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Not while I'm around	By : LilyRose Category: Musicals/Plays > Sweeney Todd Views: 1577 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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If four bells ring in the Tower of Bray.
Ding dong!
Then lovers must pray.
Ding dong!
Four bells today…

This particular customer had put up a bit of a fight before one of the barber`s silver blades had been able to persuade him to sit down in his chair again,and hence the parlour was in a state that would probably have aroused some suspicion,to put it mildly,in whoever happened to come in for astyle="mso-spacerun: yes"> shave next.So now they were both mopping up the traces of this last reluctant supplier of meat.
Bloody hell,had this fellow cartwheeled through the parlour with his throat cut?It was absolutely everywhere.
“It might be a good idea if you`d limit yourself a bit,stick to the frail an` elderly.I mean there`s even blood on the doorknob,`ed almost made it out of the shop an`…are you even listening?”
He was wiping a few stray blood spatters from a windowpane,seeming strangely unconcerned about possible discovery.
“Of course I am,Mrs.Lovett.
He hadn`t even bothered to turn round to her.Shaking her head she dipped her cloth into a bucket of rust-coloured water and began scrubbing the rough floorboards again.
“Good,because I `ave no intention of floggin` me last pies at Tyburn.”
“My dear Mrs.Lovett,I´m sure you could convince any judge of your complete and utter ignorance of the appalling deeds of your wicked tenant.A lady of such delicate disposition and timidity as you,the mere notion would seem absurd.”
It angered her when he spoke of her like that,as if he was comparing her to his saintly wife in a way.He`d never have dared to ask Lucy to do something as vile as mop up blood,oh no.The Princess would probably have fainted on the spot.
“Oh,yes,a delicate disposition an` timidity,that`s what a woman needs,innit?I´m sure Lucy possessed both.An`fat lot of good it did her.”
She couldn`t keep the hint of disgust out of her voice.His back immediately straightened and his posture became almost threatening,even though he still didn`t turn round to her.
“Mrs.Lovett,I`d better not hear her name from your mouth ever again.”
His voice was now low and menacing.
“Oh,an`why not?Aren`t you doin` all this because of `er?”She made a sweeping gesture towards the still blood-stained chair.”An` I can`t even mention `er bloody name?”
Angrily she threw the dripping cloth back into the bucket at her feet.
“You should be glad I´m not like ´er.Do you really still fool yourself she`d feel for Sweeney Todd what she felt for Benjamin Barker?Hah,she wouldn`t be able to stand bein` in the same room as `im.Do you think she could look at you now an` see what I see?Do you think she could look at you like that,spattered with blood an` still lo…”
Before she could move or even just raise her arms to shield herself from him,he had grabbed her.One of his large hands at her throat,the other on her shoulder,dragging her roughly to the floor.This was it,she had pushed her luck once too often.Should´ve kept your big mouth shut this time,Nellie.Now one of his “friends” would paint a gaping red smile across her throat.Her arms flew up only to be pinned to the ground over her head by one of his hands.It was useless he was so much stronger than her,her struggling only caused him to tighten his crushing grip on her throat.She whimpered,hoping that it would not hurt too badly when the viciously gleaming blade would slice through her skin.
Sometimes he cut right down to the bone,she had seen the marks of the razor on vertebrae that would pile up like oversized ivory beads in a corner of the bakehouse whenever one of his customers had found his way onto the bloody chopping table.
At least it was going to be a quick end.She closed her eyes and grit her teeth in frightened anticipation of the razor`s deadly bite,when instead he forced a knee between her thighs and ground his hips against hers with an animalistic groan.Completely taken by surprise,Lovett couldn`t even tell if the startled gasp that escaped her was one of fear or arousal.
Had she gone insane?She hardly dared to trust her senses.But only because he hadn`t slashed her throat yet, didn`t mean he wasn`t going to.For all she knew,he might just be playing with her,like a cat always allowed the mouse to run,to think it had escaped before finally digging it`s claws into it.If only he wasn`t always so bloody unpredictable.But it was getting difficult to think when what he did to her felt so good.He still had her arms pinned to the ground with one hand, but his other had descended on one of her breasts and was kneading it roughly through her blouse.If he had planned to kill her now,he would be sure to meet with little resistance.Lovett was beginning to feel dizzy as all the blood in her head seemed intent on rushing to that deliciously throbbing spot between her legs,where he was still grinding against her in an almost violent rhythm.
He had buried his face in the crook of her neck,breathing hotly against her skin.Biting her right over the pulsing vein that he usually would sever with a swift touch of his silver blade,and then caressing the bruise with his tongue
“Ohhh, Mr.Todd,”she heard herself moan.She had to look and sound ridiculous.Writhing on the dusty floor of a room where many an unsuspecting customer had met a bloody end at the hands of the man who was now on top of her.
His head jerked up and he looked at her with mixture of anger and something almost like desperation.He roughly grasped her chin.
“Don’t.”
Startled for a moment,Lovett slowly she shook her head.Alright,if he wanted her to shut up,she would.If only he didn`t stop.
Suddenly his gaze flickered away from her face,his attention seemingly focused on something somewhere over her shoulder.Something that seemed to be visible only to him,moving through the shadows in a corner of the room.For a moment he grew completely still apart from his gasping breaths and his eyes still following whatever it was that had distracted him.Confused Lovett craned her neck,what was he staring at?His eyes had now become fixed on a spot on the wall where the dancing flames of the candles were painting twisting ribbons of light and shadow.Tentatively Lovett raised a hand to his face and his blurry gaze met hers.Propping herself up slightly on her elbow,she pulled his face towards hers until their lips at last met in a kiss.God,how often had she dreamed of kissing him.His reaction was violent and unexpected.
In a split second he had both her wrists caught in an almost bone-crushing grip and pushed her back onto the floor,hard enough to make white flashes explode before her eyes.
His furious face was now only inches away from hers.
“Don´t you ever dare to kiss me again, Mrs.Lovett.Never,ever again,do you understand?”
He had spat out her name like a mouthful of bile.
“Yes, Mr.Todd, I…I understand.” She swallowed hard,hoping her answer would satisfy him.
For a moment he just stared at her,his breath coming in short gasps,his face still a mask of rage and Lovett was beginning to doubt whether her answer had registered with him at all,when suddenly he let go of her arms.One of his hands flew to the buttons of his trousers,almost tearing them open.Still half dazed from the adrenaline rushing through her blood,Lovett only noticed his other hand under her skirt as she felt the fabric of her knickers ripping.Oh,god, she couldn`t believe this was really happening.Eagerly she parted her thighs for him,moaning hoarsely as he entered her with one powerful stroke.And he felt good,he felt so,so good,hard as steel and smooth as silk.Even if there had been any doubt in her mind that he was made for her,it would have been erased now.
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At last, at last,was all she could think.She too knew what it felt to be made to wait for something for a very long time.Instinctively she had wrapped her legs around his hips, drawing him deeper inside her.Let him be as rough as he wanted with her, as long as he didn`t stop.
He had buried his face in the crook of her neck again and was thrusting into her with a force that almost made her teeth chatter.And she loved it,she wanted him to give her all his anger, all his despair,every pent up emotion from those many lonely years.She met his every motion with eagerness,raising her hips off the floor,letting her head fall back to give him better access to her neck.Already she could feel the delicious pressure build between her legs,it wouldn`t be long now.
No other man had ever had this effect on her.No other man had ever brought her this close to climaxing so fast.Only a few more deep,hard thrusts now.Panting she raked her fingernails across his back,if it hadn`t been for his shirt she would have drawn blood.
“Oh god, Benjamin.”
Too late she realized that she had spoken.Oh,no,no,no,don`t let him stop now.She would probably die if he did.But her prayers seemed to be in vain,as he completely stilled in her arms.Second upon torturous second passed without him moving.Then slowly he raised his head to look at her,his expression strangely distant.His eyes fluttered shut only to open again,still hazy and unfocused like that of a blind man.A look of confusion crossed his face,as if he didn`t trust his eyes to show him the truth.And then he did something she would have never expected him to do,he smiled.There was only one person she had ever seen him smile at like that.Over fifteen long years ago and yet she`d never forgotten it.A smile so full of warmth and tenderness and love.How she had wished he´d smile at her like that.And now,though she couldn`t fathom why,he did.Lovett couldn`t have been more startled if he`d slapped her in the face,as a matter of fact a slap would have surprised her significantly less.
His gaze was fixed on her as if he couldn`t get enough of just looking at her,as if she only became more fascinating with each passing second.
“My beautiful darling.”
Lovett felt her jaw drop at his words,unable to believe her ears.There had to be something wrong,he had never even called her by her first name.And then realization hit her,he didn`t mean her,didn`t even see her at all,even as he tenderly ran his fingertips across her lips his gaze remained clouded-over and distant.And of course it was clear now just who he saw there instead of her.His goddamn Lucy,his saintly,pure,brainless Lucy.For a moment Lovett wanted to push him off of her and just walk away,for a moment she wanted to destroy his delusion,she wanted to see the look of grief on his face when he realized that she wasn`t his precious Lucy,that Lucy was still gone and would never come back.For a second she even considered showing him the crazy whore that now inhabited his wife`s decrepit body.Then he`d see what kind of creature he still believed he loved.
But it was hard clinging to her vengeful thoughts when he gently grasped her chin and brushed his lips against hers.Just a brief feather-light touch and yet it almost caused her eyes to slip shut.Still smiling he leaned in again,this time tracing the contours of her mouth with the tip of his tongue.Gasping she licked her lips,utterly ravenous for his taste.And then at last his tongue slid into her mouth and they shared a deep,sensuous kiss.No one had ever kissed her like this before.Like he needed her more than oxygen,like he couldn`t live without her.
And she knew she couldn`t have stopped now,not anymore,not even if she wanted to.She would take whatever he would give her,even if his caresses were meant for the ghost of a woman that didn`t exist anymore.He had begun to slowly move inside her again,gentle smooth strokes so completely different from his previous roughness.Allowing her to really feel every delicious inch of him.Really making love to her now.
His hands had slid up her flanks and were now slowly undoing the buttons of her blouse.Oh god yes,to feel his naked skin against hers.With shaking fingers she unbuttoned his shirt,sliding it off his shoulders.And he was beautiful,so bloody beautiful.A sigh of sheer delight escaped her as she ran her hands over his muscular torso.Raking her fingernails across his nipples,enjoying the feel of his soft chest hair beneath her fingers,relishing how he began to writhe under her touch.Feeling his moans rumble through his chest.
To see him so completely under her power was intoxicating,and yet when he suddenly leaned in to suckle one of her nipples she couldn`t stop her arms from reflexively wrapping around his neck, pulling him closer still.His tenderness took her breath away,the feeling of his lips suckling her,the way his tongue traced hot,moist circles across her breasts,the slow,loving way he was moving inside her.But most of all his kisses,so full of longing and need and love.
Somebody else might have been moved enough to put him out of his misery,to tell him the truth,to give him the chance to try to reassemble the pieces of his shattered life.But Lovett knew that it would be pointless,what kind of life would it be for him with a lunatic for a wife and a complete stranger for a daughter?And what would her life be without him after all that had happened?No,she wouldn`t be so foolish,she would do everything in her power to protect him from himself.He`d grow to love her eventually,even if he didn`t right now.
“I love you…I love you so.”
Oh,it felt good to hear him say it.He might not mean her yet,but he would,she would make him see.
“I love you too, Benjamin.”
And don`t you forget that. I´m the one who knew you`d come back, I´m the one who waited for you.
He gently grasped her face,silently scrutinizing her for a few moments,his expression unreadable.
“Can you ever forgive me?”
Forgive him for what?What could he mean?He had done nothing that would need Lucy`s forgiveness,it hadn`t been his fault what had happened to her.But it didn`t matter,what mattered was that he seemed to believe it.Despite her failure to understand Lovett nodded.
“I forgive you,my love.”
Threading his fingers through hers,he lifted one of her hands to his lips,kissing it reverently.
“I`ll never leave you again.I swear.”
His voice was now hardly more than a whisper.
Were there tears in his eyes?It made Lovett hate Lucy even more that she still had such a hold on him.How dare she make him love her like that and then abandon him.Tenderly she wrapped her arms around his back and cradled him against her breasts.
The moved together in a flowing,sensual rhythm that was slowly building,taking them both nearer and nearer towards completion.He was holding her now as if he was scared she might somehow just disappear from his arms,leaving him alone in the darkness of his cold room again.That was never going to happen,never,for nothing in the world would she desert him.If he wanted to get rid of her,he really would have to kill her.
Hungrily she pressed her lips to his again,wishing she could mark him as hers somehow,wanting to burn away every last memory of Lucy`s touch on his skin.She felt him shiver beneath her hands,his body growing taut.His breaths were only shallow gasps now,every muscle in his body seeming to vibrate with tension.He was holding back,Lovett realized,wanting to be sure she had reached her climax before allowing himself to let go.
He wouldn`t have to wait much longer now,arching her back to let him enter her as deeply as possible,she coaxed him to quicken his thrusts.She wanted to feel him as completely as possible when she reached her peak.His sweat-glistening chest sliding against her breasts,his strong arms around her,his breath against her neck,his taste on her tongue.
She was aware of him with every fiber of her body,hardly able to tell where she ended and he began anymore,almost on the edge of fainting from sheer pleasure.And then he reached between their joined bodies and lightly brushed his fingertips over that most sensitive spot between her legs.
That one touch was all it took.Unable to suppress a scream of ecstasy,she succumbed her body to the throes of an overwhelming orgasm.She couldn`t remember ever having climaxed like that before,her body jerking violently,her back involuntarily arching off the floor.
Through the haze of her orgasm she was dimly aware of his thrusts becoming less controlled and more forceful.Still panting she gazed up at him,he was finally letting go and she couldn`t remember ever seeing anything more beautiful.Wrapping her still trembling arms around him she pulled him into a deep kiss.
With a low,throaty growl he thrust into her one last time and she could feel him release inside her in hot,powerful spurts.If she were only a little younger still,she might be able to share everything with him that Lucy had had.She had never really wanted to have children before,but she knew how much he still clung to his dream of a perfect family,whether he admitted it or not.And she knew that he would never leave her again if they had a child together,never,even if he`d hate her.
But there was no use pondering things that couldn`t be,she had to focus on what she still could have.Running her hands soothingly across his back she let him hide his face in the crook of her neck.She could feel small droplets of wetness falling on her skin.Thank whatever devil has chosen to protect you that you`re not here,Lucy,or I would kill you myself.But she let him cry,let him be the man he once was if only for this one,too short night.She knew that when dawn came he would be Sweeney Todd again and that she would love him just the same.
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