Penguin couldn't believe that of all the shops lining the town on the island that this particular shop was the one that he and his captain had ended up in. Based solely off the questionable merchandise, and the overkill of handcuffs and silk rope dotting the shelves, the pale eyed Heart Pirate believed that he and Law had just walked into a sex shop of some kind. And what Penguin saw in one corner of the shop gave him an idea of what to do about his captain's tendency of vanishing from sight.

"I wasn't aware people would require such a place but I guess I am not surprised in the least bit that it would exist." Law said suddenly, his voice bemused. "I rather doubt the marines will think to check in here, so we should be safe, for now." Law gave the store a once over and added. "Although given what is in here, safe is a relative term."

Penguin briefly looked away from Law as he tried very hard to not respond to that, because he was fairly certain of what his captain was hinting at. Instead, when the Heart Pirate brought his gaze back to Law, it was to find his captain eying the merchandise all around the store with an amused smirk. Penguin couldn't help but smile as well, although it was because he was remembering the sea stone bullet in his pocket. Law would kill him for even thinking to keep it if given the chance, so Penguin would have to be sneaky. He wanted something taken care of before his captain saw him and what it was that he was up to.

But first, he needed a way to distract Law. Given what he saw whenever he turned his head, Penguin had ideas all right, and none of them remotely appropriate while on the run from the marines. Penguin saw a room in the back of the store, near what appeared to be storage, so, as Law meandered around the shop with a smirk plastered on his face, Penguin went over to the owner of the shop. The pale eyed Heart Pirate softly inquired about the room and the man passed off a key and winked.

"Can you incorporate this into something here?" Penguin asked as he drew out the bullet. "And so that it won't get knocked loose."

The man looked at the bullet, looked at Law wandering around, and then back to Penguin. "You have something in mind?"

Penguin's gaze lingered on a collar, and just as he was about to find some handcuffs, because really, a collar, the shop keeper had already seen what caught his eyes.

"I wouldn't recommend that one. Too tight." The shop keeper leered at Penguin. "I'll take a look in back and find something that I can stick that stone in so it won't get shaken loose."

"How much will it cost?" Penguin asked, again checking to make sure that Law was out of earshot.

The shop keeper caught the pale eyed pirate' gaze lingering and grinned, tapping the key on the counter. "Why don't you use the room in the back there? The one on the left? Should give me enough time to find something and get it taken care of."

"And the price?" Penguin asked again.

"I'll do it for free." The man said simply. "Those damn marines are hell on my business when they linger on the island in such a force." The shop keeper's leer was back. "Besides, it's good to see younger men such as yourselves live it up a little. Why, just the other day, there was-"

Penguin hastily vacated the front counter, embarrassed as he crossed the room to go over to Law, who was still smirking at some of the shelves.

"Find something you like here?" Law asked lightly as he cast a brief glance over his shoulder at his crewmate.

Penguin felt that Law was most certainly teasing him so he merely reached out and gripped his captain by the arm.

Law raised a brow at the action but said nothing as he allowed Penguin to lead him over to the room nearby and unlocked the left hand door.

Penguin was a little offended that Law was still smiling at him even as he closed the door. The Heart pirate then observed the room and decided he deserved any and all teasing because of what was in the room.

A bed.

The rest of the room was littered with unopened boxes of stuff pertaining to sexual escapades of varying degrees and natures.

How very awkward.

"Is there something you want to tell me, Penguin?" Law queried in a sarcastic way. "This room can't be clean, considering its dubious use."

"I'm not going to do that." Penguin said even if he wanted to. "I just want wanted to try something."

"Like what?" Law asked with another infuriating smirk.

"This." Penguin said simply as he took his captain to the ground. The pale eyed Heart Pirate had one knee lightly into Law's back in no time at all. Penguin brought one of his captain's arms behind his back to dissuade movement. "And I want to tie you up." The Heart Pirate heard what sounded like faint embarrassment in Law's voice when his captain ventured to speak after a few moments.

"I fail to see the appeal." Law stated in a vague voice. "What exactly are you trying to do?"

Penguin wanted to tell his captain that he really, really wanted to tie him up even more because even if Law didn't sound thrilled over the idea, there was still a hint of interest. A hint of interest that held a promise of something hot and interesting that might happen should the mood be in a better light. It would not, however, occur in some shady sex shop in a dark room of which cleanliness was questionable considering the decorations and the odd scents that lingered. It was very difficult for Penguin to hold back from doing what he really wanted to because of all the items scattered around the room, despite having a slight crawling sensation about how sanitary the floor was. The Heart Pirate almost lost control anyway, but Law's Devil Fruit powers ruined whatever fun Penguin may have gone through with.

"Room."

The way Law chose to use his powers threw Penguin off because the Heart Pirate suddenly found himself on the ground and pinned in a similar manner as he'd just had Law in. What really threw the pale eyed pirate for a loop was the fact that he as somehow wearing his captain's clothes.

What the heck?

"So, Penguin…" Law's breath spilled over the side of his crewmate's neck. "Should I take your actions and words to mean that you would like to tie your captain up and have your way with him?"

"Yes." Penguin only briefly hesitated before he answered. He didn't want to back down now.

"This turns you on?" Law pressed. "It turns you on when you think about restraining me in some way?"

Penguin groaned something before he managed to answer his captain. "Yes, it does."

"Then why do you sound so ashamed about it when you say so?" Law asked curiously.

"I…I'm not." Penguin tapered off when Law gripped his arm tight before he eased up and the Heart Pirate spoke reluctantly. "You're my captain but I still want to tie you up or handcuff you anyway."

"You like me." Law stated.

"Yes." Penguin was glad he was staring at the ground. He was sure he had to have a blush across his cheeks by now.

Law was silent before he muttered something.

The next thing Penguin knew he was pinning Law against the ground again.

"This place is probably not very sanitary. We should leave the shop and keep an eye out for the ship." Law said dryly. "We can't have them wait for us if we distract ourselves too much."

Penguin eased off of his captain and both of them left the room without a word. Law left the shop first but Penguin lingered behind to return the key.

"Have fun?" The shop keeper asked as he set a collar on the counter.

"Of a sort." Penguin agreed as he eyed the collar and decided it would do and felt, as he picked it up and traced the sea stone with a finger, that Law was going to kill him for it unless he had a really good sense of humor.

"Want anything else? I'll throw a few things in for a low price." The shop keeper said. "That guy that you came in with looked like he'd be a biter. Maybe you want that gag? Or those handcuffs?"

Penguin silently glanced at the aforementioned items and cursed internally. He plucked a plain set of cuffs off a shelf next to the counter and dropped them on the counter. Penguin considered a few other things and then dropped a few of those on the table as well as the shop keeper joked around some more as he finished around for a bag. Penguin was relieved to leave the shop a minute later even if he clutched a bag to his chest as if he weren't going to let go. Otherwise someone might see what was in it.

Like Law.

Penguin wasn't ready for him to see what was in the bag just yet. In fact, one item in particular Penguin was hoping Law would not see until he was able to get it on him was the collar. Penguin managed to not act overly embarrassed when his golden eyed captain gave him a searching stare for actually purchasing something.

With a shake of his head, Law began to walk. "Let's go."

"Aye, captain." Penguin said automatically as he followed after the other man. Penguin felt that he had been able to solve the problem of Law warping away, but the Heart Pirate wasn't so sure if his captain had given the okay regarding restraints. Penguin decided that he would find out the next time he was alone with Law.

But for now, they had to keep out of marine sight as they waited for their crewmates to come get them offshore.

-x-

Penguin and Law were reunited with their crew an hour later.

The pale eyed Heart Pirate had had brief doubts about getting to the ship safely considering how close a group of marines has gotten to them. Penguin knew that he should have known better than to underestimate Law's stamina, injured or not.

One moment they were running as fast as they could along the beach with marines gaining on them and the next Penguin found himself on the deck of the submarine with Law nonchalantly shouldering his nodachi. His captain looked as if he were unconcerned about the marines now that they were out of range.

For now.

The crew clamored around their captain and other fellow crewmate but instead of asking what to do about the marine ships in the distance, something else had caught their attention.

"Why're you wearing the captain's hat, Penguin?"

Penguin had completely forgotten that he was wearing it, and luckily he avoided answering it as Law stepped in to cover for him.

"He was being harassed over his eyes, so I lent my hat so that we had an easier time drawing the marine's attention." The dark haired captain said smoothly.

Penguin hadn't been harassed but felt it would have been only a matter of time before it happened and he was grateful Law had covered for him so easily. The truth would have been a bit harder to swallow and Penguin wasn't ready to admit to his crewmates that he badly wanted to fuck their captain and Law appeared to be agreeable to the idea.

"Get the ship under way and dive. We don't want the marines following us to our rendezvous with Straw Hat-ya and his crew." Law ordered, his voice holding no room for arguments. When everyone went off to do as asked, the Heart Pirate captain turned and held out a hand. "I don't think you have to worry about being hatless on the submarine, do you?"

Penguin shook his head as he silently took the hat off and gave it back to his captain. And after a brief hand touch between them, Penguin hastily went in to the cabins and that was when Shachi decided to pop up right next to him.

"So, what's in the bag, Pen?"

'Stuff I want to use on the captain' almost left Penguin's mouth. Instead, he clutched the bag closer to his chest and walked to his room, even though his crewmate still followed him. And when Shachi tried to crane over Penguin's shoulder for a peek, the redhead accidentally jostled his friend's wounded leg.

Penguin used Shachi's sudden surprise at his reaction to the jostle to get into his room. Penguin hastily hid the items from the bag around his room. The pale eyed Heart Pirate finished in time to plop the bag over Shachi's head as his fellow crewmate had entered his room without knocking.

"Hey!" Shachi protested as Penguin dragged him back out into the hall. "What's this for? I was just wondering if you got any booze on the sly."

Penguin might have scolded the red head had some other crewmates confronted him in the hall.

"The captain's hurt!"

"He said he was hit by a sea stone bullet."

"What happened?"

Penguin would have answered as best he could when his leg gave a painful twinge and he swayed in place with a grimace

Shachi got the bag off by then and gave his friend a concerned look when he saw that Penguin was favoring his leg. "You okay?"

The other crew members didn't even wait for Penguin to speak. They merely ushered him down the hall of the sub to the infirmary, their voices concerned.

"He's hurt too!"

"Damn marines!"

Penguin was too tired to bother protesting. He just let his crewmates do as they would.

But as he and a rather irate Law were fussed over by the rest of the crew, it seemed as if it would be some time before he and the captain would get a chance to be alone again.

-x-

Penguin knew that the meeting with Straw Hat Luffy and his crew was important and that discussing their plans to take on Kaido was important as well. But Penguin found it hard to focus because of how touchy feely Luffy was around Law even if it was just a friendly arm over the shoulder. Penguin didn't like it and knew that Law knew that he didn't like it because his captain was smirking at him.

And continued to smirk at him throughout the beginning and middle of the discussion, which was too long for Penguin to even think to keep his hands to himself. When the finer details of the plan began to be discussed amongst both crews, Penguin could no longer take it anymore. The pale eyed Heart Pirate rose and gave Law an obvious look before heading below deck on Straw Hat Luffy's ship, and went to where there was an aquarium and a bench or two to sit on.

"I'll be right back. I need to discuss something with my crewmate briefly." Law's voice was calm and steady.

Penguin impatiently waited for his captain to show and when he came into the room and shut the door, the pale eyed Heart Pirate found himself faced with a sarcastically said question.

"What could be so important that you can't wait until we get back to our ship to discuss it?" Law let out a grunt as Penguin silently walked right up to him, grabbed him by the arm and all but dragged him over to the bench and kissed him.

The Heart Pirate didn't even bother to shove Law over onto the seat yet. No, he wanted to kiss that damn smirk off his captain's face first. Penguin let a lot of tongue creep into the kiss in order to let Law know how agitated he was. Then, when he felt he had made his point, Penguin shoved Law backward onto the bench.

Law settled on his back and stared up at Penguin with a faint smile. "Oh, so you did have something you wanted to discuss?"

"I do." Penguin settled over Law and gave a very obvious and very slow grind down against his captain's crotch with a shift of his hips. "We've been being interrupted too often in the past week. I've wanted to touch you."

"Having sex on someone else's ship would be rather tasteless." Law pointed out even as he reached his hands up to slide them lightly along Penguin's side. "But I must confess that I have wanted to touch you as well."

"It would be inappropriate to do something here, where anyone could see us, I guess." Penguin sat up to let Law up only to drag his captain onto his lap. The pale eyed Heart Pirate settled comfortably against the back of the bench and wrapped his arms around Law's waist up pull his captain's back up against his chest.

"Penguin?"

"We might not be able to go all the way right now but I still want to touch you." Penguin breathed against the side of Law's neck. "Relax and let me get you off?"

Law immediately went slack after he'd all but made haste to undo the belt of his pants and wriggle out of them slightly. And in doing that, Law revealed something else to his crewmate.

Penguin wrapped a hand around the other man's shaft and began to stoke and groaned against his captain's neck as he thumbed the tip. "You're teasing me too damn much, especially when you choose to not wear briefs."

Law was tight lipped but he gave a slight buck of his hips to press up into Penguin's hand.

Penguin figured he was being quiet because of the fact that their crewmates and Straw Hat Luffy's crew were out on deck and could potentially hear them. But unbeknownst to his captain, Penguin actually wasn't going to get him off. Not just then. Not after all the teasing that had been going on for the past week. He wanted Law to be uncomfortable until they got back to their ship, and only then would Penguin do something with his captain. The Heart Pirate slowly reached into a pocket and hoped Law wouldn't kill him for what he was about to do or for what he was to do in the near future. It wasn't the sea stone item he'd gotten but another to drive Law a bit crazy.

Penguin stopped stroking Law, and when he started fumbling with what was in his hand was when his captain finally spoke up in an impatient tone.

"What are you doing?" Law asked, before he reached for his own lap with a sigh. "If you're not going to finish then don't start. Don't even say you'll do it if you won't."

Penguin slapped his captain's hand away and bit down on the side of his neck before speaking. "I will, but not until later." Penguin hastily slipped something around Law's dick and felt a sharp intake of breath from his captain as realization of what was there set in. Penguin felt he might have gone too far with a cock ring of all things but instead of an angry Law he got a turned on Law. Or at least Penguin thought so, because his captain had abruptly turned around on his lap and sealed his lips over his own for a deep kiss.

"Kinky." Law breathed against Penguin's lips as he broke the kiss. "I was wondering why you stayed a bit longer in that shop." The dark haired pirate captain was silent as he allowed his crewmate to tug his pants back up in place, and after a brief caress that made Law set his jaw, he added. "I didn't think you'd get a c-"

"I'll take it off later and take care of it when we're alone later." Penguin ran a hand lightly along Law's back. "I think I'd like to suck off you to finish later tonight."

"I'll think about it." Law looked like he was going to give his crewmate another kiss when there was a single loud knock on the door.

The two hastily parted from one another as Shachi poked his head inside.

"Were you guys fighting?" Shachi asked due to the fact that Penguin's face was flushed and Law was fidgeting with his hands over his lap.

Both Law and Penguin shook their heads in response to their red haired crewmate's question.

"Well, the plans have been finalized, so we can go back to our ship." Shachi informed his crewmates before he withdrew from the room.

Penguin and Law rose from the bench and the pale eyed Heart Pirate dared to go and grind up against his captain's backside. Penguin even slipped a hand around to palm Law's crotch with a hand as he traced the ring preventing his captain's release. "My offer stands, if you're still interested tonight, so long as you don't take this off for too long."

Law pressed briefly against Penguin's hand before he continued on his way to the door as if he wasn't spotting an erection that he could do nothing about at that point in time.

-x-

It took longer than Penguin thought it would to get back to their submarine but that wasn't the worry. His worry was that Law would be angry at him for using that cock ring but at the same time, his captain hadn't taken it off. That Penguin could tell, anyway, because Law was acting like nothing was going on again. In fact, his captain didn't seem to be upset in the least bit. But once the ship was under way, there was no indication from Law that the pale eyed Heart Pirate should go corner him in the infirmary or something of the sort to finish what had been more than hinted at. Instead, a completely unexpected sentence left Law's mouth.

"I'm going to go to bed." And without waiting to see if anyone would argue the point, which no one ever did when Law chose to sleep, the pirate captain strolled off to his room.

Penguin stared after him until his captain was gone. And then he went to his own room, slightly frustrated, and pondered a good two and a half hours before he finally made up his mind about what he would do in response.

Penguin was going to pay his captain a little midnight visit.

The pale eyed Heart Pirate gathered a few items throughout his room that he had hidden a week or so ago, and after ensuring that no one was in the hall of the sub, stole down it as silently as he could. He stood before Law's cabin door and considered the fact that he'd never lingered too long in his captain's room but to give him a cup of coffee or to wake him up and get him to roll out of bed for the day. Penguin tested the doorknob and as soon as he realized that it was open, he smiled to himself.

He would take the unlocked door as an invitation.

Penguin entered the room and closed it, before he locked it. It wouldn't do for any of their crewmates to walk in on them. They could fend for themselves for a few hours. Penguin held still to allow his eyes to adjust to the dim lighting of the room, and once he could see well enough, crossed the room over to the bed where Law was resting. As Penguin drew nearer, he discovered it was a bigger and nicer bed than his own, and felt a little jealous over the fact. Then he decided that it would be good to have a bed big enough for two people.

The Heart Pirate turned his attention to his captain, and found that Law was fast asleep, and it had to have meant that he'd been exhausted. Penguin couldn't think of a time when he wasn't. Penguin watched as Law made some soft sound and turned over with a sigh, sheet sliding down his chest to reveal tattoos in the shape of a heart across his chest.

Penguin also noticed that Law wasn't wearing a shirt.

Perhaps Law had been waiting for him after all and had given up and gone to sleep. Penguin considered it as he eyed the tanned skin that was visible. He wanted to jump Law right now, but he had to be patient and get a little something taken care of first.

Law's tendency to flee when it got a little too hot in the room from all the heavy touching and kisses.

Penguin glanced down at a slim, loose collar in his hand and where it had been fitted with the sea stone bullet. There was no doubt in pale eyed pirate's mind that Law might overreact a little to being collared. He would take it off if Law really despised it, but he was hoping that his captain might feel a little something other than the sea stone. Penguin certainly felt himself getting a little hard in response to the idea of collaring and cutting Law off from his powers, however temporarily, so he could finally get around to what Law had been teasingly denying him for at least two weeks and especially when they'd been in that closet a week ago at the inn.

Penguin stared at the rise and fall of Law's chest and knew his captain would not be so calm the moment he secured the collar around his neck. Penguin carefully straddled Law's waist at the thought and carefully eased his captain's head up with a hand cupped behind the back of it to slide the collar around from behind. Emboldened at no reaction to the straddling or the lifting of his captain's head, Penguin carefully settled his captain's head back on the bed. As soon as Law's neck touched the collar, a slight furrow crossed Law's brow. Penguin hastily belted the collar together and closed the tiny lock with a click. He'd made sure to have a tiny lock to slip through the collar in order to prevent Law from removing it himself.

Hands gripped Penguin's wrists instantly, and rather hard, at that.

Penguin grimaced at the pressure but otherwise didn't do anything as he glanced back down to see that Law was awake and clearly pissed off from the heated glare in his eyes. Even if he had anticipated the anger, Penguin still wasn't ready for it, but since Law didn't say anything the pale eyed man boldly slipped a few fingers beneath the collar and gave it a light tug. "You have a problem with this?"

The golden gaze seemed to flare at the words, but otherwise Law said nothing.

Penguin held his captain's gaze but dropped his right hand down to reach beneath the sheet and made a sound in the back of his throat to find that Law was naked beneath the sheets. And still had the damn cock ring on and it made Penguin feel guilty because he would have thought Law would have taken it off if he didn't think he'd show up. "You left it on?"

"Because someone said they would take care of it." Law said in a taut voice. He was quiet a moment before reaching up and tapping the collar lightly with a finger. "Where'd you get sea stone prism?"

"Guess."

"The bullet?" Law smirked as he lazily took his crewmate in and seemed indifferent to the fact that he was being straddled. Instead, he took the opportunity to tease Penguin. "Ah, so the real reason you lingered in that sex ship comes to light. Everything makes sense now." Law's golden eyes reflected interest more than anger now as he locked gazes with the pale eyes above him. "Does this go along with your desire to tie me up and have your way with me? Will I get to do anything or are you going to take care of me?" Law settled on his back more obviously as he smirked. "I'm open to suggestions."

Penguin stared.

And then stared some more.

And then the Heart Pirate slowly slide to one side so that he could hug Law to him, and hastily draped one leg over his captain's to keep him from kicking the sheets off of him. "You're doing that on purpose, aren't you?"

"I'm merely stating what you obviously want to do. You clearly have it in your head, especially because of this." Law tapped the collar around his neck again. "Was that something you saw in the store and decided you wanted to see me in one? Because I could have found some collar to satisfy your curiosity, no need for sea stone." The dark haired captain said, reaching up to pat his crewmate on the back. "And you are wearing too many clothes to be in my room right now, if you really were you going to take care of this." Law grabbed one of Penguin's hands and held it over his dick for emphasis. "Or were you distracted earlier?"

"I wasn't sure what you wanted tonight. You didn't say anything." Penguin said, yanking his hand free of Law's.

"I said I was going to bed." Law said incredulously. "Whenever have I stated my intention to sleep when I never keep a regular sleeping schedule? That was for you and you alone to know that as soon as you could go down the hall without the crew seeing you, that you could come and join me." Law prodded Penguin's back again. "It took you longer than I figured it would, but you're here now. So…"

"Captain. Stop making this seem like we've done it before." Penguin said with a heavy exhale.

"I have been giving it thought this past week. And seeing as I think you have sex on mind right this very moment, I would rather you just call me by my name. It's very awkward to be called captain when your subordinate obviously wants to fuck you." Law slapped a hand to Penguin's crotch to cut off a protest. "That's an order, Penguin."

The Heart Pirate stared down at Law before he gave a single nod. Penguin was already whirling over the fact that yes, they were going to likely go all the way that night, and Law had just asked him to drop formalities.

"Understood, Penguin?" Law pressed as he lightly cupped Penguin this time.

"Yes, Law." Penguin felt a little thrill go through him at the sight of Law flashing him a grateful smile, clearly pleased for some reason. And then he frowned.

"What?" Penguin wondered if Law had changed his mind already.

"Why did you want a collar with sea stone in it?" Law gave Penguin a funny look. "Any collar would do, wouldn't it?"

"You don't know why?" Penguin asked. His captain was smart; surely he'd have figured it out by now.

"Enlighten me." Law said with a wry little smile. "I'm a bit worn out at the moment due to the sea stone."

Penguin moved back and all but threw the sheet off f his captain and damn, he found the sight of Law's naked and tanned body a very nice sight. And then Penguin's gaze dropped to his captain's lap, and he flinched sympathetically at the sight of the cock ring and reached over to remove it.

Law let out a visible sigh of relief when it was gone, before he fixed Penguin with a look. "Well?"

Penguin straddled Law once more and brought his face close to look down at him. The Heart Pirate couldn't help but smile as he responded. "It's so you won't run away when we get around to actually having sex."

"I wasn't going to run." Law said defensively, even if his expression said otherwise.

Penguin reached over and slipped a finger beneath the collar to give it a slight tug. "That's why I got this, though, to prevent you from leaving so abruptly. If you really don't want to wear it right now, I'll take it off. I didn't want you to be uncomfortable, I just…" Penguin fell silent at the sensation of Law removing his belt and tugging his pants down. The pale eyed Heart Pirate braced himself with one hand and bit back a small groan as Law's hand slipped around his dick and gave it a light squeeze.

"Hm, I think that this time around, you can leave it on." Law gave another squeeze with a tiny smile on his face. "You clearly like to see me in it, as it has gotten you hot and bothered already. And as long as you take care of this like you hinted at before..." Law let go to thrust his hips up at Penguin lightly to indicate his erection. "...Then I might overlook the fact that you got a collar in the first place, with sea stone set into it, and put it on me without asking first."

Penguin felt that was the go ahead, and as soon as Law let go of him he dipped down to draw his captain into a kiss as Law's arms immediately wrapped around his neck. The two of them licked their way into the kiss, and as Penguin began to dominate the kiss, he began to slowly and thoroughly inspect Law's mouth before he decided that his captain was right.

He was wearing too many clothes in this room but Penguin was sure that Law would be more than happy to help relieve him of said clothes.

-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x

A/N: Thanks for the reviews/favs/follows for the past few chapters. I honestly don't know what I'm doing anymore but I'm just going with it anyway. The next chapter might take a bit longer to post because I always take a long time to write smutty stuff and yeah it is now time for that.

I've been updating this fic more quickly because I know if I stop working on it, I'll think about it too much and then it'll take me longer to get around to updates (and I'm getting the feel that Law's crew will show up soon in the manga, and weirdly I want to go with what's on my mind before there's more canon info to work with-I'd then have an excuse to use new information to write another fic). Seeing as there's only two or three chapters left, I'd like to be able to finish the fic (obscure pairings are hard to find, so again, that's why I decided to write this and go for it).

Also, I'm considering putting this fic on A03 when I finish it, so that I can have an excuse to make the next chapter more explicit (because when it comes to smut my filter is clearly uncertain as to what it too much for ffn's site).