MCA #9 | Tuesday Evening

[defenderofdesmoines]

So, Annie was doing this Christmas party next Friday. And, really, regardless of the party, she had been tasked with ensuring Diego got the whole Christmas experience, this year.

And a vital part of the Christmas experience? Wearing weird, tacky, semi-humiliating holiday-themed clothes.

So, she'd invited Diego over and had managed to make hot chocolate without burning her apartment down, and was now lounging next to him on her couch with her laptop positioned on her legs. 

"How about this one?"

Did it matter that it was still two days before Thanksgiving? No, and stop judging her.

[for Rambo's ninja cousin. ETA: don't read this at work, omg.]

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[knife_bender]

That look of awe was back on Diego's face, only this time there was obvious lust written on there too. Because that was one of the hottest things he had ever seen.

Between that and the way she had felt around him it did not take long for Diego to follow after her, coming with a loud groan that he tried to muffle against Annie's neck.

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie was still clinging to Diego pretty tightly, and tilted her head to nuzzle at his ear, pressing a kiss just behind it. She slowly loosened her grip on him, lightly running her hands up his back as she tried to catch her breath.

That look he'd given her just now was something she was never going to forget. Not that she'd expected him to run away screaming, or anything - she'd been pretty sure it was going to be okay, by that point - but still.

[knife_bender]

Diego took a moment to catch his breath, lazily pressing kisses on any part of Annie he could reach. He did shift a little to the side so his full weight wasn't on her, but he kept close.

He smiled at her softly, reaching up to tuck a stray piece of hair behind her ear.

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie's smile was a little shy as she leaned into his touch, though at this point, what was there left to be shy about? She curled onto her side to face him, lazily tracing her fingertips along his skin. "So hi."

Look! The return of words! Not like, great words, but still.

[knife_bender]

"Hi," he murmured. "You know, we're really good at that."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"We really are," Annie agreed softly. "You especially. Oh my God, Diego."

Like, just in case the shuddering and the glowy eyes and all hadn't been enough confirmation that Annie's world was pretty thoroughly rocked at the moment.

[knife_bender]

"Team effort," he said, leaning in to give her another kiss. "You know I have to mention the eyes thing, right?"

[defenderofdesmoines]

"It's not too weird?" Annie asked, smiling into the kiss.

She did not at all think he thought it was too weird, given that look, but still. It was pretty ingrained in her to offer the out.

[knife_bender]

"No, it's not weird," he said. "Do you think it's weird if I think it's hot?"

[defenderofdesmoines]

"No," Annie said, definitely a little shy now, "I think it's hot that you think it's hot."

A pause, and she added, "It's not every time." It was almost every time.

[knife_bender]

"Sounds like a challenge," he joked, lightly running his fingers down her arm. "Seriously, it doesn't bother me. Nothing about your powers does."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"You have no idea how great that is to hear," Annie sighed, twining her foot along his leg. She wasn't going to get into, like, tales of boyfriends past here, but seriously. Reassuring. "Though I think you've seen everything I can do, now."

Most people didn't get to see her eyes light up under those particular circumstances, of course.

[knife_bender]

"And you've seen everything I can do." Well. For right now. "And you handled the whole knife thing earlier very well."

Most women would probably be weirded out to see a guy with knives strapped to his chest during a hot cocoa date.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I mean, I was not expecting the knives, but I probably should've," Annie admitted with a little smile. "It's actually kind of really hot that you're, like, that prepared."

Although again, hot cocoa date, but it was a fair point that between Fandom and just being in the same building as Danny and Steve, literally anything could happen.

[knife_bender]

"Force of habit," he admitted, nuzzling against her neck. "So we're definitely doing that again, right?"

Give him a quick nap and some water and he'd be good to go.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"One shot deal, sorry," Annie said with a soft laugh, clearly not meaning a single word of it. "I actually don't have anywhere to be until, like, tomorrow night, so...."

So like she would also need a nap, and there was a real good chance she was going to sneak out and steal his shirt to wear in the interim, but yeah.

[knife_bender]

"Plenty of time then," he said, probably sounding like he wasn't far off from working on that nap thing. "Good."

He had to thoroughly make sure she'd still want to come back to him after that trip to Iowa.

[defenderofdesmoines]

Oh yeah, because she was totally in danger of forgetting all about him and running off with a farmer or something.

Annie nestled her head in against Diego's chest, stretching an arm across him. "This is nice," she sighed, sleepily. "Like, all of it, but...this part is nice."

Who could have possibly foreseen that Annie was the cuddly type?