Title: Pieces of Eight

Disclaimer: I don't own Gossip Girl, any of its characters or anything of that much value.

Summary: The pieces that fit together to make Chuck hers and make Blair his. Sweet CB.


The Stare

It is the way he stares at her. It does something to her.

When she was with Nate it infuriated her. She was a lady, and it was not proper to stare at a lady like she was some tasty dish that he wanted to devour. She's pretty sure no one ever stared at Audrey like that. Later she would tell him that and he would just laugh.

"Audrey never looked so fucking hot in a school uniform though."

And then he was on top of her and she forgot all about the time before she belonged to him.

After their Victrola limo interlude, that same stare ignited a rolling heat to unfurl between her legs. Just one look from him and she'd be craving his mouth on her breast or his fingers plunging into her heat. When he stared she could tell he was craving the same. But back then they were both denying themselves of what they thought they weren't ready for. Waiting for that elusive future.

Now when he stares at her in that way, one of two things can happen. When she's feeling light and cheery she will simply take his hand and they will retreat to their room.

But she is Blair Waldorf and the vindictive bitch has never really died inside her. So every now and then when he stares, she'll pretend to ignore it, loving the way his stare gets more and more intense with time.

She'll linger just a touch longer after kissing him good bye when he is off to work or wear his favourite lingerie in the living room knowing Nate could come home at any time. Another time she came to his office in a short pencil skirt knowing the librarian look drives him crazy. She admits that dropping her pencil deliberately so she has to bend at the waist to pick it up, is a cheap trick. But they all yield the desired result.

That's when the stare twists from dark to flaring. As she teases, the tension builds to the point of breaking and she can see something shift in his eyes. It led to Chuck shoving her against the front door of the apartment, finishing only minutes before his roommate unlocked it. Even bending her over his office desk and taking her from behind while his secretary buzzed his intercom incessantly.

He asks her if she has a thing for getting caught and she slaps him in the face.

"It's your fault! You keep staring at me!"

And then she gives him a guilty little smile, takes his hand and they retreat to their room.