Rebuilding Bonds

[notthatcrazy]

It's been a few months since Face's rescue, and everyone's still tensely looking over their shoulders. They've split up for the moment, hoping to better evade potential pursuers, but no one's exactly thrilled about it.

Face's memory is slowly returning, bits of it coming back like pieces of a patchwork quilt. There's still a lot missing, though,and it still hurts that it's gone. Which is why they're standing in a pawnshop on a dingy side street looking for a deal.

It's not what either of them want, really. They should get to have something special, something theirs. But they just...can't, right now, so they make do with what they've got. Just like always.

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[notthatcrazy]

"Can't say I have," he replies as they settle in. "But I'm thinking we'll probably make it through a few things on that list."

[notjustaface]

"Mmmm, a few... but I'm pretty sure after we've had a good meal and gotten the stress out of our system we're not exactly going to be counting."

Number one's already on his list.

[notthatcrazy]

"Mmm... pretty sure all my higher brain functions are gonna be otherwise engaged."

[notjustaface]

"Higher... lower... middle..." He grins, picking up the first covered plate and piling pickles and lettuce onto a rather amazing looking cheeseburger before holding it out toward Murdock.

"I'm gonna do things that are gonna curl your toes."

[notthatcrazy]

He takes the first somewhat sloppy bite. Perfection.

"You do know what I like."

[notjustaface]

Yes, he really is perfection...

"Mmmm; cheeseburgers, chocolate, me..." he grins wide, pushing closer to straddle Murdock's lap in the water as he offers another greasy bite; "sock puppets, that thing I do with my tongue..."

[notthatcrazy]

"Things, plural," he corrects, licking a drop of sauce from his lip. "Your tongue's pretty talented."

[notjustaface]

"Oh?" He grins, wiping Murdock's lips with a warm kiss - letting his tongue linger a long moment.

"I won't deny that much... but I don't know if you've seen every trick I've got up my sleeve."

[notthatcrazy]

"Oh, I'm pretty sure I haven't. But you got all the time in the world to show me."

It's nice to believe, just for a while, that that's true.

[notjustaface]

"Mmmm, I think tonight..." he purred, pressing kisses up Murdock's scruffy jawline to his ear before whispering; "...I've got something special..."

[notthatcrazy]

"Yeah? Do tell."

He's happy enough to be where they are, anything else is a welcome bonus.

[notjustaface]

Leaning back, he takes a generous bite himself - letting the idea stew a little bit.

"What is the most awkward thing you can think of that would drive you wild?"

[notthatcrazy]

He tilts his head, considering the question.

"We're naked in a Jacuzzi eating cheeseburgers. I'm pretty open-minded at this point."

[notjustaface]

"My tongue... your ass..." he grins wider, lifting an eyebrow.

"Sounds weird, but I guarantee it'll blow your mind."

[notthatcrazy]

"Ah."

He thinks about it like they haven't actually done it before, because as far as Face us concerned, they haven't.

"Hell, I'll try anything once."

[notjustaface]

And that's enough to draw a broad grin across his face as he leans back and rather luxuriously finishes his burger - already eyeing the bowl of ripe strawberries and fondue pot burning down full of warm chocolate.

"That's my boy..."

[notthatcrazy]

"You know it."

There's a comfortably full feeling in his belly as they finish up, but they're just getting started.

[notjustaface]

Face is entirely too wrapped up in what's going on to particularly care about anything else. They've got a roof over their head - for the night at least - and full bellies and an arm full of each other in the hot tub and he can't really imagine things being much better given the circumstance.

"I don't deserve you..." he mutters with a cockeyed smile, dragging a chocolate coated strawberry across his lips before biting it off near the top. "You're too good to be true."

[notthatcrazy]

That's just unfair. Fruit should not be that sexy.

"Stop with the 'I don't deserve you' stuff, okay? I stayed with you this long and I'm not going anywhere."

[notjustaface]

If that was sexy, the track of his tongue wiping away the lingering chocolate would be nearly impossible to bear.

"It's still true." His voice drops down to a low purr and he shifts back close again, leaning in close to his partner; "I may not remember everything we've been through these last few years... but I know that it hasn't been easy for you."

[notthatcrazy]

Oh yeah... that's gonna get him kissed.

"No, it hasn't always been easy... but you've always been worth it."

[notjustaface]

A kiss he's more than happy to return with utmost pleasure.

"I get the impression that we're both worth it."

[notthatcrazy]

"Oh, you got that impression, huh?"

Someone's feeling sassy.

"So worth it."

[notjustaface]

Sassy and really... really aroused.

"I've also got the impression that we're going to have to refuse turndown service in the morning because you are gonna be up all night..."

[notthatcrazy]

"Oh really. That a promise?"

He grabs a strawberry of his own before leaning even closer to his man.