#So I was watching 4x01 last night and then this happened.
It happens on a typical Saturday night. They'd had dinner and lounged on the couch for a while, just like they do most nights when they aren't chasing a suspect or attending a crime scene.
They haven't moved in together yet, not officially. It's going on three months though, and Jane spends so many nights with Maura that Maura doesn't even need ask her if she is staying the night anymore. So after deciding that it was time for bed, Maura had gone upstairs, leaving Jane to lock up, turn off the lights, and then join her in the bedroom.
Jane shuts off the last light, plunging the ground floor into darkness, and climbs the stairs. She takes them two at a time, hoping that if she is quick enough, she'll be able to join Maura in the shower. Images of her sudsy, naked girlfriend dance in her head.
She bounds into the bedroom, heading straight for the ensuite, when she sees something on the bed that makes her do a double take. She forgets all about the shower and the wet, slippery Maura, and instead steps closer to the item. Her curiosity has been piqued. "Maura?"
"Yes?" Maura steps out of her closet, still fully dressed in the clothes that she had been wearing that day.
"What is this?" She knows exactly what it is. What she really wants to know is what it is doing lying on the bed.
"They are coveralls." Maura says, coming over to join Jane by the bed.
They are her father's old work coveralls, to be exact. She had recognized the stained and faded, navy blue thing the minute she had spotted it on the bed, without even looking at the embroidered 'Rizzoli & Sons' above the chest pocket. "Yes, I know, but, why are they on the bed?"
Maura looks a little nervous, which only serves to make Jane more confused. "I was thinking that, maybe we could try something a little different." Maura's inflection makes it sound like a question, like she's asking for Jane's permission. Then, before Jane can decide if that's a good clue or a bad one, Maura launches into the beginning of a presentation, which she had obviously prepared earlier. "Role playing can be a very healthy way for couples to connect and explore boundaries-"
"Role playing?" She feels a little caught of guard. Maura has never mentioned any fantasies or anything like this before. Sure, they've experimented with their fair share of toys over the last few months, but this is completely new. And completely out of the blue.
"What do you think?" Maura gestures to the outfit quickly and then begins to fidget with her hands.
"I'm not sure." She doesn't want Maura to feel nervous right now, but she honestly doesn't know want to think. She's not opposed to the idea of them role playing in the bedroom, she just needs some more information. She takes Maura's hand and leads them to sit on the bed. "What are your plans exactly?"
"Well, remember when we were talking about who we would be, had we followed in our fathers' footsteps?"
"You'd be a mob boss, and I'd be a plumber. Yeah I remember." She laughs. Boy is she glad that life didn't turn out that way. Working summers with her pop was more than enough experience for her to know that there was no way in hell that she wanted to join the family business. Not that her ma would have approved anyway.
"I can't stop thinking about how sexy you'd be as a plumber." Maura is biting her lip and looking pleadingly at Jane.
Okay, so she understands why her pop's old work clothes are on the bed now. "So you want me to put that on and pretend to be a plumber."
Maura nods. "And I'll play the part of infamous mob boss Ms. Isles." Maura clasps her hands together and looks so excited as she reveals more of her fantasy. The nervousness is completely gone.
"Yeah okay, that does sound kinda hot." It sounds really hot. Neither of them are particularly dominant in the bedroom. It's usual more of a give and take. The thought of Maura acting like a powerful and domineering mobster though, it is doing things to Jane.
Maura jumps up and disappears into the closet again. This time she returns with their newest toy, the 6 inch strap on dildo and harness, and she drops it into Jane's lap. "You'll need this."
Jane picks it up and gets up to walk over to the coveralls. She looks at Maura, waiting for further instructions. She isn't sure of how this is supposed to go. "So," she pauses, "I'll just-"
"I still need to get ready too, so you go downstairs and I'll come get you." Maura picks up the coveralls and shoves them into Jane's hands as she walks Jane to the bedroom door.
"What are you going to wear?" Jane crosses through the doorway and turns back to face Maura.
"You'll see." Maura grabs hold of the door and shimmies her chest seductively. "Ring the back doorbell in ten minutes, and I'll come down and let you in." Maura shuts the bedroom door then.
Jane stands in the hallway, with arms full of her costume, looking at the closed bedroom door. "Maura! My mother's front door is literally right outside your back door. What if she sees me?" She shouts through the door to Maura.
"Ten minutes!" Maura shouts back, with a finality that sends Jane huffing down the stairs.