Madam Mim
One Big Modern Mess
- Joined
- May 30, 2013
Jenny closed her eyes as she put her hand on the doorknob of the Black Anchor. She was only too familiar with her daughter's loud, wracking cough. It was the cough that had been steadily getting worse as the year had progressed; the cough that had interrupted the sermon on Sundays; the cough that kept Jenny up at night, or woke her up at night; the cough that she could sometimes hear through the wall of the kitchen of the tavern in the house next door. She turned around to go back to Anne to help her, but John was there kneeling down to her with his back to his wife. He was tanner, his hair was longer, frankly he looked a bit ridiculous, but even from the back it was still unmistakeably John. Wiping away a tear, Jenny grinned and turned back to enter the tavern, leaving her children in the care of her husband.
It was three in the afternoon when Mrs. Sparrow walked into the Nest. Michael had tried to let her go earlier but it was Thursday, when the ships came in and they were busiest, still he had managed to let her go; he wouldn't bring the celebration to his son-in-law yet. She needed her time with him first. When Jenny walked in she brought with her the atmosphere of a holiday, like Christmas had come again. She gathered up her children in her arms and sat on the couch with her husband. Her husband!
That night was a grand feast. Jack had been allowed his grandfather's pistol and had managed to shoot a turkey that afternoon, which Jenny plucked, cleaned, and roasted. Potatoes and carrots from the root cellar and ale from Michael's private stores completed the celebratory meal. Even the twins were allowed to stay up late to spend more time with Daddy. Finally, however, after the toddlers had fallen asleep in John's lap and the elder children had been sung to sleep Mr. and Mrs. Sparrow were finally able to retire to their room. Alone.
John never had a chance. As soon as their door was closed Jenny slammed his back against it and crushed a desperate kiss against his lips. She was almost certain she heard his shirt rip a little as she pulled it off over his head, though she would have ripped it if it came to that. His hair was already a mess; it was easy to get her fingers stuck in it as she ran her fingers up into it. Jenny's lips roamed his skin, over his face and neck, down his chest as her shaking fingers fumbled with his trousers. If God Himself had appeared in their room at that very second He would have had to wait for Jenny to finish with her husband.
It was three in the afternoon when Mrs. Sparrow walked into the Nest. Michael had tried to let her go earlier but it was Thursday, when the ships came in and they were busiest, still he had managed to let her go; he wouldn't bring the celebration to his son-in-law yet. She needed her time with him first. When Jenny walked in she brought with her the atmosphere of a holiday, like Christmas had come again. She gathered up her children in her arms and sat on the couch with her husband. Her husband!
That night was a grand feast. Jack had been allowed his grandfather's pistol and had managed to shoot a turkey that afternoon, which Jenny plucked, cleaned, and roasted. Potatoes and carrots from the root cellar and ale from Michael's private stores completed the celebratory meal. Even the twins were allowed to stay up late to spend more time with Daddy. Finally, however, after the toddlers had fallen asleep in John's lap and the elder children had been sung to sleep Mr. and Mrs. Sparrow were finally able to retire to their room. Alone.
John never had a chance. As soon as their door was closed Jenny slammed his back against it and crushed a desperate kiss against his lips. She was almost certain she heard his shirt rip a little as she pulled it off over his head, though she would have ripped it if it came to that. His hair was already a mess; it was easy to get her fingers stuck in it as she ran her fingers up into it. Jenny's lips roamed his skin, over his face and neck, down his chest as her shaking fingers fumbled with his trousers. If God Himself had appeared in their room at that very second He would have had to wait for Jenny to finish with her husband.