Disclaimer: This is FanFiction! I own no rights to anything of Marvel or Fox.
This is self-beta'd
New 2/11/2018: Edited on Grammarly
Italics - thoughts
A/N: Johnny may seem a little out of character. I tried to base my interpretation of him with a combination of his comic book self and his movie character. It's a blend of overall hotness. Johnny Storm, while hot-headed and girl crazy, is very much into finding true love, but it doesn't always work for him. His comic character's love life isn't all that great and the same thing for his movie character. I just think he's sort of like Chris Evans who wants to find his Disney Princess. Just more dirty minded. But anyway, I'm between classes until Spring. So, expect more updates from me. Just don't expect them to be that fast.
It took me a long time to write this. I had to revise this so many times that it frustrated me so much that I couldn't move on. So to apologize to you all I thought it would be better if I made it longer to make up for lost time. So here is your Christmas gift! If you don't follow Christmas than happy whatever holiday you follow.
Warning: Fluff alert! I tried to get more characterization in and added a scene with a little mature content at the end.
Chapter 9
"I can't believe you two!" Johnny and Nicole flinched at the shrill yell. Both of the youngest members on the top floor of the Baxter building reluctantly sat on the couch while enduring the angry blonde's verbal assault. It didn't help at all with the small headache they received from fainting in their dome of fire and shadow. Luckily, they were only knocked out for a couple of minutes preventing any serious injuries besides bruised heads.
"We even talked about this right before you started Johnny! You could've killed us all! And Nicole! I expected better of you. If you could have stopped him sooner, why didn't you?" Susan began to angry walk circles in front of them as everyone sans Ben watched her. Ben knew better than to get between an angry Susan and her prey.
The guilty party, (Johnny and Nicole) simply thought it was best to let her rant until she ran out of steam.
Making sure she looked suitably repentant, Nicole balanced a small ice pack on her head and closed her eyes. She almost sighed in relief from the refreshing coolness, "Sorry." Nicole said half-heartedly. It would have been more believable, unfortunately, it was hard to be sincere when you were forced to apologize over and over again.
Blanking out, Nicole ignored the rest of the ranting by gazing away from everyone. It was dark outside.
Oh, I forgot to call Scotty. I'll call him later. Nicole mused as she thought about her friend about that favor she needed. Best to wait until the yelling stop. Whatever Susan said afterward went straight out the other ear, as she reiterated her whole speech. Honestly, she got it the first time after the first 30 minutes into the reprimand. Everything Susan said afterward was just being repeated in several different and creative ways.
Though thinking about it, Susan must have developed this cruel technique to punish Johnny. And like a light bulb that was lit, Nicole's face brightened up at her sudden revelation. The short Asian focused her amazed and now interested stare at the blonde and noticed for the first time that she was entirely focused on Johnny during her speech. If she did this right, she can slip through this and let Johnny fend for himself.
Inwardly cackling, Nicole had to time it right. She can't let anything distract her, not even the giant furnace sitting right next to her. Maybe after her escape, she can think about what happened during the exploration of her powers, but for now, IGNORE, IGNORE IGNORE.
"We're still here, aren't we?" The annoyed Johnny slouched into the couch and rested his feet on the table. Leaning his head back, Johnny draped his icepack on his face. Small wisps of steam flowed up from the pack, "It's not like we even destroyed the building." The second half of his retort was muffled by the ice pack.
"Johnny!" Susan hissed at him. She had been at this for over an hour and nothing seemed to get through. Stomping closer to her brother, Susan looked like she was just about ready to go through another hour of yelling.
Seeing her chance, Nicole knew that this was her chance to run.
Unfortunately, the Great Suzy Escape was halted when Reed step in, "What Susan means is that we appreciated it if the both of you would have been more responsible. We're lucky nothing else went wrong." here he sighed, "Why don't you guys call it quits for today. It's been an eventful few weeks. There's still a lot of data I have to go through before I can come up with a solution."
Disgruntled, Nicole looked up at him. Just as she was about to make a break for it, Reed decided to save them all nonchalantly. Reed always ruined her fun, first the hover car, then letting Ben win, and now this. Making sure that her grumpiness didn't leak out Nicole smiled as she asked, "You need any help?" As the resident assistant, she was still obligated to do her job.
Reed waved her off, "Nah, I can do it. It'll be faster if I went through everything."
That was a-okay with Nicole. Less work for her to do. Not that she let it show on her face. She's a professional Asian, for gosh shakes. There's a reputation to be upheld. No need to let on that she loves being lazy.
The group dispersed as they said their goodnights before Susan and Reed retired, one to a relaxing bath and the other back to the lab. That left the two troublemakers by themselves. And Ben, nowhere to be seen. Though, the snores coming from down the hall was a big hint.
"So…" Johnny let the ice pack fall from his face as he raised his head and gave a sexy smirk towards Nicole, "Wanna finish off where we left off? Minus the fire of course. Unless you want me to burn off your clothes for you."
His eyes flashed white at her and Nicole's own blue eyes glowed back at him. The blue has yet to fade from view. With no place to go, her powers stayed beneath the surface waiting to be used. While keeping eye contact with Nicole, Johnny scooted closer to her until he was practically over the smaller woman. Laying his left arm on the back of the couch and the other on her knee, Johnny let his body language do the talking for him.
Feeling hot at the close contact, Nicole's voice hitched at the back of her throat as the rest of her body responded quickly to his close proximity. Her eyes traveled south to his lips before she broke eye contact with his smoldering gaze. No matter how much she wanted to submit to him, she knew she had to stop this. Even though she really wanted to let him take her right then and there. But that would just end badly for the both of them if they jumped head first into this.
With a thought, her eyes shined brightly as one of her shadows manifested before pushing him firmly away from her. Johnny allowed the movement, but he hungrily watched her as he wet his lower lip. It didn't escape his notice the way she looked at him. Seeing his hungry look, Nicole eyed him back stubbornly. She won't let him distract her! Luckily, she was able to speak without stuttering, "Johnny," she paused as she gathered her thoughts. "Why are you… so pushy about this?" Nicole waved her hand at both of them as she said this. "I don't want to be some side chick if this is just about sex. As… great, it would be to have sex with you, I don't want this to be a 'wham, bam, thank you ma'am' kind of situation, okay? If it is, I want you to stop. I don't want to be played with." Abruptly, she stood up from her seated position in order to think clearly without his influence.
Silently, Johnny sat there frozen after she spoke. His posture straightens from his predatory crouch and his face went blank as he stared at her. Nicole waited for his reply, but he didn't give her one. All he did was give her an intense burning look without saying anything to her.
For the past few weeks she'd known him, Johnny was always the loudmouth with an ever-changing expression on his face. He's also one of the biggest perverts she ever met in all of her 23 years of life. If he didn't have a cocky grin on his face it would always be a lecherous look and grab towards her. Not that it bothered her. She liked him looking at her, even if she found it too intense and very uncomfortable at times. The fact of the matter is that Johnny is never serious. He wouldn't be Johnny if he was. That's why it made her so unnerved to see him this way.
As time ticked by with no reply, Nicole rubbed her face before sighing. With a light toss, her ice pack landed on the coffee table. "I guess that answers that question." With her head held high, she didn't bother to give him a backward glance as she left the room. She may have looked strong on the outside, but on the inside, Nicole felt like someone was squeezing her heart and her eyes burn.
Taking a deep breath, Nicole walked back to her room with an air of sadness. She had a small hope that maybe something could have happened between the two of them, only to be disappointed in the end and maybe a little heartbroken. Nicole didn't have a lot of dating experience under her belt. Most of her experience consisted of one high school boyfriend who was really more of a friend with an overly attached family and a couple of one-night stands. Nothing long lasting there. Maybe a nighttime snack run will help her feel better.
So lost in thought, Nicole didn't hear the quick footsteps behind her as she unlocked the door to her room. Entering, she turned back to close the door and realized with a shock that Johnny stood at the threshold.
"!" Nicole covered her mouth with a hand to stop herself from screaming. This time no appliances were broken.
She was pushed back into the room as Johnny moved in while shutting the door behind him. With no small amount of trepidation, Nicole waited to see what he had to say.
"I-" he stopped short. Johnny closed his eyes and breathed in deeply to gather his thoughts. Opening his eyes, he gave her another intense look. "I'm not using you. I mean yeah, I kissed you. Well, I kissed you a lot. And grope you…. and almost had you naked for me." Here, he blinked a couple of times at the words he had just spouted. "You know what, I'm surprised you didn't call the cops on me." he joked.
Nicole bit the inside of her cheek at his attempt of a joke. But what he did say was a cause for concern though. She didn't normally react this way towards guys. She would have already used her knife or pulled her gun on them by now for taking liberties with her person.
She watched as Johnny's posture loosened and in a soft grip, he pulled her towards him. Nicole had to crane her head up to look at him and saw his Adam's apple bobbed. "How 'bout you let me take you on a date. Kissing you…. I honestly never felt anything like it before. No one ever made me feel like this."
Leaning down, Johnny lightly kissed Nicole on the lips. The kiss was so sweet and the warmth radiating him made Nicole feel like she was lighter than air. Closing her eyes, Nicole leaned into his embraced and Johnny tangled a hand in her hair. He lingered for a moment more before finally resting his forehead against hers. "You can't tell me you didn't feel anything in that kiss."
Nicole's lips trembled and her throat felt dry. He was right, as much as she wanted to she couldn't deny it.
"I do feel… something." She shivered as Johnny ran his hands up and down her sides, as he gazed into her eyes. "The kisses… they're-"
"Magical?" Johnny said as he gave her a sexy smirk and his eyes darted down to her lips.
Nicole huffed at his interruption but didn't refute it.
"If you really are serious about this… then we're doing this my way." She jerked Johnny's hands down. They have been slowly creeping up to graze underneath her breasts.
Stepping away from him, Nicole crossed her arms once she was out of touching distance. "1. We are not having sex." The look Johnny gave her was a cross between horrified and scandalized. It made her want to stop and laugh at him, but no, she had to be firm. "2. I expect to be taken on dates. It doesn't always have to be fancy, we could even walk in the park for all I care. And 3. No side chicks, got it? You cheat on me, I will end this, preferably with that gun under my pillow. If you can follow that, maybe, just maybe I'll let go of the first rule."
Johnny didn't know whether to be ecstatic at the news or horrified at the stipulations. Especially with the revelation that the tiny Asian before him had a gun. A GUN. To further prove her point, Nicole walked to her bed and pulled her Ruger LC9S from its hiding place and racked a bullet. Johnny didn't know whether to be scared or turned on by how tantalizing she looked. He did find it hot that she knew her way around a firearm. Seeing that her message was received, Nicole took out her magazine and cleared the chamber. Once she set the gun down Johnny gave her a wide grin before dragging her into a kiss that almost took her breath away.
Leaning back from the kiss Johnny said, "You won't regret it, Nicole. By the way, that was really hot. You should let me see you shoot sometime. Maybe a little one-on-one lesson between us." before he gave her another kiss. This kiss though was more passionate than the other ones he had given her. It felt like a promise to us.
As she was beginning to get lost in the feeling, she felt a hand creep up to undo the zipper to her suit. Slapping it down, Nicole released the kiss and glared at Johnny.
"Well, can't blame a guy for trying." He shrugged at her. Johnny gave her another peck on the lips before squeezing her ass and hightailing out the door.
Nicole blew a stray hair from her face, unable to believe that she gave in to him. I really hope I won't regret this. Nicole turned back to her pistol and returned the unused bullet back into her magazine before storing it in its proper place. Oh, gotta call Scotty. I'm sure I can get Susan's codes. Nicole plotted as she called her friend about a virus.
Life at the Baxter building went back to normal routine as the scientists went back to puzzling over the results of the tests. The only differences seen were that where ever Nicole was, Johnny was not far behind. Not that the others noticed it, they were too busy trying to get back to normal. In fact, over the next couple of days, Nicole found little notes in the most curious of places when she was assisting Reed and Susan with their work. The notes would appear only when no one was looking and for her eyes only. She didn't know how, but Johnny always manage to sneak in and put it somewhere she could see it. She would walk away from her workspace for a moment only to come back to see a little surprise waiting for her.
It ranged from little Hershey kisses to small notes that always complimented her. The notes though were the real kicker. She loved finding them, but of course, this is Johnny we're talking about. Some of them were sweet and thoughtful while others were just down-right sinful to read. The first naughty note she found had her blushing from head to toe. She was so embarrassed that Reed had honestly thought she was coming down with a negative reaction from her mutation. She almost had to fight him off with a stick to keep him from doing any more unnecessary blood tests. She had a little trouble thinking up an excuse for why she was so red.
After that embarrassment, Nicole excused herself to get a breather only to be intercepted. No guesses necessary to realize who was waiting for her. Safe to say, Nicole did not get that breather she wanted. Or any other times when she took a break from work.
Every chance he got, Johnny would pull her into a nearby room or around the corner to make out with her. It happened so often that she learned to go along with it and returned his kisses with much enthusiasm. Their make-out sessions would leave her wanting for more, especially the ones where he took special care to work her up. It seemed like he was trying his hardest to get her to let up on her first rule.
If she happened to return with her long hair a little messy since then, no one spoke of it. Though, Susan did give her a raised eyebrow when she happened to notice Johnny's attention towards her. It eventually leads to a conversation Nicole did not want repeating. EVER. (Ben was right, she can be scary.) Luckily, Susan did like her and wasn't as harsh as she could have been.
The next morning arrived a little brighter for everyone. Waking up, Nicole was greeted to the sight of an origami rose on her pillow next to her. Blinking, she picked it up and read the stem,
'Good morning, Miss Blussy. –J'
Fighting a smile, Nicole traced the edges of it but then paused. She stared hard at the paper flower before realizing something. That fucker broke into her room! Her eyes darted across the room to her door and lo and behold, the door was unlocked with another note.
Getting off her bed she strode towards the door and ripped off the note.
'You really think a door can keep me from you? Think again, babe. –J'
With an eye twitching, Nicole couldn't decide whether to slug him for his audacity or get hot and bothered at his insinuation. She could practically feel the smirk he wore as he wrote it. With a huff, Nicole decided to let it go for now. She got dressed for the day and shoved the flower and note into her art desk drawer where she keeps all the other notes he gave her.
Before walking away she did see something of interest that caught her attention. Right there in a bin, was a tub of pink and purple glitter. A smirk appeared on her face as she set aside the ingredient to Johnny's misery. The half plan she already thought up was reforming into a better plan.
Mission in mind, Nicole marched out of her room with a purpose. But first, breakfast. She needed food and walked into the kitchen. Once there, she realized she was the first one there. Dang, it. Sighing, she started breakfast.
It was long established between the three of them: Ben, Nicole, and Reed, that whoever was first in the kitchen had to cook breakfast. Going into the fridge, she pulled out the bowl of fruit she had made the day prior, eggs, bacon, and milk.
Setting that out on the counter, she peered into her rice cooker to see if there was any more rice left. Nicole cheered as she saw enough for her breakfast.
Taking out a bunch of eggs, she cracked them into two bowls. One significantly bigger than the other. In the bigger bowl, she made a mix of regular scrambled eggs with salt, pepper, and milk to make it fluffy. In the smaller one, instead of milk, she added a dash of Golden Mountain seasoning sauce, salt, pepper and a couple of diced tomatoes. Grabbing two frying pans, she set them on the stove to heat up.
Just as she began to mix the eggs, Nicole felt a kiss on her cheeks. Turning her head, she sees Johnny leaning against the counter watching her.
Raising an eyebrow at him, she continued to whisk the eggs as she watched him. His smile widened at her attention.
"Soooo, I got us tickets." Blinking in surprised, Nicole stopped whisking.
"To where?" She looked at him suspiciously.
Reaching into his back pocket, Johnny slides a folded piece of paper to her. "I expect kisses as payment." Folding his arms, he waited for her to squeal.
Wary, Nicole unfolded the piece of paper. Hopefully, it wouldn't be some cheesy Rom-Com. A shocked gasp escaped her lips as she read it.
"You got Sweeney Todd tickets?" She said to him with a shocked look.
The smug grin Johnny gave her was her reply. "I saw your little list of things to do on your corkboard." Resting his hands on her hips he looked down at her, "Well? Where's my kiss, Blussy?"
Folding up the paper, Nicole looked at him and his self-satisfied smirk. Even with his smug grin, she couldn't help, but find it a little charming. "Fine, one kiss." Nicole placed the paper back into his pocket and Johnny leaned down for her and closed his eyes for his reward.
Smirking at him, Nicole leaned stood up on her tiptoes and gave him a quick kiss on the corner of his mouth before twirling out of his grasp. With a skip, she returned to the eggs she prepared and oiled the pans. Taking both bowls of eggs she poured the batches to cook. With a quick peek, Nicole laughed as she took in Johnny's dumbfounded look.
"There's your kiss. Now shoo, I'm cooking." No sooner did she said that the rest of the crew walked in.
"Tha' eggs?" Ben's gravelly voice asked her. There was a rummaging to her right as Ben reached over to grab the bag of oranges and a glass bowl.
"Yup. You want bacon with them?" Nicole asked, ignoring Johnny who gave her a sad wounded look at being denied his treat. She likened him to a little Golden Labrador puppy. But unfortunately for him, she babysat too many kids and became immune to the look.
Ben scoffed, "I don't even know why ya ask."
"Okie Dokie, smokie." He grunted in reply, well used to her quirkiness.
Johnny sat down heavily in his seat as he watches his Asian tormentor cook. Ben gave him a look as Reed and Susan sat down. "What's wrong with chu?"
"Nothin'" Johnny replied grumpily. Out of everyone's sight, Nicole gave him a wicked smile and stuck her tongue at him. Oh, just you wait. He thought furiously, plotting different ways to get his well-deserved reward.
With the eggs finished, Nicole poured the bigger batch on a serving plate for everyone else on the table before grabbing her plate for her eggs. She left the second pan in the sink to be cleaned and used the first one to fry the bacon. Soon, the scent of cooked pork filled the room.
In no time at all the bacon was finished and excess grease was wiped off before being served. Grabbing a serving of rice, and a few pieces of bacon, Nicole sat down to eat with everyone.
There was small talk around the table and everyone thanked her for the meal as they broke their fast. Just as she took her first bite Nicole heard a weird sound. Looking to her left, she saw a bunch of oranges' vital juices being squeezed to death into a bowl by Ben. She vaguely wondered if it was sanitary to steal a glass from him.
Apparently, Johnny thought so as he got up from the table and stole the finished product from Ben to pour himself a glass at the counter.
"All right, I'm here. We ate breakfast." Nicole looked at Johnny's plate to see it was picked clean. "Let's make this quick. I got places to go today." He rolled his eyes, "Oh wait. I don't go anywhere."
Nicole gave him a confused look. She clearly remembered the date on the tickets was for today. Why was Johnny lying?
If she hadn't been looking straight at him, she would have missed the quick wink that Johnny sent her as he turned to look at Reed.
"Johnny, it's imperative that we stay inside for the foreseeable future." Reed tried to reason with him.
Oh, I see. Nicole mused. It seems that Johnny planned to sneak them both out tonight for their date.
Finishing her breakfast, Nicole glanced around to see where the fruit bowl was and saw it next to Ben. Don't laugh. Though it was a little sad to see him struggle to pick up a fork, so she grabbed it for him before taking the bowl herself.
Ben straighten up and growled at her for taking the bowl. It was the second time today that a bowl was stolen from him. Rolling her eyes, she slid some of the fruit onto her plate before giving it back to him.
"I know, I know Reed, but when you said that last time, my brain hurt for a week."
Nicole watched the proceedings as she popped a piece of fruit in her mouth. Across from her, Susan spoke up.
"It's still too dangerous for either of you to be in public." She pointed at Johnny and Nicole with her fork. Nicole wanted to look offended, but she could see where Susan was coming from.
Out of all of them, Johnny and she seem to have the most widespread destructive powers out of the 'Fantastic Five'.
"You've been saying that for years." Johnny retorted as he turned around. He gave her a look that all siblings recognized. Aggravation.
"I know you're worried, but we do have control over what we do. Well… maybe not Johnny, he's still burning clothes." Nicole pointed to Johnny who merely made a comment that he'll burn anything off for her. In retaliation, Nicole snatched his glass of orange juice and took a drink from it.
Setting down his fork, Reed looked to everyone. "What worries me is that our powers are evolving."
An excited look came to Johnny. "I know, I know! I am so close to flying guys, I can taste it." He reached over and swiped back his glass from Nicole.
Looking down and flexing her empty hand, Nicole replied, "Falling."
"Flying." With narrow eyes, Johnny challenged her back as he took another sip of orange juice.
"So. What's going on? How you gonna cure us?" Ben asked while he glared at the OJ snatchers.
"I'm gonna build a machine to recreate the storm. The cosmic rays will travel from this generator to this chamber." Reed told them, as he pulled out his handy dandy notebook. Complete with ready-made pictograms of his design.
Johnny wondered when he had time to do make that. "What, no pop-ups?"
"Yeah, where's that neat hologram you had for Douche face?" Nicole said. Ignoring them, Reed continued with his presentation.
"If I can reverse the wave signal-"
Catching on, Ben finished his sentence with hope in his eyes, "It'll return us back to normal."
"But what are the risks?" Susan asked as she played devil's advocate while looking through the notes.
A serious look overtook Reed's face. "Even a small miscalculation could increase our symptoms exponentially. Or, perhaps kill us."
"Now, dying –that's bad, right?" Johnny asked half-jokingly and half-afraid. His hand that was resting on the back of Nicole's chair tightened of the thought.
"Nope. I'm not going in that thing. If you guys want to, I'm not stopping you. Nuh-uh." Nicole got out of her chair to put away her plates, which Johnny took and sat in it backward.
Johnny seconded her, "I agree with her, we just let sleeping dogs lie, guys. I like living and all it comes with it."
Putting down his chewed on utensil, Ben demanded how long it would be ready. The conversation almost boiled down to an argument when Reed couldn't give him an answer. Susan, fed up with the shouting, told everyone to get along.
Nicole merely watched the squabble from the sidelines wondering how this all happened. All I wanted was to go to space.
Knock, Knock!
Nicole looked at her bedroom door as it swung open from her spot on the bed. A PlayStation 2 controller in her hands and Kingdom Hearts 2 on her TV.
"Did you just lock-pick my door? Again?" She scowled at Johnny as he snuck in.
Johnny waggled his eyebrows at her. "It's not that hard. I can show you later if you want to return the favor." He locked the door before flopping on the bed next to her. Licking his lips, he eyed the red blouse and skinny jeans she was wearing, "You ready for our date Ms. Blussy?"
Rolling her eyes, Nicole went back to her game. "Of course I'm ready Hot Head. You still haven't explained how we're going to escape our wardens." A firaga was shouted from the screen.
"Oh, ye of little faith. Don't worry about it. I'm sure they won't even notice." Stretching out, Johnny leaned on his left elbow and placed his right hand on the small of Nicole's back. She didn't even twitch as she continued to fight Sephiroth.
When she showed no reaction to his touch, he smiled and slipped his hand under her shirt.
"Johnny, if you unhook my bra again, I'm going to slap you out of this room."
He laughed, "I'm just touching. You said no sex, but nothing about touching." He moved closer until his mouth was against her ear. "So, second base? Or should we just skip to third?"
"What are we? High-schoolers?" Nicole scoffed but made no move to remove his hand.
Taking that as permission, Johnny lazily ran his hand across her smooth back and traced patterns into her skin. Upon reaching a bump in the skin, he lifted up her shirt a bit to get a closer look.
"Where did you get this?" as he traced the small scar on her lower back before resuming his exploration.
"Hm?" Nicole said. "Oh that. I was playing hide and seek when I was seven. Went under a bed that had a spring and it caught me. Didn't even feel it."
Johnny hummed at her response and started to massage her back. For the next few minutes Johnny's hands rubbed the skin on her back and a wave of pleasure fell over her. Nicole felt her eyes change color as the heat from his hands seeped into the areas he touched. Unable to continue her game, she went to a save point and turned everything off while turning onto her back. In doing so, Johnny's hands now rested on her stomach.
A contented sigh escaped from her as she soaked in the energy. Closing her eyes, Nicole moaned a little as Johnny raised the heat in his hands on her stomach. If she had been normal, the searing heat would surely have burned, but to her it was soothing. So soothing in fact she was beginning to feel a little….
"We should have sex…. On fire."
Nicole groaned and rolled away in disappointment at the ruined moment, "Why do you always think with your dick?"
"No, no, no, no. Hear me out." Johnny rolled her backside and held his hand to cup her face to make her look at him. Using his powers, he transferred more energy to her as he stared into her luminescent blue eyes with his eyes flashing white. With his other arm, he tugs her over until she laid on top of him as he spoke. "I know you feel the same way I do when we're together. It's a fuckin' rush. Imagine if we're having sex while we're doing that." Johnny had such a proud look on his face when he voiced his thoughts. Nothing could dissuade him from the idea, in fact, he got a goofy grin on his face as he thought about it and dropped his hands to her hips.
An audible thud hit his chest. Nicole felt like doing a facepalm and choked down a laugh, "Oh my gosh, I can't believe you said that."
"Hey! I'm not the only one who thought that. I know you're thinking it too." In retaliation, he started poking her in the sides.
A shriek of laughter erupted out of Nicole as she rolled off of him. Or tried too. "Nuh uh, you can't escape from me! Who's laughing now?!" He cried out triumphantly. Fingers wiggling up her sides.
For a brief moment, Nicole broke free and she was almost to the edge of the bed before she was mercilessly dragged back to her tormentor. Straddling her waist, Johnny continued to tickle her into submission until her laughter was soundless.
Taking that as a win, Johnny relented his assault. He smiled widely as Nicole laid limply on the bed while taking huge gulps of air. "You're an ass." She weakly glared at him.
"Ahh name calling. You seem to like doing that, but I'll take that any day if I get to hear you laugh." Leaning down, Johnny gave her a kiss before getting off her bed. Once on his feet, he grabbed Nicole's ankle and pulled her to the edge closest to the door.
"Come on Blussy, we can get something quick to eat before the show." Taking her hand, Johnny helped her up to her feet and shooed her over to her shoes.
Nicole huffed at him before doing as he pleased. Once her shoes were on, they were off. But not before Johnny nabbed a red DC Flash cap off her hook.
It seems like their prep work wasn't needed after all. They didn't even have to sneak down the stairs. Everyone on their floor was so busy, that they didn't even notice the wayward troublemakers.
"I didn't realize you meant this as a quick bite to eat." Nicole mused while she waited beside Johnny at a hotdog cart. With her Flash cap on backward, Johnny paid for their meal.
"Of course! It's fast and easy. And we won't even be late for the show. Besides Antonio's Hotdogs are Fantastic. Thanks, man." He flashed her a grin and wagged his eyebrows as they were given their hotdogs.
"You're lucky I'm not a picky eater." Nicole couldn't help but smile at his pun before taking a bite out of her hotdog.
Johnny snorted when he heard her, "I knew that already. I've seen you eat a bowl of cereal and pizza in one sitting before having meatloaf an hour later."
"I love food." She told him seriously and took another bite.
Johnny barked out another laugh at her. "To food!" he toasted his hot dog at her and Nicole toasted him back.
"Yum."
"Hey, what's this0 about?" Johnny whispered to her as the lights turned off. He had gotten them the best tickets he could on short notice. In fact, he managed to sweet talk the ticket girl on the phone to get box seats for their enjoyment. The perks of being the new superhero.
"I have no clue." Was her deadpan answer. Nicole leaned over the balcony as a screen was lowered to help the audience view the actors more closely.
Johnny looked at her incredulously, "Then why are we here? Why was it on your board?"
"I just wanted to see a Broadway production. I just picked it because my friend told me she saw it before and like it. Why, do you know what happens?" Nicole sat up and asked him curiously.
"No, I thought you did. That's why I bought these tickets for you." He was still in disbelief at her overall attitude.
"Oh well, thank you for being so thoughtful." Nicole kissed him sweetly on the lips before turning to watch the opening scene. Johnny grumbled to himself as he settled down in his seat for the next couple of hours. Great.
Three Hours Later
"You know, I thought that was going to suck, but that was actually pretty good." Johnny was impressed with the blood show.
"I wonder what happened to Joanna after everything." Nicole mused. They walked out of the theatre satisfied with the viewing. The streetlights were on and the night sky greeted them as cars rushed by.
Wrapping an arm around her, Johnny answered her question. "Maybe she ran off with the kid and the guy. Who knows? It was a good show though."
Both of them weren't in a rush to get back home, so they settled to walk around enjoying each other's company. "Thank you, Johnny. I'm glad you took me out." Nicole said with a happy smile on her face.
Stopping them both at a corner street, Johnny turned her to face him. Resting his hands on her hips, Johnny's cocky grin was back, "Uh huh. Now, where's my reward?"
"I already gave you, your reward. Mr. Greedy." Nicole slipped out of his grip and turned back to the direction of the car.
Until she was stopped and yanked right back into Johnny's arms, "It's kind of hard not to be greedy with you being such a selfish minx." He raised an eyebrow down at the teasing shorty.
"I can stop if you want." Unperturbed, Nicole watched for his reaction.
"I didn't say that! I like it. You're like a sexy librarian or, or a nerdy Asian." He grinned down at the woman in his arms. As he said that, Nicole couldn't help but notice a certain gleam in his eyes.
Nicole nodded her head as she gave him a long look, "Hmmm." In fact, that long look made his grin falter. "Uh, huh. Hmm… Johnny, did you had a crush on the Yellow Power Ranger as a kid?"
Johnny froze at her question. For the first time in her life since knowing him, Nicole saw him do something that amazed her.
Johnny was blushing!
"You did have a crush on her!" Nicole crowed in victory at him. Johnny covered his flaming face, wishing that the ground would swallow him, as Nicole continued her teasing. "That's why you've been trying so hard. Johnny has an Asian fetish! Did you have a crush on Lucy Liu too?!" She giggled hysterically as he tried to shush her, but all that happened was him getting more embarrassed.
"Alright, alright." Johnny lowered his hand as he tried to control his blushing. "I, Johnny Storm, do have an Asian fetish." He said this like he was in an AA meeting. Nicole laughed harder at his confession. "And I know just who can fix it." Johnny grinned as he caught the unsuspecting woman in a long kiss.
Once they came back up for air did Nicole reply to him, "You know, you can't just keep on kissing me to change the subject."
"But it works so well." He smirked at her while leading her back to his car.
She didn't dispute him as he wrapped his arm back around her waist.
"Hey, Johnny?"
"Yup?"
"Get your hand off my ass." His arm slid back up to the small of her back.
Johnny laughed, "You didn't have a problem with me touching you earlier." He pulled back his arm and slapped her ass. "And I think you like it too much when I do this." This got him a return smack on the ass with her tendril. Johnny jumped a bit at the unexpected hit, but he growled playfully at her as she laughed at him before she ran back to the car.
This obviously prompted Johnny to run after her. Regrettably, for the running Asian, Johnny had one big advantage against her. He had long legs and could run. Her? Well, there's a reason why she got out of the military. Poor Nicole was eventually caught when her right foot spasm, causing her to automatically slow down. With a grimace, she stopped as the other foot started hurting as well. Sometimes she cursed the military for the damage to her health.
"Gotcha!" Nicole shrieked as she forgot that Johnny was chasing her. Now caught in the pyro's grip there was no escaping from him. With dexterous fingers, Johnny had her laughing uproariously.
"Nooo! Staaap, stop! Haha!" She tried tugging herself away from him but couldn't get her limbs to move. Sadly, Nicole ended up clutching Johnny's shirt in a desperate attempt to not fall on the ground laughing. Feeling like she had enough punishment, Johnny gave mercy to her and held the laughing woman as she was too weak from laughter.
Smiling wide, Johnny couldn't help but admire how well Nicole fit in his arms. He took no heed of the people walking around them or the various onlookers who pointed rudely at them. Surprisingly, only a few of them recognize them from the news. All that mattered was that he was happy and it was because of her.
"Come on giggles-a-lot, let's go home." With an arm back around her waist, Johnny lead them back to his car as Nicole wrapped her arm around his. When he looked down at her, she merely smiled back at him with cheeks extra rosy from her laughter. He paused a bit before showing her a dorky face. This sent her into another fit of giggles at the silly expression on his face.
Thankfully, without incident, both of them returned to the Baxter Building without anyone noticing them missing.
And like a perfect gentleman, he walked her back to her room. Once outside her door, Johnny leaned against the wall to watch her unlock the door. Curiously, he tilted his head at her.
"Why do you always lock it? No one is gonna steal anything from you."
Nicole blinked her blue eyes before shrugging at him. "Habit, I guess. I lock my things to keep them from being stolen. The military only enforced it."
"Ah." Johnny as he nodded in understanding. Opening her door, Nicole walked into the threshold before turning back to him. She gave him another look before grabbing his shirt and pulling him down for a deeper kiss. "I hope that satisfies you?" His goofy grin on his face told her his answer.
Looking at her clock in her room she noticed the time. "You know, it's not that late… Do you want to come in and hang out?"
"I thought you'll never ask." The goofy grin turned into a smirk as immediately his eyes ventured down.
"Oi, eyes up here buddy," Nicole said half-heartedly. Sometimes she wonders why she even bothered. She was so used to his perversion, she knew it was pointless to say anything.
With an achingly slowness, his eyes traveled back up to her eyes as the burning flare came back to his eyes. "I don't know what you're talking about." He pushes her back into the room and locked the door behind him. "I'm only looking. We agreed, no sex. Nothing what so ever. None of my cock." As he said the word cock, he pushed her flat onto the bed. "Touches your pussy. Nope, I'm okay with this." Evidently, he was not as he got in between her legs and settled himself neatly so his covered erection touched her intimately. "We're just going to watch a movie right?" He caged her with his forearms on either side of her head.
Nicole gave him a disbelieving look, not at all concerned at the position he put them in. "Great. I'm glad we got this out of the way." She said sarcastically. Her eyes glowed blue again as she used the energy she absorbed from Johnny earlier that day. She manifested her shadowy tendrils until they held up Johnny in the air above her.
"Whoa!" Johnny squirmed a bit as he was suspended in the air.
Whistling, Nicole got up and turned her TV onto a random channel. She saw a movie she liked and dropped the remote next to her nightstand. Walking into her closet and shutting the door, Nicole left him suspended in the air. "Hey! You can't just leave me like this."
In the walk-in closet, Nicole ignored him as she changed into more comfortable clothes. A pair of soft gym shorts and a blue tank top with a giant star on it.
"Don't be so annoying then." She walked out of the closet in her new attire to stare at Johnny who was still trying to get out of his bonds. Out of boredom, she started spinning him around with her powers.
"Oh, this is not good," Johnny said as he was spun in circles. "Aw, come on! I'm sorry!" Nicole immediately stopped her spinning.
"Shhh, don't be soo loud dummy. I think everyone is asleep." She told him as she let him flop on the bed. He groaned at the unexpected stop. "It just a little payback for those tickle attacks." Nicole teased him as she viciously rubbed his head with a shadow and then laid on her stomach next to him to watch TV.
Whatever he was going to say was muffled by her bedding. She laughed a bit as she can see that he was still a little dizzy. Grabbing her pillow, Nicole laid it under her chin as she watched Robin Williams character roll a pair a dice as his companions watched him.
As she watched the screen, Nicole felt Johnny move his arm around her waist again. "You're fucking mean." He hissed into her ear. She shivered slightly and smiled at the whispered comment in her ear. Johnny grumbled some more at her before calming down and pulling his arm back. Nicole frowned at the loss of heat from him before staring as he took off the hat, shirt, and his pants, leaving him only in boxers and a muscle shirt.
He raised an eyebrow at her, "What, I can't get comfortable too?" Nicole didn't say anything, instead, she turned her attention back to the TV and not at the hunk who laid himself next to her. "Gimmie some of that." Nicole scowled at him as he yanks half of her pillow so that they could share.
Eventually, they settled into a comfortable silence as they watched Jumanji. Wrapping an arm back around her, Johnny pulled Nicole closer to him as the movie went on. At first, she was a little resistant, but she snuggled closer as he brought up the heat. "Fucking cheater." She murmured to him. He smirked at her sleepy reply.
"You getting sleepy? I know how to wake you up." He whispered as his hand slipped under her shorts.
She gave him a sleepy glare, "Go to sleep you fucking perv." With a snap of her powers, she turned off the TV and the lights while simultaneously tugging the blankets over them. Sighing, Johnny gave up his attempts to convince her to more enjoyable activities.
"Fine." He said in a dejected voice. He really wanted her to play along. Rolling her eyes, Nicole turned over on her side facing away from him. Johnny slowly grinned at her turned back. Even though he was giving up on sex for the night, he'll still take what he can get.
Tugging her body until her ass rested on his crotch, Johnny wrapped his arms around her as he spooned her. "This okay?" He rested his right hand on her stomach under her shirt. Nicole squirmed at the close contact.
"No funny stuff, Storm," Johnny growled as he rubbed his pelvis into her ass.
"Got it, babe." Raising the heat in his hand, Johnny started rubbing her stomach and occasionally venturing further up and touching the underside of her bare breast. "Hmm, no bra? Nice." He bit into the back junction between her neck and shoulder. Nicole gasp and gave a violent shudder at the pleasurable feeling that erupted from her.
"Johnny." She half moaned and half said annoyed with him. He stopped biting her.
"Fine, fine. I'm going to sleep. With a hard on…." He moved his other hand down over her shorts and rubbed her, "And you a wet pussy. Just say the word and I'll do it." He whispered into her ear. Her breathing hitched as his fingers moved up and down before slipping into her shorts.
"You still sure you want to wait on sex?" He said as he dipped his fingers into her. They moved in and out slowly before slowly circulating her clit. He repeated this pattern a few times before pulling his hand out and showing her his glistening fingers in the low light the moon outside provided.
Nicole breathed harshly as the hand still on her stomach heated up and Johnny tasted his fingers. "You taste very sweet, babe."
Even though she was very turned on, Nicole was firmed in her belief to not let him win at anything. Mind made up, Nicole got up and used her powers. So instead of a dominate Johnny taunting her, there on the bed now lay a very tied up Johnny that was helpless against her might.
With a sensual look on her face, Nicole straddles Johnny's waist making sure that she connected with his very erect cock. Surprised, but very happy Johnny laid back and waited. All his hard work was coming to fruition. With deliberate slowness, Nicole grinds against him letting his cock rub her pussy through their layers.
"Is this what you want Johnny?" With nimble fingers, Nicole tugged his boxers down so that he was bare before her.
Johnny groaned, "Oh, fuck yeah." The sudden cool air on his dick felt so refreshing and caused him to shiver.
Smiling, Nicole moved herself down until she was eye level with his penis. With a small kiss on the head, Nicole opened her mouth and took him into her while pumping his dick with her hand. Letting out another groan, Johnny tugged at his bonds wishing that he could tangle his hands in her hair.
Unable to swallow him completely, Nicole's small hands continued to help her pump him as she bobbed her head up and down. So enraptured with the woman before him, Johnny felt the familiar pressure building up inside him.
"F-fuck. I'm so close." Unconsciously, he thrust his hips up into her mouth and caused Nicole to choked a bit before adjusting to him. Just hearing her gag almost caused Johnny to blow his load down her throat.
"Babe, come on, you gotta let me in you," Johnny said desperately. His eyes were blazing white as he hands tried to burn through her bonds. Unfortunately for him, he only strengthens them. Nicole, hearing his plea ignored his pleas. She wanted to let him sweat a bit for all the trouble he caused her. For the next few torturous minutes, she kept up the hard pace she set before slowing down her sucking. Eventually, Nicole stops entirely and was only licking his head before crawling away from him.
Jaw slacked and hips thrusting, Johnny was numb to everything else until he realized that she wasn't touching him anymore, "No, no, no! Why're you-" Johnny stopped as he noticed Nicole started stripping her clothes off. He felt his mouth go dry as the Asian straddled him again naked. Licking his lips, he stared hungrily at the vision before him. She gave him a sexy smile before lining him up against her slit and slowly lowered herself down.
Johnny moaned at the tight feeling on his dick before she started bouncing in his lap. Both of them were breathing hard as they felt their pleasure climb up enough to consume the world around them.
"Fuck! Babe let me go. I gotta get inside you." He pleaded her frantically. He wanted to cum so badly, but he needed to hold her close before filling her. Hearing his plea, Nicole retracted her bonds from him and Johnny wasted no time in getting her on her back before forcing himself back into her tight cavern.
"Ah!" Nicole squeaked as Johnny pulled out and shoved himself back in hard and fast as he fucked her into submission. The need to finish was too much for him as her muscles tightly clamp on his dick. Groaning in pleasure, Johnny did one final thrust before…..
He woke up in bed alone.
At first, Johnny glanced around him in confusion, wondering what happened before he glanced down at the wet spot on his boxers.
"Damn it!"
Not since he was younger had Johnny blown his load in his sleep. As much as he wanted his dream to be true, it wasn't. He went to bed after leaving Nicole's room when she fell asleep in his arms. He cursed himself. The dream felt so real that Johnny groaned as he thought about what his mind dreamed up about her.
Despairing at the loss of opportunity, Johnny covered his face with a pillow and he wished he had stayed with Nicole in her room. Maybe then that dream could have come true.
P.S. Thank you all so much for being patient with me. I want to thank everyone who put me on their favorite and alert list. It makes me very happy that my writing has improved so much that I felt confident enough to publish some of my ideas. I hope to write more chapters after this one is finished. By the way, does anyone want this to be a crossover with Avengers? I did put hints of the Fantastic Five being in the MCU timeline.
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