fluffnstuff | Floof to the doof

She kept her eyes closed, breathing deeply as she felt Bones press a kiss into her hair. Though her heart beat fast in her chest, she felt herself relax, tension and tiredness bleeding out of her figure, as if every knot in her muscles was undoing slowly, one by one.

But his words had her pulling away a little, eyes opening as she looked up to him, hands settling on his shoulders. "You're not useless, Bones. You're CMO, you're my best friend, and you're—" she trailed off, her fingers curling into the fabric of his shirt. Licking her lips, she swallowed a small lump in her throat. "You're important to me. I could never make it without you. You know that, right?"

She may not say it often or in so many words, but she never really felt like she had to. Not until this very moment, though. Now she was starting to wonder just how many times Bones had doubted himself and his own importance on board the Enterprise and kept it all to himself.

The initial fear as she pulled back settled into something mellower. A simmering sensation just under the surface as he met her eyes. Brow furrowing, he let her finish saying her piece before he smiled softly at her words. Part of him dared to hope the declaration of his importance amounted to more that just being those listed off things. But he could be reading too far into it as well.

Still. Hope was a dangerous thing.

Lowering his head, he let their foreheads touch lightly together. He sifted through his thoughts a moment, before he lifted a hand to lightly cup her cheek in his palm. The pad of his thumb slid over the cheek bone as he let out a breath. "Can't make it without you either." Sometimes he figured other than the obvious points in their history, she could very easily make it without him. Hell, Jane could move the universe if she set her mind to it.

The smile that pulled at the corner of his lips was mildly self deprecating as he spoke softly in a forced humorous tone. "Guess I am just fabulous friend material. Cause I'm sure my ex says I'm not much good for anything else." He could be 'friends' with Jocelyn, but they couldn't muster much else. And that stifled a great deal of that hope that was starting to sprout up in his chest.

Holding in a breath as Bones pressed their foreheads together, she didn't close her eyes this time around, still smiling as he cupped her cheek. She moved one of her hands to settle over it, fingertips brushing across his knuckles, keeping his hand where it was, hoping he wouldn't let go just yet.

She couldn't have done it without him, no. Didn't matter what he believed in. She wouldn't even be here if it weren't for him, she'd be long dead and buried. He'd saved her ass on multiple occasions and in a myriad of ways, literally and figuratively, and more than just not having been able to make it without him— she didn't want to.

A huff slipped past her lips as she grinned faintly, shaking her head dismissively. She tipped her head a little, the tip of her nose bumping lightly against his. "Your ex doesn't know what she's talking about," she spoke a little lower, pressing her mouth into a thin line, pausing for a few good seconds as she watched him thoughtfully. There was a lot on the line here, she knew that— a lot she could risk losing if she did what she wanted to do right now. But Bones was so close, his palm was warm against her cheek, and she couldn't really smother the hope his touches flared up in her chest.

So, leaning in just an inch closer, she brushed her lips against his, planting a very soft kiss before pulling away again, waiting with bated breath for his reaction. She just hoped it wouldn't be a bad reaction, and if it was, that she could play off the gesture somehow.

Smiling softly at the feeling of her hand on his, he arched a brow just a little at her. Her and her damn pretty blue eyes. A thought that made him huff an affectionate laugh. It wasn't just the color, anyhow. He could name off a good many reasons why he loved them other than just being 'pretty', but his mind got caught up more in the thing she said.

"Oh really?" He started to poke at her more about that. Ask her what gave her the authority to say that. Just all around teasing. Normal. But all of that died on his lips as she moved closer and kissed him. It really wasn't much. Just a soft brush of lips and god it felt like fire on his skin. Breathing in a gasp, he lifted his head just a little to look at her with bright hazel filled with a flicker of surprise.

However, he instantly moved in close again, his lips pressing to hers far more soundly. His hands shifted, fingers slipping through her hair and cradling her head as he poured all the repressed feelings into that one kiss. It was a little like giving water to someone dying of thirst. You shouldn't drink too much too fast, but he couldn't stop. Not until he was nibbling at her lower lip and pulling back slowly as he released it.

Leonard didn't open his eyes. Just let seeped in the warmth of her forehead to his as he tried to catch his breath. "Am I out of line, sayin' I am so in love with you it's becomin' a real problem with my work?"

Even though there was barely a pause between Jane pulling away and Bones closing the distance again, it still felt a little like a painfully endless wait, though the suddenness of it knocked the air out of her lungs. She sucked in a breath just as he pressed their mouths together, her eyes shutting tightly as after a moment's delay she returned the kiss, hands clinging to his shirt on his shoulder and waist.

He was a little taller than her and she didn't even realize she'd raised herself on tiptoes until he broke the kiss, a gasp spilling out of her mouth at the sudden loss. If her head was feeling light before, now it was spinning at a dizzying speed, eyes wide as she blinked them open and stared at Bones.

It took her a couple of seconds to even process what he was saying. When her brain finally kicked into gear and started to cooperate again, she grinned wide, shaking her head as she answered his question with a simple "No," then threw her arms around his neck again, head tipping to the side and lips parting as she moved in for a deeper kiss.

He had to smile into her lips as she wrapped her arms about his neck and said that one word. Not that it was an equal footing confession, but it at least meant he felt the same. Cupping her face in his hands, he slid them back into her hair before one came to rest on the back of her neck while the other trailed down her back. Pressing against the small of her back, he splayed his fingers out as he pulled her closer and against his body.

Licking into her mouth, he took time to memorize her taste and feeling of her mouth and the way her lips felt so soft against his. Suckling on the lower lip, he drew the tip of his tongue over it before letting it go so he could press in and kiss her again. Something that was fast becoming his new favorite thing in life.

It felt a little like floating. Leonard didn't realize just how much he wanted to be this close to her till he got to see what it was like to kiss her. And god, he wanted more than to kiss her. When he broke the kiss, he turned his head to touch their noses together. "Can I keep you?" He teased softly and kissed the corner of her lips before nuzzling over her cheek softly.

It wasn't that she didn't feel the same necessarily, just that she wasn't quite as quick as Bones to jump to a confession like that. But of course he would, go straight for deep, meaningful and overwhelming, enough to sweep the ground from beneath her feet, turning her upside down.

And Jane was more than familiar with not having a ground beneath her feet, but this still trumped that.

She sighed into the kiss, body relaxing and all but melting against Bones's, fingers of one hand sifting through the short hairs at the back of his head while the other fisted the fabric on the back of his shirt. She was a little breathless when the kiss broke, eyes still closed as he nuzzled across her cheek, a faint smile stretching her lips at his words. "You've always had me, Bones."

He paused and chuckled, his breath spilling over her jaw and neck as he hummed a low sound. "Guess I missed that memo." Part of him knew he should have not missed it. He should have seen something. Anything, maybe? Or maybe not. He never was too good at noticing feelings turned toward him even if he did notice most things oriented to Jane.

Softly smoothing her hair back, he pressed his lips just under her ear in a light kiss. From there he nuzzled the line of her neck before nipping at the line of her pulse teasingly. "Truth be told, it's the same. Always had me as well."

Sighing a long breath, he finally just wrapped her up in his arms and held her close to him. "Well, guess it's damn good timin' and all that. Bein' as it's our first leave in god knows how long. That mean I get more rights to intrude on your time?"

"Too busy being grumpy about space, if you ask me," she teased, but honestly she had gone to great lengths to not let her feelings for the doctor show. Though she was never one to shy away from taking risks, this time around it felt like she was just risking far too much.

"Mm," she hummed in agreement, sighing as she closed her eyes and tipped her head to the side a little. "And I'm about ready to stun the first person who comms us about some emergency." Because honestly at this point, she could not care less. Starfleet had plenty of active ships, they could very well assign other crews to deal with emergency situations. Crews that weren't currently docked and enjoying some well-deserved time off.

Her hands slid down from Bones's hair, nails dragging lightly down his neck until her palms pressed to his shoulders. "Well, I've got a history of intruding on your time. Seems only fair, don't you think?"

"Yeah, yeah, laugh it up princess, the only reason I'm in space is to follow your ass around." And if he were a lesser man, he'd comment on what I fine ass it was, but he kept that tidbit of information to himself. Thinking it was one thing, sayin' it out loud was just not befittin' a gentleman.

Fingers carefully drew her hair back over her shoulder as he kissed along the line of her neck. Nipping at that spot where neck met shoulder, he chuckled again, a sound that was more vibration than tone. "See, when you talk like that I just want to do things to you that a CMO shouldn't want to do to their captain." The regulations they were breaking just being this close were already piling up.

Shivering at the feeling of her nails against his skin, he closed his eyes. "I don't want to let you out of my sight right now."

Jane let out a faint laugh at that. "Guess you're just lucky it's such a nice ass to be following around." Because Bones might be above that sort of comment, but Jane definitely wasn't. And she enjoyed being able to tease Bones far too much not to do it.

Head dropping to the side a little, she let out a soft sigh, eyes closing and her skin warming in response to the path Bones's lips took. And she was perfectly happy with where things were going if not for Bones's next words. "Bones—"

Her hands tightened on Bones's shoulders, and she tugged lightly, urging Bones to pull back a little so she could look him in the eye. "Bones. I'm not your captain right now. Okay? I need you to understand that."

That got a huffed laugh as he tipped his head back, eyes closed. "Of course, you'd say that. Not sayin' it's true." Smiling brilliantly, he leaned in closer and kissed his her lips again sweetly. Cupping her face with one hand, he closed his eyes and soaked in her presence and just the knowledge of that he could finally admit to what he wanted most in life.

Lifting his head as she nudged him, he looked at her curiously, a brow rising slowly. His hands slip down, resting on her hips as he waited for her to finish. And when she did, he let out a slow breath. Leonard didn't quite understand why she would want to make that clear, but hit tried to piece it together.

"Jane... to be quite honest, I rarely think of you as that when we aren't on duty. You're my best friend and well... long time ago I crossed that line. Why does that worry you right now, darlin'? Talk to me?"

"Are you saying it's not true?" She said it with a feigned tone of offense, managing a shocked expression for about half a second before she was grinning again, her smile pressed against Bones's lips as he leaned in for another kiss. She could get used to this, honestly.

When the kiss broke, and after she spoke, she watched Bones quietly for a moment, pressing her lips thinly before finally lifting her shoulders in a shrug and shaking her head. "I'm not worried. Just wanted to clear that up."

She didn't really think she had to worry, though. Bones had always been her friend and they'd been close since their first year at the Academy, so she knew he'd never look at her and see just his captain. But she also didn't want him worrying about whatever protocols they may or may not be breaking when they were kissing or holding each other this close. Besides, she honestly couldn't care less about what rules they might break.

Laughing at that, he hummed a soft sound as he arched a brow meant to be teasing more than anything else. "Well, I didn't say that." He intoned in a sing song voice as he licked at her upper lip sweetly.

"Jane, I can't promise I won't worry about someday this comin' t'bite you in the ass later. I know how much being a captain means to you." And he refused to take that away from her. Smoothing his fingertips over her cheek, he kept his eyes on hers. "But not gonna worry about that right now. Don't think I could make it much longer stayin' away from you."

He suddenly laughed a little and as his hands slipped down her back to rest just at the small of her back and not daring to drop lower just yet. "I don't know what I would have done if I had to keep dealing with you pickin' people up every which way. It was gettin' damn hard to stay out of it." God, the jealousy was gettin' ridiculous.

"Well, I don't want you to worry. So you stop that right now," she said in a light tone, poking weakly at the nook below his shoulder. "You also mean a lot to me, you know." The chair may be important, what it meant to her too, and she had worked her way there with a sort of grudge that had quickly shifted into passion and dedication— but there were things she would not give up to be able to keep it. Some things were definitely more important to her than being a Starfleet captain.

"Oh, come on," she huffed, rolling her eyes a little. "I can't even remember the last time I hit on someone. Okay, no— there was that Andorian girl, oh I don't know... five or six months before Yorktown? That was ages ago. And nothing really came of it, so."

She shrugged, though she had to wonder just how far back Bones's feelings for her went, just how much of her flirting and sleeping around he'd put up with and swallowed down for the sake of their friendship. It was something of a bittersweet thought— knowing that Bones cared for her all along, but also realizing she'd likely hurt him a great deal, even without meaning to.

Thumbs brushing up and down his neck, she slid her hands down his front, wrapping around his waist and tugging him close as she pressed the side of her face to his chest, closing her eyes with a sigh.

"I'll try." He smiled just a little at that. Leonard always knew he was important to her, just how much he never really tried to think about. He always managed to convince himself he wasn't as high on the list as somethings and told himself to simply accept what was. But he trusted her. And he refused to give up his chance to be happy with the one person he'd been head over heels for years.

Snorting a laugh, he arched a brow at her. "Well, in my defense, I noticed you weren't as interested." She stopped having that look about her she usually had when she did sleep with someone and she seemed to stop the flirting that used to be like a mantra when they ran into new people. In fact, he even noticed she smelled much more like herself than a mix of strange scents she likely picked up from her trysts. "Sometimes I wonder what you would have done if I decided to go out and do that."

He wouldn't dare. Not because of loyalty to her - well, maybe a little that - but because he just wasn't the type. He did relationships more often than just sleeping around. Not that he hadn't done that, too. Besides, he spent too many nights staring blankly at reports and homework trying not to think about why he couldn't go visit her that night.

Tipping his head down as she pressed into his chest, he kissed into her hair softly. Nuzzling close, he kissed behind her ear before resting his cheek on her head. "Did you want to stay out here like this or head back to one of our rooms?"

"Well, she was cute. But that was about it," Jane shrugged, as if that explained her whole lack of interest in sleeping with the stranger. Truth was, after her very literal and very close brush with death, she just... stopped. Flings and one night stands didn't really matter as much anymore, and she didn't even realize that she'd stopped seeking those out at first. She'd like to say it only had to do with the fact that she'd started looking at her best friend differently, but she knew there was more to it than just that. Though that did play something of an important role in it all.

"I'd have done nothing," she murmured, cheek rubbing a little against Bones's chest. Feelings or not, she'd have never done or said a single thing if Bones had gotten involved with anyone else in any way, regardless of how it might've made her feel. She was glad that he hadn't, though. Hypocritical though that may be of her.

Leaning back finally at the question, her lips curved into a smile, wider as she pulled away from Bones's hold and took a few steps back. "Mm, I don't know. It's nice and warm out here," said while she popped open the buttons of her shirt, tugging it off and dropping it on dry sand. Down to her bra and a white tank top, her hands then settled on the waistband of her shorts, getting those open too. "And the water looks nice. Up for a swim, doc?"

Rolling his eyes a little at that, he really didn't even remember what the girl looked like. He tried not to remember things like that. Bad enough he even had to deal with anything on two legs being competition in his head, he didn't actually want to critique them. Part of him wondered when she actually saw him differently. Because he couldn't think of her every treating him any different. But then, he fought hard to do the same.

He also figured that would be the answer about him picking up partners. Jane could make one hell of a scene, but never that kind. And he liked that even if she came off callous sometimes, she had an amazing head on her shoulders for strategy.

Letting her pull away, he angled his head and watched her curiously. Only to have his eyes widen as she started to pull her clothes off. Not that he protested, he just couldn't imagine why... oh. He turned his head for a brief second to the water and snorted softly. Of course she would. "If anything tries to eat me, I'm blaming this on you."

Alien waters. Not something he wanted to deal with at night. But then, seeing her look that excited and... goddamnit he was human, alright? It wasn't like watching her strip down didn't effect him. "Fine, alright. Since you asked so nicely." Not that she really asked at all. Finally he sighed and pulled his shirt off and dropped it next to her clothes. Kicking off his shoes, he then sighed as he pulled his shorts off leaving nothing but his boxers behind. Giving her one last purposeful once over, he turned and moved toward the water with the tilt of his head to tell her to come along.

To be perfectly honest, Jane didn't really remember the girl all that well either. Hadn't mattered back then, didn't matter now either, and she didn't even give it any other thought. She was more than happy to let her world narrow down to one person tonight, forget all about the crew and whatever past flings they both may or may not have had.

"Oh, I don't know. You're looking pretty tasty," she said in a lilting tone, her next words warm and dripping with innuendo. "But if I'm the one trying to eat you, then yeah. Guilty as charged."

Grin widening, she wiggled out of her shorts, swaying her hips a bit until the piece of clothing slid down her legs. She dropped it next to her shirt, then slowly followed after Bones, waiting until he was facing the sea and had his back turned to her. Then she took of running and jumped right onto his back, letting out a yell as she wrapped her arms around his neck from behind.

"You are positively ridiculous." Rolling his eyes, he laughed lightly and sent her a long look as his eyes drifted down her body as the shorts came off. "In any case, I have no objections to biting if we mean you." In fact, the mere thought of it sent a shiver up his spine that felt too arousing to completely ignore.

As he nearly stepped into the first few waves, he heard her coming but thought nothing of it. Until Jane was suddenly attaching herself to his back. "DAMN IT, JANE! You're still a damn spider monkey!" Even still he reached back and curled his hands around her thighs and held her up and against his back.

"You realize know that I am not letting you go now." Smirking, he continued into the water, letting those words mean more than one thing.

"Good to know," she hummed, a pleased glint in her eye at having this particular piece of information. Not that she'd mind Bones doing the biting in return, actually, but that was a conversation topic that could wait for later.

She laughed loudly as he barked out her name, head tipping back a little. Her legs hooked around Bones's sides, clinging close, her arms tightening as her face buried against the back of Bones's neck and ear.

"Mmm, good... just as planned," she chuckled, teeth nipping lightly at the skin behind his ear, smoothing over it with a faint lick. Then she tapped at his thighs with her heels, her voice louder. "Giddy up!"

A thrill ran up his spine at the feeling of her nuzzling into his neck and ear. God, but he swore he could even feel every inch of her pressed up against his back right then in that second. And he knew he was asking for it by carrying her like that. Still, he didn't dare tell her to get down as he stepped into the water and let the water slip over his feet and lick at his shins.

"Planned?" He should've known asking was irrelevant. Especially when she was pressing against his neck like that. A soft gasp left him along with a sound in his throat he didn't mean to let escape. Shit, but that felt amazing. Shivering sharply, he turned his head and pinched her thigh. "You know, there are a million innuendos that go with comparisons to horses." And he stopped his mind right there.

Moving deeper into the water, he waited till the waves licked at her thighs before stopping. He was never much of a beach goer. He preferred lakes and pools, but he knew if he'd follow Jane into space, stepping into an alien ocean couldn't be so horrible. "And where exactly do you expect me to gallop off to, darlin'?"

Yelping in surprise, Jane wiggled at the pinch, laughing as her legs tensed around Bones and her hold tightened on him briefly. He wouldn't let her go, and she knew that, but as he stepped further and deeper into the water so she kept herself closer to him, momentarily distracted from the feeling of having him this close by the cold water raising up her legs and to her thighs.

"Mmhm," she said in way of answer, lips curving into a pleased and knowing smile at the way he gasped. She let her mouth linger where it was, right against the shell of his ear. "Then I'll be nice and save you the embarrassment of saying them all out loud myself."

The temptation was there, to be honest. But if she teased the doctor too much she had a feeling they'd end up screwing right there on the beach and she was not a huge fan of getting sand in all kinds of strange places.

"Into the water! Come on, Bones, these waters are more peaceful than the Pacific's. And I hear there are glowing fish nearby at this time of night. Supposed to be really pretty."

"You can list that off later when I have a bed I can pin you to." He said it offhandedly, but there was a hint of seriousness to it as well. Because he was sure the moment he did get her into a bedroom, he likely couldn't and wouldn't keep his hands off of her. Unless she told him no... that would put a stop to it. Not that it would be easy with how her lips were lingering against his skin and setting his nerves on fire.

He was almost thankful that the water was cool enough to knock some of the heat off of his arousal. "Bossy." He snorted at her and moved further out into the water. "Promise you, I will complain for months if I get chewed on by anything in the water." But he still moved forward into the water.

Slipping his hands away from Jane's legs as they got deeper in the water, he knew he would need to be able to tread water as the waves lifted him up with each roll to the shore. After a moment, he smirked and dropped them both under the surface and popped back up with one hand slipping over her arms about his neck. "So where are your glow fish?"

She let out a huff at his words, a warmer sound now, feeling her own skin tingle despite the cold water slowly hiking farther up their bodies. "Gonna hold you to that," she whispered softly, blowing a warm puff of air against his ear, resisting the urge to lick along the shell of his ear. It was a little too cruel even coming from her, and she figured she could wait until they were somewhere a little more appropriate.

"You always complain for months about everything," she said in a lilting tone, grinning and wiggling just so as Bones moved them into deeper water. Her hold loosened as he lowered them both underneath the surface, one arm unwinding from around his neck so she could wipe the water off her face once they resurfaced.

Slowly she moved around Bones until she was facing him, arms settled loosely over his shoulders. Leaning in to kiss him softly, she nipped at his lips before pulling away completely, taking a few steps back along the bottom of the sea before turning around completely and diving head first, disappearing underneath the surface.

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