Promise kept.

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After a night of ups and downs -- if she were entirely truthful, it was a lot more downs than ups -- Alison made good on her promise to her mother-in-law. She started out early. The babies were fed and kissed, and her husband snuggled thoroughly. It had almost given her time to talk herself out of leaving, but in the end, the jonin had gently nudged her out the door.

The trip required several portal hops through the Nexus. Instead of an Italian spa, Natasha had chosen an American spa in New York for Alison's gift. It was a good choice. Alison would have had a difficult time relaxing in Italy without speaking the language. And it was nice to see the States again. She hadn't realized that she missed the familiar sights and sounds.

The spa people had their work cut out for them, though. Alison was about as tightly wound as she had ever been. Getting her relaxed and happy was a task that usually only Longshot managed. And he did it with techniques that the people at the spa were not allowed to use.

Despite her reluctance and hesitance, she found herself relaxing as she received the full spa treatment. First, she enjoyed a full body massage. Even ger toes got some attention. That had been the part she didn't think she'd like, but once it started she melted right into the table. Longshot's were better, but it was also nice to get a rub down without any sexual expectations at the end. In fact, the only expectation at the end of the massage was a long soak in an herb infused hot tub.

Over the next few hours, Alison was pampered within an inch of her life. Her hair was trimmed and highlighted. She got a manicure and a pedicure; a facial and a make-over. Even an acupuncture treatment. She wasn't afraid of the needles anymore. Once every conceivable treatment had been lavished on her, she finally emerged into the afternoon sun. It was on the edge of her mind to head for home, but the day was only half over and she had been told to take it for herself, so... shopping!

It was nice to wander the mall and spend some time just looking. Window shopping was a lost art. Eventually, she found some new clothes that she had to have. And some toys for the babies. Well, she couldn't completely forget them all day, after all. Not even if she tried. Nor could she stop thinking about her husband. She wondered if he was thinking about her? He said he would miss her today. She'd have to find him something, too. Hmmm.

Ah, wait. She had the perfect idea. And she knew right where to find it.

The walk home took a bit longer than the trip to the spa. Mostly because she was enjoying the early evening air and the slow sunset. She was never without light, so the night didn't worry her. But, she wanted to get home before too late. No need to worry anyone.

She hummed softly to herself as she mounted the steps to the front door and opened it. As she toed off her sandals in the entryway, she called out, "I'm home!"

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Daddy wasn't home all day. He was sure Grandma did some playing with her grandbabies, however. Longshot handed Aiden over and took Hana. He grabbed a burp cloth and put her and the cloth against his shoulder. He patted her back to get her to burp.

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Alison hummed as she settled Aiden in to nurse. He didn't take long, since he was the faster eater of the two. He was also more awake than his sister. But, Alison suspected that he would settle down once they were in their crib. If not, he had a new Glowworm to play with.

Once he was finished, Alison burped him and laid him down gently in his crib. But, not before he got a bunch of goodnight kisses.

"Sleep tight, cutie pie." Then she gave Hana her goodnight kisses as the baby nodded off in Longshot's arms. "You, too."

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Longshot carefully set Hana in her crib and then put her little Glowworm with her. He tucked her in and kissed her head. Then he turned to his wife.

He tossed the burp cloth off somewhere. Then he swept Alison up into his arms. There would be some crouching to let her pick up her bags, but she was not leaving his arms. Nope.

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"Eep!" Alison gasped and then giggled when she found herself in Longshot's arms. Being carried by her hubby would top off a pretty good day very well. It always made her smile.

"Hey," she observed. "My feet aren't touching the ground..."

She kissed his nose. Ha! He had no hands to defend himself.

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"Are they supposed to?" he asked before he went cross-eyed watching her kiss his nose. He tried to wiggle it a bit. Nothing moved. Well, it wasn't like he needed to defend himself from his wife anyway.

He made his way over to the doorway and crouched so she could pick up the bags. His presents were in there!

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"Nope. Just making an observation." She smiled at him. Then she leaned down to grab her bags when he crouched. Nothing was better than being carried around by Longshot. At least, not as far as Alison was concerned.

Once she had her bags in hand, she settled back into his arms. "So, whatcha got in mind, gorgeous?"

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"Go to our bedroom. Close the door. Get my presents." Whatever they were. It was all so exciting! Presents. Presents. Presents!

Niiiiice presents that little ones could not see. Yes!

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"Oh. Hmmm. Good plan, then. Carry on." She grinned and wrapped her free arm around his neck. He always got excited about presents. Even though he never asked for anything. It made him a little difficult to shop for, but she usually managed to find something he'd like.

She tried to decide what to give him first. Hmmm.

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It was a very short trip to their bedroom. He ran with his children in his arms; Longshot saw no reason not to do the same while holding Alison. So, he zipped right up to the fifth floor and nudged the door shut with his heel.

Then he sort of bounced in place. He had no idea if he should set her down or not. He wanted preeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesents!

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"Sooooomebody's excited," Alison commented as she giggled at the bouncing. She hoped he'd like what she brought him. Although, he usually liked anything she gave him. Still, she wanted her gifts to be special.

"Put me down, sweetheart. I need to rummage through my bags."

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"Awww." He didn't want to. But she asked. So he would do it. He set Alison on her feet.

Then he had second thoughts and dipped her. He smooched her hard before setting her back upright.

There! Now, it was done properly.

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"Wooo..." Wow. Now, she was a little dizzy. Then again, Longshot's kisses had that effect on her. Her hubby had very nice lips.

She got her feet back under her and walked over to their bed. The bags were set carefully down. "Hmmm... let's see. What first?"

"Oh!" She laughed. Then she handed him a Glowworm of his own. It was bigger and took a little harder squeeze to get it to light up. "That was the one I could have given you in front of the babies. But, then you'd have had more to carry."

Yes, she was drawing out his wait. Yes, she was enjoying it.

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Longshot raised an eyebrow and took the Glowworm. He squeezed it. Yep. It worked. Then he padded over to where this large, stuffed chicken sat. He set the Glowworm beside it. Then he draped the chicken's wing over it. There.

He looked over his shoulder at Alison. "Works, too. Birds eat worms."

Ha! He knew slang!

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"So they do," she chuckled and blushed a little. Although, it was a very nice image. Longshot had always had a very talented set of lips.

"Here. Open this." She set a box tied with a ribbon down on the bed. "I'm going to change into my other outfit I bought, so you can tell me what you think."

She grinned and snatched one of the bag off the bed as she headed for the bathroom. His box had an assortment of fun things in it. First was a set of bath crayons from a regular toy store. He had seemed awfully interested in them when she mentioned them for the babies.

The other items in the box were not from a normal toy store. There was a set of colored and flavored body paints with paintbrushes, a new (bigger) bottle of his favorite cannoli flavored lube, a box of sensual massage oils, and a package of what appeared at first glance to be a pair of plain, white women's panties. A closer inspection of the label revealed that they were not made of cloth. They were a special, gelatin type material that made them edible as well as cannoli flavored. Thus, proving that a person really could find anything at the Nexus Mall.

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Longshot flopped on the bed next to the box. He tore off the ribbon because he never understood why those were on packages anyway. Once opened, he took a minute to oooh over his bath crayons. He grinned as he thought of things to write on Alison's butt. He would start by tracing his hand on it...

Then he saw what the other things in the box were and set the crayons aside. More art stuff to use on Ali! Tasty stuff to spread between her legs! More reasons to get his hands all over her! And... a package of ladies underwear??

He inspected the white panties and wondered why the heck his wife would give him those. Then he saw the edible tag. And then the flavor. He shifted his hips a little because his pants were starting to feel funny. Though he was left with one burning question.

Why hadn't she taken these to change into??

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Alison would not leave him to burn for long. What she was changing into didn't take up a lot of time. Or space. Or fabric. She figured that was the appeal of the thing, anyway.

She grinned at him from the bathroom doorway and turned in a circle to show off all the lace. "Whatcha think? And did you like your present?"

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Whatever Longshot had been holding fell right out of his hands. He wasn't aware he owned it anymore either. He was a little slack-jawed, too. He sat up and felt the front of his pants starting to strain.

"Huh." He wanted her. Right now! "Like a lot..."

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"My hubby looks a little dazed." Alison laughed softly and wandered over to where he was sitting. She bumped her knees against his lightly. He was so cute all slack-jawed and staring.

"Whatcha wanna play with first?" Somehow, she figured that the answer would not be in the box.

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"You!" and then he did a short yet powerful pounce. Which carried both of them to the floor. He cushioned her with his arms.

Once they were both on the floor his mouth went to her neck, his hips ground against her, and his hands moved out from behind her to touch all the lace.

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"Eeep!" Alison was half expecting a pouncing, but she still managed to be startled by it. She laughed when they hit the floor together. He was a bit anxious, it seemed.

She wrapped her arms around him. He was free to let his hands wander wherever he'd like. That was why she bought the outfit.

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Longshot had a rather large hard on for his wife at the moment. Please come back when his brain was working. Though he might have been sure she could feel it with the way he kept grinding his hips against her.

He licked and nipped at her neck as his hands split up. One explored the top half of Alison's 'outfit'. Top and underneath. The other hand slid over her belly, with a stop to poke at her bellybutton, to slide underneath the panties portion. He stroked his fingers against her.