OOM: Room #100 - for Doc Scurlock

[ikissdhimbck]

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It's been a while since Kate has spent any considerable amount of time in her own room, so it has remained rather tidy. The only real exceptions are a stack of clean laundry on her desk chair she hasn't gotten to yet, and the bedspread, which is a little disheveled from stolen naps here and there between checking on and being with Doc. On her desk is the book of poetry she had taken from his room, along with the little orange paper crane that marks her place. The poetry and favors from the wake are spread out, including several little steel green cranes, which sit awkward and deformed in some small way ('first attempts' at origami that weren't so bad as to throw away). There's also a rather extraordinary little music box, and a half-eaten box of chocolate. On the table in the corner, there are a few newspapers and posters, handmade notes about Cuero, and the like.

The real focus of attention, however, is the bathroom; complete with all its fancy little soaps, and relaxing scents, and nice, hot water. That's Kate's focus, at least, once she unlocks her door and steps inside.

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[ikissdhimbck]

She kneads the tension out of his muscles, keeping her touch tender but firm enough to work out the knots. She may be small and delicate, but she doesn't have weak hands by any stretch.

"The whole world?"

[scurlock]

"All of it."

He's not too tense, but there are obvious spots of soreness here and there.

Doc groans as her fingers connect with a knot, fingers curling tighter in the pillowcase.

[ikissdhimbck]

As he had done with her, earlier, she focuses on that knot with the heels of her thumbs, until she can feel it uncoil under her touch.

She brushes her lips against the nape of his neck as her fingers dance down his ribs.

"We'd better git started, then."

They've got a lot of ground to cover.

Together.

[scurlock]

"Whenev....whenever y'wanna go. I got nothin' but open desert ahead of me out'n...out...the door."

Electricity shudders down his spine. If he had the ability to show it via sparks, he might catch the bedsheets on fire.

He presses his face into the pillow and attempts to hide a plaintive whimper from her, but fails.

He's incredibly sore, but that feels so good.

[ikissdhimbck]

She breathes a quiet chuckle at the sound of that whimper, and clucks her tongue with a soft 'aww.'

"My poor baby."

She probably sounds more apologetic than she actually feels; turn about's fair play, after all.

"Y'been so tight, ever since y'got back," she murmurs into his skin, before placing another kiss between his shoulders.

She slowly scoots her body down until she's straddling the backs of his thighs, hands working over his low back.

"Think your body's still tryin' t'catch up."

[scurlock]

"M'catchin' up jus'fine, y'just can't quite tell atta moment, cuz m'lyin' like this..."

His words are muttered in an amused, devious tone -- tempered with the obvious signs of 'weakness'. She has him under her control.

For now, anyway.

[ikissdhimbck]

Her mouth pulls into a crooked grin. The deviousness in his voice is hard to miss, even tempered as it is. And, if that's the way he wants to play...

She bends over his back, leaving lingering kisses in the wake of her hands, until her lips find themselves at his waist.

"S'that right?"

She drags her teeth over the skin just north of his hipbone.

[scurlock]

"Ah, yes--"

Doc squeezes his eyes shut as he squirms against the mattress, trying to focus on anything other than the way she's making him feel (incredible) and the sensations coursing through his veins.

[ikissdhimbck]

His response elicits a moan from her, a quiet little sound that shudders from the back of her throat before she even realizes it.

"On second thought..."

Her hands climb up his back, turning his skin pink as the blood circulates through the flesh. Down they come again, over his ribs, circling around to his tummy until they're pinned between his body and the mattress.

"I don't wanna go anywhere, just yet."

[scurlock]

"Not goin' nowhere tonight, stayin' here in bed with you."

And possibly tomorrow morning, as well.

The skin on his stomach twitches under her touch.

[ikissdhimbck]

"Am I selfish?"

She nuzzles the gentle dip of his side, where his ribcage falls away to muscle.

"Wantin' t'keep you to myself?"

[scurlock]

"Oh, no...y'ain't selfish. You're smart, 'cause all I want t'do is be kept here."

His words fall from his tongue in a hint of a ramble, but it's okay because she'll understand why.

[ikissdhimbck]

She smirks.

The tips of her fingers find the hem of his bottoms, and tuck themselves underneath.

"It's safe, here."

She scatters more lingering kisses over his skin, though there's a sense of desperation to them, now.

"I know what's gonna happen."

There aren't any surprises.

There aren't any bad guys.

[scurlock]

Doc unfolds his arms from under the pillow, slipping one hand down alongside her arm until his fingers tangle with her own at his waist.

"Y'said you weren't sure if I wanted you...well I do. S'more'n just need...s'want."

[ikissdhimbck]

She sighs softly.




Squeezing his hand before letting go, she eases herself back up and resettles her hands around his shoulders.

"Y'wanna hear a secret?"

Her lips feather the edge of his ear.

[scurlock]

"Of course, darlin'."

Doc closes his eyes as a wave of goosebumps rises on his neck, hair standing on end.

[ikissdhimbck]

Her hands move to his neck to chase those goosebumps away, rubbing the tired muscles there tenderly. She brushes her nose along his ear.

"I want you, too."

She swallows softly, and smirks.

[scurlock]

He feels like there's an unspoken 'but' there, somewhere between her words.

"Well it ain't like m'goin' anywhere soon."

[ikissdhimbck]

"You said that already."

She smiles against his skin, pressing a few tentative kisses against the patch of skin behind his ear.


After a pause, her voice grows even softer.

"Say it again?"

[scurlock]

"M'not gonna go nowhere, not without you. Never gonna leave you 'gain, darlin'."

He shudders as she presses her lips against his ear.

"I'll say it as many times as y'want me to."

[ikissdhimbck]

She eases herself off of him slowly, coming to rest on the mattress by his side once again. She runs her hand up and down his back and nuzzles his nose, before placing a very gentle kiss to the tip of it.

"Jus' a few more times should suffice."

[scurlock]

"Not goin' nowhere. Don't wanna go nowhere, either."

He smiles and glances up into her eyes.

"All I've got is with you."

[ikissdhimbck]

She holds his gaze unflinchingly. Her eyes are especially deep tonight, like a bottomless blue sky with the barest hints of twilight. She doesn't say anything for a while; just searches him out, soft lashes blinking slowly.

She nuzzles up against his shoulder, pressing her lips against his pink scar.

"What if we don't ever have anythin' t'show for ourselves?"

Her fingers feather along his waist, dancing along the curve of his hip.

"No land, no home... no money or reputation. No finery...?"

Beat.

"No children?"

[scurlock]

"Don't think we'll be hurtin' for money, or reputation," he points out, stretching his limbs a bit as her fingers trail over the curve of his hip, biting back a sigh.

Doc closes his eyes.

No land. No home. No children.




"As long as I've got you in my arms, m'holdin' tight t'the whole universe."

[ikissdhimbck]

She's rapidly becoming familiar with this tingling sensation at the base of her neck. It's almost like fear, or excitement -- it's neither good, nor bad -- and it sets off a chain reaction of little white flames that cover every inch of her body in trembling heat.

She swallows, not looking away from his closed eyes, though there's a soft furrow to her brow.

"Doc, I--"