Prompt: (Because Age of Ultron comes out tomorrow) Lizzie asks Red to go see a movie with her, because one of the characters sounds like him.
Liz walked out of the movie theater in a daze. The first movie she had been to see in over two years, and THIS is what happens?
The movie itself was spectacular. Comics had never really been Liz's thing, but she had seen the first Avengers movie at Tom's insistence, and she was on the edge of her seat the entire time. So… when she happened to catch the tail end of the trailer for The Avengers: Age of Ultron, she made herself a promise that she would take the time to go see it, no matter what other things she had going on.
It did not disappoint.
The action was unbelievable, as she knew it would be. The moments of comedy were thrown in at all the right places, and there was even a bit of romance between two characters that she NEVER thought would be interested in each other. And then there was…Ultron. Ultron gave the movie something extra special. He was intriguing…maniacal…seductive…
Liz shook her head as she lumbered through the parking lot and found her car. She found the robot sexy. It was a sad situation, really. Some of the sexiest men in Hollywood strutting their stuff on the screen, and she was drooling over the robot. But what was REALLY getting to her was the reason she found him sexy. His voice was hypnotic, almost. Mechanical and sensual at the same time. He sounded like heaven.
He sounded like Red.
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"You want me to go see a movie?"
Red's voice practically dripped with disbelief, and Liz could hardly believe it herself. There was a soft tapping over the phone and she wondered if he was tapping his hand on the table, a nervous habit she had tried not to notice. Was she making him nervous?
"Yes. Actually, I want you to go see a movie with me. Like…the two of us would go together." Every bit of the air in Liz's body seemed to escape at that very moment, severely impacting her ability to breathe. Should she have waited until The Avengers came out on DVD?
"Like a date? How forward of you, Lizzie. I'm pleasantly surprised."
Shit.
"It is NOT a date, Reddington," Liz insisted, flustered at his brazen flirtation. "We'll go dutch. I just want you to see this movie with me. There's this character…. You'll see. Just come with me."
"Fine. It's not a date. Not that I would take you to the movies on a date anyways. I like to think of myself as much more sophisticated than that."
Liz grinned. "You're really not."
"You're right. I'm not. I would totally take you to the movies. A dark theater…in the back row… I doubt I could tell you what the movie was about afterwards." There was a short pause as Liz tried to expel the image of the two of them in a movie theater dalliance out of her mind. It wasn't easy. "You know, Lizzie, I haven't been to a movie in years."
"You know what? I haven't either," Liz sighed. "Not since before…"
"Not since before you" hung in the air, but they both let it slide. For once Liz was in no mood to bring it up.
"So what time do you want me to pick you up for our non-date?"
Liz raised a brow in surprise. "Are you actually going to drive? CAN you drive?"
"I take offense to that," Red huffed over the phone. "Yes, I can drive. Dembe can have the night off. He deserves one."
"Yes, he does," Liz agreed. "And so do we."
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Ironically, Red and Liz ended up on the back row of the crowded theater, barely able to find seats among the throngs of people waiting to see Age of Ultron. Red had insisted on paying, of course, and had also insisted on drinks and popcorn. "I haven't had soda in ages," he remarked when Liz pulled a surprised face at his choice of beverages. Liz had balked at getting a bag of popcorn for herself, knowing she would never be able to eat it all, so Red had purchased a bag big enough for the both of them.
If the people at work could see them now, sharing popcorn in a dark, crowded theater…
"Who is this character I'm supposed to be watching out for?"
Red's warm breath on her ear sent chills down Liz's spine.
"You'll know him when you see him. Or when you hear him," Liz whispered back, not daring to turn her head. "Just hush and watch. The movie is about to start."
"It's just previews, Lizzie. Nobody cares about the previews."
Red leaned back into his seat and snacked on a handful of popcorn, tilting the bag in her direction so that she could get a handful as well.
"I care about the previews," Liz hissed, thoughtlessly grabbing popcorn out of the bag and spilling it all over her jeans. "I may want to actually come back to see another movie…get some normalcy back into my life."
"Humph… normalcy," Red muttered as he brushed away the stray popcorn that had landed on his lap. "Normal is boring. Normal is for other people. Now coming to a movie theater with ME? That's not normal and it's certainly not boring."
"If I agree will you shut up? The movie is starting."
The conversation ground to a halt as the lights dimmed even lower and the movie started. Even though she had just watched it the night before, Liz found herself entranced all over again, lost in the world of The Avengers. She was so caught up in the story that she barely noticed herself slouching down in her seat, her shoulders sliding against Red's, her legs comfortably resting against his as their fingers brushed in the shared bag of popcorn…. She did, however, notice when an eerily familiar voice filled the theater.
"What is this place?"
"Holy…Lizzie, what the hell?" Red tensed against her, ignoring the murderous glances he was receiving from several Avengers fans trying to watch the movie. "You should have warned me!"
"Shhhh!" Liz shushed. "How in the world was I supposed to do that? It's one of those things you don't believe until you hear it. Besides… it's a lot more fun this way." Her lips brushed his ear unintentionally and she smiled to herself when she felt his muscles flex as he gripped the armrest for dear life.
"More fun for you, maybe." Red relaxed back into his chair, but his face remained tense as he watched the screen and listened to his voice come out of a huge, strangely lifelike robot. The more the thing talked, the more tense Red became, until finally Liz took pity on him and placed her hand over his, squeezing when Ultron started to speak. It seemed to calm him down, though it certainly didn't calm HER down. Armed with the knowledge that, somehow, that voice did not actually belong to the man who had charged into her life and wrecked it, Liz was finally able to let go and admit it…that voice did things to her.
Naughty things.
She wanted that voice whispering to her in the dead of night, erasing all memories of the higher, lying voice that had so often put her to sleep. She wanted that voice on the other end of her phone, asking her what she was wearing and telling her to take it off. She wanted that voice… period.
"Ouch!"
Liz was pulled from her erotic little fantasies by Red shaking her hand from his.
"If this is scary for you then I am never taking you to see a real scary movie," he groaned, shaking his hand and grimacing in pain. "You'll break my hand!"
"I'm so sorry!" Liz whispered, embarrassed at forgetting herself like that. "Here…give it back." She coaxed his hand back into hers and rubbed it soothingly. "It's almost over." Turning her attention back to the movie, she continued to rub the back of his hand distractedly. It was either that or let her hands do what they REALLY wanted to do…
And that was not appropriate in a movie theater.
It really wasn't her fault. She couldn't be held responsible for the embarrassing lack of self control that voice prompted. It was calling to her…beckoning… "Lizzie…Lizzie…"
"Lizzie?"
Liz let out a little shriek as she realized that one of the owners of that voice was trying to get her attention.
"Lizzie…" Red regarded her quizzically, taking in her flushed skin and nervous demeanor, concern etched across his face until he realized what ailed her. A slow grin spread across his face, and he leaned in to make sure his inquiry remained private. "Is this turning you on?"
Unable to speak, Liz nodded.
"Ultron's voice?"
Liz nodded again.
"MY voice?"
Liz hesitated before nodding again, knowing she had been caught out anyway.
"Lizzie?"
Red's hot breath against Liz's ear would most absolutely be her undoing. He took her hand and rubbed it suggestively, mirroring her earlier actions.
"If you let me take you home…I'll let you call me Ultron."
She didn't even stop to think twice.
"Deal."