PART 1

Originally posted on: Date: December 16, 2005

Lee opened the door to the quarters he shared with Kara and groaned. Papers were thrown all about the desk, scattered on the seating area and even strewn across the floor. He stepped gingerly into the living area and carefully picked his way across the floor. Kara was in the midst of starting a new training class and he knew there was probably a method to the madness that was greeting him, but it made him cringe nonetheless. He hated to be anal about neatness, but if she didn't get her stuff together soon, he was going to go insane. When he walked into the bedroom to find papers all over the bed he literally had to count to ten before he could breathe again. He and Kara needed to have a conversation…soon.

Kara grabbed up the latest forms that had been turned in by potential trainees. She had over 100 to go through now and she had to weed through them within a week's time. She needed an office. Right now her quarters served that function and it wasn't ideal. She liked to spread out the applications and make separate piles for those who had potential and those who didn't. Then she broke down the potential recruits into different levels and from there she would build her newest class and any future classes. It was a huge undertaking, one she wasn't sure she was up for. Lee was being a huge help weeding out the good from the bad, which was why she had everything in their quarters for now. She knew it was probably driving him nuts because Lee was nothing if not neat. For herself, she functioned better in chaos relying on her instincts to do the job. She opened the door to her space with Lee and saw him standing in the middle of the living area, a bewildered look on his face. Uh oh. This didn't look good.

She breezed through the door after deciding to take a humorous approach. "You lost?" She sat the latest stack of applications on the table and then cleared a space on the seating area. "Have a seat, Lee." She stepped back and waited.

Lee crossed over to the seating area and sat down. He heaved a big sigh before speaking. "Kara. I know this is the biggest attempt to recruit that we've done since the world ended, but please…our quarters look like a paper bomb went off." He scrubbed his hands over his face. "I hate being an ass about this, but gods, Kara, I'm afraid to walk through here for fear I'll move something important." His stood up and sat right back down…he couldn't even pace around to work off his frustration. He looked back at Kara, who wasn't responding. She just raised her eyebrows at him, waiting for him to continue. "The bed. I can't even see the bed for all the paper on top of it." He closed his eyes before continuing. "Would it be possible to contain this stuff to a single room?" He opened his eyes again and waited for a response.

Kara was irritated, but unfortunately, she could see his point. She didn't have to like it, though. She had a week to get through a mountain of paperwork. What was a week? "Right. Single room coming up" She walked into the bedroom and gathered all the forms from the bed in a haphazard pile and then stalked back into the living space. "Happy?" She tossed the papers by the pile she just came home with. Frak. She really didn't want to argue with him, but she was feeling the pressure to get this finished.

Lee shook his head. "You didn't have to do that." He got up and carefully stepped around the papers still on the floor. "Look, I know you have a system that works for you and spreading out helps the process." He stopped in front of her and pulled her to him. "I've worked on this with you enough this week to get that." He stoked his hand over her hair. "Let me help you. There has to be a way we can keep the process going without wrecking our own space…at least until they assign an office to you." He leaned back to see how she was taking his suggestion.

Kara's face remained impassive while she mulled over Lee's offer. She hated giving up any kind of control but even she hated the mess they were living with right now. What the hell? He could help her go through everything and organize it a little better. It was going to be a long night. Kara grinned and looked up at Lee. Instead of answering, she stepped back and pulled him toward the newly cleaned off bed. If they were going to be up all night, at least they could start things off with some fun.

Lee let Kara lead him to the bedroom. She hadn't given him an answer yet, but he wasn't going to complain. If frakking got him any closer to having a living space he could at least walk through, who was he to question it? He wasn't going to let it distract him from his final goal, though. As she lay on the bed, he started to remove his shirt while she slid down her pants. "So what's the plan, Kara?" When he removed his trousers, Kara sat up and removed her final barriers, still not answering him. "Are you aiming to make me forget the mess in the next room?" He crawled over top of her and gazed at her while she smiled up at him and asked if it was working. When he shook his head no, she shrugged her shoulders muttering something about it being worth a try. He grinned at her and then leaned down and brushed his lips over hers, teasing them open with his tongue. Once he gained access the kiss deepened and the familiar fire flared between them. He knew they would be working the rest of the night on getting things organized.

Kara ran her hands up Lee's back and over his shoulders. She reveled in feeling his skin. His tongue was skimming over her shoulder and she followed suit with hers. She ran her foot down his the solid muscle of his calf and then trailed it back up again. When he shifted his position to settle between her legs she sucked in a breath of anticipation. His first thrust still always took her breath away, even after being together as often as they had been. She gave him a sultry smile as he positioned himself to enter her.

As Kara smiled up at him, Lee leaned down to run his tongue over her bottom lip while he slid into her slick folds. It was the same, yet different every time they came together. He always felt like he was coming home, but each entry, each stroke was something new to experience. It was some kind of magic that he only felt with her. Being free to love her openly only intensified the feelings he had while in her arms. He reached down and cupped her behind as he pulled her closer to him, making him plunge deeper within her walls of softness. He moaned at the gentle gripping sensation that surrounded him as he moved back and forth, in and out. He kissed the side of her face, sliding his lips to her ear telling her he loved her.

As Lee pulled her snug against him, Kara felt herself tighten around his length. He was deep inside her, where she loved him to be. His pace was leisurely and she could feel the exquisite pressure slowly building down low in her belly. Every time they came together she felt it in her soul, as if she kept a piece of him while exchanging a part of herself. Kara marveled that instead of making her less than she was, it made her more complete. She planted her feet on the bed and shifted her hips upward, holding them steady as Lee moved over her. The proverbial heat burned between them and it wasn't going to be long before the fire spread out of control.

Lee groaned when Kara moved her hips into his favorite position. Each thrust brought him into contact with the bundle of nerves right at her center and his body went hot. He raised his head to watch the emotion on her face as he brought them both closer to the edge of reason. When Kara lifted her lips to his, he captured them in a brief flaming kiss before he gasped her name. He lowered himself to his elbows, brushing his chest across the tips of her breasts. They both shuddered at the contact. He felt the flame flicker as it sent heat spiraling through him. He was very close, they both were. His teeth scraped over Kara's shoulder as his lips moved upwards. He nipped at her ear lobe and blew a hot breath against her ear. He moved within her a little faster and she was gone.

When she felt Lee's chest brush across hers it sent shock waves straight to her toes. She felt the sting of his teeth on her shoulder and welcomed it. The pressure was building between them and Kara was ready for the swirl of pleasure to hit. Lee's hot breath in her ear sent her careening close to the precipice and when he thrust faster inside her she toppled over the edge and shattered, moaning his name. She felt him find his release after two more surges inside her while he gasped against her throat.

Lee rolled to his side and pulled Kara against his chest, her face lying over his pounding heart. He caressed her arm as their breathing returned to normal. When coherent thought was an option, he lifted her chin so he could see her. "Are we pulling an all-nighter?" When she giggled and nodded affirmative, he groaned.

Kara was amused at his reaction. "We could always stay in bed, if you'd prefer." She knew that as much as he would want to, the neat freak inside him wouldn't allow it. His grimace confirmed her knowledge. "I didn't think so." She sat up and pulled him up with her. "Let's go, Captain. We've got a lot of work to do." She grabbed a robe from the back of her open locker and slid it over her shoulders.

Lee wished she hadn't decided on the robe. It was his favorite, short and silky, and he would be distracted with her wearing it. He pulled on some sweats and followed her out into the living area where she was making what passed for coffee. As she reached up to the top shelf to get two mugs he caught a glimpse of the rounded flesh of her behind and decided they would have to take a break every couple of hours or he'd go insane. When he looked back up, Kara was grinning at him…that had been her plan all along. He gave her his best CAG glare and asked. "Okay. Where do we start?"

Kara wasn't fooled at all. She laughed and danced around the stacks of papers somehow managing to not move a single sheet. The loosely knotted robe slipped open exposing a line of flesh down her middle. She didn't fix it, just sat down on the hastily cleared cushion and grabbed the stack closest to her. "Why don't you go through these and weed out the non-qualified applicants." She waved the pages at him when he didn't respond because he was gazing at her barely covered breasts. "Lee…hello? You do want this mess cleared, right?" She had an evil grin on her face.

Lee's eyes snapped back to her face. He shook his head. "You are so bad, Kara." He grabbed the papers with a determined look in his eyes. "We will have at least a third of this room cleared within two hours." He sat down beside her and started to review the first application.

Kara smirked and stood up. "Two hours?" She grabbed another bunch of pages that were already disqualified and looked around for a file to stick them in. "Why two hours." She found a file on the floor and bent over to pick it up. She heard Lee's strangled oath and giggled.

Lee willed his body not to respond to her blatant attempt to get out of clearing the mass of papers. "Because in exactly two hours I'm carrying you back to our bed so I can frak you senseless for torturing me." He looked at her, daring her to contradict his statement.

Kara gave him a wide grin. "Is that a promise?" She slid a box over to him to put the qualified applicants in so she could go through them later.

Lee just raised an eyebrow at her. "Do you doubt me?" He picked the box up and sat it beside him. "Get busy…time's a wasting." Then he went back to reviewing the next application to the sound of her giggles.

FIN