AN: Hi, sorry I have been lurking in the shadows but I've been kind of busy but I feel like it's settled down a bit. So here is a new story. It's finished in it's entirety and sort of starts off slightly different from my previous ones but full on Careese. I don't think I can write much else even when I try too.
It's post 3x9 so our girly girl is alive, but is set like nearly directly after that episode.
Disclaimer: I still don't own anything.
-SEARCHING FOR PRIMARY ASSET: REESE, JOHN…
ROOFTOP (W); 20:19:05
SOUTHEAST CAM 12; 20:19:25
CNTPKS #20; 20:19:53
MADISON AVE E. Cam 8; 20:20:07
-SEARCHING FOR PRIMARY ASSET: REESE, JOHN…
-ACTION
USE GPS IN ASSET'S VEHICLE…
-LOCATION ANALYSIS…
POSSIBLE SIGNAL:
CELL PHONE: PREPAID, CASH PURCHASE – 917-XXX-4821
-VERIFYING I.D…
PRIMARY ASSET: REESE, JOHN
ID.008/2720.10
SSN: REDACTED
STATUS: REDACTED
-IDENTITY CONFIRMED
PRIMARY ASSET LOCATED
-SECURE LOCATION – DETECTIVE CARTER'S RESIDENCE
-ACCESSING CAMERA FEEDS…
NO CAMERA FEEDS DETECTED
-ACCESSING PRIMARY ASSET'S PHONE'S MICROPHONE…
COMPLETE
-MONITORING ASSETS…
"We've been off since you kissed me in the morgue, John."
-SUSPEND REAL TIME MONITORING...
-ACCESSING ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE
DATE: 11/13/2013
CITY MORGUE – DOWNTOWN
CAMERA FEED E
TIME: 03:32:15
"You changed my mind, Joss," John whispered before bending to brush his lips across Joss's briefly. "You changed me."
-RESETTING TO REAL TIME…
DATE: 11/30/2013
TIME: 20:20:33
-MONITORING ASSETS…
John kept his gaze off of Joss. He couldn't offer her a valid reason why either. He had kissed her and then tried to avoid her. Sure they had numbers to deal with since then but he had been unsure of what would happen because he had kissed her. He couldn't escape the fact that he loved her. The realization had dawned on him in the morgue when they were waiting for light to come and they exchanged their closest calls. Their connection had been there from the start but it had grown into something altogether different from anything he ever experienced or known before. Losing this woman was not an option; so whatever she wanted to do then he'd abide by it.
"I'm sorry. It's just since that night you've learned about the machine and numbers came up so we haven't had much time to spend together, Carter."
"No, we haven't have we," Joss agreed with a sigh.
That had been a very weird conversation they had about the machine. It was still taking her some getting used too. After she had gotten Quinn to the FBI building, she had been reinstated to detective, got John out of jail, and caught Simmons with the help of Root (who was really strange but wanted to prove she was changed) before he could try to flee the country. Joss had sat down with Harold and John to talk about the super computer; then all hell broke loose with numerous numbers occurring almost all at once with Owen, which sent John on an airplane to Istanbul but with a layover in Italy. Shaw was preoccupied with an old number that was up again while Joss and Fusco had to work Melanie Cooper's, who was a very annoying assistant that had the misfortune of taking the wrong suitcase, instead of hers, full of files, she had grabbed one full of hundreds that equaled two million dollars. And then they all converged to work together on Arthur Claypool to stop Decima in their tracks before getting some software called Samaritan. Joss had no love loss for Decima; those were the bastards that had hired Kara Stanton and she strapped John with a bomb.
They managed to keep Decima from getting their grubby hands on the software but Decima's goons were out there, including Greer. But finally the dust was settling and the machine was giving numbers but not so many happening all at once so they could finally take a damn breather and finally talk about things that needed to be talked about.
She glanced at his handsome profile. Joss wished he would let her in, but, she wasn't so sure if he ever would. "Maybe it's for the best that we forget it happened and just focus on our friendship, John. It was just two people seeking contact during a dangerous moment." she said forcing herself to sound content.
John eyed Joss. This was what he expected and what was for the best. He couldn't offer her anything anyway. He nodded his head in agreement. Loving Joss from afar would be enough.
She turned on the couch to face more fully towards the television as she had her legs kicked up on her coffee-table. Joss was hesitant to change their dynamic because they had a good thing going; their connection had been there from the beginning. It was unique, special, and John meant more to her than she ever thought possible. She always had trust issues but she trusted John with her life. Adding sex into the mix could ruin it in unpredictable ways; he was someone she couldn't lose and she was someone he couldn't. Not many times could you be with someone and then if it fell apart you could go back to being just friends. No, forgetting about the kiss and being just friends with him would just have to be enough.
"I'm glad we got that out of the way, now we can enjoy the movie without the elephant in the room." she said softly, snuggling into her couch to get comfortable as he sat beside her, and grabbed her TV remote.
"Wait, we didn't agree on a movie, especially since there's a basketball game on," he reminded her.
She exhaled as she shifted her gaze from the television to John. "Oh come on John! It's the Knicks, so we already know the outcome; they're going to lose."
"Have a little faith…."
Joss laughed. "Faith in the Knicks!—ha, that's a good one, John, almost like having faith that you won't commit a crime in a day."
"You wound me, detective."
She snorted. "How did you get in here again?" she asked innocently.
He shrugged. "It's not breaking and entering when you don't arrest me, Carter," he pointed out. Now, being arrested by this woman would be a pleasure.
She scoffed. "What good would it do if I did?—then I'd have to sneak you out of the holding cell," she commented dryly, earning her a soft chuckle from him. She motioned at the TV. "Besides Think Like A Man is on and it's a fun movie and we only missed the first twenty minutes or so! I think you'd enjoy it, and you really need to watch something besides sports and documentaries," she replied as she moved to turn it to the channel the movie was on.
John held out his hand and wiggled his fingers. "Hand me the remote, at least let's check the score before we settle on this movie. Maybe the Knicks will shock us."
She clutched the remote to her chest. "Nu-uh, we turn it to the channel that the game is on and then you'll want to stay watching it!" she countered.
Joss watched as his big hand came close and she twisted her body so he couldn't grab the remote from her. "Give me the remote, Carter…"
"No!" she said laughingly as she scooted as far away from him as she could as she practically hugged the armrest.
John reached for it but she had as quick of reflexes and jerked the remote above her head to keep it from his reaching hand. She tried to push him back, pressing her palm against his shoulder but that was like trying to push back a moving vehicle; it just wasn't happening. John leaned in close and reached above her head for the remote and his big hand wrapped around it and her hand.
"Got it," he murmured triumphantly with a smirk as his gaze slid down from the remote to her eyes and groaned inwardly as their faces were inches apart, so close that he could feel her soft warm breath washing over his lips. He stared into her large doe eyes that sparkled with something inside them.
Joss's breath hitched as his light blue eyes darkened before they slipped to stare at her lips. She couldn't resist licking them and he moaned softly, sending tingles all throughout her body. She wouldn't mind hearing him moan like that again.
"Joss…" he whispered.
She didn't know what he wanted her to do because she was presently warring with herself over wanting to kiss him or jump up off the couch to get some much needed space between them. She just told him that they should forget their kiss and now here they were: pressed close together and about to make the same mistake again.
But he chose for them because his head bent and caught her lips with his. She sat still in surprise when it lasted longer than the brief kiss in the morgue. It lasted long enough for her to be able to imprint the feel of his lips against hers, to her memory. He pulled his soft lips off hers; and she sadly thought it was over, but he surprised her for the second time in a matter of seconds because he kissed her again.
Joss dropped the remote, which made a loud clattering sound as it fell to the hardwood floor, but she was more focused on wrapping her arms around his neck. She kissed him back as she let her fingers tease his nape, stroking that sweet V she found there, as his hands slid to her face, cupping her cheeks ever so gently, teasing her cheekbones with his fingertips, soft as butterfly touch, as he deepened the kiss.
She shivered as she burrowed closer to him, as his mouth moved on hers wanting more which she happily gave. She moaned in the back of her throat at the slide of his warm tongue against her lips seeking entrance which she greedily granted.
Now this was a kiss as his tongue met hers. But she wasn't submissive as she let her tongue tangle with his, causing John to pull her closer and she climbed onto his lap with his hands fisting in her hair as his mouth grew even more demanding.
They both let out a harsh mutual moan as they rubbed against each other intimately; his growing erection pressing directly against her center. She rolled her hips, loving the friction and from his sharp groan, so did he. Her hands dropped from his nape to run across his shoulders and dip to the front of his shirt needing his skin. She gasped as he sucked on her bottom lip, nipping it gently with his teeth.
She leaned into him, kissing him earnestly, slipping her tongue deep into his mouth to do some exploring of her own while her fingers fumbled with the second button of his white dress shirt. She was pushed back before she got the aggravating white button through the hole, feeling bereft of his delicious mouth. Her lips felt warm and swollen from his thorough kiss and they stared at each other, both breathless.
He licked his lips as he lifted her up and off him. "I should go," he whispered unevenly, not meeting her gaze, and stood.
Joss sat watching him move quickly to the sofa chair to soundlessly grab his suit blazer before walking to the foyer. She should say something but nothing came out, so she simply closed her eyes as she listened to the sounds of clothes rustling and then her door being opened and closed followed by overwhelming silence.
-SUSPEND REAL TIME MONITORING…
-ACCESSING ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE…
DATE: 11/24/2011
TIME: 16:01:54
NO CAMERA FEED AVAILABLE
PRIMARY ASSET'S PHONE'S MICROPHONE…
"Is everything okay, Mr. Reese?" Finch inquired.
"We got into this to stop bad things from happening to good people. Carter's been doing that her whole life. She's not just another number, Finch," he stated before footsteps sounded. "Some people the world can't afford to lose."
-SUSPEND FOOTAGE
-ACCESSING ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE…
DATE: 11/24/2011
TIME: 23:37:09
ROOFTOP CAM 14…
"Bodies fall from this height is messy; of course, I don't care about making it look clean, unlike your pal Elias," John stated.
"I don't know who you are, but you're threatening the captain," Captain Lynch stated with exaggerated bravado. John takes his gun from his holster to merely press it to his chest. "…okay, okay!"
"Elias can't kill a cop without permission, run this up the chain of command: permission's been revoked. Tell Elias if he so much as touches Detective Carter again; I will put him, you, everyone, in the ground. You got that?"
-SUSPEND FOOTAGE
-ACCESSING ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE
DATE: 11/13/2013
TIME: 03:53:12
CITY MORGUE – DOWNTOWN
HALL CAMERA FEED G…
(hard knocking) "John, John! Don't do this," Joss pleaded.
John swallowed hard as he moved close to the door that Joss was on the other side of and rested his hand softly to the door. "Sorry, Joss, but I can't lose you."
"They'll kill you…."
"They'll try, I'm counting on it. Listen, I'll draw them out and you make a run for it with Quinn," he instructed.
"Anything happens to you, I swear; I'll hate you forever."
"You're stuck with me, remember?" he whispered.
-SUSPEND FOOTAGE
-SEARCHING DATABASES…
'YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME'
COLLOQUIAL TERM – FIGURE OF SPEECH
MEANING: ATTACHMENT OF ONESELF TO SOMEONE IN EITHER LOVE OR HATE
-SEARCHING DATABASES…
HATE
MEANING…
-MULTIPLE MEANINGS DETECTED
NOUN: FEEL INTENSE OR PASSIONATE DISLIKE FOR SOMEONE
NOUN: INTENSE OR PASSIONATE DISLIKE
-DISCARD HATE
-SEARCHING DATABASES…
LOVE
MEANING…
-MULTIPLE MEANINGS DETECTED…
NOUN: AN INTENSE FEELING OF DEEP AFFECTION
NOUN: A PERSON OR THING THAT LOVES
VERB: FEEL A DEEP ROMANTIC OR SEXUAL ATTACHMENT TO SOMEONE
-DEFINITION SELECTED
LOVE
VERB: FEEL A DEEP ROMANTIC OR SEXUAL ATTACHMENT TO SOMEONE
KEYWORD: ATTACHMENT
'YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME' – ATTACHMENT OF ONESELF TO SOMEONE,
LOVE – DEEP ROMANTIC OR SEXUAL ATTACHMENT TO SOMEONE
-RESETTING TO REAL TIME MONITORING…
-SECURE LOCATION – DETECTIVE CARTER'S RESIDENCE
-LOCATION ANALYSIS…
POSSIBLE SIGNAL:
CELL PHONE: CONTRACT, VERIZON – 917-XXX-5473
-VERIFYING I.D…
ASSET: CARTER, JOCELYN
POLICE DETECTIVE – HOMICIDE TASK FORCE
SSN: XXX-XX-7863
STATUS: ACTIVE
-IDENTITY CONFIRMED
-ASSESSING CAMERA FEEDS…
NO CAMERA FEEDS DETECTED
-ACCESSING PHONE'S MICROPHONE…
COMPLETE
-MONITORING ASSET…
AN: Okay so the machine gets a tiny (really tiny) part in this story. I used a few of the major moments that Carter and Reese had in the show for the machine to look back on as it tries to figure out what is going on between them. Two were specific scenes from 1x9 and the other is from 3x9. But don't worry if you don't like this format, it's not in the next chapter or really any other for that matter but this sets things up.
Thanks for reading!