Alina felt herself grow restless, even as she fought waking. She felt boneless and was tucked against a warm pillow. Warm… pillow… Hmmm…. Something was off about that. She felt herself awaken a bit further. Cracking open her eyes just a tiny bit, she saw a green arm. That shocked her fully awake.

She had crawled into his bed. She had been virtually hounded out of her room in the middle of the night by some gruff gentleman in what looked like a ridiculous spacesuit, who told her to get out while he patched up a piece of the wall that was apparently close to breaking off and sucking the contents of her room out into the void. She had blinked stupidly at the door the closed in her face, debated briefly heading toward the couch in the living area, then – still a bit drunken with sleep, what else could have prompted her to do something so reckless – decided that J'onn's room was just a few steps away, with a warm bed and a sexy alien. She didn't even stop to consider that the code might have been changed. She just plugged it in, let herself into his room, and curled up with him. Really, what had she been thinking! She had not been surprised when she had awoken alone a few hours later. As her room still seemed to be "under construction", she had found her clothes tossed in a box outside her door. She took it back with her to J'onn's room – he wasn't there, and she'd already crawled into his bed, how much worse could it get? – and proceeded to try to pick out an outfit not too wrinkled in the process.

And then… Then… She wasn't sure she hadn't imagined the rest. She turned her head slightly to look back and drank in the sight of all those sharp green edges that passed for a chin, and a nose, and a forehead. And then her gaze was met by a set of wise red eyes. She panicked. With J'onn kissing her, she hadn't been able to think straight. To panic. But now, naked and tucked against warm green skin, scrutinized under those timeless eyes, she had nothing to distract her from what she had done.

She had waltzed into his room, into his bed, and later had waltzed around in her underwear. And then they had done a different sort of waltzing. A slightly hysterical giggle escaped her.

"You are distressed." J'onn's tone made it clear it was not a question. He gently withdrew his arms from around her, starting to pull his whole body away from hers. "I apologize. I must have misunderstood something." The way he dropped his eyes finally made her react.

"No! No, you didn't misunderstand. I wanted this. I'm sorry. I… I just…" She stopped to take a deep breath. "I've wanted this for a long time, but I never thought to hope that you might be interested. I never allowed myself to really think about it because I thought it was impossible. I'm having a hard time believing it happened. That you…" She lost her nerve. She dropped her gaze to her hands. "That you might actually like me."

"I believed that I have been quite clear about how content I am with your presence in the tower." J'onn asked, slightly puzzled. "Of course I like you. Everyone likes you."

Alina laughed. A watery sound, but at least without the hysteric edge. "Ah, well. I sure hope the whole tower doesn't like me in the manner that involves waking up tangled and naked."

J'onn couldn't help chuckling a bit. "My apologies. Despite years in contact with humans, euphemisms sometimes escape me." He ran a hand through her hair, catching on tangles. "I admit I had never considered a further form of intimacy. My people simply don't think on such things. But I can assure you I will not be able to stop thinking about it now. I sought out your company and proximity before. Now that there is a way to be even closer to you, I will seek it out as well. Your presence soothes me."

Alina opened her mouth as if to say something. When no sound came out, she just closed it again, gave him a brilliant smile, and snuggled against his chest until he was forced to lie back down with Alina draped over him. His hand ran through her hair again, working gently through the knots and tangles. This was much better than getting a cat, he thought with a smile.

Author's Note: I know it has been FOREVER since I updated this. I had honestly forgotten about it!

But your kind reviews prodded me into action. I think my writing style has changed quite a bit in these past years.

What do you think? Is it still ok?

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