ds_aprilfools: Prompt 15 - milk chocolate

[leafy]

Title: Melt

due South, F/K, Stella

900ish words, R

Notes: Thanks to akamine_chan for beta – and for all the extra ‘l’s!

Prompt 15 - milk chocolate

Melt

A day this bad could only be redeemed by good chocolate or good sex. 

Stella leaned back against the head rest, glad for the quiet sanctuary of her car and closed her eyes, trying to visualise her secret chocolate hiding place – far left cupboard, top shelf, behind the (mostly unused) spices. There was half a bar left of....no. No, there wasn’t. She’d finished that on Thursday after spending six hours with Sammy Cordell. 

She let her thoughts unwind and drift to earlier that day. Sammy Cordell’s revelations had led to a hurried undercover operation – Ray had been assigned to the job and he had already wrapped it up, three days earlier than planned. She had been talking to Welsh in his office when they had been interrupted by the noise of cheering and applause. Looking through the window she had seen Ray shaking hands with the other detectives and acknowledging their congratulations.  Constable Fraser hadn’t cheered, however. He had simply smiled – until he noticed Ray’s spectacular black eye. With a frown of concern he opened the pouch on his belt and took out a small pot which he offered to Ray. Ray grabbed his nose and pantomimed fainting as if from some terrible smell, before shaking his head and grinning at the Constable. Ray was pleased with himself and his smile had been one of confidence and energy. 

Her mind made up, Stella opened her eyes, fastened her seatbelt and started the engine. She’d been eating too much chocolate lately and if she wasn’t careful it would start to show. It was time to burn off a few calories instead and Ray would be just the man to help her with that.

Ray’s apartment was dark when she got there. He might still be out celebrating – in which case she could wait for him, or he could already be in bed – and he would be delighted when she joined him. Either way, as she opened the apartment door, Stella was grateful for all the times Ray had refused to let her return her emergency key. She closed the door quietly behind her in case Ray was sleeping and stood still for a moment, letting her eyes get used to the dim light. Ray’s bedroom door was partly open, enough for her to see that he was in bed. Illuminated faintly by the streetlights he was lying on his side, his naked arm resting on top of the covers. Although his face was mostly obscured, Stella could imagine him sleeping peacefully – but not for much longer.

She unfastened the top button of her blouse as she thought about how she would wake him, how he had always loved to be woken. She had always enjoyed it too – feeling his soft, hot skin on her tongue, not melting away like chocolate but responsive, firm and yearning for her. Her mouth watering, she was about to step towards the bedroom when she saw movement behind Ray. An arm wrapped around Ray’s chest and a splayed hand rubbed gently over his heart. He wasn’t alone. Stella’s disappointment was quickly overtaken by her curiosity. She had no idea he was seeing someone or she would never have come over. Who did that arm belong to?

 “Hmm.” Ray’s voice was low and content. “I’ve missed this.”

The arm pulled Ray onto his back and Stella felt her jaw drop in astonishment as she saw Constable Fraser roll over on top of him. Constable Fraser! Frozen to the spot, she could hear their lingering, sucking kisses almost better than she could see them in the muted light. 

“I’ve missed you too, Ray.” She had never heard the Constable’s voice so relaxed. Then again, she’d never heard him in bed before. With Ray. Ray, who even after all this time was still full of surprises.   

Ray laughed. “Yeah, I kind of got that. Felt like you’d grown another set of hands while I’d been away.”

“No, just two hands.” More kissing. “And only one mouth.” The next kiss was longer and more intense, making both men moan. “But I can use them quite creatively.”

Stella watched as Constable Fraser slid down and disappeared beneath the covers, forming a large bump near the end of the bed. Ray’s back arched and he let out a long groan of pleasure. The familiarity of it sent a shiver of remembrance through Stella which made her skin tingle despite the unexpected turn her visit had taken.

Suddenly Ray’s head jerked up and he was kicking and clawing at the covers. “Wait,” he gasped. “I wanna see...wanna see you.”

Ray’s movement brought Stella back to herself – if she didn’t get out of here soon she might be noticed and how would she even begin explaining herself? She turned to go just as the bedcovers hit the floor.

Standing in the hallway, Stella re-fastened her blouse still unable to quite believe what she had seen. She shook her head, as if that would help settle her jumbled thoughts. Amongst the swirl of surprise, disappointment and jealousy, the fleeting image of Constable Fraser’s dark head between Ray’s pale hips seemed burned into her brain. Once the shock of the evening had worn off, she would have to decide if that particular picture was one which horrified or...aroused her. For now though, she had to accept that her plan had failed and head for home.

Stella looked at her watch as she began walking back to the car. 

Damn. 

Where was she going to find good chocolate at this time of night?

Comments

[nos4a2no9.livejournal.com]

Ha! I liked this quite a bit! I really like those "someone finds out" stories, and I loved Stella's matter-of-fact reaction, coupled with her very understandable sense of arousal. Because, really, that was one hot scene she caught a glimpse of! Thanks for the fun read, Leafy!

[leafy22.livejournal.com]

Thanks - always glad to give you a fun read!