[AU] ... from the 'meet at a different time' meme

[freshoffthefarm]

After two years at the Agency, Annie's job hadn't gotten any better (or worse). Sure, it had it's downsides - namely, being shot at (or being shot), but the biggest one had to be the Agency parking lot.

She could never, ever find a parking spot.

Of course, the morning that she'd gotten up early and proceeded to spill coffee on her first outfit, had to jump start her car and then fill a tire with air? She managed to get behind the chatty son-of-a-bitch in the compensation car at the guard shack. She sat there, plotting the ways to key his car without actually getting caught and then he'd moved on.

Smiling at the guys in the shack, she showed her ID, waited until they'd looked under her cars with mirrors, and then picked up the pace on the way to the agent parking lot.

It just wasn't her morning.

The short cut she took through the visitor lot took her right past the spots in front for all the diplomats and the Agency hotshots. She didn't see Mr. Compensation trying to adjust his parking until she'd plowed into his rear bumper.

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[fakes-death.livejournal.com]

"Only if you were planning on getting something."

He settled back on the couch leaving plenty of room for Annie.

[freshoffthefarm]

"Maybe just water," she confessed, but then she didn't even do that.

What she did do was snag the remote on her way to the couch and then sit next to him before pushing play and then invading all of his personal space and leaning up against him.

[fakes-death.livejournal.com]

Clay was fine with Annie invading his personal space, and made sure to put his arm around her so she'd stay put. He stayed quiet as the movie started.

[freshoffthefarm]

She wasn't sure when she fell asleep, but it wasn't until near the end of the movie. For no particular reason at all, except that she felt comfortable with him, Annie's breathing evened out while she slept through the last half hour of the movie.

[fakes-death.livejournal.com]

Clay realized Annie was asleep about fifteen minutes before the movie ended. He shifted slightly, to make sure she wasn't in an awkward position, and watched the rest of the film without waking her up. When the disc reached the end of the credits he took the remote out of her hand and stopped the player.

[freshoffthefarm]

The lack of noise made her sit up with a start, her blonde hair falling in her face, which she pushed out of the way. It took her a second to realize that she'd been asleep and that she was now awake.

"It's over?" She blinked and focused on him, her mind finally catching up and her sleepy look being replaced with a bashful one. "I'm so sorry, I don't know what's wrong with me."

[fakes-death.livejournal.com]

"I think you have a habit of falling asleep when I'm near by."

By his count, it happened once in his car, almost again on this couch, and now this time. He was, however, being completely good-natured about it.

[freshoffthefarm]

"Oh, no!" She was horrified that he'd think that, even though she could tell he was lightly teasing her. "I swear it's not you."

[fakes-death.livejournal.com]

Clay smirked, "I was just teasing you, Annie. Don't worry about it. You were comfortable."

[freshoffthefarm]

She didn't even hesitate before answering, "So were you."

Leaning over, she gave him a solid kiss, her hand cupping his face carefully.

[fakes-death.livejournal.com]

Clay kissed her back, putting his arms around her waist. When he pulled back for a second he smiled, "So I guess being comfortable is a good thing."

[freshoffthefarm]

"It was tonight," she murmured against his lips before nudging her mouth against again. Suddenly, it was easier to slip into his lap and continue kissing him there.

[fakes-death.livejournal.com]

He was just going to go with that, though if they kept it up for much longer he had a feeling he was going to wind up in her bedroom.

[freshoffthefarm]

Annie took her time, though she made sure there wasn't that much space between them while she let her fingers thread through his hair. Finally, she broke the kiss, her lips traveling a path across his jaw to nibble at his earlobe.

[fakes-death.livejournal.com]

This was not at all what he was expecting when he decided to watch a movie at Annie's, not that he was objecting. He decided playing with her hair was a good place to start.

[freshoffthefarm]

The moment she felt his hands in her hair, she sighed happily and melted against him.

"I love that," came her soft confession, not really caring that she'd just used overly strong language to describe her feelings toward being touched.

[fakes-death.livejournal.com]

"I'll make sure I remember that," but for the moment he was going to go back to kissing her.

[freshoffthefarm]

Everything he'd done and was doing caused her to give another quiet moan into his mouth. After another minute, she finally pulled back and pushed a hand through her hair.

"We should probably," she took a deep breath. "Stop."

[fakes-death.livejournal.com]

"You're right, we probably should." Clay managed to turn their make-out session into a hug as he didn't want to completely stop.

"You're good at that."

[freshoffthefarm]

She didn't want to stop at all, but she'd settle for a hug since it meant that she didn't have to remove herself from her lap right away. Instead, she let the hug go on longer than it probably should have.

"So are you."

[fakes-death.livejournal.com]

"So we have similar taste in movies, and we're both good at that. I think that means we have a good chance of going further, don't you?"

He wasn't in any hurry to leave, it was just a comment.

[freshoffthefarm]

"A very good chance." All of a sudden, she meant right then and it was obvious by the way she looked at him and let the tip of her tongue touch her bottom lip.

[fakes-death.livejournal.com]

Did he just hear her correctly? He couldn't have heard her correctly, could he? From the look on her face, he realized she did.

"We should lock up first..."

Not the way he was expecting the evening to go at all.

[freshoffthefarm]

"I can do that if you put the movie away," she said, sliding off his lap in one move and adjusting her clothing so that she didn't look like a harlot that had just offered to take a man she'd been on a date or two (or three) with to bed.

Walking to her front door, she flipped the deadbolt and put on the chain before turning toward him.

[fakes-death.livejournal.com]

Clay put the movie away, managing to get it in the case and back on the shelf before smilong back at Annie. "All done."

He wasn't going to make a single comment about actually sticking to that third date rumor.