Dr. Stone Suggests A Tanning Session

"Doesn't that cause cancer?" Sue Storm said, wrinkling her nose.

"Susan, your body absorbed cosmic rays. A little UV won't kill you," Dr. Stone assured her. "And in truth, light therapy has been a part of medical practice for over a century. Your body needs a certain amount of light to properly make vitamin D. This will be a carefully-timed session with tanning oil and medical-grade lights."

"Well..." Sue bit her lip. She hadn't had a tan in ages. In truth, as fair as she was, she tended to burn and freckle. But Dr. Stone seemed to think it would do her good, and Sue was serious about this practice.

The tanning salon was in an adjoining room. Sue Storm saw a part of the bookcase of one wall swing aside to reveal a small white-walled chamber with no corners, lights mounted on all sides, and a pair of beds. The Invisible Woman was reassured by the discreet StarkTech logo on the equipment; Tony's obsessive need to brand things at least reassured her that she probably wasn't walking into a diabolical trap set by a supervillain.

Yet Sue still wasn't prepared when Dr. Stone started to undress.

"Doctor!" Sue said, instinctively covering her eyes.

"Susan," Dr. Stone said. "Look at me."

Sue peeked. Dr. Stone was half-naked and shedding what was left of her clothes.

"We're both grown women, Susan. They're tits and a pussy. You've seen them before, many times. I'm not putting a move on you, and you're not making a pass at me. We're just two grown women that don't want any tanlines."

"We don't?" Sue said, embarrassed, looking away.

Dr. Stone's eyes glowed. Sue's inhibitions dropped like a walk through deep water as the gravimetric wave hit her brain.

"You don't," Karla said.

Things were fuzzy for a little while after that. Sue remembered later how she had changed out of her clothes without a fuss. How she and Dr. Stone had put on the tanning oil. Laying down flat and exposed as the eyes heated up.

She remembered Karla had said things, as the lights burned her skin. Most of it went in one ear and out the other. Nudity. Sexuality. Stress. Turn over.

Sue turned over. Her back felt hot. It was a dry heat, a burn that reminded her of summer trips to the beach. How she had used to peel after they got back, she and Johnny both. She still had freckles on her shoulders from those summers.

Karla was still talking to Sue when the lights went out. In the semi-darkness, the other woman helped to sponge her down. Sue looked down at her hands, so red...

"It might take a few days for the tan to start. Don't get too much sun in the meantime, you want your body to heal and produce melanin," Karla said, as she rubbed the skin between Sue's breasts. "And we'll look so pretty together!"

The sponge went between Sue's legs. The cool water mingled with the wetness down there. Sue bit her lip, not wanting the sponge to leave...but Karla didn't linger longer than a moment.