bakerstreet | Make a Move

No. I like having someone to play with.

[Only after she said it did she realise just how many ways that could be taken. And then she had to wonder how many ways she meant it.]

I can't fly very fast without my cape. I have to be too careful to be fast. But...

[But she curled around him a little, put herself on the bottom, and gave him a mischievous look.]

I can still drop.

[See that look, Kara? That's a mix of surprise and excitement.]

If you expect me to dare you not to, I do jump out of planes frequently...

Mm, I might have to talk you into being more careful. After all, I like you in one piece.

[It didn't stop her from dropping out of the sky, though, grinning all the way down.]

I like you in a two piece.

[Oh god. Was he channeling Stark? They fell and he gripped her more tightly, feeling that exhilaration that came from the adrenaline rush of extreme actions. It didn't hurt that he was doing something vaguely dangerous with a pretty girl he was interested in. That upped the rush factor just a little.]

[She was laughing when they hit the water, absorbing the force of impact without breaking stride - or losing her grin. Yes, she was blushing, but that smile was unmistakable. She was getting used to flirting with him, and she liked how it felt. The appreciation was a thrill in and of itself.

And that was why she gave him a light kiss while they were still underwater, before she came up for air.]

[The kiss was unexpected, but definitely appreciated, and when they resurfaced, he reached for her to pull her back to him.]

Hey, hey. You can't just tease a man with an underwater kiss like that. Makes me want a little more...

[He only meant more kissing, but his thoughts picked up on the innuendo and he quickly squelched that.]

[Had they really expected anything else? They'd come to a tropical island, each of them knowing they were interested in the other. It would've been silly for them not to expect something like this. Enough so that she didn't even try to hide the look in her eye that said 'definitely maybe.' She didn't intend to say no. Maybe 'not yet', but not no. She liked him. She liked him a lot, and she could easily imagine being wrapped around him, kissing him, feeling him against her, but... this was kind of their second date. Was it okay for that to happen on a second date?

More likely she was thinking too hard and should just go with her instinct. The same instinct that had her brushing her nose against his, arms draping around his shoulders. Because this was how she fit.]

Okay.

[Old fashioned ideals mixed with male frustration. He'd waited so long for anything, there was just too much of him that wanted it all. Wanted her. And it was her he wanted, not another blonde, not some different girl in a bikini (or less) wrapping her arms around him and giving him a smile that made the coolness of the water seem a little sharper. Dates and times and 'should bes' were for people that had normal lives. With how they lived, he'd learned firsthand that sometimes... sometimes you had to just enjoy what you had while you had it, because bad things happened and he didn't want to go another lifetime thinking about what he could have had.

She fit perfectly against him and he stretched out his leg to keep them balanced on the sea floor, one hand lifting to push back a few wet strands of hair. She was giving him a look that was making that tingling coil in the pit of his stomach start to writhe, and maybe a little of that heat showed in the way he looked back at her.]

Okay...

[She had a feeling that it would be very easy to be in love with him. She was even pretty sure that she'd already started to tip over that line. At least into infatuation. Definitely into lust. And if she was waiting for someone special, how much more special could it get? They even had some of the same experiences. Being in stasis, adjusting to a whole new world, suddenly finding themselves so much physically stronger than they were just moments before.

But more than that, Steve was Steve. Just as shy and awkward as she was, but with a little more experience to fall back on. She liked him. And she knew.

With a little nod, she whispered to him.]

I want my first time to be with you.

[His eyes closed as he let out an almost pained sounding groan, leaning in to rest his forehead against hers.]

You are... killing me. I want very much to be a gentleman with you, Kara. You deserve it. And it's not... it's not your fault.

[Steve would cut out his own tongue before he ever blamed any woman for the responses of a man finding her attractive. He dared anyone to say 'she was asking for it wearing that _____' to his face.]

You are just very good at... at pushing all those buttons I didn't know I had. It's very difficult not to-- not to want you. And I do. I'd like to be your first, and for you to be mine. I'd hope that it wouldn't stop at just the first...

[He was rambling a little, embarrassed and not a little distracted by thoughts of her. Naked. Touching him. Letting him touch her. Maybe he needed to not hold her so tightly...]

Let me assure you - you are a gentleman, Steve.

[Still tight against him, she kissed his jaw as she spoke, let her fingers stroke through his hair. He was so sweet and every word he said nudged her more toward swooning over him.]

And when we do decide it's time - if it's now or later or days from now or weeks from now - I'm sure it won't be the last. I want something real. Something that lasts and endures. Something that might just become permanent, and I can imagine that with you. And I really, really hope that doesn't scare you. But I even daydream about silly things like cooking dinner with you, or watching movies together before we fall asleep on the couch.

[He liked her lips. A lot. He liked them on his, and he seemed to like them pretty much anywhere she put them. The hand at her face slid around to the back of her head as he turned his to look down at her.]

I'd like that. The whole thing. I don't want to rush it, but-- we don't really live timetable lives. I just want it to be something we both want. Now or later, it doesn't matter to me.

[And he meant it. Even if he'd learn the hard way what blueballs did to a super soldier, he wouldn't push her. Or nag her. Or try to convince her to be ready before she was. Heck, for all he knew, he'd be the one balking when and if it ever happened.]

But I like that other part, too. The dinner and the movies part. I like that a lot.

You might be the only person in the world that I'm not related to who can match me pancake for pancake.

[A touch of levity. Of warmth. She looked into his eyes and smiled, fingers caressing his cheek. And it struck her then that she really wanted to wake up to him. To see what he looked like when he woke up in the morning. She was either sappy or creepy and she couldn't figure out which just then. She only knew that she needed to kiss him, and she did, soft and gentle.]

I kind of like the idea of taking you out for one of those monster meals that no one finishes, just to see the look on their face...

[He was grinning when she kissed him, a pleased hum leaving him to vibrate against her lips as his mind started wandering along the same path as hers. All those mundane couple things that people did, he wanted. He'd seen what someone like him could have with Barton's little impromptu family visit, and it had made him envious of the archer. He wanted that. A family. Someone to come home to. And with Kara, he wasn't painting a target on her back. She wasn't at risk from his enemies, and he'd gladly help her with hers if she asked. It could be an actual partnership, and he wanted that more than he realized.]

[Maybe this little cooldown would help in the long run. At least they could wait 'til they got back to the cave. Because she knew what he'd said was right. Lust was easy, and they both (Rao help them) had that in spades. What they would need for things to last would be a good foundation. Lust would help, and... Mm. But could they give in to lust now and still build that foundation?

Hm.

She caught a sip of air between kisses, then had to stop just to look at him again.]

...It just hit me that... what CatCo published after we met? We're making it true.

[It was his turn to move to pressing kisses over her face, working them down along her jaw to her neck.]

Mm? You'll have to explain. I don't think I got around to reading about it.

[Mostly because he hadn't been interested in whatever drivel the papers were 'supposing' about him and someone he'd fought with. The Avengers got it enough, Romanoff the worst of it. Though, he did remember Stark making some comment about keeping Thor away from him if he happened to like flying blondes in capes so much...]

There were-- Mm.

[So distracting, those kisses, but they felt so nice. She couldn't help but tip her head back to show just how much and to offer more room for more kisses.]

Pictures of us fighting, but the one they got the most of-mmmm.

Mh.

After the fight, when I offered to fly you. They got me with my hand out to you, and... There's where the rumours started, Rao, Steve, I can't think when you do that...

[There wasn't any way he was going to stop when she was making little sounds like that -- not unless she asked. His lips dragged down over where he could feel her pulse, fast and strong and he had an urge to taste it. To taste her. That's the only explanation he had for why he let his tongue come out to flick over that spot, teeth giving a gentle bite after that he soothed with another kiss.

While Steve himself might not have much in the way of experience under his belt, he'd found that the internet had a wealth of information for just what women seemed to like. Just there, for anyone to look at. Very helpful.]

Do you really care what anyone thinks about us?

No.

[It was true. She didn't care. It had just struck her that it had gone from rumour to truth in the span of... Well, not very long at all. It was kind of nice to think about, honestly - when she could think.

The kisses Steve was giving her were distracting, though, and most of what she could do was sigh happily as he kissed her skin, at the light touches of his teeth and...

And cooling down wasn't working very well. And she was finding that she didn't care.]

Do you want to take this to the air mattress?

[He finally drew back from the tantalizing allure of continuing to kiss a trail all along her, looking at her with blue eyes that had their pupils blown wide, and a sort of glazed yet heated look in them.]

Do you?

[Hell of a question to answer. But the answer was...

A little obvious, all told. She slid her hand down from his shoulder, over his chest, around his side to his back, savoring every inch.]

Yes.

[He felt her touch like a brand, her skin a stark temperature contrast to the water around them. And that look on her face... God help him. He was a goner.]

Okay.

[His shirt and her dress were left behind in favour of getting to the cave. This amount of flying she could do - especially over treetops instead of between them. Especially not at speed. But it was still enough to blow a little of the water off their skin by the time she placed them beside their goal. Green, big enough for two, and fabric covered. It was high quality, but even Kara had blushingly wondered if, if anything happened, it would stand up to them.]

[Probably not, but they could easily bunk down on top of whatever shattered remains were left.

They were partially dry by now, and he lifted a hand to finger her hair, lifting one brow at her.]

Guess you could save a ton on drying products...

[That hand moved to her face, finger trailing down her jaw to her chin.]

I really hope you're aware of how beautiful you are.

I-- I'm not anything spectacular. But you make me feel beautiful.

[The way he looked at her had given her not just pause but had shaken her a little from time to time - like she was the only woman in the world. And it wasn't the 'wow, Supergirl' look. That was enough to have her blushing all by itself.]

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