Astrid cried out as her release took her swiftly. Nails dug into his shoulders as she clung to him her back arched and her eyes squeezed shut her face pressed into the crook of his neck as she rode each wave of pleasure that washed threw her body.<br/><br/>All too quickly it was over, the intensity fading into a sated satisfied pleasure that stayed with her as her body relaxed out of it's tight lines. She sighed content as she eased back onto the bed. She ran her hands down his back lovingly just enjoying the feel of him beneath her fingertips as her heart beat settled back to normal.<br/><br/>She had the oddest urge in that moment to tell him the feeling that welled up within her each time she looked at him. Not the frustration, fear or hate but the newly discovered capability to love she'd found in his arms. She might have told him if it weren't for the sliver of doubt and worry that still needled her when ever she thought of why they'd met.<br/><br/>Instead she smiled up at him before kissing him lightly and curling up in his arms. Sleep came easily, she felt safe with him and weather she was ready to admit it or not yet she trusted him completely to keep her safe from the nightmares that had plagued her for so long. "Night love." she mumbled with barely a breath as she slipped away from him and into dream land.