MHA #2 | Tuesday Morning

[defenderofdesmoines]

For those of you playing at home: no, Annie had not yet found her engagement ring.

To be fair to her, she had found nine of the decoy boxes by now, which she thought was pretty damn impressive, thank you. She had them neatly lined up in the guest room, next to the previously well-organized white board that now boasted an increasingly untidy list of the found decoys' locations and of crossed-out rooms she'd searched. Organizing her thoughts had been a good idea, but as the search had worn on, Annie's patience with keeping things neat had frayed a bit.

That was also true in a more literal sense, as their apartment was a disaster by now. She'd pulled bookshelves out from walls, and books off of those shelves. Half of her and Diego's drawers were pulled out of their dressers and counters and sitting on the floor. She'd emptied the bathroom's medicine cabinet and left everything from her backup bottles of conditioner to the first aid kit sitting out, just so she didn't mistakenly retrace her steps.

It didn't help that she'd had pause her search to work yesterday for Memorial Day -- though on the bright side, she'd managed to confer with Maeve (read: whisper frantically at Maeve while they both made wistful faces next to various monuments in DC), and that had led to some untapped ground at her teammate's suggestion.

"Oh my God, I see a box!" Annie yelled from on top of a stepladder in their bedroom, shining an illuminated hand into an air vent. Nine decoys in, and you'd think the excitement would have worn off. And it had a little, in the sense that Annie didn't feel like she might faint every time she found one, at least. (The minute she found a box that made a noise when she shook it, though? Different story.)

[for the guy!]

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[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie, flushed and warm and full of all kinds of pent-up energy at this point, did not hesitate at all in saying, "I can't control myself if I watch you while you're doing that."

The covering-her-face thing came mostly out of shyness, yes, but there was also a very real possibility that she would just lose it immediately if she watched him too closely. Between the stimulation and the visuals, it was -- fuck.

She was more than a little desperate at this point, and thus as soon as she could, she wound her other hand up into Diego's hair and leaned up to kiss him needily.

[knife_bender]

Diego sort of melted into that kiss, pressing himself up against Annie. He was more than a little wound up (he knew she was too), but taking the time to kiss her was exactly what he needed.

[defenderofdesmoines]

It was also exactly what Annie needed to come back to Earth a little and re-focus, and she was already wrapping a leg up around Diego to encourage him to stay melted, please.

She deepened the kiss, arching her back a little just to be that much closer to him, that much more pressed together.

[knife_bender]

Diego place a hand on the leg Annie had wrapped around him, having absolutely no intention of untangling them any time soon. "I love you."

[defenderofdesmoines]

As sweet as that was and as overwhelmed as she was feeling, Annie still couldn't help an inpatient arch of her hips against his in response. "I love you, too."

So much she thought she might marry him, actually.

[knife_bender]

Thank god for that. Both the marrying thing, and her arching his hips towards him. He didn't think he could hold out much longer.

He slid his free hand between them, lining himself up against her. Figuring they both had waited long enough and it had already been established he was good at reading non-verbal cues, he wasted no time arching his hips to press into her.

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie wrapped her leg around him more tightly and brought her other leg up around his waist to try to drawn Diego in, needing to feel as much of him as she could. She mumbled something needy and soft into the kiss, inhaling sharply and knotting her hands in his hair both as encouragement and because she needed an outlet for how this felt.

Both the physical sensation, which was both a lot and exactly what she needed, and the emotional high that was hitting her harder than ever at the moment.

[knife_bender]

Diego had a take a second to drop his head to Annie's shoulder and just breathe. It had been a lot of build up and he was on an emotional hair trigger just due to the excitement of everything so he needed a second. Just to collect himself before he lost it immediately.

"Fuck," he murmured. "You feel amazing."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"You always do," Annie whispered, pulling one hand out of his hair just to soothingly trace her fingertips gently down his back as she exhaled a careful, slow breath. She needed to stay close and connected and with him, and for right this moment, it was enough to just breathe together.

Breathe and turn her head to press a kiss to the side of his head. She would need to move soon -- she'd actually broken out in goosebumps, probably due equally to sensation and anticipation -- but she was more than happy to take it slow.

You only got to have we-just-got-engaged sex once, right? (Well. Ideally, anyway.)

[knife_bender]

If (when?) they had sex again today would that also count as we-just-got-engaged sex? Make a day of it.

Luckily Diego didn't need too long to pull himself together. Soon he was leaning up to kiss Annie again, at the same time he started moving his hips, letting the pace build up slowly.

[defenderofdesmoines]

Oh, it was a when. No one was leaving this apartment until at least tomorrow.

Annie arched up into the kiss, rolling her hips up to meet Diego's and following his slow pace. It was easier to focus on kissing him right now rather than how fucking amazing this felt -- especially given all that buildup, and all these feelings, and how Annie caught sight of her ring as she slid her hand to Diego's shoulder and just seeing it sent a tingle through her. That was all a lot -- like, an overwhelming, if-she-focused-too-hard-she-might-actually-come-immediately lot -- but kissing Diego was helping.

It did not stop her from making some pathetic whimpering noises into the kiss, but hey. Couldn't win them all.

[knife_bender]

The noises weren't doing much for his stamina, but it was extremely hot so he wasn't about to complain or try to stop it or anything.

If anything, he was doing what he could to encourage those noises. He slid his free hand up to her chest, circling his thumb around her nipple before tugging lightly.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Diego," she gasped, which was not exactly more of those noises but probably had a similar effect. As did tightening her hand in his hair, which was not something she did consciously initially, but she also didn't relax her grip once she had herself a little more under control.

No, actually, she hiked one leg a little higher up around Diego's waist, trying to take him a little deeper if she could as she gave his hair a sharp, quick pull.

[knife_bender]

The hair pulling had Diego moaning out something that wasn't quite actual words, but whatever it was was extremely pleased with what was happening here. He wrapped his arm around the leg Annie had over his waist, keeping them both grounded as he started move his hips faster and harder.

[defenderofdesmoines]

Well, with a reaction like that, she wasn't very well going to stop pulling his hair. She used her grip on both Diego's hair and shoulder to close the distance between them again so she could kiss him, humming with pleasure as she moved with him.

"You're so good," she mumbled, nipping lightly at his lower lip and giving his hair a tug at the same time.

[knife_bender]

"You are," Diego said breathily. "You always are--"

He broke off with a loud groan as he felt himself get closer to the edge. He slid his hand down from Annie's breast to between her legs so he could circle his thumb around her clit. This was definitely one of those times he wanted to do this together.

[defenderofdesmoines]

Doing this together was exactly why Annie had pulled him back up by his hair. Not that she was thinking about that at the moment, considering that the movement of Diego's thumb felt like it sent a shock straight through her, and everything from her foot against his back to her hand in his hair went taut with the tension of trying to hold on just a few seconds longer.

"Diego," she murmured again, kissing him just this side of completely desperately and . "Diego, I'm --"

She was so close already, and she knew he knew it -- she knew he was deliberately getting her there, even -- but she still felt like she needed to warn him to make sure he came with her. It also felt like she might need to warn him just in case she broke something. It was like that today.

Warnings didn't matter, anyway, considering Annie's eyes lit up gold before she could even finish whatever she was trying to say. But she kept them focused on Diego, resisting the urge to arch away or shut her eyes or disconnect from him in any possible way.

[knife_bender]

It didn't matter how many times he had seen (or felt) this, it would always draw a look of awe out of him -- like he was the luckiest person in the world to get to see this.

He followed her soon after, no surprise since he was so close to the edge already. It only took a few more pumps of his hips before he was coming hard enough that his vision started to get all fuzzy. If he passed out it would have been so worth it.

Luckily he'd avoid it this time.

[defenderofdesmoines]

If he ever did pass out from coming too hard, Annie would be so proud of herself. Possibly forever. Like, he got to be smug about lightbulbs, she could be smug about literally knocking him out with sex.

Perhaps another day.

For now, though, Annie was breathing as hard as if she'd run around the island as she tried to come back to herself. She let go of his hair, her hand flattening out to smooth over where she'd been gripping lazy, affectionate apology, and pressed a clumsy kiss to Diego's temple.

[knife_bender]

"I like fiancée sex," Diego murmured, burying his face against Annie's neck. He needed a second to piece his brain back together.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Mm-hmm. I bet I'm gonna like husband sex, too," Annie replied, smiling as she idly played with his hair and slid her opposite arm around Diego, just to keep him close.

Like he was going anywhere.

[knife_bender]

"Guess we're gonna find out soon," Diego said with a grin. He had absolutely no intention of moving any time soon. "I can't wait to marry you."

[defenderofdesmoines]

God, they might well be people who snuck off during their reception, even.

Annie smiled softly and heaved a quiet sigh of contentment as she tilted her head to kiss him. "I kinda can't believe it's really happening."

And yet it also felt like the most natural thing in the world.

[knife_bender]

"We had a lot of build up," he murmured. "Since, what, September?"

[defenderofdesmoines]

"And that's only us talking to each other about it," Annie pointed out, gently playing with his hair. "It's been a long time coming. I feel like we're really good at being engaged, by the way."

Especially this whole tangled-up naked part of it.