The rest of dinner was delicious, as expected, but the comfortable feeling between the two of them was filled with things they didn’t say. Tony knew he should ask, should press Kendis, but things between them were just so new and he was terrified that even after all they had been through together, their relationship was still fragile.

So Tony kept his peace and ate a plate of delicious risotto and let the wine take a bit of the stress of the day away. By the time they were done, Tony took the plates and put them in the dishwasher while Kendis played on her phone in the living room.

Tony walked back into the living room and pressed a kiss to her forehead. She smiled at him.

“Sorry I am being odd lately,” Kendis sighed. “I ruined our evening.”

“Cuore mio,” Tony said as he crouched down in front of her. “I am just worried about you. With what happened today at the press conference and then your nightmares—”

“I worried you,” Kendis pressed her forehead to his. “I promise you I will tell you when I am ready.”

Tony pressed a kiss to her forehead, stood up, and offered her his hand. “I think it’s time for bed.”

Kendis laced her fingers in his as she stood to her feet. Beside them, Alke trotted up to press her big head against Tony’s knees. Tony sighed and rubbed between her ears as they made their way across the space to the elevator that led to the second floor. They walked past the dining area and down the hallway that led to the bedrooms and stopped in front of a narrow door.

“Tony?” Kendis asked with suspicion.

“Before you start, this is totally a logical solution.”

Kendis lifted an eyebrow. “To what?”

“To Alke being an extremely intelligent, emotionally complex, physically powerful lady with a rich inner life and a profound need for enrichment.”

“Anthony Edward Stark—” Kendis crossed her arms.

“Oof, government name.” Tony winced. “But I promise this is good. You both are going to love it.”

“Uh huh,” Kendis said dubiously.

Tony huffed indignantly at the lack of trust. Just because he was self-aware enough to know he could be a little over the top sometimes didn’t mean that Kendis should doubt him like that. Although, to be fair, she had to talk down the toaster after Tony upgraded it and the toaster had a loud existential crisis. But who could have known that putting an A.I. subroutine in the toaster would end like that.

Thankfully, this surprise was nothing like that. He shot her one of his shit-eating grins and opened the door with a flourish.

The playroom was not a simple kennel. It was more of a futuristic luxury dog spa because Alke was Kendis’s, and anything of Kendis’s deserved his best. The room had glass walls that looked over the Pacific Ocean and shock-absorbent heated floors, retractable agility platforms, smart scent panels that released cedar, chicken, lavender, or one of Kendis’s old shirts on command, and reinforced toy drawers that opened only when Alke pressed the correct glowing paw pad.

There were automatic treat dispensers monitored by JARVIS that Tony had built to reward training cues, and soft climbing ramps protected her joints. A cooling alcove with her name etched in brushed steel gave her a private throne when she was done terrorizing her puzzle feeders.

On one wall, there was a large flat screen TV that played soothing ambiance videos for peak canine relaxation.

“Oh Merlin,” Kendis said as her eyes swept the room.

Alke stood in the doorway with a look of trepidation on her face. Her tail wagged slowly and her cropped ears twitched.

Tony followed Kendis as she stepped farther inside, her fingers touching the dog bed in the cooling alcove.

“If you don’t like this, I can—”

Kendis quickly crossed the room and kissed him. “You wonderful, ridiculous man.” Tony felt like his heart was going to beat out of his chest as he took in her bright smile. Seeing her smile after everything that happened today was more than enough reward for this gift.

“What do you think, Alke?”

Alke shot the cooling alcove a look and then, with a put-upon sigh, trotted up the ramp and flopped down on the bed.

“I think she likes it,” Kendis laughed as Tony wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her close.

“So I did good?”

“You did wonderful, love.”

Kendis went over to scratch Alke’s ears. The dog licked her chin and Kendis laughed as she pushed Alke away and wiped the dog drool from her face with her hand.

“Can you take her for a walk?” Kendis said. “I got one last thing to do before I can go to bed.”

Tony lifted an eyebrow. “S-sure?” The look on his spouse’s face was different from the haunted look she had earlier.

Right then, there was a mischievous air to Kendis, and he was curious enough that he wanted to ask, but he had a feeling that he would have to wait to see what surprise his spouse had in store for him.

Tony walked Alke along the beach with a pooper scooper in hand. It was so strange that this was how his life had turned out. By the time Alke did her business and he led her to her room, all Tony wanted to do was lie down.

It turned out that a Cane Corso could be fast when they wanted to. ‘Why do I even need a gym anymore?’

Tony escorted her to her cool, cozy cove and crouched down in front of the massive black dog. “Look, let’s make a deal. You sleep in here with the best premium dog snacks and toys money can buy, and I promise that I will take you on a longer walk tomorrow.”

Alke eyed him with the dignity of a duchess and then huffed and curled down into the big dog bed.

“Excellent.” Tony clapped his hands and stood to his feet.

“Jarv, watch her and make sure she doesn’t get into trouble.”

“As you wish, sir,” JARVIS complied.

“And don’t disturb us unless it’s the apocalypse,” Tony said as he swaggered out of Alke’s room, down the hall, and around to the double doors to his bedroom. He stopped inside the doorway when he spotted Kendis in a red one-piece lace teddy.

Tony licked his lips as his eyes traveled down the deep V of the top that showed off her exposed fawn-colored skin and the stark lines of her tattoos. His eyes swept down to her toned thighs that were spread wide, and he noticed the damp spot between her legs as she lay back against his white sheets.

Her long box braids were spread all around her in a teal and black color halo.

“Fuck,” he swore as he grabbed his swollen cock. He licked his lips as he took in the nervousness in her eyes. Tony walked over to the bed and took her mouth in a flirty kiss. She groaned as she reached up and laced her hands in his hair as their tongues tangled together.

Tony suspected she had something up her sleeve, but he didn’t expect this.

They finally broke apart, and Tony said, “I’m the luckiest son of a bitch alive.”

Kendis’s mouth split into a wide grin, and Tony couldn’t help but kiss her again. His mouth nipped at her swollen lips and invaded the wet, hot cavern of her mouth. Tony could kiss Kendis forever; the taste of her was addicting. All sweet like vanilla and lightning and something else that he couldn’t put his finger on, but he was pretty sure he could never give it up.

Tony moaned as they broke apart. They both panted for breath, and he looked down at her cleavage as his hands ached to squeeze those familiar weights.

“You’re too dressed, Wonder Boy,” Kendis chuckled.

Tony stood up and quickly stripped out of his suit. He did not give a single fuck about this suit. He uncaringly discarded his jacket, shirt, tie, pants, boxers, and shoes on the floor.

He crawled over her body, his fingers tracing against her smooth skin, and she arched to his touch.

“What do you want, baby?” Tony said as he kissed the long line of her neck. “I’ll give you anything.”

Kendis whimpered, “I-I want…”

Tony nipped her collarbones. His tongue licked down the valley of her breasts and to her stomach and nipped at her belly button. Kendis gave a mew that just went straight to his cock. He loved how responsive Kendis was, loved how her body surrendered so easily under him. Kendis was a powerful magic user, and if what Ron and Hermione had told him was true, she was the most powerful magic user still living. And she trusted him enough to let him see her vulnerabilities and all.

It made him feel ten feet tall, like he could do anything. And god, Tony didn’t know what he was going to do with himself for the three days he was going to be away, and that thought alone should have scared him. Would have scared him a month ago, but Tony and Kendis had been through way too much.

“You are thinking too much,” Kendis said as she pulled him back into a kiss.

“What do you want, Kendis?”

Kendis looked up at him with those big beautiful green eyes and said, “I want to sit on your face. I want to drench your face with my juices, and then I want you to fuck me so hard that I will feel it for days.”

“Fuuuck,” Tony swore under his breath, and he squeezed the base of his dick because if he didn’t, he would spill his seed all over her. And even though that was a fun thought, Tony wanted her tight cunt around his cock when he came.

Tony took a deep breath, and then he flipped her over until she was on top of him. Kendis blinked but then smirked before she crawled up his body until her lace-covered center was hovering over his tongue.

Tony licked a line from the top of her pussy to her taint. He loved the taste of lace and her pussy juices. He could drink nothing for ages other than her essence.

“Ah, shit,” Kendis swore as her body shuddered. He put his hands around her thighs to hold her tight as his tongue flicked up and down against the lace. Tony had always had an oral fixation, but eating Kendis out was on another level, and he couldn’t get enough.

The tease and the feeling of the lace against his tongue drove him crazy as she rocked her hips to meet his tongue. But it wasn’t long before Tony couldn’t take much more, and he pushed the lace to the side, and his tongue delved into her soaking hole.

He sloppily ate her out, loving how she bucked against his mouth as she rode Tony’s tongue. Their juices drenched his beard and his chin, and Tony drank from them like they were the finest of wines. Something to be slowly savored.

Her hands slammed against the headboard as she rocked against him, and then his tongue swiped up to part her lips that were red and puffy. He sucked one into his mouth and then the other before he finally flicked the tip of his tongue against her engorged clit.

Kendis groaned loudly, bucking up against him as his tongue flickered up and down against it and then in rapid circles.

“Stop bloody teasing,” Kendis panted.

And Tony gave in and wrapped his lips around her clit and sucked. Tony didn’t give her any mercy as she cried out and bucked against him. And he knew that by the shimmy shake she gave him that Kendis was going to come.

Tony wanted it. He wanted her to give him more of her sweet essence, wanted her to mark him. And Kendis gave a sob as she finally came and his mouth went to her hole to drink her in. He ate her out until Kendis was moaning, weak, and pushing him away.

Tony reluctantly let her go, and Kendis slumped down and laid next to him. Her chest heaved. He swiped her juices off his chin and sucked them into his mouth.

“Merlin!”

Tony turned to see her staring at him with dilated eyes that only had a ring of green.

“I take it back,” Tony smirked, and Kendis snorted. “The best meal I ever had.”

“Are you going to make jokes?” Kendis grabbed his dick. “Are you going to fuck me?” His member was hard and red and dripping with pre-cum. Tony had been so focused on Kendis and drinking every last drop of her that he managed to let his own arousal slip his mind. But now the force of his need slammed into him like a hurricane.

Tony growled as he nearly ripped the teddy off of her.

“Turn over,” Tony ordered, and Kendis quickly did what he asked.

And suddenly, he was slamming into her in one go. Kendis yelped and then moaned as he pulled back and snapped forward in quick strokes. He gripped her braids and yanked her back onto his lap as he pounded into her over and over again. The sound of their sweat-slick skin slapping against each other filled the room as Tony fucked his spouse.

Kendis wanted him to fuck her so hard she felt him for days, and Tony was never one to disappoint his partners. He watched as her ass jiggled as his hard cock slid in and out of her wet center.

And he couldn’t help himself. He slapped it hard, and she tightened around him, her head arching into his grip as she cried out.

“You like that, don’t you, baby?” Tony said as he slapped her again. “Like me slapping your beautiful ass, love that I’m leaving my mark.”

“Yes!” Kendis shouted. “Yes, I love it.”

His fingers went around to her clit, and he batted her hands away and started to rub his thumb rapidly against it. Kendis leaned back against him, her head rested on his shoulder while her body quaked around him as she gave in to her second orgasm of the night.

“God, how am I going to survive three days without this?” Tony said out loud as he picked up his pace. He felt his balls tighten and that shudder down his spine, and with one thrust, then two, he was spilling inside of her.

Tony felt his body shudder as he filled her with his hot come, and it seemed like the process took forever as she clenched around his cock, pulling every drop out of him. Tony slumped down on top of her.

“Tony, you’re heavy,” Kendis whimpered. He kissed the back of her head in apology, and then he carefully pulled out of her and noticed his seed was spilling out of her abused pussy and down her legs.

His mouth curled into a satisfied smirk as he paused, and Kendis huffed, “Don’t even start.”

Tony didn’t say anything as he got up and walked into the ensuite bathroom. He washed up, and then he grabbed a wet towel and walked back inside. With another soft kiss on her forehead, Tony tenderly wiped away the mess of come and juices off her body. Then, with a sleepy grumble, he managed to maneuver her off his duvet and throw it to the floor before he got into the bed and pulled the sheets around them both.

Kendis grumbled as he pulled her into his arms, and it amazed him how she could go from sexy temptress to adorable kitten from one moment to the next. He kissed her temple again, and she tightened her arms around him.

“I don’t want you to go,” Kendis said softly.

Tony tightened his hold around her. “I know, but it’s only three days, and then we will be back together. How about a honeymoon? We can go somewhere, just you and me.”

“Really?” Kendis said as she brushed her hands up and down his chest. “I would like that.”

“Summer is coming, and it’s the perfect time for sailing. I have this yacht, and we can go out into the water. Somewhere exotic, just you and me. No press, no nosy friends, no work.”

“That sounds amazing,” Kendis replied through a yawn. “I always wanted to go sailing.”

“Then it’s done, amore mio.” He kissed her again, and she was off like a light. As Tony fell asleep, he couldn’t help but think that three days away was way too long without Kendis by his side.