The morning after

[noteasytobepink]

Clarice was a heavy sleeper, when she wasn't having nightmares. It came of never knowing when she'd get a good night's sleep again. Still, she was not a still sleeper. That meant she rolled and twisted some in the night; her frozen peas slipping down between herself and Bill some time around three in the morining.

And well, she shifted where her head was resting too. Next to his on the pillow, his shoulde,r his chest. It was probably past dawn when she settled with her head on his belly, still asleep.

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[no_andy_taylor]

"You sure do."

He watched her fingers graze his open hand, and smiled.

"An' I can't argue at all with that logic there."

[noteasytobepink]

"Well, it does all work out better if you're not fighting!" she admitted with a grin. "Then I'd have to have clothes on and such."

[no_andy_taylor]

He laughed at that, sitting up in his chair to lean forward against the table.

"You wouldn't fight me naked?"

[noteasytobepink]

She chuckled and pulled his hand closer since he'd given himself the room! "Well, if you were fighting me on the naked in the kitchen or tackling parts it'd mean one of two things. One, well, you really weren't that into me and the tub was a once off. Two, there's some social norms around here I'm seriously violating and I'm upsetting you..." she could over think things sometimes?

"Play fighting then? I could so that naked. Easy."

[no_andy_taylor]

His smile softened, and he gave a short headshake.

"I'm really hopin' this ain't a once off. I was just pokin' fun about the fightin' naked."

[noteasytobepink]

"Prrrrrroooobably wouldn't have my feet on your lap if we were a once off." She grinned and teased toes along his thigh again. "We could fight naked if you like, long as it's in fun."

[no_andy_taylor]

"Nah, I think there's better things t'be doin' naked than fightin'," he laughed, her touch making his smile wide.

His laugh caught on a yawn, and he covered his mouth bashfully.

"Hm, like naps." Naked naps are the best.

[noteasytobepink]

"We've barely been up a...few hours?" She chuckled and stretched again. Yawning was kryptonite! It was!

"Still, napping does have it's appeal."

[no_andy_taylor]

"Yeah, but how late was it before we got home?" They'd had a late night, and quite the adventure.

"'Course, I'm open to suggestions if you ain't feelin' sleepy yet."

[noteasytobepink]

"i think I could be convinced of just about anything if you put your mind to it," she countered easily. "Even to putting off dishes."

[no_andy_taylor]

"Darlin', dishes are the last thing on my mind."

[noteasytobepink]

"Prove it," she teased.

[no_andy_taylor]

"Well c'mere, then." He closed his hand around hers, and gave it a light tug to get her to come around the table to his side.

[noteasytobepink]

She arched an eyebrow when he tugged on her hand and obligingly half slid up onto the table. What? He expected LOGIC?!

Granted, this meant she couldn't have her feet in his lap anymore but hey, still being touched by him so it was alright!

[no_andy_taylor]

He chuckled at her antic, and shook his head.

"You're kind of a nut, y'know that?"

And to show he didn't have anything against being a little nutty, he stretched forward to meet her halfway across the table and deliver a kiss.

[noteasytobepink]

"Well, I did hear it said once that vigilantes are all insane by societal standards..." she mused against his lips cheerfully. "But that's alright. I'm in crazy company."

[no_andy_taylor]

"You callin' me crazy?"

He kissed her again, smiling against her mouth.

"How'm I crazy?"

[noteasytobepink]

She slowly curled on her good side, drawing her legs up onto the table entirely so she could bask in the kissing going on. At his question though she chuckled. "Well, you put up bleeding pink girls for free. Also? You've been a bit of a vigilante hero yourself. Sure that qualifies."

[no_andy_taylor]

"When was I ever a vigilante?" Since he can't really argue the other part.

And, maybe to stop her from answering and prove he's crazy, Bill went ahead and reached out to pull her closer and deepen the kiss, almost bringing her the rest of the way across the table.

[noteasytobepink]

She rather enjoyed the kiss, and being dragged across the table further was exciting...but did he really think he was going to escape the answer to his question?

Did he?

She ended the kiss with a bite of his lip before laughing, "Vigilante doesn't always mean you're working outside the law lover. Sometimes it mean the law isn't applicable. You took on a space invader without real backup or reliance on procedure. Those actions were outside the law. We're not so different."

[no_andy_taylor]

Well, it never hurt to try, and he got to kiss her so that wasn't so bad.

"To be fair," he commented, running his tongue over his lip where she'd nipped him. "There wasn't really anyone else to call in as backup or go through the proper channels with."

[noteasytobepink]

"And those were the circumstances," she allowed easily. "You still worked with it rather than leaving town to get help. I think it's incredibly sexy so don't you dare pout at me." She laid on the table, smiling up at him, because, well, she hadn't been lying?

[no_andy_taylor]

He brushed her cheek with his thumb, and smiled down at her.

"Sexy, huh? Well then, I guess I won't deny it."

[noteasytobepink]

If he was going to pet her she'd lay on the table all day. She liked touch! "Definitely sexy. I appreciate a man who can do what needs to be done when circumstances go weird!"

[no_andy_taylor]

It was plain to see she was enjoying it, so he kept it up.

"I try. Can't guarantee I'll save the world every time, but I'll give it my best shot." He chuckled.