.  All I ask is that if anyone asks you where it’s from you let them know about me.  Who knows maybe if your boyfriend gets famous I’ll be able to design full clothing lines inspired by you.  You could model in the shows for me.  You could bring my fashion house back from the grave.”  Stanley put a gentle hand on her shoulder.

“Oh no, I’m no model.”  Rayne chuckled, “I’m not seeing many girls with a true hour glass figure on runways or in magazines.”

“And that’s why we should change it!  Shake up the status quo.  I’m telling you, with a face like yours and a body like yours we could do this. You’re one hundred percent natural and that’s what I want to start pushing out to the world.”  Stanley spoke passionately.  “And doesn’t the model and the rockstar couple sound just perfect?”

Rayne let out a laugh before looking down at herself in the dress.  “I just don’t feel right taking these from you.  You’re the second person to try and gift me something I wasn’t expecting.  I’m no good at accepting gifts.”

“They’re my gift to you beautiful.  You must take them, I’ll have it no other way.”  He held his palms up in front of him.  “You honor me by wearing them.”

When Rayne got herself out of the dress and changed back into her normal clothes to say she felt much less glamorous was an understatement.  “Welcome back,” she spoke to herself as she looked in the mirror.  She exited the dressing room to be immediately greeted by a smiling Stanley and Ronnie, who was holding multiple bags in his hand.  “Here you are darling.”

“How much do I owe you for the jacket?”  Rayne questioned grabbing her wallet.

“Nothing, these are my gift to you.”  Stanley smiled.

“No! Absolutely not, we discussed my budget and I intend to pay for what I commissioned.”  Rayne said almost offended that he was just going to gift all of this to her.

“I simply won’t allow it darling.”  The older man shook his head.  Rayne saw he absolutely wouldn’t budge so she reached over the counter of the reception desk and grabbed a pen and piece of paper, scribbling down her phone number before handing it to him.  “Call me if there’s ever anything I could do for you Stanley.  I don’t know what I could do to repay you for all this but I’ll do my best.”

Stanley took the piece of paper from her and held it over his heart.  “I’ll do that.  You've given me a true gift tonight.”

“Thank you so much again.”  Rayne smiled giving both men a friendly hug.

“Goodnight darling!”  Stanley kissed her cheek before she turned and walked out of the studio.

“See baby, I told you, you’re perfect just the way you are. I wish you could see you how I do, or how Stanley does.”  Tommy smiled wrapping his arm around Rayne’s waist.  “Is this one of the dresses?”

“Oh god no!  I’m not meeting your parents for the first time in one of those dresses, they would probably say ‘who the hell does this girl think she is,’ and that’s not the impression I’m going for.  I will however happily show them off to you when we get back from their place tomorrow.”  Rayne smiled up at him.  “This was just something I got from a thrift store.”

“Yep, I’m definitely going to want you to show them off for me.” Tommy kissed her lips tenderly. “Thank you so much for all the gifts baby.  I really love them.”

“You’re welcome.  And thank you for mine.”  Rayne stood on the tips of her toes to kiss him once more.

“Are you ready to go?”  Tommy questioned slipping the dufflebag over his shoulder, “It’s almost noon and that means mom is gonna start putting out lunch soon.”

“As I’ll ever be.”  She chuckled.  “Did you remember to throw some stuff for me to wear in your duffle bag?”

“I did.”  Tommy grinned devilishly.  

“Oh I don’t trust that look at all, what did you pack?  Or not pack?”  Rayne questioned reaching for the duffle bag to look through it.

“I’m hurt.  How could you think I wouldn’t pack appropriate clothes for you?”  He held his hand over his heart feigning being offended.

“Tommy I swear by all that’s holy, there better be normal clothes in there for me.”  Rayne spoke watching as Tommy made his way to the front door holding it open. Rayne sighed and walked through the door under Tommy’s arm.  Well worse case scenario, if he pulled some stunt and didn’t pack anything normal to wear she could always wear the dress she was in today home tomorrow.  That might be the best plan, because by the look of his strut he was definitely up to something.

Take Me To The Next Chapter

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There you have it!  They’re reunited and creating some Christmas traditions of their own!  What was everyone’s favorite part of this chapter?  I love to know what resonates with you all!  What do you think of the (potential) model and the rock star?  Here are some photos of the inspiration behind the outfits Rayne wore in this chapter.  As always feedback is appreciated, leave me a reply or message or ask<3