“Stop it.”
Applejack was trying to sleep. However, a certain plucky pegasus seemed intent on keeping her from sleeping tonight.
“Stop.”
Her warning once again went unheeded, as she felt the gentle touch of a feather slowly grace against her withers and trace a path down her spine. An involuntary shiver followed in its wake.
“Rainbow Dash,” she growled through grit teeth.
Another grazing stroke down her back. Another shudder.
“Dash stop, I’m tryin’ ta go to sleep,” Applejack warned, burying her face in her pillow to try and send a message.
Rainbow Dash, laying on her side next to Applejack, simply smirking wickedly, flexing her wing for another stroke down her lover’s back. “But it’s fun watching you squirm…” the pegasus purred playfully.
“Daaaaash,” Applejack groaned in annoyance, trying to surprise another shudder as weird sensations trailed the feathery touch. “Stooooop. Pleeeeease.”
“Hee,” Dash grinned. “Whining like that makes you sound like Ra-”
Applejack lifted her head up off the pillow, looked Dash dead in the eye, and gave her the most terrifying Death Glare the pegasus had ever seen. “Excuse me?” the earth pony hissed, her voice dripping with venom.
Dash recoiled back a bit. Playtime was over. “Uh… Ra… Radical. You sound radical,” she nervously stated. “Radically awesome. You’re awesome. I love you.”
Applejack rolled her eyes. “I love ya too, Dash,” she murmured with a small, bemused smile, before rolling over to go to bed. Hopefully.
Rainbow Dash’s eyes darted from side to side. She flexed her wing, brought it around to stroke Applejack’s back again… and then thought better of it. She instead retracted her wing, wrapped her hooves around Applejack, and snuggled closer to hold her in warm, comfortable embrace.
“Smart decision…” Applejack whispered, before both lovers drifted off to sleep together.