driftfleet | ship mingle: february is for starstruckers.

[ she curls her fingers into his hairline, ghosting the edge of her thumb across his temple. soft, tender touches. there's nothing elegant about moments like these -- and in part, she feels a slim temptation to dispense with responsibility and simply enjoy a stolen afternoon. it's not so easily done, however, when she considers how fierce and honestly she loves this man. some things are worth doing right. ]

It's only that I, ah -- wonder how well you packed. How [ -- err -- ] prepared you'd planned to be. [ it's unlike peggy to stumble, or to demure, or to break eye-contact with a nervous smile. and yet all three of these things happen at once.

she can't quite make it all the way to the word prophylactic. heavens, she's not even convinced that would be the inevitable direction of this little tryst -- but if the conversation is worth having, then it's worth having now. the hotel is long behind them. ]

[ it takes a moment. not a long one, mercifully - just enough to focus on her words and find the meaning beneath them. it's an uncharted territory, one he has been thinking about but not one he has been anticipating. ]

Not well enough [ he admits, and not without a rather tragic sigh, ] didn't think about it.

[ ever the old-fashioned, it would seem. originally, he had imagined a whole other setting for this, preferably one when he isn't pressing her into the ground, sleeping bag or not. goes to show, really, as he is rather taken with this moment, unorthodox as it is. ]

Definitely will be thinking about it for a few more weeks to come,

[ it's a breathless confession, his fingers unconsciously trace a line up her thigh. ]

[ she can't help but smile: smallish, but sincere. trusting and affable. when peggy ensnares him with another kiss, it's no less heated and no less insistent. a lot of love can be had without the tools under discussion -- and knowing, now, means their boundaries are set. and their future opportunities broadened.

with low laughter, she leans into his touch gives herself a moment to catch her breath again. ] Middle drawer in my desk, by the way. I've had a false bottom put in. [ ahem. ] For when you do think about it.

You've put a -

[ not important, he has to remind himself. something to be curious about much, much later when they're not kissing like this. steve sighs against her lips, kisses the corner of her smile, lingering there. ]

Good to know.

[ he grabs her close, both hands at her hips and rolls aside, letting her claim her earlier position above him. ]

You say it like it's going to be a seldom thing.

[ him thinking about it, that is. ]

[ a jolt of pleasant surprise, it seems, and she finds herself comfortably straddling him again. she pull him upward -- urging him to sit up while she sits on him. ]

How fortunate is it is, then, that I've stashed a whole tin in the drawer. I foraged them from the room in Corona. [ along with other things, it seems.

almost incapable of looking him in his blue eyes, she steals another kiss instead. ]

Good thinking.

[ the entire corona affair, however awkward, not to mention stupid ( on his part ), did serve a purpose. ill-timed but not without its uses, it would appear. ]

You know, I could get used to this.

[ not the act itself so much as to the details of it, her weight on on top of him, the soft pressure of skin to skin. if he runs a hand over her back beneath her night-shirt in nights to come, it'll be because of today, a chase after the quiet, decisive intimacy that's present here.

steve had loved peggy in what feels like endless ways, in various timelines but he always to rein in his want of her. this trend seems to be coming to a quick end; he runs a hand from her chin, down her neck, over her breast and down to where she had guided him before, humming into her lips when his fingers find silk again. ]

[ her brows knit. without cracking away from making eye contact, she watches him watch her while a second jolt of pleasure shoots through her nervous system. parts of her react more on instinct and urge than with meticulous planning, and she rolls her hips forward so she might meet the gentle probe of his fingers. it's tempting to shut her eyes and luxuriate -- except she doesn't want to miss a moment. ]

I suppose we ought to start investing in some proper camping gear. [ a hard swallow. ] Y-yes?

[ she hates to stammer. but a steady syllable is hard to achieve when she's all tied up in him. ]

[ bold curiosity turns to utter fascination; he wraps an arm around her waist, brings her a little closer and sighs her name when she shifts against his hand. She's in his lap and impossibly warm beneath his fingers and steve is entirely gone for her. ]

As soon as possible.

[ possibly tomorrow if he has a say in this, well after he lets her out of this embrace which turns into a dance of sorts, the slow roll of her hips and his fingers stroking higher, searching for the spot that made her gasp. ]

[ these are the quiet(ish) ways in which negotiations are started, conducted, and achieved. mundane though it seems -- and under these circumstances, especially -- there are firm agreements they're chasing, here. peggy's little assertion about camping gear has been her way of suggesting the many further meditations on this activity be contained to off-ship trips. and in turn, she takes his response as affirmation.

this is lovely; this is utterly delightful. but she worries over wider distractions. she will not be the captain who fiddles away while her ship starts to burn -- and so the relationship and its fruits must be compartmentalized. quarantined. and she needs his cooperation, she realizes, because returning to their shared bed aboard the starstruck will take incredible willpower after a night like this. ]

Such as, [ she huffs -- biting her lip through a squirm working its way down her spine. ] A tent, good God, that's less barn-like.

[ his search succeeds. and even through silk (that is gradually becoming damper) she feels a feather-light pressure just, almost, nearly, there. heaven help her, but she squeezes her eyes shut. ]

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Dunno.

[ he manages, watching her closely, searching for something until her voice lowers and he has to fill his lungs with air, a deep, calming breath that does nothing, really, not when he's already chasing after the next sigh and the next shiver. ]

This one is starting to grow on me.

[ it's the last thing he says before he ducks his head, kisses a rough line down her neck until he finds her breast again. ]

It's built for a -- [ doesn't matter. the rest of the sentence gets swallowed. abandoned. peggy's spine straightens and her fingers flex against him. tightening, loosening, tightening once more.

she nuzzles her nose against the crown of his head, turning her cheek so she can press it against his hair while his mouth turns her aflame all over again. she steadily loses the wherewithal to argue, however playfully, and gives herself over to murmuring his name instead.

his name and a soft plaintive please. peggy's hands hesitate on the line of his arm -- as though she wants to direct him further, but also wants to proceed without pushing him too far too fast. he does well when he's left to blaze his own path; she tries not to dictate it for him. ]

[ it's usually the way he and peggy work, challenging and teasing and daring one another. Which is why steve clutches her a little firmer when she trades their usual routine for saying his name in a way that makes his heart race.

A plan forms but not too quickly - peggy says please and steve sucks a long, appreciative kiss to her breast, buries a grunt against her. His fingers pull at the silk of her panties, seeking a way to remove them without lifting her off his lap before he decides to simply shove ( not too gently but not too roughly ) them aside. He seeks her lips again, covers them with his the moment he touches her, his sigh lost somewhere between them the moment he slides two fingers against her in a slow circle and then a pause - he's waiting for her to correct him, it would seem. ]

[ here is where their evening pivots, it seems: where tentative and exploratory gives way to something committed and intended. he overcomes the negligible barrier of her knickers and peggy manages to be caught by surprise despite the rapt attention paid to every movement his fingers made -- it's the sensation that surprises her. it's been a damn long time since she's felt this -- at least in a way that wasn't rushed and solitary. stopgaps in loneliness.

her eagerness gets expressed in a kiss -- plying her tongue against the inside of his lip. wordless encouragement, pairs with how she sits higher on his lap and fits her body against his fingertips -- guiding him by moving her body to meet his movements.

though a hand hovers near, too. her palm skates across the nasty scar left on her lower abdomen. pausing in place not for any self-consciousness over the mark (she doesn't resent her scars) but because she's hesitant to reach down and correct him too quickly. but she will if (after half-a-minute) he finds himself at sea. she'll curl her grip around his wrist and tug his fingers up a little higher. exerting pressure all the while. there's a quivering twitch along her body and she breaks their kiss just long enough to suck a breath into her lungs.

and afterward she settles her hands low on his waist -- thumbs tucked under the waistband of his boxers. she takes her time in caressing the skin pulled taut over his hip-bones, not yet dipping lower. ]

[ it's oddly arousing, having her guide him, her fingers on his wrist. Peggy taught him many things over the years but this is new and intimate and steve obeys her at once. A moment later and he shifts, seeking that one spot he found earlier, pressing right there, checking for her response.

He lips find her jaw and then her cheek and her ear, he looks between them, moves his free hand to rest over the scar, thumb ghosting across it. He wants to kiss her, right there, press his love into every each other scar he finds on her. ]

Been a while since you've guided me through something.

[ his breaths are growing harsher the moment he feels her touch and yet he finds the sass in him anyway. ]

[ oh her giddy aunt nora. ]

I suspect you could have equally sussed this -- [ christ. he finds the spot; he checks for her response; her eyes flutter shut a moment and a whimper interrupts her sentence. three quickened heartbeats later and she tries to find her way back to her thought's conclusion: ] Sussed it out for yourself. You always were good at navigation. My guidance only expedites matters. Hmm.

[ each word -- each sound -- is coil-tight and breathy. her fingers are tight on his hips, but not with any reluctance or desire to stop him. instead, the pressure communicates hard enthusiasm massaged into the span of muscle where his thighs meet his torso. peggy wants to take a firmer hold on him, but frets over when to make her move. she, like he'd done, is biding her time for a response. ]

I like your guidance.

[ it's a breathless, happy confession. He's quickly mapping out where she wants him and circles around those spots before applying pressure there, softer then firmer. He arches towards her and the movement is sharp, involuntary. At that moment, he's entirely obedient, following her directions with a tinge of his own instincts. He moves a hand from her abdomen to her breast. ]

You're beautiful.

[ he murmurs, thoroughly distracted, he says her name, once, twice, three times. ]

You feel good.

[ it's growing more and more difficult to hold her concentration in place. he plies hums and sighs from her lips with a bit more aplomb than she's expected from him -- and his first brush with her honour. so to bloody speak. but steve's one of the quickest studies she knows: a tactician's mind paired with an artist's instinct. perhaps she shouldn't have been surprised at all. not one bit.

but it's when his responses devolve into simple heartfelt statements that she recognizes her moment is here. he makes her pulse race and her heart flutter. arousal bubbles just below the surface -- gathering like storm-clouds with every breath. peggy needs to seize the moment for herself before he overcomes her entirely. so, her next bit of 'guidance' is to knock his fingers free from where they worked. her teeth grit; part of her rebels, wanting to regain the pleasure of his attention. but there's only so much space for hands and mischief down between their bodies and peggy slides backwards just enough to better access beneath his boxers.

she wants to look him in his eyes when she closes her grip around him. gentle, tentative, but nevertheless in charge. possessive, even. her palm presses flush against his shaft as she curves her thumb over the head. just a cheeky hold while she watches for his reaction. ]

[ there's a moment when he makes an unhappy little sound, trying to reach for her again but the moment passes, flies out the window, really. Her touch is soft and confident and steve's resulting moan isn't low and intimate; rather, it's loud and clear and shaped like her name.

He holds her gaze for a few precious seconds before his eyes close, focusing on just her touch and his fleeting sense of self-control. ]

[ there. just there. peggy gladly witnesses the very second his complaint at being pushed aside alchemizes instead as something else: abandon, maybe. or want. and now it's her turn to lean in kiss the very sound of her name off his lips -- hungry and eager to taste at least a fraction of that delight.

things begin slowly -- with peggy cognizant of a dry hand, and therefore keen to only tease for the time being. a stroke or two; a variable grip; a tracing of a fingertip from tip to stem. the angle is a bit of a challenge with the skivvies in the way, but she's nothing if not determined to offer steve at least a mutual glimpse at what happy madness he'd been inspiring just beneath her skin ever since he'd started charting his mental map of her body. ]

[ there's something to be said about everything that led them here. they've never, in any stage of their romance, rushed into anything. each one of their moments was well-spent and precious but they had time to take and use and spend together. still, here and now, she covers his lips with hers and he tangles his hand in her hair and there's something there that's, for once, impatient.

there's no point in trying to wrestle control back, not when she touches him like she does and he's nearly helpless before her. it's the combination of things, the soft pressure of her fingers and his fingers that still damp from her. he hisses and drops his hand from her hair to her knee. she doesn't work him up as much as she riles him up. he hooks his fingers behind her knee and tugs her closer to his side. ]

[ in effect, she rolls with the punches. or -- in this instance -- the light touches and compelling tugs. peggy supports her weight against him for a fractional moment while she changes the way she sits: now she straddles just one of his thighs, rewarding herself with the steady pressure between her legs. a pedal note, perhaps, while she finds a rhythm with her hand.

gentle; consistent; gradual, too, despite the mounting impatience between them. there will be time and opportunity for more spirited affection. for now, she tries (tries) to keep things easy. low stakes. she trusts that he'll ask for what he wants.

peggy's breath hasn't slowed since the shift in attention. if anything, a steady grip on him (hard; aroused; memorable) only further ratchets her own investment in the moment. reading files and observing drills and even living next to him on a ship has never granted her this kind of trusting proximity before now. because it's him (because it's her) she knows it's something special.

something with the right partner. ]

[ she's got many talents and steve appreciates her for all of them, every last one. every now and then, however, he finds out a new one and this one, the way she's slowly undoing him, it doesn't take him by surprise, not really, but it does make his breath catch. she's patient where steve is not. he sucks in a breath that barely lasts, barely registers.

it's all slow and easy, almost controlled and steve watches her and moves, presses up against her and tugs on her knee, dragging her against him. ]

[ she pulls back from their kiss -- tongue stuck to the roof of her mouth, muffling a half-moan as she finds herself riding (in some small way) his thigh between her legs. his insistent hand under her knee prompts a roll of her hips, executed in time with a teasing squeeze. she's patient where he is not, certainly, but only in so far as patience keeps in charge of the moment.

peggy swallows hard. she lets her forehead knock against his -- noses touching. she's caught between a smile and a sigh. ] Tell me, [ she prompts him in a breathless tone, ] what you're thinking.

[ what you're craving. ]

[ he starts to say something but just then she rolls her hips and applies a bit more pressure and he all he manages is a chain of happy, erratic sounds. it's just right, the way she touches him, how he can still feel her pressed against him. ]

I think,

[ but no, there's no helping it. she's warm and pressed so close against him and he's lost for another moment, sliding his hand from her knee to her thigh and back. ]

I think, I've never been happier about enhanced senses.

[ the whole world was different after the serum but this here is a sensory overload. ]

I can smell you.

[ not her perfume or her soap, just her, from where she slides against his thigh. ]

[ and there was another question that hadn't been asked during the project rebirth debriefings. with a ragged sigh giving way to a wolfish smile, peggy can't help but wonder if it's a scent he's caught before when other moments had stopped well-shy of this -- though not without their own reasons to feel this fast familiar prickle just beneath her skin. possibly not; however, she's struck by the understanding that he'll recognize it in future.

(and it says a little too much about her that she finds a fresh source of arousal in that realization.)

peggy turns her head and kisses the slope of his neck: just as slowly and just as teasingly as the motions down below, matching the suction of her mouth to the gentle pulse of her grip. once again, she thumbs the tip. when she leans back -- braced against his palm -- it's only to taste the edge of her finger. ]

Perhaps not the most noble application of the serum's effects. [ but she smiles and smiles and smiles, lips curving around the side of her thumb. ]

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