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A Working Holiday

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"Isn't this awesome, Plue?" Lucy said as she looked up at the job board. "Everyone's off at one cookout or another and we've got the entire Guildhall to ourselves! No more pushing, shoving, freezing, or burning! I can finally pick out a job in peace!"

"Puuu, puuu!" the little spirit added.

Lucy tapped a finger to her lips. "You're right. Also no boozing, drowning in tears, punching or name-calling." Lucy wiped a bead of sweat off her forhead. "I just kind of wish the Master hadn't decided to turn the AC off this weekend. It's crazy hot in here," Lucy sighed. She'd already called on Virgo to switch her outfit out for a bikini top and pair of denim shorts to try and keep cool as she looked through the requests.

A large bang sounded from the second floor and Lucy yelped in fright. Plue's eyes widened as he opened his gate to the spirit world. Lucy huffed, "Plue! How could you do me in this way?"

The little spirit just waved his paw before leaping through the portal. Lucy was sure she was the only one here when she arrived. The place had been dead silent since the Master had forbid anybody from throwing a party at the Guildhall for the weekend. Something about "not wanting the place destroyed so soon after rebuilding it."

The blonde listened intently for another sound but didn't hear anything. She clutched her keys close to her just incase she would need to call on a spirit for help. "I hope someone's not here to rob us," she whispered under her breath as she slowly moved towards the stairs.

"But I can't just sit by and let that happen. I've gotta go check it out."

With newfound determination, Lucy began to climb the stairs to the second floor slowly, keeping her back against the wall. When she reached the top of the stairs, she heard muttering coming from one of the offices. Carefully she tiptoed her way towards the door.

"On three," she whispered to herself. "One, Two, THREE!"

Leaping forward, she kicked the door open, fully expecting Alibaba and his forty thieves. Instead, what she found was an incredibly irate lightning dragon slayer, and piles of binders and papers strewn across the floor.

"What the fuck?" they both said as they looked at one another.

"Laxus?" Lucy said, immediately blushing. The heat had clearly affected Laxus as well, since his purple collared shirt was strewn across the sofa on the far wall and his muscled chest was openly on display.

"Fuck, how did I not hear you?" Laxus muttered, almost to himself. He crossed his arms across his chest, the scowl normally on his face increasing as he considered the woman in front of him.

"Sorry about that," Lucy said. "I thought someone was trying to rob the Guildhall, so I was careful not to make much noise."

Laxus raised an eyebrow. "You were going to fight an intruder like that?" he said gesturing to her outfit.

Lucy huffed, putting her hands on her hips. "I didn't think I would be fighting anyone today! I came here to get some peace and quiet and get some stuff done."

The big blond slayer chuckled and Lucy couldn't help but love the sound of his laugh. It was the first time she'd ever heard it. "I guess that makes two of us."

Lucy looked around at the open binders and papers laid across the floor. "Is that what all this is?"

The slayer nodded. "Yeah. Fucking paperwork. The Council scheduled our annual safety inspection with like one weeks' notice. I'm trying to get all this shit pulled together so we at least pass."

Lucy frowned. "I didn't know the Guild had inspections."

Laxus heaved a heavy sigh. "Yup. And I've been handling them since coming back to the Guild. Fuck knows Gramps isn't going to get his ass in gear to get things done for them."

"That doesn't seem very fair that you have to handle all this on your own."

Laxus laughed again and Lucy blushed. "It's been a long time since I've heard someone say the 'f" word. It always makes me laugh."

Lucy narrowed her eyes. "You don't have to be asshole about it. I was trying to be nice, you know."

"If you really want to be nice, you could help me finish all this paperwork. I'm going to be here really late otherwise given that the inspection is tomorrow."

Lucy huffed. "Who schedules an inspection for the morning after a holiday? That's just cruel."

Laxus shrugged. "Out of all the Guilds, historically we've come last in our inspections. Which means we always get whatevers left over on the schedule. That's something I'm trying to change."

Lucy watched as the man turned around the grab a pile of papers from his desk. This was a side of Laxus she'd never seen before. Before he'd left the Guild he'd been a cocky asshole. He'd never have been someone that would stay after hours to help with paperwork, of all things. Since coming back, he was so quiet and reserved. In both instances, she'd never really gotten to know the man; that disappointed her.

"I'll help, but on one condition," Lucy said.

"Oh, what's that?" Laxus replied, not turning around but continuing to shuffle papers on his desk.

"No working in silence. I want to have an actual conversation with you. Get to know the real Laxus Dreyar."

That got the slayer's attention. He turned around and gave the woman an exasperated look. "There's really nothing to know."

Lucy rolled her eyes. "That's obviously not true."

Laxus groaned. He could really use the help, but this was going to be torture.

"Don't do that," Lucy said with a wave of her hand. "Having a normal conversation with someone won't kill you."

"It might," Laxus said flatly.

"Well, now I know one thing about you," Lucy giggled.

Laxus narrowed his eyes at the woman. "And what's that?"

"You're dramatic."

Laxus rolled his eyes and turned back to his desk to pick up a large pile of papers. "Here," he said, handing them to the woman. Lucy's knees nearly buckled at the weight of them. "You can start by organizing these by date. Newest on top."

Lucy smiled. "I guess that means we have a deal."

"Something like that," Laxus huffed. Lucy stuck her tongue out and turned around to sit on the couch on the other side of the room. The blond watched as she walked the papers towards their destination and held back another groan at the way her ass cheeks filled out her too tiny denim shorts. He didn't care what that blue rat said about her body, he liked a woman with curves and she had them in all the right places.

Lucy could feel the man's eyes on her as she walked to the other side of the room. Her heartbeat raced as she found herself unable to control it. She'd never been alone in the same space as the lightning slayer before and it was getting to her already.

The celestial mage suddenly became aware of just how long it had been since she'd last had anything inside of her that didn't run on batteries and she grimaced. She could still feel the man's heavy gaze on her and she considered her options. Of course her and Cana had had discussions about the big man. Any woman who wasn't blind or Juvia would be hard pressed to admit that the man wasn't a walking god.

Cana had known Laxus since the two were children and apparently the man got around before he'd left the Guild. The brunette had mentioned that the two of them had had a few flings during those times but the pair had mutually agreed to end their hookup ritual.

Cana had apparently moved on to Bickslow and according to the Seith's intelligence, since returning to the Guild, Laxus was not the playboy he once was. Whereas he used to be out at bars three to four times a week with an equal number of one night stands, the man barely went out anymore.

"Think he's got a girlfriend or something?" Lucy asked Cana.

"Definitely not," the woman responded. "That's something Bix would know about. He says when two people get involved, string things attach to their soul or something weird like that." Lucy made a face.

"You make falling in love sound oddly creepy."

Cana laughed. "I didn't make it sound creepy. It already was," the woman remarked, making a face and Lucy laughed.

"I can't wait until it happens to you, Cana. I'll be there to record it."

Cana blanched. "No thanks, Lu. I've got my one true love right here," she said, nursing her wine bottle. "And that's all I need."

Lucy shook her head, her thoughts returning to the present. So if Laxus didn't have a secret girlfriend, and wasn't getting laid on his regular schedule, it was only logical that he was as wound up as she was.

The blonde bit her bottom lip. Perhaps today wouldn't be as dull as she had anticipated. Perhaps she'd actually manage to get a bit of excitement out of her paperwork.

With her newfound intentions set, she leaned over, popping her ass out suggestively to place the papers on the sofa before turning around to smile at the lightning slayer. She let her eyes wander low, starting first at the dark pair of jeans he was wearing low on his hips, crawling up his body to his sculpted abs and tattooed chest before making eye contact. Lucy could tell she had gotten to him; his pale gray eyes were fixated on her.

"Oldest on the bottom, right?" she asked, her lips in a bit of a pout.

"Oh fuck,"Laxus thought to himself. As if it wasn't hard enough to control himself around the woman normally, now they were alone in his office with no one else in the Guildhall and she was acting like she wanted it.

"Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck,"the man cursed to himself. Some time after he'd rejoined the Guild, him and Gramps had had an actual conversation about him eventually taking over as Guildmaster.

"But that means you have to look the part as well as act the part."

"What are you saying, old man?" Laxus asked with a somewhat bored attitude.

Makarov bristled slightly at having to spell it out for his grandson. "I'm saying the playboy bachelor lifestyle of yours has got to stop. If Fairy Tail is going to be a respected Guild again, we've got the improve our image!"

Laxus rolled his eyes, keeping his arms crossed across his chest. He kept quiet because he honestly didn't know what to say. Deep down he knew his Grandfather was right. If he were to inherit the Guild, he shouldn't be hitting up an equal number of bars and women every week. The optics on something like that weren't good.

So true to his vow to do right by the Guild and make up for his past mistakes, Laxus had stopped frequenting his normal establishments. But given that he really wasn't the type of guy to start up a conversation with a woman in a bookstore, his sexual partners (not counting his hand) had dropped to an all time low.

And of course he knew how the women of the Guild looked at him but again, a would be Guildmaster did not sleep with his Guildmates. Maybe he could have gotten away with another friends-with-benefits deal with Cana but the woman was all wrapped up in Bickslow now and although she'd be loathe to admit it, Laxus could sense what was between them was real. He wouldn't get in the way of that.

But Lucy Heartfilia had been on his mind since the first time she walked into the Guild with that firebreather hanging all over him. At the time, Laxus had assumed as much as anyone else that the two were an item but their differences and status had become abundantly clear after they'd all woken up from their seven year slumber. The two were not together and they would never work as a couple.

And now here she was, with him, alone, in his office, wearing a bikini top and denim shorts that left little to the imagination, apparently wanting exactly what he needed.

"Laxus?" His name rolled off her tongue as she tried to get his attention again. Lucy smiled the smallest amount as she thought maybe she was already getting to the man.

"Must. Not. Fuck. Guildmate,"the man tried to remind himself. "No. Matter. How. Hot. She. Is."

Laxus let his resident scowl take over his expression, vowing to resist the temptress in front of him. "Oldest on the bottom," he said flatly before turning back around to face the opposite direction. Perhaps if he didn't look at her, he'd be able to control himself better.

Lucy huffed internally. She thought for sure she had gotten to the big man but then suddenly he had just turned around on her, giving her the cold shoulder. Of course Lucy could have just propositioned the man but where was the fun in that? No, she wanted to test the man's limits. She'd walk them to the ledge, but she wanted him to push them both over it.

She laughed to herself as she thought, "That poet really had it right when he said that men desire women but women desire men's desire."

Lucy turned to her task and thought up her next move. She didn't want to be too obvious with her intentions. This was a game and subtlety was the rule. "You promised we wouldn't work in silence," Lucy pouted as she started to work her way through the various incident reports.

Laxus sighed, still keeping his back to the vixen. "I can turn on some music."

The man was playing hard to get, that much was clear. Or perhaps he was just being his moody self—that was also a possibility. "Okay, let's start there. What's the Thunder God's favorite type of music?" she asked, trying to get him talking.

Laxus shrugged his shoulders, not looking up from his task of signing off on overdue walkthrough reports. "Dunno. App on my phone pretty much chooses what I listen to for me."

Lucy huffed. "And what type of music would that be?"

"Dunno," Laxus said still keeping his head down. "I guess you'd have to ask my phone."

Lucy looked at the big man's back as he continued to face opposite to her. His dark jeans sat low on his waist, his sculpted ass rounding the fabric just perfectly. She noticed a flat area deep in the right back pocket and bit her lip as the idea came to her.

Leaping up off the couch she got close to the man, placing a hand on his bare arm. Laxus looked at her, somewhat startled at her bold move as she shoved her delicate fingers into his side pocket first, knowing full well the phone was not in that pocket. "Okay, let's ask it then," she said, pulling her hand slowly out of the fabric, being sure to let her fingers trail against his thigh. She moved her hand around his waist, her fingers lightly grazing the skin and she internally prided herself as she felt goose bumps against his skin. Her hand gripped his backside as she explored the first back pocket. Laxus' eyes locked on to hers, his intense stare almost giving her second thoughts—almost. "Oops, not there either," she giggled under his heavy gaze before finally allowing her fingers to enter the final pocket and pull out his phone.

"Here it is!" she said, instantly pulling away from him to hand him the little device.

Laxus' eyes narrowed as he snatched the stupid thing away from her fingers with a sigh. Turning it on, he opened his music playing app and handed it back to her.

"Blues and Roots rock," Lucy said with a bit of surprise as she looked through the man's most recent playlist. She pressed play and a song began to play through the man's connected office speakers.

"Troublemaker
Stone heart breaker
Don't wanna trade her, my trouble maker

Get you high like backwoods liquor
Drink to much of that stuff boy and you go blind

She's a loaded gun with her hand on the trigger
She does the crime and you're the one doing time."

Laxus walked over to the phone and pressed the screen, pausing the music. "Having fun?"

Lucy smiled back at his obvious scowl. "So much fun!"

"I'm so glad," Laxus said as he took the phone back from her hand. "But paperwork's awaiting."

Lucy gave him a sassy smile before heading back over to the couch. Laxus stuck the phone back in his pocket and resisted the urge to run his hands down his face. He didn't want to let this woman onto the fact that she was getting to him—he figured that might only encourage her and he really really really needed to get this paperwork done.

"Okay, so now we know what type of music you like to listen to. That's something!" Lucy said, almost to herself as she finished shuffling through her stack of papers.

Laxus just grunted and Lucy frowned. "Finished!" she exclaimed as she put the last paper in order.

Laxus actually turned around to look at her. "That was quick."

Lucy let one corner of her mouth lift in a crooked smile. "I'm a very diligent worker."

"God damn it, it's hot in here," Laxus thought to himself as he looked at the woman, a bead a sweat dripping from her neck to dip down between her bountiful chest. "And she is absolutely not helping."

Lucy noticed the man's gaze and decided to tease him a bit more. Throwing her hair back, she pulled it up into a high messy bun, pushing her chest out slightly in the process. Somewhere from across the room she was sure she heard the man groan.

"Here," Laxus said, reaching behind him to grab a stack of paper protectors. "Can you put those in these and then into a binder?"

Lucy looked at the clear plastic protectors. "You want me to slide the pages in? You think they'll fit?"

Laxus' eyes narrowed at the woman. She was playing a game with him—he was sure of it now. But two could play, and if he had to put money on it, he was the more experienced when it came to these sorts of things.

He looped his thumbs into his pockets, letting his pants slip even a bit lower on his hips. "Wet your finger. A bit of natural lubricant makes things slide in so much easier. Here," he said, striding over to the woman and grabbing her wrist not harshly but firmly. He brought her index finger up to his lips and pulled it into his mouth. He let his tongue move against the digit and smirked as he heard the woman's heartbeat go frantic. Laxus pulled her finger out of her mouth and the woman whimpered as he said, "that should loosen things up."

"Holy fuck,"Lucy thought to herself as she realized she was in way over her head. Why did she think should could toy with Laxus Dreyar? He may have taken on a more celibate lifestyle now but he was the Guild's resident playboy for years. She should have known better than try and play queen in his sandbox.

She caught a look at the man and suddenly realized that he was just as riled up as her. Lucy smiled to herself, knowing all was not lost.

Bringing the finger Laxus licked up to her mouth, she darted her tongue out to wet the digit herself before bringing it down to one of the plastic sleeves. "Thanks, Laxus," she said, her voice low and sensual. "I'll get to work on these."

As Lucy brought the supplies back over to her little workstation, Laxus walked back over to his desk and took a seat. If he kept his back to her, it'd only let her think she was winning this little game of hers, and he couldn't have that. But as he took his seat and looked over at the blonde on the other side of the room, he instantly regretted his decision.

Instead of sitting on the sofa like a normal person, she'd taken to sitting on the floor, her legs spread wide with all the supplies spread out before her. Laxus tried to not look at the woman's beautiful body, all but spread invitingly in front of him and instead focus on the paperwork in front of him.

With Lucy's help and despite her distractions, he was fairly close to getting all this done. Putting that massive binder she was working on together would have taken him easily twice as long as it took her.

"Got any plans for once you finish up here?" Lucy asked in an almost innocent voice.

Laxus shook his head, responding with a simple "no," in an attempt to not encourage the woman.

"Me neither," Lucy replied. "I think I'll head back to my place and take a nice refreshing bath. There's nothing better than stripping down and relaxing."

Great, now Laxus was picturing the woman naked. He let a groan slip from his lips and realized he needed to recover the high ground.

"Sounds lonely. I've got a good-sized Jacuzzi at my place. Big enough for two people to really stretch out."

"Dammit,"Lucy thought to herself as images of her and Laxus naked in a hot tub flashed before her eyes. She could barely contain herself at this point; this entire rouse was pushing her to her limits. If she didn't end up going home with Laxus this evening, she'd have to pick up stronger batteries on the way home for sure.

"Sounds fun," Lucy managed to breathe out, unable to say anything else as she tried to regain her composure.

The two worked in silence as they each finished their tasks. The tension in the air was thick, but neither trusted themselves to say anything at this moment. Within about fifteen minutes, Lucy had finished putting all of the pages into their sleeves and ordered into the binder. Momentarily forgetting the game the two had been playing, she stood up and ran over to Laxus with the binder.

Placing it on his desk, she leaned over and smiled. "All done!" she said. In a rare site, the man actually smiled back at her.

"Really?" he said, opening the binder to take a look at her handiwork. He flipped through the pages and nodded his head. "This looks great," he said. "I'm impressed at how quickly you were able to get this done. It would have taken me hours."

Lucy sat on the desk and smiled. "No sweat. I used to have to do paperwork like this back at the Estate all the time."

Laxus grimaced. "Don't tell me that. That just means that no matter how rich I get, I'll never be able to escape doing paperwork."

Lucy laughed her eyes meeting his as the pair looked at one another. "Now that that's done, how else can I be of service?" she asked intensely. The arousal Lucy had felt for the man suddenly returned and Laxus' pupils widened as his dragon senses caught the scent given how close the woman was to him.

He found his body moving, unable to stop himself as he rounded his desk. Pushing her legs open, he fit his large frame between them and wrapped a hand around her neck. Laxus brought them close, his lips a hairsbreadth away from touching.

"Those papers on the floor need to go into the folders on my desk. After that," he said, his breath hot against her neck as he breathed in her scent, "everything on my desk needs to go into the corner of the room, so I can fuck you on it."

Lucy whimpered at his words but Laxus didn't let go of his grasp on her neck. "That's what you want, isn't it?" He pulled back just enough to look into her eyes. His thumb swiped against her lips, stopping to press against the pouty smile. "That's what all this is about, isn't it?"

Laxus had her beat and she knew it. But at the same time, she didn't even care one bit. If what he was proposing was her punishment for losing the game, she'd take it over and over and over again.

She gave him a hooded, lust filled look in return and tried to pour all of her want and need for him into her one word answer. "Yes," she breathed.

Laxus' lips curled up in a slightly satisfied smile. "Then be a good girl and help me finish these folders. Yes?" he said in a commanding tone.

Lucy nodded her head and Laxus turned around to return to his seat at his desk. As soon as the big man's presence left her, she felt like she was able to suck in air she didn't know she needed. She turned around to look at him and he smiled that cocky grin of his. "Time's a wasting," he said and Lucy quickly jumped off the desk to gather compile the folders.

She'd never put papers in cardstock faster than she had that afternoon but even still the time felt like it was stretching on. Finally, the last of the papers were up off the floor and into their correct spot and she brought them over to Laxus for his review. He looked up at her in that amazing confident smile of his. "Let's see how well we did, shall we?" he said, falling into the dominant role perfectly.

He opened the folder on top and leafed through the pages. A pleased look took up residence on his face as he looked through a few folders further down in the stack. Every one had been completed to perfection. He put them all back in a neat pile and looked up at the blond with a smirk. "Well done, Lucy."

His voice had her quivering already. In a flash of light, his desk was cleaned and Lucy found herself laid out on it with the big man standing over her. She gasped as she looked up at him. "Now it's time for your reward."

END CHAPTER 1

I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW! I'm awful to cut it off there but the chapter is already like 4500 words and mama's got to go to bed, you know?

This now-two-shot is part of a MadSoullessQueen prompt for the holiday and I'm very happy to have been able to participate.

This entire chapter is based off yours truly and the ever present inspections my husband has to prepare for for his job. And yes, he went into work over the holiday weekend and that's where I got this idea from.

Chapter 2 will be up soon! Thanks for reading and the fun stuff's ahead!

Xoxo

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