Title: At Your Service
Pairing: Niles/CC
Rating: T
Genre: Het
Cat: Humor, Romance
Spoilers: None.
Warnings: None.
Summary: Niles sees Miss Babcock flirting with a potential backer at a party at the mansion and decides he's going to do something about it.
Author's Note: (Wow, that was a terrible summary, lol.) Written for Kagome for the Nepal auction on NFA! She requested The Nanny, with either UST or something funny with Niles & CC. I think I was able to combine both in here. Enjoy!
He heard her loud laugh before he saw her, and turned in the direction of the sound. What he saw made his eyes narrow.
CC stood next to one of her and Maxwell's backers, a Stanley Peterson, as he'd announced himself, and if Niles hadn't liked the man when he'd introduced himself, he certainly didn't care for the man now, as CC was practically wrapped around him as she flirted her way into his bank account.
Oh, he realized it was likely a strategic business move on her part, and he couldn't fault her for that, but did she have to hang on him like that? Disgusting.
"Hey, Niles," Fran's nasally voice tore him from his thoughts, and he looked over to where she was pouring herself a healthy amount of wine. He took the bottle from her before she could fill the glass and she stuck her tongue out at him, but the look on her face changed when she saw his expression. "What's up, Gloomy Gus? You look like you just tasted a dirty sock." She punctuated her point by taking a drink of her wine, then made a face at the taste. "Actually, that's not too far off," she muttered, setting the glass back on the table.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Niles responded with a sniff, but couldn't keep his gaze from turning back in CC's direction, and Fran followed his line of vision.
"Oh, I get it now," she said, and Niles tried not to snap his gaze back to her, lest she truly understand his concerns. "You've lost your toy and you don't want anybody else playing with it."
Niles rolled his eyes and, without thinking, said, "Miss Babcock is not. . ." before shutting up quickly and glancing over at Fran, hoping she hadn't heard, but of course she was smirking.
He swallowed and focused back on CC and Stanley, his eyes darkening as Stanley's hand came just a little too close to CC's behind for his liking. "Well, perhaps she needs her wine refreshed. She's certainly not getting any younger." He knew the insult was weak at best, but he just needed an excuse to go over by her.
He approached them from behind, the sound of CC's false laughter causing him to cringe. She turned slightly, her lips turning into a scowl for the briefest moment before she plastered on a fake smile. "Something you need, Niles?"
He held up the bottle of wine. "Just thought you might like some more wine," he said, then proceeded to "accidentally" spill said wine onto the front of her ivory dress. She gasped and he managed to keep a straight face as he said, "Oops."
"Oops?!" CC repeated, then remembered her company and smoothly said, "Oh, that's okay, Niles, we'll just go clean it off in the kitchen, won't we?"
Niles smiled, satisfied. "Gladly."
CC managed to keep her composure until the kitchen door swung shut behind them, then she was stabbing a manicured fingernail into Niles' chest. "Explain, Toilet Brush."
Niles gave her a withering look. "I'd apologize for the spill, but it was such a big target, I couldn't possibly have missed."
CC continued to watch him for an uncomfortably long time, then her lips turned up into a devious smile. "You missed me," she said, and grinned harder when Niles crossed his arms over his chest and let out a huff. "What was it, afraid I'd found someone new to torture? I saw you watching me."
"Surprised you noticed, the way you were sucking the life out of your company," he grumbled, and CC gasped.
"You were jealous!" she exclaimed, and Niles' gaze snapped up to her face. She gave him a challenging look. "Sounds like you couldn't handle the thought of someone finding me attractive."
"Of course not, you're atrocious," Niles responded but, again, knew his comeback was terrible.
"Hmm," was all CC said, before reaching behind her back and unzipping her dress, while Niles watched with wide eyes. She gave him an innocent look. "Need to take this off in order to get it clean, right?"
He didn't respond as the dress dropped to the ground, revealing the lacy camisole and half slip she wore beneath, and then there was only one thing he could say.
"Oh, baby," he murmured, just before he grabbed her by her waist and drew her to him, planting a searing kiss on her lips.
They continued to kiss passionately until they heard voices growing louder outside the kitchen door and broke apart, breathing heavily.
"You're appalling," CC hissed.
"Right back atcha, she-devil," he said, then glanced at the kitchen door. "Wanna go upstairs?"
"I'd race you, but you'd probably die before we got there," CC responded, and they were off.
Fran entered the kitchen a moment later and noticed CC's dress on the floor. She picked it up, one eyebrow raised, then muttered, "Let's hope they at least made it to a bedroom," before dropping it back on the floor and heading back to the party.
THE END!
