AUTHOR:  Jai Marie
EMAIL: 
magicy2jai@home.com
RATING:  NC-17 for sexual situations
CONTENT:  Incest (brother/sister), swearing, sex
SPOILERS:  Raw 8/14/00
SUMMARY:  Shane thinks Steph is in over her head with Hunter (and Kurt), and he's the only one who can get her out.

 

 

 

I'll call you!" I yelled, running out to the limo as I saw the long legs swing in.  "Steph!"  I sighed, watching in frustration as the limo pulled away.  I was going to kill them both.  Unless Dad did first, I thought, thinking that the first thing Stephanie would do is call Dad to tell him that Hunter and Kurt had both been assholes *again*, reducing my poor baby sister to tears.  I felt possessiveness grip me again.  I was tired of sitting back and letting those clowns take care of her.  They obviously cared more about themselves than they did about Stephanie.  As I walked back in, flexing my fingers into fists, then relaxing them, I thought about Hunter, and how this wasn't the first time I'd wanted to kill him.

 

Ha ha, Steph, you're such a bad girl, I thought.  In over your head.  You didn't like the fact that Dad felt it necessary to protect you and shelter you from all the bad things in the business, including self-serving and lustful wrestlers.  I'd never said it, but I ageed with him.  You were...  you *are* too good for them.  That includes that obsessive bastard Hunter.  I don't care what he says about how much he loves you.  Nobody could love you like I can...  like I do. 

 

He changed you, Steph, I think as I throw myself down on the couch in my dressing room.  I don't want to wrestle tonight.  I want to go find you and comfort you, drying your tears and wiping that whore's makeup off of your face.  What did he do to you?  Why do you have to masquerade, Steph?  The fans chant every week that you're a "slut" and that you "swallow."  Do you?  Maybe Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley does, but not my Stephy.  Not the Stephy I used to lay next to on the lawn in the back yard and look at stars.  Not the Stephy who used to cheer me on at all my football games.  Not the Stephy who took care of me through all my football and wrestling injuries, better than anyone else could.  Not the Stephy whose mere sweet smile could make me feel whole again.  Where is she now?  She's replaced by a whiny, brash, brazen woman-child, who I can tell hates where she is and what she is.  So why the charade?  All in the name of power?  All in the name to be equal?  All you had to do was tell me, baby...

 

There's a knock, it's Hunter.  I want to throttle him when I see him.  It is because of his "love" that Stephanie had thought it necessary to trade her sweater sets for tight halter tops and mini skirts.  Her beautiful silky hair is a rat's nest of curls, which must take hours knowing how straight and fine it is, which I do from spending hours running my fingers through it as we sat watching television with her head in my lap.  "What?" I ask, pensive.

 

"That punk Kurt Angle is going to die!  I've tried to take the high road with him, but I'm sick and tired of..."  the rest of it becomes a blur to me.  I don't give a shit about Hunter and Kurt's bickering.  I just want to survive the night.  And get home to my sister.

 

* * * * * After Raw * * * * *

 

I can't help wondering what Dad said to those bastards as I relax in the plane.  I've hopped on a commuter plane to Greenwich, knowing Stephanie's gone home.  I want to run into the cockpit to make the stupid pilot go faster.  It's been months since I've really had the chance to even hold Stephanie in my arms.  She's so different now.  A sisterly hug once in a while, and she cries on my shoulder now and then...  but before she ever got the -Helmsley on her name, we would spend hours cuddling and talking.  Her kisses would linger a little longer, or stray onto the lips.  That's as far as it ever went.  That was all it could go.  She *is* my sister, after all.  But now as I watch the lights of the airport get closer, I'm wondering if that's any excuse.  We'd always been close.  Shane and Stephy against the world.  I'd always thought that nobody could take care of her better than I can.  Nobody could *love* her like I can.  I realized at that moment that tonight was the night I was going to prove it.

 

I made the taxi driver go no less than 20 over the entire way home, or else I wasn't going to tip him.  That was motivation enough and exactly 13 1/2 minutes later he was pulling into the horseshoe drive in front of the house.  I throw some bills at him, I don't even count how much, grab my bag, and stalk toward the door, a man with a purpose.  My heart is pounding painfully, and my mind is focused on one thing only:  Stephanie.  The house is empty.  Mom is at the Democratic National Convention.  Dad left from his rendezvous with Angle and Hunter to go to more XFL meetings.  The staff has all gone home.  That means Steph is home.  Alone.  I put my gear in my room, kicking my sneakers off.  The house is eerily dark and silent.  There is only one place she could be.  I pausedoutside the door to her room, running my fingers through my hair to compose myself.  In the silence I can still hear her muffled sobs.  She's still crying, hours after she left the arena.  I knock quietly on the door, but get no response.  I knock louder.  "Marcel, I'm fine!" comes the response from inside the room.  She must think I'm the housekeeper.  At this time of night?  C'mon, Steph.  I open the door a little bit.  The sight makes me want to rip my heart out.  There is my baby sister, *my baby*, face down on the bed, body trembling with sobs.  She is still wearing those god-awful clothes, and her hair is a mess.  "Steph?" I ask quietly, a bit apprehensive of what this woman who is my beloved sister, but at the same time is nothing like her, would do.

 

Stephanie's head snaps up, her eyes wide as she regards me.  "Shane," she says, her voice a little raspy.  Her hair is an absolute mess of ratted, matted, hairsprayed frizz.  Her face is streaked with mascara, and she looks like a raccoon from rubbing her heavily-shadowed lids.  My heard melts.  She is a mess.  She's my baby sister all dolled up, and I can tell from the look in her beautiful eyes that she doesn't know why.  She doesn't understand why they are doing this to her.  She doesn't understand she's in too deep.

 

I cross the room to her bed in two strides, sitting down next to her.  "Steph, would..."  Before I can even give her an invitation, she's in my lap.  My arms instinctively close around her, and I find to my relief and happiness that she still has the same warm, soft curves she always had.  Her head finds the crook of my neck, and her sobs start fresh.  I stroke her back and sides, feeling her shake, every sob like a dagger to me, eliciting a vow that those two will both pay.  I'll do it with my own bare hands.  I'll...  I'll...  All anger fades from my mind as I feel Stephanie's breath against my adam's apple.  I look down to find her staring up at me with wide, pleading eyes.  What is she asking me?  "What, Stephy?" I whisper.  She shakes her head, whimpering.  She doesn't know where to begin.  Damn you both!  She's a baby!  She's only 23!  Seeing her looking like a little hooker is making me ill.  I make a decision and start to move away from her.  She whimpers again, clinging to me.  This is my baby, the one who needs me as much as I need her.  "I'm going in there," I whisper, pointing to the bathroom.  She reluctantly lets me go, following me as I walk into her private bathroom.

 

I haven't been in there in forever.  It's done tastefully in a coral, jade, and white pattern with a large claw-footed tub, handheld shower, and a whole shelf full of bath products.  Perfect, I think as I reach down and start to run some water.  I test it over and over on the sensitve underside of my arm until it's just right.  Looking through the bath products, I select a silky lilac-scented bubble bath and pour a generous amount into the tub.  Soon the bathtub is frothing invitingly with foam.  I step back, smiling, only to see Stephanie leaning in the doorway weakly, looking at this with half-interest.  I notice her fluffy terry cotton robe hanging on a hook where it's been since before she moved out to live with Hunter.  It's lavender, and very cuddly and feminine.  Just like my Stephy.  I take it off the hook and offer it to her.  She takes it wordlessly, staring at it as though it's a friend who has betrayed her, but soon disappears back into her room.  I hear the thunking of those god-awful clunky shoes hitting the floor over the roar of the bathtub filling.  Flipping the water off, I then look around, gathering a few other items.  Large sponge, check.  Body wash, check.  Shampoo, check.  Conditioner, and lots of it, double check.  Towels, check.  I look up, seeing her back in the doorway.  A thrill runs through me, seeing her like that.  Some guys get off on sexy lingerie, or nudity.  Okay, I do too, but not right now.  I've longed to see my sister like this for too long.  The robe goes all the way to her ankles, and there's something almost...  arousing (there, I said it!) about seeing her all covered up.  Treating her body like it was something to be treasured and saved, not shown off to infinite numbers of perverts jacking off while watching her on television, or live in the crowd.

 

I step back, turning my back to her to give her some privacy.  Modesty and decency is what you deserve, Steph.  Why won't you demand even that from them?  I hear her sink into the bubbles, and a sigh escapes her lips.  I turn around to see the bubbles pooling around her breasts, obscuring them from view.  She looks like she is starting to relax.  Good.  "You like that, Stephy?" I ask, pulling my shirt off and kneeling behind her.  She nods.  Her eyes are closed, and I can tell she's fighting a war inside herself.  "Stephy, forget about them tonight.  They don't understand you.  They don't understand love," I tell her as I stroke her ratted hair and reach around for the detachable shower nozzle.  Gently I sit her up a little and tilt her hair back, turning on the nozzle to soak the mess.  She shudders and moans softly as the water courses over her skin.  I can't contain a small smirk of delight that I can still do that to her as I set the nozzle down and get some shampoo.  I begin to massage it into her hair, kneading her scalp, feeling the tension coming off of her in waves.  I rinse the first application and begin a second.  Lather, rinse, repeat.  And repeat.  It takes me four rinses before I'm satisfied that the nasty stuff is out of my baby sister's hair.  She's almost limp in the water, head lolling back, moving her head wherever I nudge.  Now for the conditioner.  I never had use for the stuff, but I know that the guys say it's good for getting tangles out.  And if Adam Copeland and Jason Reso recommend a hair product, you listen.  Can't argue with results like that.  So I slather a good amount of the conditioner in Stephy's hair and work it in, then proceed to take a wide-toothed comb and run it through her hair, detangling it.  She sighs again, louder this time.  I dare to peek around to the front of her body.  Her raccoon-eyes are still closed.  Those are next to go, I think as I begin to rinse her hair.  "Hunter doesn't do this for you, does he?" I finally can't fight back the urge to ask.  Call it jealousy, call it what you will.  But I wanted to know that I was better to Stephy than that lousy asshole that was her husband.  I wanted *her* to know it too.

 

Stephanie still says nothing, just slightly shakes her head no as a tremor comes through her.  I feel a pang of regret for having said that cursed name tonight.  Not again.  That word is off-limits for the rest of the night, as is Kurt's.  Finally her hair is rinsed, and I take up the washcloth and find some Pond's cold cream, which was what they universally used backstage to take off make-up.  Never realized the little useful things I had picked up all those years until now.  Stephy flinches from the startle of the cold when I first touch her face with the washcloth, but then relaxes again immediately.  I gently smear the stuff all over her face, then rinse it, rinsing away the indignity of the whore's make-up.  Rinsing away the indignity of the whore's role my baby sister is being forced to play.

 

Now it's time for the sponge.  I take it and soak it, then run it over her body.  She's beautiful, but I am not thinking of her sexually.  Not that much, anyhow.  My first concern is, and always has been, for her well-being, both physical and psychological.  She doesn't respond to this much, just moving and turning her body so I can wash all the sweat from her exertions crying off of her body.  At last, it's done.  I step back and grab the large towel, drying off my bare arms then standing back on the rug and holding it open to her.  I turn my head away.  Part of me doesn't want to, but it's overruled by the big brother who just wants to give his baby sister her dignity back.  She steps into my arms and I wrap them around her, the towel with them.  "Dry yourself off, I'll be outside," I tell her.  I then go sit on the bed, realizing I'd left my shirt in on the bathroom floor.  I'm feeling a little better now, having worked some of my frustrations out on Stephanie in the bathroom.  But there was more.  A little washing wasn't going to erase, or at least repair the damage those two heartless bozos have done.  She needs more.  And she's going to get it.  'Cause tonight Stephanie Marie McMahon is all mine.  My heart swells at the thought of holding her tightly in my lap, or maybe even playing a game of Scrabble together.  Yes, it is definitely the little things...

 

My thoughts are interrupted by soft footfalls.  I look up and there is Stephanie, standing shyly in the doorway.  Her hair is straight and hangs down around her face.  Her face...  it's clean and actually glowing.  She has a soft smile, and her chin is tilted down, but those eyes are looking straight at me.  She still hasn't said a word.  The adoration in those eyes is enough to fill volumes.  But that isn't all she's speaking with.  She's not wearing her terry cotton robe.  She's not wearing the pajamas I set down on the edge of the sink.  She's wearing my discarded shirt.  It's dark blue, and contrasts beautifully with her peaches-and-cream skin.  The sleeves are rolled up to her elbows, and the top two buttons are undone.  The shirt just brushes the tops of her thighs, and is quite loose on her.  I open my mouth to say something, but instead it just curves into a smile.  She always looked good in my clothes.  Tonight is no exception.  "Come here, baby sis," I command her gently, holding my arms out as I stand up.  She smiles and walks slowly over to me, a vision out of my dreams.  I wrap my arms around her, and stroke her wet hair, smelling of lilac and a scent that is Stephanie's alone.  Her body presses against mine tighter as she buries her face against me.  For a moment I fear she's crying again, but then I feel her cheek caressing my bare chest, and I know she's doing the same thing I was doing before:  reacquainting herself with something all but lost.

 

"I missed you, baby," I murmur into her damp hair, kissing the top of her head.  She responds by placing a chaste kiss on my sternum.  I feel my heart leap into double time.  I can tell Stephanie noticed as well; I feel her smile against me.  Finally, she looks up at me again.  Her plain face and wet hair are a complete contrast to what had just been a few hours ago.  I find myself overwhelmed, and my lips find hers in a whisper of a kiss.  I dare not ask more, and begin to pull away, but Stephanie's lips follow mine, and the kiss lingers for a moment, soft and undemanding.  Finally we part, and looking down into her eyes, I see the same emotions running through her that I feel in me.  It was as though we were back in time, back to last year before Stephanie had ever gone to Las Vegas in her entire life.  This is my baby sister, my little girl.  The one I love more than life itself.  I stare at her, she stares at me.  I rasp in awe, "You're back."

 

I have to keep looking down into my lap to make sure this is real.  But there she is, her silky, straight hair glistening in the light of the television.  I sit on the end of the couch, half-paying attention to an episode of the X-Files.  I think it’s the one where Mulder and Scully have an alien encounter.  Or one of ‘em.  Actually, I have no clue.  All I can think of is that I’m having a close encounter of my own, with a ghost from my past.  As I run my fingers through the spun silk that is her hair, I look at her face.  She’s not watching the TV either.  Her eyes are staring at the vase of flowers on the table across the room.  Actually, staring right through it, into space.  I know what she’s thinking about.  It’s plainly written on her face.  What went wrong, Stephy?  No answers yet.  She has yet to speak to me since I arrived, except for the small squeak of my name when she first saw me.  Yes, she now looks like my baby sister, but she’s still not acting like her.

”Steph,” I say softly, and her head turns in my lap, and she’s now looking up at me.  Her eyes are almost pleading with me, for what I don’t know.  I stroke her face, feeling it wet with tears.  “Hey, feel like a game of Scrabble?”  I ask, feeling like I’m sort of grasping at straws now.  She hesitates, and finally nods, her head rubbing against my groin.  Oh, Steph, don’t do that please, I think, my thoughts vocalized by only a soft gasp.  My face burns as her eyes find mine again, a little inquisitive.  You weren’t supposed to hear that, Stephy, I think, blushing further.  She sits up, and as she stands I catch a look at the side of her face.  Wait…  was that a little smile?  I feel my spirits lift a little as I jump up to go get the Scrabble board.

 I had taken the time before we went down to watch TV to change my clothes into a pair of loose shorts and a tank top.  Steph was still looking more beautiful than she had in a long time, in my Oxford shirt.  When I got back with the game she was sitting on the couch Indian-style with the coffee table pulled close to her.  The shirt was stuffed loosely between her legs, but I caught a glance of plain, white cotton panties beneath.  For some reason that makes my heart pound faster.  She’s not wearing some skimpy, lacy, slut underwear.  She’s wearing Stephy underwear.  No, not now.  This isn’t the time for your fantasies, Shane, I tell myself.  This is about Stephanie.  It’s always about Stephanie.  That’s what you don’t understand, Hunter.  You don’t either, Kurt, I think as Steph scatters the tiles on the table and begins to draw.  You both don’t understand what it’s like to devote your entire being to another person.  And you’ve poisoned Stephanie into thinking that there is no such thing.  That she needs to live with second best.  Well, fuck you both.

 “Shane?” I hear a soft, slightly-squeaky voice ask.  I snap out of my rage and my eyes fly to hers.  She’s looking at me expectantly, having laid out the word ‘INVITES’.  I whistle low as a small, triumphant smile crosses Steph’s unglossed lips.  She marks down her score for the word, which was across several double squares, plus 75 points for using all her letters.  I can’t help but smile myself.  It’s nice to see her truly enjoying herself.  Steph is ruthless when playing Scrabble.  She’s always been, even when we were young and would play against Mom and Dad.  Steph often won then, as well.  After thinking for a bit, I add ‘SOME’ going down.  Steph ponders this, and sips the iced tea she’d brought in for both of us.  I look at mine a little hesitantly and take a sip, smiling as I realized she’d sweetened it just the way I like it.  That’s my baby.

 The game progresses in silence, as seems to be the theme for the night.  I really don’t like it.  I have so much I want to say to her, so many things to ask.  But I don’t want to force her.  If she wants to talk, she will.  Her face is growing more animated as we play, and as she gets into it.  Her score is soon almost double mine, and her eyes are sparkling with excitement.  I pass twice as she continues to rack up points, finally putting me out of my misery with ‘ADZE’.  I groan.  I usually don’t lose that soundly.  And it wasn’t as though I wasn’t trying.  I love Steph, but I also love to beat her.  She’s incredibly competitive, and that makes it so much more fun to play with her.  Also, unlike the sniveling whiner she’s become with Hunter, she’s a gracious loser.  At least she was.  I don’t have anything to compare that to at the moment.  “Good game,” I tell her, as I start to clean the board up.  Suddenly, her soft, well-manicured hand is on top of mine.  It feels like it is carrying an electric charge as my entire hand starts to tingle.  I look up at her.  

 “Can we play again?” she asks, eyes expectant.

 I chuckle, dumping the tiles back out.  “What, Hunter doesn’t play Scrabble?” I ask softly.  I can’t help myself.

 “No,” she replies, shaking her head, voice barely a whisper as she watches my hands spread the tiles back out.

 <So what the hell DOES he do?!>  I find my self tempted to scream.  What does he give you, Steph, that makes you want to stay with him and take all the shit he gives you?  But again, I bite against my rage, calmly drawing tiles and laying out ‘ADOBE’ as my first word.  Stephanie sees too much rage from that loose cannon husband of hers.

 She must sense this, for as she lays out ‘SILO’ she says, “Hunter isn’t really in to board games.”  It’s almost apologetic sounding, with a hint of pain.  She probably asked him once.  I imagine him laughing at her with that shit-faced smirk.  I see red again.  Bastard.

 “What IS he in to?” I ask, trying to sound casual as I add ‘OVUM’.  A long silence follows, and I venture a look into Steph’s face.  She’s biting her lip in concentration.  I can’t tell if she’s pondering my question or her next play.  It soon appears to be the latter as she plays ‘TILL’.  However, she then looks up into my face, shrugging.  “Going out.  Watching TV.  Working out.”

 “You mean he doesn’t like the theatre?  Or riding bikes?  Or taking walks?  Or cuddling while watching movies?  Or playing games?” I ask, pressing perhaps a bit more than I should, listing off some of Stephanie’s favorite things to do as I add ‘TERMS’.  She’s silent, biting her lip again in that delicious way.  I feel my heart twist, hating myself for a moment.  I’ve attacked her, just like Hunter had earlier.  God, I’m sorry, I think, watching her trembling fingers pick up her tiles to make a play, obviously shaken by my attack on her husband.  Everything I had tried to do tonight, I just ruined.  Good going, Boy Wonder.

 “There aren’t many men who are in to those things,” she says with trepidation, placing ‘LOVE’ slowly.  My heart jerks at her choice of play, and her choice of words.  She then goes on, “Especially in the places where I spend most of my time.”  She’s trying to excuse it, to make an easy reason for why she abandoned all her standards, all her hopes and dreams, all her loves.  She dismisses them all with a cursory wave of her hand.  “Who needs all that stuff anyhow?”

 I stare at my rack, feeling my stomach churn.  Sure, I like to go to sports games.  Sure, I like cruising around in my sports car, sailing on the yacht, playing tennis or football.  But I’m also the one who went to see Les Miserables with Steph 7 times, and actually started to LIKE it.  I’m the one who spent countless rainy days watching movies with Steph on the couch, cuddling.  I’m the one who rode bikes with her all the way around Martha’s Vineyard.  The silence is deafening as I reach for three letters, fumbling them in my palm.  I set them down, one by one, as Stephanie stares at the board.  I stare as well.  It’s done.  It reads, ‘IDO.’

 Steph looks up at me, giving her version of the People’s Eyebrow.  “Shane, where does that connect?” she asks, ever the stickler for the rules.  I say nothing, just looking at her.  “What kind of word is that anyhow, ‘ido?’”  She looks at me strangely, knowing from the intense look in my eyes that there is more than just a nonsensical play to the word.  She looks at it again.  “Ido…      I do…”  her voice grows soft as her eyes met mine, and realization dawns in them.  “<You do>,” she whispers, voice cracking.

”Yes, I do,” I repeat in a similarly soft voice, heart pounding.  I wonder if she even comprehends all that those three little Scrabble tiles are saying to her.  Not just that I love Les Mis.  Not just that I love cuddling and watching movies.  Not just that I love bike rides.  But that I love <her>, Stephanie McMahon, for all that she is, was and all that she will be.

 

Steph’s brow furrows, and I can tell that she’s thinking, maybe trying to make sense of this.  For a moment I fear that I’ve done the wrong thing, that perhaps I should have just kept those feelings to myself.  Finally, she looks up at me, a hesitant smile crossing her face.  “So then…”  she says slowly, flipping a ‘G’ tile over and over.  “Tell me what this means…”<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

 It’s now or never.  She’s giving me an opening.  Come one, Simba, you’ve come this far; might as well just take the plunge.  You may never get this chance again.  “Steph, I can’t tell you,” I say, trying to keep the uncertain tremor out of my voice.  “I have to show you.”

 She doesn’t move for a moment, but then in one swift, completely-Stephy moment, she is scrambling around the table and sitting on the floor at my side.  “Show me what?” she asks breathlessly, like a child on Christmas Morning contemplating which present to open first.

 “Show you this,” I hear myself say, putting my fingers gently under her chin, and pressing my lips to hers.  This is old news to Steph – we’ve kissed on the lips for as long as I can remember.  Even the tender, lingering kiss that we’re sharing at the moment is not foreign to us.  We’ve shared a few in our time, but it’s always stopped there.  But not tonight.  It *can’t* stop there tonight, not if I want Stephanie to completely and truly know how I feel.

 I gently cup her head with one hand, while my other hand strokes her cheek with an intimate gesture, one that comes from years of love.  She senses something is different and pulls back a little, but my hand is a little firm and holds her.  The little pause for breath gives me the chance to nudge her lips apart with mine.  This time, there is no hesitation on her part as her full lips part to allow my tongue entry.  I am vaguely aware of one of her hands covering my hand on her cheek, stroking the skin idly, while her other hand finds a spot on the back of my neck, assuring that I won’t be going anywhere soon.  My hand moves from the back of her head to her back as I taste the sweet honey of my sister's mouth fully for the first time.

 She is overwhelming.  Hot and liquid, tasting faintly of sweet iced tea.  My tongue swirls over hers, not receiving much response.  However, I can’t stop at the moment, as I’m overwhelmed by the need to possess her mouth; leave an indelible mark on her.  Finally we part, as I sense she needs a break.

 I can’t look at her at first.  I’m afraid she’ll think me some sick pervert who misinterpreted years of intimate contact and experiences.  Then I feel her thumb lightly graze my lips, and I turn my eyes to hers.  Her eyes are wide and full of wonder, and her lips curve up in a slight smile.  I open my mouth to ask her what she's thinking, but she answers me before I get a chance, catching my words in her mouth as it covers mine.

 This time, her tongue does not lie dormant, but gently meets mine, and they mutually explore and pleasure one another, tangling wildly, delving in and out of each others’ mouths.  I hear a soft sigh escape from my baby sister’s body as the kiss endures for countless moments.  Her fingernails gently scratch the nape of my neck, adding to her silent encouragement.  I love you, I tell her over and over with my tongue, until it is aching from exertion.  This isn’t something I do on a regular basis.  Especially with someone who is drinking it up like my Stephy.  We finally part, and in my mind I’m screaming, <‘now what?!’.>

 Stephanie answers this question for me as she leans against my body, her hand slipping under my tank top to stroke my slightly-sweaty skin.  Her nails trace concentric circles around my navel while she rests her head against my chest.  “You’re heart’s racing,” she comments in a small voice, full of wonder.

 “You do that to me,” I tell her, my fingers again drawn to the silk of her hair.

 “I do?” she asks.  <Like it’s any secret, sis,>I think with a laugh.  If she couldn’t tell from the voracious way I was kissing her, then she would probably get a hint if she brushed against my crotch.  Part of me is really hoping she doesn’t, because it could get REAL awkward.  Then again, part of me is hoping she does.  The feather-light tickling of her fingertips on my stomach isn’t helping matters, either.  It’s making my hunger grow.  Rather than being satisfied with possessing her mouth and showing her the depth of my feelings for her, I begin to want more.  I want to possess her totally.  I desire to show her how she should be loved, not just every day of her life, but every night as well.  I force my mental voice to say it; to acknowledge it:  I want to make love to my baby sister.

 There, I’ve said it, and now have to become comfortable with the fact.  <That’s not so bad now, is it,> I think.  It’s been wanting to be said for a long time, but I’ve been afraid.  I’ve been afraid to acknowledge that the most basic love of all has now, for me, become the most forbidden love of all.  The knowledge isn’t any easier to bear with the admission, but I hold a glimmer of hope inside me that perhaps, judging by her reactions, Stephanie is also guilty of this offense.  I can only pray.

 I then realize my mind is wandering from my original purpose.  Stephanie’s cheeks are still flushed, and I can see her still replaying the kiss in her mind.  “Want more?” I ask her, my throaty voice breaking the thick silence.

”Yeah,” she says breathlessly, sitting up and tilting her mouth to mine.  We kiss again, each time our lips melding together a little more fiercely, our tongues becoming bolder, as well as our hands.  As Stephanie’s small hands possessively roam my back, I slide one of mine down to cup her beautifully round ass.  I’m rewarded with a little squeal against my tongue, and feeling her squirm against my hand.  There must be a direct nerve line from my hand to my cock, because at that moment it became fully awake, as though realizing that its long-dormant desire for Stephanie may finally be sated.  We parted once more, and I capture her gaze with mine, and demand softly, “Does *he* kiss you like that?”

 Stephanie starts, then looks down for a moment.  I firmly, yet gently, take hold of her chin and make her look back at me.  “No, he doesn’t,” she finally admits, as though it’s a crime she herself is guilty of, rather than her husband.

”Damn him,” I mutter, gently caressing her lips with mine.  “You deserve better, Stephy.”

She begins to pull away, well-worn objections bubbling half-heartedly from her lips.  But I won’t let her go.  “He doesn’t know how to love you.  He doesn’t know *you*,” I punctuate this with an index finger to her heart.

Stephanie’s eyes meet mine accusingly, but before she can say anything, I put my finger to her lips.  “Stephy…  let me show you.  Let me show you how you deserve to be loved,” I almost plead, which I’m sure is a sight to her.  McMahons don’t plead.  Not unless there is an ulterior motive.  But for the first time in my life, I’m begging, begging for my sister to give me the ultimate gift – a chance to selflessly prove my love to her.

 She’s chewing her lip, trying to convince herself that this is wrong, that she shouldn’t be here.  I’m silent.  I’ve pleaded my case and I’m not going to push.  There is nothing more I can say or do.  It’s now up to her.  I sit back, holding her hands as I had been while speaking to her, caressing the backs of them with my thumbs as she thinks.  Her eyes are closed, her hair is tousled, and her lips are slightly moving, perhaps even twitching.  Suddenly, her eyes are open.  They look calm, assured, and at peace.  As her face breaks into that soft, shy smile I feel my cock stiffen further.  I know the answer, and before she even says a word I’m standing up and holding my hand out.  She takes my hand and follows me upstairs.  By the time we reach the door to her bedroom, we’re both shaking.  I had no idea how terrified of this I would be.  I’ve had many girls, but none as special as my Stephy, my baby sister.  Taking a deep breath, I reach for the door.  “Are you sure?  Do you really want to do this?” I ask her, looking her right in the eyes.

 Without a moment of hesitation, she nods, smiling knowingly.  “I do.”

I do.”  She does.  She accepts my offer of unconditional love.  I push the door to her bedroom open, and just like that we’re back where we started.  We walk together to her bed and sit down next to one another, still holding hands, staring at each other.

 “Are you scared?” I ask.  I wouldn’t blame her.  I mean, she’s basically going to commit adultery.  With her big brother.  Her answer, though, surprises me.

 “No, not really,” she says, reaching over and cupping my face, bringing me to her and kissing me.  Our mouths open simultaneously, tongues finding each other, caressing each other as though they’d been lonely without the other.  I ease back onto the bed, laying my sister back against the mound of pillows at the head.  I’m leaning over her, propped up on one elbow, my other hand gently stroking down her front as our kiss continues.  Her hands are both threaded through my hair, making it obvious she’s not letting my mouth go anywhere for a while.

 While we kissed, my fingers lightly trailed down her front, between the valley of her breasts, reaching the bottom button of my shirt that she’s wearing.  One-handed, I unbutton the bottom three buttons, then slip my fingers under the fabric.  I’m greeted by the sleek, smooth skin of my sister’s stomach.  My fingertips brush against her tentatively, almost as though they’re afraid her stomach is going to scald.  It doesn’t; instead she reflexively sucks it in a little in a gesture I find absolutely endearing.  Our mouths finally part, and we each move to our own careful explorations.  For my part, I kiss Stephanie’s neck and ears softly as my fingertips continue to stroke her satiny soft stomach.  I eventually grow bolder, fingers skimming up over the bottom of her ribcage, as far as the partially unbuttoned shirt will let me.  That is soon remedied as I unbutton more of the shirt, revealing inch after inch of flawless peaches-and-cream skin.  I finally cannot resist and place a reverent kiss on her stomach, right above her navel.  “Oooh,” I hear her croon, her own hands skimming lightly over my back, now tugging at my shirt.

 Sitting up, I discard my tank top for her benefit, then lean over and hold my breath as I unfasten the final three buttons of the shirt that is draped on my sister’s body, pushing it apart a bit.  I place more tender kisses on her stomach, then kiss up the newly-bared skin between the firm mounds.  Her face is now buried in the crook of my neck and shoulder, gently kissing and licking my skin.  Her mouth is so eager, so sweet and soft.  It makes my erection, my skin, my bones, my very *being* ache with need.  

 Soon, the shirt is pushed open, revealing her beautiful, full breasts.  I can’t help but stare wonderingly at her womanly form, so tantalizing and natural.  My hands skim up her ribcage to cup her breasts, weighing them in my hands, my eyes on her face.  Her eyes are closed now, her lips slightly parted, soft sighs coming from them.  I return my attention to the worship of her body and brush my thumb over one of her small, rose-colored nipples.   It immediately hardens into a stiff bud, accompanied by a breathy moan from Stephy, which is repeated as I give the other nipple similar attention.  “Sha….” She begins, not even able to finish my name.  Well, that’s going to change.  It becomes my new goal:  making her scream my name while in the throes of ecstasy.

 Lowering my mouth to one turgid peak, I swirl my tongue around her, tasting the soft satin of one of my sister’s most intimate areas for the first time.  I cannot get enough, and I’m soon greedily suckling like a baby, but it’s my soul that’s receiving nourishment, from every sigh of pleasure I hear.  Things are becoming more urgent for me, much to my dismay, as I move my mouth to the other raspberry crest, drawing it into the hot wetness of my mouth, laving it with my tongue as if my life depended on it.  My left hand skims back down her side, fingertips tentatively brushing over the white cotton bikini-cut panties my sister is wearing.  I skim the fabric, moving down over her mound and between her thighs, which part automatically for me.  I look up at her, and she’s not even with me.  Her eyes are closed, her head relaxed.  I wonder if she’s even thinking about me.  Maybe she’s fantasizing I’m Hunter.  Or even Kurt.  Pain stabs my heart at this thought, but I’m spurred on by the consolation that at least she’ll have known how good it can be, and maybe it will give her the courage to demand more from them.  Shaking the thought off I attack my sweet task anew, stroking my fingers down between her thighs, a thrill running through my fingers and through my body as I discover the crotch of her panties is thoroughly soaked.  This reinforces her soft sounds, and I know she’s enjoying herself.  Now it's time to take things further.

 My fingers slip back upward to the waistband of her panties, skimming along the edge, finally dipping down between the cotton and her skin.  I can feel the heat radiating from her sex, and I gently trace the wispy hair covering her mound.  I finally unlatch my mouth from her nipple, my body crying out for hers.  I take a few breaths to calm myself, telling my screaming body that it will have its reward soon enough…  the reward of hearing Stephy scream my name.  I slip her panties off, perhaps a little quicker than I should have, but then I have to freeze and look down at what is beneath me.  My sister, my beautiful baby sister, in all her naked glory.  Her straight hair fans around her head, glittering in the soft light.  Her eyes are now open a little, staring up at me with a mixture of adoration and apprehension, as though I wouldn’t like what I see.  “Oh Steph,” I whisper, skimming my hands over the front of her abdomen and down her legs, laying down next to her once again.  “You’re so beautiful…  the most beautiful girl in the world.”

 “You’re just saying that,” she whispers, her eyes fluttering closed again as my fingers find their way to the nest of curls guarding the entrance to her sex.

 “No, I’m not.  I may be a McMahon, but when it comes to you I always tell the truth,” I reply, biting my lip as I ease my finger into the molten wetness pooling in her cleft.  She's incredibly hot, and I haven’t even penetrated her yet.   I run my finger all the way down her crease, almost to her ass, then slowly back up, passing over her entrance, and encountering at the top the swollen nub of her clitoris.  I gently tease it; her body immediately stiffens.  “Ohmygod,” she whispers, arms clutching at me.  I smile.  This is it.  I begin to rub around the base of her clit, feeling her squirm and whimper under me, growing ever wetter.  Her hips begin to move in rhythm, and I know her orgasm is inevitable.  Then I realize something.  I bet Hunter gets her off with his fingers all the time.  My baby sister deserves more than a mere hand job.  I withdraw my fingers quickly and her eyes fly open, accompanied by whimpers of protest.  “Just wait a sec, Steph,” I tell her as I move so I’m kneeling between her legs.  She immediately realizes my intentions when I begin to kiss around her navel, then trail my lips down toward her inner thighs.

 “Shane, no,” she protests, trying to squirm away.  “I’ve never…  Hunter doesn’t…”

 My head snaps up, eyes flashing at those two words.  “I don’t give a shit what Hunter * doesn’t *, Steph,” I growl.  “I love you.  I *do.*”  Before she can protest further I’ve pulled her knees up and spread them, using my fingers to part her swollen nether lips.  I’m greeted by a sight that again almost makes me lose control.  Her sweet pink inner flesh, soaked in the iridescent, musky wetness of her juices, glistening invitingly, begging to be tasted.  And I’m going to be the first.  That was enough to erode my patience, and I delve into her most intimate of places with my eager tongue.

 God, nothing on earth has ever tasted as good as my baby sister on my tongue.  She has a delicate, musky flavor, exotic and damp, like sandalwood.  I waste no time in reclaiming the stiff pearl that is her clitoris, swirling around it with my tongue, then gently drawing it into my mouth.  Stephanie reacts by stifling a scream, clutching at the bedclothes, trying to restrain her hips from bucking so hard that they break my jaw.  I continue at my work, silently urging her on, mentally begging her to give me what I desire most.  My mind is not even thinking about my own raging erection, still confined in its prison of boxers and shorts.  It’s concentrating on achieving the Holy Grail.  I encourage her again by slowly slipping my middle finger into her hot passage.  Her silky walls grip me, and I try to find the sweet spot inside her and press on that to add to the stimulation.  It works, and I am finally rewarded as her entire body goes stiff and her muscles contract in a death grip around my finger.  She convulses, and I hear her breathing, “Shaaaaaa…  oh God Shane…  Shaaaaaannnneeee…..!”

And now my life is complete.

 * * * *

My life may be complete, but my night is not over.  After making Stephanie come, I had withdrawn, content to have shown her what she was missing.  Seeing the look of amazement on her face, feeling her snuggle against me and kiss me…  it was reward enough, I told myself.  I hadn’t convinced my hard-on of that yet, but I might be making progress.  Soon I hear my sister’s angel voice whisper, “Shane?”

 “Yeah, baby,” I reply, stroking her back comfortingly.

 She says nothing, but I feel her wiggle her hip against my erection.  She looks up at me inquisitively.  I shake my head.  “We don’t have to do anything, sis,” I reply.

 “No?” she asked, with what might best be described as a pout.

 “Not if you don’t want to.”

 I then feel her fingers grasp me through my shorts and I don’t even have time to stifle the guttural sound that escapes my throat.  My eyes lock with hers, glittering and happy, as she whispers with that Stephy smile, “I do.”  Another moan, one of absolute surrender, comes from deep within me as I feel Stephanie easing my shorts away.   Jesus, it just feels good to be loose from the constraints of the fabric, let alone to have Stephanie’s silky hand wrapped around me and stroking in long, leisurely strokes.  I continue to stroke her hair, murmuring soft encouragement, my mind jumble of good feelings.  She peppers soft kisses all over my chest, and I can feel her awkwardness, as though she were inexperienced at taking the lead.  Makes me wonder again what sort of sex life she and Hunter really have.  But those thoughts don’t stay long as I feel her lips approaching my erection.  Alarms go off in my mind, and I’m pushing her away gently, just as she had me before.

 “Wha…?” she asks, her eyes wide and confused.  “Hunter always likes…”  she stops when she sees my frown.

 “Am I Hunter?” I ask her.  She shakes her head ‘no.’  “Not now, Steph,” I then tell her as I reach over for my pants.  After a few awkward moments I’ve gotten into my wallet and retrieved a rubber.  I don’t know how long its been in there, but it hasn’t been that long.  I open the packet, but am surprised when I feel Stephy’s hand on mine.

“Let me,” she says, taking the condom from me.  I open my mouth to object, but she silences me with a finger to my lips.  “I want to,” she purrs.  I lay my head back, soaking in the sensation of her fingers working over my throbbing cock.  I hate condoms.  With a passion.  I honestly can’t feel anything when I have the damn things on, and I really only use them if the girl insists.  But this is different.  This is my baby sister.  And I’m not taking any chances.  She’s too precious to me.

 Fully ‘armed,’ I gently roll her on to her back.  As I am poised at her entrance, the head of my cock already immersed in her scalding juices, I stop to look down on her beautiful face.  Her eyes are wide open, staring up at me, wanting to watch my every expression as brother and sister become one.  I don’t blame her; I want to watch as well.  Seeing her like this, her skin flushed and aroused, her lungs heaving, makes me realize there is even more to the profound love I have for my baby sister.  Not only do I love her heart and her soul, but God help me, I love her body.

With this in mind I arch my hips forward, slipping into her inch by inch.  She feels even hotter than she had around my finger, if that’s possible, and infinitely tighter.  She’s gasping as I finally sheath myself in all the way, now holding there, waiting for her to adjust.  Her eyes meet with mine, and I can’t help myself.  I lower my mouth to hers, kissing her again with tender possessiveness.  “I love you, Steph,” I whisper to her, kissing her again.

 “I love you too,” she replies, kissing me back, then wrapping her legs around my waist.  This is the signal I’ve been waiting for, and I brace myself and begin to rock gently within her, grinding right against that sweet spot deep inside her that I had found before.  She throws her head back, gasping out nonsensical words of encouragement as she clutches at my body and the bedclothes around her.  My strokes gradually become deeper and faster, and I find that I can’t hold back any longer.  I quickly snake my hand between our bodies and flick her clitoris a few times, drawing a shriek and a shudder, as I finally lose control myself, feeling her muscles milking my cock for all it's worth.  Amidst all the panting, the blood pounding in my ears, the creak of the bedsprings, and the rustle of sheets, I hear a whispered, “Ohhhhh Shaaaaaaane.”  Now my life is *truly* complete.

 We lay together afterward, still unable to find words to express the profound love and feelings that have been unearthed tonight.  Stephanie’s head is buried in my chest, and our bodies are tangled together like the most intimate of lovers.  There is no trying to make sense of this, at least not for now.  Now that I’m with her, in body, mind, and soul, I have no more fear that she’s in over her head.  It doesn’t matter if she is, for I know that together we can get through anything.  To that end, I have nothing more to say about Hunter, or Kurt.  There is an unspoken agreement that those things are to be resolved in the morning.  Tonight is ours.

 As we lay there in the afterglow of our lovemaking, I’m aware of another sound.  I then realize it’s Stephanie’s sweet soprano voice, humming a tune.  Straining, I attempt to identify it.  Eventually I realize it’s a tune from some Broadway show I’d taken Stephanie to a long time ago.  Once more, I’m glad I have those memories with her, as the words come flooding back to me:

I have never felt like this
For once I'm lost for words
Your smile has really thrown me
This is not like me at all
I never thought I'd know
The kind of love you've shown me
Now, no matter where I am
No matter what I do
I see your face appearing
Like an unexpected song
An unexpected song
That only we are hearing

I don't know what's going on
Can't work it out at all
Whatever made you choose me
I just can't believe my eyes
You look at me as though
You couldn't bear to lose me
Now, no matter where I am
No matter what I do
I see your face appearing
Like an unexpected song
An unexpected song
That only we are hearing

 The song of our love is something that was indeed unexpected, and is something that cannot be shared with others.  So we’ll revel in its music tonight, hearing the words only we are meant to hear, then face the new day together, whatever it may bring.

THE END...