Author's Notes:

Authors Note:

I hope you enjoy this! To try and get context, I read Sensations: Firestreak for this. I (sadly) did not find the time with finals afoot and other things occupying my time to read the whole of Sensations, but I hope you like what I have here anyway! Honestly I kind of realized too late in to writing this that it needed to take place around the Holidays, and that the timeframe I wrote this probably doesn’t match up in anyway, and I just wanted to have a bit of fun with this fic without taking it *too* seriously.

To be honest, I wasn’t sure what I expected when I agreed with Firestreak to go on a date with him. Sure he hadn’t phrased it like it was going to be a date but…

It was pretty obvious what it was going to be from the way he had blushed.

That meant, going to a place that was pretty nice, but not too nice, in my opinion. And Thermals had all of that, and more. It’s a nice, pretty bar in Canterlot. I used to hang there a lot there with the mares from the team when they used to be willing to go out with me for a round of drinks - but that hadn’t been a thing since so long ago. But that didn’t mean I had stopped going here. When Soarin’ had his head in the game, I used to go out for drinks here with him and the stallions of the team at times. That, I had quickly learned, was a different kind of bar group than the mares. But even with them, I had stopped going after Soarin…

Well, it had been different after he lost his game. And now with his injury, I’m not sure when the next time I’ll see him will be.

But that wasn’t the important thing tonight. The important thing was hanging out with my co-captain - albeit, temporary until further notice co-captain for now.

A smile alighted my lips as Fire Streak flew down, his feathers lit up by the sunset that loomed over Canterlot, landing in front of the bar’s entrance where I waited - ignoring several looks I was getting. When you’re captain, you kind of expect that sort-of-thing. At the very least, I’m just glad that there is no press here to potentially take rather… unflattering pictures. It’s what they always did, and I didn’t need that bullshit for tonight.

“Hey,” I said with a grin as he alighted, blue eyes widening slightly as he took in the name of the place with a raised brow.

“Thermals?” he asked, to which I nodded with a grin.

“Yeah, the sort of thing you’d expect in Cloudsdale, I bet. But no, this is just a pegasi bar in Canterlot. Gotta have variation from the stuffy restaurants some unicorns have, you know?”

“I guess,” he said, shaking his head slightly. “I’ve just never been here before.”

“Come take a look then,” I said, waving a hoof to invite him inside.

The bar was… well, it was just a bar, in a way. But most of the patrons were dancing in the air above, where real clouds, seemingly dyed with different colors were gathered to hang right below the ceiling - and a spell to make it seem like it was snowing, rather than sitting in the velvet-covered chairs below. Two bars hung on either wall. The walls were painted with different types of sky on each wall, giving a unique feel whichever way you happened to look. Strung along them were a bit too cheesy for my flavor holiday lights, but that’s what you get sometimes in the Hearths Warming season. IIn the corner of the room was an all pegasi band that was currently playing a rather jazzy tune currently.

The only ones dancing above were pegasi, but there was definitely a few unicorns and earth ponies hanging about enjoying the atmosphere, in the seats below - though they weren’t the only ones,

“Woah…” Fire Streak breathed, and I turned around to grin at him slightly, raising a brow.

“You seriously haven’t been here before?”

“No, not until tonight,” Fire Streak said with a grin, and the two of us went to one of the two bars, attracting the bar keeper over to us, who simply raised a brow.

“What’chu two having?” he asked in a gruff tone, as he looked the two of us over. I quickly ordered a cheap wine, while he ordered a beer, with the drinks soon being passed over to us two.

“So…” Fire Streak began, making me look over to him after I take a careful sip from my glass.

“So?” I echoed, raising a brow as I waited for him to get to what he wanted to say - and it was pretty clear that he wanted to say something.

“Why did you agree to this?” Fire Streak asked, which made me laugh for a moment.

“Didn’t we already go over this yesterday?” I said, not able to help a grin as he looked annoyed for a moment at my laughing.

“I mean, we discussed why you didn’t kick me off the team, but - I don’t understand why you choose to…” He waves a hoof slightly.

“... To go on a date with you?” I finished the sentence, before taking another sip from my drink, before taking his hoof.

“What-” And with that, I tugged him up, taking flight as I let us join the several dancers in the sky, causing him once again to blush - it’s funny how easily that can be seen under white fur, really.

“Because, I like you. And I want to give you a chance,” I say now that we’re both ‘dancing’ in the air, spinning slightly as we almost hover. “You say you’re not intimidated by me-” I lean in slightly, a grin on my face as I do. Am I getting a bit of enjoyment out of teasing him tonight? You bet I am. “Prove it.” I say, as the band finishes their last song, with a bit of applause from those not dancing following.

Afterward, it almost kicked right into a higher paced song. For a moment, he seemed to hesitate, before grinning and starting to take the lead. I wanted to see what he could do with leading this thing. He certainly wasn’t the most… graceful dancer. But he still got into the swing of it soon enough, giving a bit of fire to our energy. Good. I needed someone’s fire and passion to match my own - not someone meek, and not someone who’d take charge too much. An equal. That’s what I needed and wanted and nothing more or less.

We both moved in time with the music - as it flared,, as it settled, and as it reached its arch, and at one point, a kiss had emerged between the two of us. Fleeting as we moved in time with the song, but still there. Not too shabby, I’d have to say. He wasn’t too bad of a dancer, even in the condensed space of Thermals. But speaking of condensed space - I think we were going to need a bigger and more private space soon enough. Taking his hoof once more firmly, I nodded towards the entrance. After seeing that he seemed to understand me, I quickly made a dive towards the door, easily pushing the door open for both of us and holding it open while still hovering as he followed me out.

Once he was out, I grinned at him and quickly rose into the air now - the sunset that we had arrived in now was a semi-cloudy moonlit sky. Perfect. “Come on!” I shout slightly, rising higher and higher. Not in Wonderbolt fashion - those involved dashing, and using every advantage of one’s body to make sure one was going as streamline as possible. No, this was simply an easy going flight. Even as I said the words, it was clear that I was taking it easy as I finally pull up to the cloudline, willing myself to go through them before deftly setting down on one. Soon enough, Fire Streak was laying across from me, and we both look up to Luna’s brightly lit night sky, unobscured by clouds from where we were.

“It’s nice up here, don’t you think?” Fire Streak said with a grin, as he settled down next to me. “Though maybe the slightest bit cold.” To be honest, it was quite chilly up here, and the clouds didn’t help. While there had clearly been no schedule snow for today, it seems the weather pegasi were getting ready for a big one soon enough.

“Yeah, it is,” I said in agreement, as I lean forward slightly, my smirk expanding. “So maybe we can heat things up a little?”

“Already?” Fire Streak said, raising a brow at the statement, and the almost predatory grin on my face as I leaned over. “Isn’t that…. Moving a bit too fast?” I’m not surprised that he’s a bit hesitant on this, but-

“It’s just having a bit of fun for now. Let’s just… see how we work together.” Maybe I should tone it down, just the slightest bit. But that didn’t mean I was going to let him off easy. “I’m not even promising we’ll do anything more tonight. For now, let’s just get warm.~”

“... Okay,” he said after a moment, dipping his head slightly - and I didn’t waste much time before coming over to him, and gently kissing him. In a way, it was an experimentation. Not in the way of schoolyard kisses on the playground, but more to see how he reacts when we’re not kissing on the dance floor. There’s always a different kind of texture to the environment that will lead to how kisses play out.

His, in a way, were rough without meaning to, yet after seemingly realizing that became more gentle as I stayed at my own pace. Good. He still needed to work out the kinks from going to hard at things, and finding that perfect sweet spot. That’d be more than useful for later, after all.

It was like that for a bit while. A few more kisses held between us, some longer, some slower. We murmured things to each other. It really began to rose when I nipped him on the ear, however. There he had gone blushing again after that action, making me raise my brow. “Ah, I see. Are your ears a sensitive place of yours?” I teased slightly, as I lean forward, nibbling a bit more. A small noise of protest - probably to deny my claim - before it melted into a small sigh of comfort assured me I had found a small sweet spot. Grinning at this new found knowledge, I quickly, broughy myself closer, now roughly on the side of him as I started to nibble from the ear down to his neck.

A small moan escaped him at that, and I grinned. I could play with him for a while like this then. As I continued to do so, I playfully spread out my left wing to run along his back spine, sending a chill down his side when combined with the small but gentle nips. Almost carefully, and being careful to avoid his wings at first, I carefully lowered myself upon his backside., now just laying on top of him gently, and continuing to nip softly.

When his head turned around to face me, I half expected him to tell me to get off. But instead, a grin was on his face, and he dove in for a kiss. It was a way to tell me he liked what he was doing, and I grinned as I let my body straddle his wings, now flicking from nips to kisses as I carefully move up and down. After a little bit more of doing this, I grin - before flipping the stallion before me over gently, planting myself firmly in the cloud on either side of him. “Are you ready?” I said.

For a moment, he looks stunned, before giving a small nod, before grinning himself. Good. I may be leading this, but I didn’t want him to be timid. His shaft was already hard by all this build up, and from own pussy, who was already beginning to drip, it pretty much slid right in, with a little adjustment. It seems he wasn’t used to being the bottom, looking unsure what to do under there at first but… I had more than enough experience being top. We could work with this. It was, after all, a night all about experimentation.

Moving my hips, a moan escaped myself, as I moved my hips. After a few moments of letting me move mostly, it seemed that Fire Streak was finally figuring out what to do, starting to make his own movements match mine. And that was the way it was supposed to happen. As we moved, I felt it fill in places that haven’t been touched in a while. I was grinning as his dick moved through me, moving across my walls in a way that, judging by my moan and his flighty breathing, seemed to be pleasurable for both of us.

Soon enough, I could feel him start to climax - and for a moment, just for a moment through the whole pleasurable experience, fear entered me. What we were doing was dangerous enough - we couldn’t afford to- even if I was on birth control. “Pull out-” I whispered breathily to him. For a moment, he seemed too in the moment to get it, before it suddenly starting sliding out, as I carefully moved my own hips to make sure there would be no damage behind. And almost immediately after, when I started to move back, he indeed climaxed. Just in time, really.

You know? I do not envy whoever was the next pony who would have to clear that cloud we were both on.

“That was…” Fire Streak said, now laying in the cloud, breathing heavily, his eyes still on me though, where I now lay on the cloud, more than a bit tired from the experience the two of us had just gone through.

“Amazing? Spectacular? Fantastic? Freeing?” I said, listing off a list of adjectives as we both lay there, letting our systems now relax.

“... All the above and more.” He said, making me let out a small snort.

“Of course.” He said, and for a few moments, there was silence between the two of us, as we both start to relax on the cloud. And then, he moved. For a moment, I thought he was going to try and start up foreplay again. Not that I would mind totally, as I could potentially go for another round, but - this was already a lot going on.

Then, I felt his mouth, carefully going through my wings. For a moment, I blinked in alarm, turning around to face him and - seeing him start to preen my wings. “Oh, you don’t have to do that-” I hurried to say, raising one hoof up.

“No.” He said firmly. “You gave me foreplay. And did most of the work during sex. It’s time for me to repay you with the favor by some aftercare.” And with that, he went back to preening, carefully sliding his mouth through my wings to find any potentially unstraightened feathers.

And… it felt good.

This was good. Maybe this could just work out after all.