"Daniel Flashman, are you awake?" Daniel and Henley had been in the truck for two hours now, and neither of them had spoken a word yet. "Yes... Hey" Daniel couldn't help but fall a little bit more in love with her than he already was when she called him that name. It had been her name for him years back when she had been his assistant. "Daniel Flashman, because you turn from cute curly headed Daniel into mean J. Daniel in a flash" She'd told him one morning when he'd fell asleep in her bed before he could leave. Back then he resented the fact that she gave him stupid nicknames and had somehow made him fall in love with her, but now he didn't resent her for it, if anything it made him love her even more.
"Hey" She replied with a sleepy smile, bringing him back to earth. He'd missed seeing those smiles she did when she was getting tired but determined to fight off sleep, and the fact that her leg was positioned so that it was pressed up against his crotch didn't help matters. 'Think of un-arousing things' he thought to himself every time he looked at her or whenever she moved slightly. 'Kittens. No-one finds kittens arousing' but he could only seem to picture Henley holding a kitten, teasing it with a toy mouse. 'OK, childbirth, nobody in their right mind would find childbirth hot' but this time it was even worse, as the only image he could picture was him holding Henley's hand as she gave birth to their child 'Merritt in cycle shorts, I can't possibly be aroused by Merritt in cycle shorts' Daniel thought back to when he and Merritt had decided to take a bike ride one morning, and he had emerged wearing bright green shorts that were tight enough that they clung to his junk. This image worked, and and the tightness in his pants relieved before it became obvious to Henley.
As he tilted his head to look at her, and she brought her head up to look at him, they both leaned in to kiss one-another. Those lips, that he had once let go, because he was too stupid to care about her. Looking at her soft pink lips, he could feel himself getting aroused again 'Merritt in cycle shorts... Merritt in cycle shorts' he thought, feeling a little more relieved. Just as they were about to kiss, he had to stop before he set himself up for a situation that he couldn't get out of even by mentally scarring himself. "Your leg is kind of... in my area" "Oh, sorry" He could tell he had runied the moment, but he didn't regret it when she moved her leg 'thank god for Merritt and his short shorts'
He could tell Henley was annoyed that he had ruined their kiss, so after 10 minutes of silence he decided to try and make it up to her - even if it did involve a slight lie to cover up how much his body parts liked her. "Hey, ginger!" he whispered, only to be met by a glare that anyone got if they referred to her by the color of her hair "I'm sorry, about ruining the moment back then... It's just, I know your tired and I don't want you to regret anything - come here" He said softly, moving her so that he had his arm around her shoulders, and she could rest her head into his chest and go to sleep. "There you go" he said softly, kissing her on the head
