Rest and Relaxation.... and a whole lot of aggrivation [Closed]

[governmentninja]

Leon's day had been long, though ultimately productive. He managed to scratch a number of things off his list, and only two items of consequence remained. Those being Sherry's surgery, and spelunking through W&P, trying to relocate the Main Armory.

He also needed to take a break.

But when he got back to the Precinct, he didn't head straight to his room and crash, which is probably what he should've done. Instead he went to Claire's room and knocked on her door. He needed to talk to her, and he figured he could hide out with her for a little while. He knew she'd run interference for him if he asked her to... plus about two-thirds of the ship thought they screwing each other anyway dear god did he wish, so if they were locked in a room together, odds are people would be reluctant to bother them.

"Hey, Claire, open up. It's me."

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[letmelive]

Claire crossed her arms across her chest and frowned at him.

"Still sounds like a snake in the grass. And you've never been good with snakes." As competent as Leon was, and as much as she trusted him, she wasn't sure how having someone who wanted to work specifically and only for him was a good thing.

[governmentninja]

He rubbed his face again, though his hand lingered on his mouth, covering a rather wry grin. Claire had no idea.

"Be that as it may, I'm not in a position we I can afford to reject a whole lot of help. It's a risk, but if she can be useful, and it gets us one step closer to getting back home, I'll chance it."

[letmelive]

"Yeah, okay," she huffed, sounding more than a little aggravated. She looked away from him and out the window instead, just for something else to focus her attention on. She tapped her fingers on her bicep, chewing the inside of her cheek before speaking again.

"If you get shot again, you can't say I didn't try to tell you this was a dumb idea."

[governmentninja]

This time he did let her see his grin.

"I know. But if I was able to survive Ada, I can survive this."

He decided to make himself more comfortable again, and simply laid down this time. He helped himself to Claire's pillow, and couldn't help but notice the faint scent of her hair on it.

"I appreciate it, though."

[letmelive]

"Mmhmm," Claire replied, catching him moving around out of the corner of her eye and looking back in time to see him making himself comfortable on her pillow.

"Hey!" She finally dropped her arms and walked back over to him, stopping when she got to the side of the couch and resting a hand on her hip.

"Who said you could sleep on my bed?"

[governmentninja]

His eyes started at the hand on her hip, then trailed up until he was looking at her with an impish grin.

"I figured I'd make myself comfortable."

[letmelive]

She couldn't really keep the severe look on her face going when he was grinning at her like that, so she just twisted her lips up in an effort to keep from smiling and shifted her position, leaning one hand against the back of the couch so she wasn't putting too much stress on her abdominal muscles. The other came down and shoved his shoulder, while she leaned over him.

"You could've moved to the other couch."

[governmentninja]

His grin didn't waver, and it was going to take more than that little shove to get him to move.

"I know. But I like this one."

He loosely to threw around around her waist, and started pulling her towards him.

[letmelive]

"So do I, it's why it's mine," she replied, losing the battle with her attempts not to smile and smirking at him. When he threw his arm around her waist she glanced down for a beat, before looking back at his face. It wouldn't really take much to pull her down, but she had her arm braced on the back of the couch and the other one she moved to the arm. She wasn't going to budge unless he used more force or she decided she wanted to.

"What, you think we can share?"

[governmentninja]

Leon wasn't going to force her, and eased off some, but still kept his arm around her.

"We were a few minutes ago," he reminded her. And he had liked having her so close to him like that.

[letmelive]

Claire narrowed her eyes a little, considering him for a moment before letting out a sigh through her nose and tilting her head to the side, letting her arms slack up a little.

"Move over."

[governmentninja]

His grin grew a little wider, and he moved over to make room for her. He wasn't entirely sure where he was going with this, but he was glad to have her close.

"C'mere."

[letmelive]

She decided she wasn't going to read much into this, beyond the fact that he was a guest in her room and she wasn't going to let him kick her out of her bed. She settled herself down into the space he made for her, smirking a little again.

"If you're going to make this a habit I'm going to need to find a bigger couch."

[governmentninja]

He found himself staring intently at her for a moment. When he finally spoke, his voice was something closer to a whisper.

"What if I want to make this a habit?"

[letmelive]

Claire's smirk faded as he stared, and she watched him back. When he finally spoke up a slight frown passed over her face briefly while she considered that. She didn't know exactly what he meant by that, but after thinking it over for a moment she decided it probably didn't matter.

"I wouldn't mind that."

[governmentninja]

Leon didn't know exactly what he meant either. But he knew what he wanted, at least.

So, after a moment of considering what to do next, he leaned in and kissed Claire.

[letmelive]

Of all the things Claire thought she could expect from Leon, him kissing her was probably somewhere out in left field. As a result her brain locked down and her only response was her eyes widening a little in surprise.

[governmentninja]

He pulled away a few moments later, and silently watched her reaction. He wasn't sure whether or not he just made a huge mistake or not.

[letmelive]

She took another moment with a slightly dumbfounded expression on her face, before she slowly focused on his face, blinking a few times. Gradually the lights came back on and she realized she hadn't fallen asleep and what had just happened had just happened.

And with that knowledge, after a moment she shifted enough so she could get her arms up between them, wordlessly cupping his face in her hands and pulling him back for a proper kiss.

[governmentninja]

For a moment, he thought she was about to slap him for what he just did, and he was starting to wonder if he had ruined the best thing in his life. But her kissing him obliterated those thoughts... and any thoughts really, beyond kissing her back.

And he really didn't know where this would leave them, but he was interested in finding out.

[letmelive]

Claire let herself get lost in the moment, up until a constricting in her chest reminded her that she was supposed to breathe. Reluctantly she broke the kiss, and inhaled, keeping her hands where they were.

"Took you long enough," she murmured, opening her eyes and smirking a little at him.

[governmentninja]

He smirked back her when she made her remark.

"Didn't realize I kept you waitin' so long."

[letmelive]

Her smirk softened a little and she considered him for a moment, finally letting go of his face.

"It's okay. I didn't realize until just now, either." In retrospect it was extremely obvious, but she'd always been incredibly good at ignoring her own feelings, and as a result being fairly oblivious to others' as well.

[governmentninja]

"Seven years..." he muttered, more to himself than to her. Seven years and change they'd both been sitting on this.

He smiled to himself. They probably had looked so silly.

[letmelive]

Claire chuckled under her breath, shifting around a little best she could so she was a little closer (not that there was much space between them in the first place) and laid her head down on the pillow.

"We're a little slow." Considering people who barely knew them were under the impression they'd been together, they'd definitely looked silly.