Prompt: ordinary

Rating: K+

Spoilers: none

Warnings: none really except for fluff that could give you a stomachache lol

Setting: post 3x09 so AU

Relationship status: established

Sidenote: Thank you thank you thank you thank you Elaine for proofing this one first I wanted something happy go lucky to post for Careese Themes and when I saw you get this back to me, I had to post it since everyone has been waiting over a month for a new update for Careese Themes. So thank you Elaine for proofing this one! Now just a helpful warning to you readers, this story is so fluffy it hurts! I had many ideas for this prompt but I enjoyed this one the most :D

"I'm pushing this thing," John assured.

"No, you're not."

"I am," he argued. Joss mentally counted to ten before pointing at his left shoulder in its sling.

"John you have one arm, you can't push it with one arm!" She smacked his large hand.

"Watch me," he countered. "Besides, you're the one that asked me to come with you."

"Yes! I only did that to keep you with me instead of rushing off to help Finch and Shaw while down an arm! Remind me to never ever ask you to come with me again."

"Why not?"

"Because this is insane, let go of the cart!" She hissed when the door greeter at the local supermarket eyed them with perplexed eyes. John had to be the only man to ever argue over who was going to push the grocery cart! She hip bumped him out of the way, took a hold of the grocery cart, and steered it forward glaring at him the entire time. "I won't be able to show my face here again." She muttered.

John walked beside her with what could only be described as a sulking look on his face. Men! She ignored him as they casually walked down the produce aisle, stopping when she found the fresh apples. She picked about seven or eight, putting them into a plastic bag before placing them in the cart, and scowled. John at some point had already gone and picked up strawberries, raspberries, and bananas. She looked up and he had vanished. Where did the man go?

"We need these," he whispered in her ear, causing her to jump when he poofed back in from nowhere to place a whole bag of red ripe cherries in the cart. He smiled as he eyed the cherries.

"For what? Why do we need all this fruit?"

"The strawberries and raspberries just because you like them, then the bananas and cherries for ice cream sundaes and banana splits." Good god this man had a sweet tooth the size of the Grand Canyon. She was more than a little irritated when John could eat about ten pounds of junk food and not gain a single ounce while she couldn't. She'd look like some beached whale, it just wasn't fair!

"And where is all this ice cream coming from?"

"The frozen aisle."

"Uh, John, we came here for just a few things," she stated as she pushed the cart forward, rolling her eyes when he walked by the lettuce, picking it up and flopping it into the cart. She should have let him push the cart it would keep his one hand busy besides putting food into the cart. Once they moved out of the produce aisle she noticed he seemed to stop putting more food in the cart for which she was grateful. They moved to the meat area, she eyed the beef and pork. "I was thinking of making us some beef stew, John." She murmured. "Or maybe make us some pork chops, which would you prefer?" she asked, not looking up. When no answer was forthcoming she looked up and looked around seeing him gone again.

"Yep, next time I'm leaving him home with Fusco on guard!" she snarled to herself. She looked down the beer and wine aisle, then the cracker aisle, followed by the soda aisle and still no John. She found him down the candy and cookie aisle. He had a mountain of stuff in his sling, while his free hand was busy grabbing Oreos. "What the hell?" he blinked turning.

"Oh good, bring the cart over here."

"John, we don't need three bags of Chips Ahoy."

"They are on sale 3 for $6; it says it is a sale of 60 cents off per one, Joss."

"So?"

"So….that's a savings of $1.80," he replied, like he was explaining math to a child.

"And? Who is going to eat all three bags, John? You do realize you can just buy one and still get a sale, right?" she grabbed two of the blue Chips Ahoy bags putting them back on the shelf. "Have you ever gone grocery shopping before?"

"No, I can't say that I have."

"Oh god, you're a grocery shopping virgin!" several men and women turned to eye them as she exclaimed it a little too loudly. John's face flushed a cute shade of red before he glared at her. "How in the world can a man in his 40s never go grocery shopping in his life?" she demanded as he removed all the cookies and candy from his sling into the grocery cart. He had Hershey Kisses, Hershey Bars, Kit Kats, Oreos, Chips Ahoy, and her weakness; Keebler Coconut Dream Cookies. He was good.

"Well, my mom went when I was younger, then I was in the army, then the CIA, so I was never home so I never needed to grocery shop. Then I started working with Finch and still didn't need to grocery shop, I just ate out. Then we started dating, we moved in together, and you've been doing all the grocery shopping."

"I've got to get you out of this store before we spend thousands of dollars."

"I have the money..."

"That's beside the point." She huffed when he grabbed a bag of M&Ms with peanuts. She gave him her patented glare, which he ignored, and he walked back down the aisle.

"What aisle is next, Joss?"

"Not important we skipped the one we need, we need to get bottled water." She steered him back down the soda aisle which had the bottled water too. She was happy he wasn't a soda drinker; he didn't care for soda which shocked her. She loved her diet Mountain Dew and he tried it and said it was alright. He wanted to grab the large pack of water but she pointed at the sling where his gunshot wound was healing, making him scowl. She hefted it into the cart.

"John, what do you think I do when you're not with me? I don't ask some random guy to help me."

"I know, it's just I wish I could pick it up."

"I know and once that shoulder is healed you will." She promised patting him affectionately on his cheek. She loved this man even if he made grocery shopping a challenge. The rest of the outing went on much the same, John grabbing things that she couldn't figure out when they would eat. He grabbed peanuts, then about ten cartons of ice cream, she had to put back eight of them. She forced him to choose only two, which was met with twenty minutes of debating which flavor he wanted. He had gotten Neapolitan for the banana splits, and then chose Chocolate Moose Tracks. He had been so cute as he tried to figure it out; she couldn't help but giggle to herself while he eyed each selection like he was making a life altering choice.

As they exited the store she was hit by how ordinary this was. She didn't view John as an ordinary man, nothing he did was normal. He was a former spy who was technically dead, he worked in a gray area. But going grocery shopping with her was ordinary, normal, and she enjoyed it. She grinned at him as he grabbed some of the plastic bag handles putting their food into the back of her SUV. He caught sight of her staring at him with a smile on her face and gave her an answering one but mixed with question.

"What?"

"Nothing,"

"No, it's something, Joss, what?" he asked as he watched her heft the 24 pack of bottled water into her trunk. He slid the door shut once she moved out of the way, and she pressed him into it. His brows rose, his eyes dropped to her lips, as she caged him in. She looked around the parking lot making sure they were mostly alone. She looked up into his eyes.

"I don't know, I just loved this."

"What? You were just griping about me coming with you!"

"Yeah, well that was before I realized just how cute you are in the grocery store, doing something as ordinary as shopping."

"Cute…?"

"Yes, you're cute when you're shopping because you act like everything is new to you and it is and it's cute."

"In a manly way, right?" he demanded, making her roll her eyes.

"More in an adorable way."

"Joss," he glowered as his eyes narrowed.

"Don't worry I won't tell Shaw," she teased. "Your secret is safe with me." She made a display of zipping her lips and throwing away the zipper, earning her a roll of the eyes from him. "You're still the big, strong, badass, just with an adorable side," she added, ruffling her man's feathers. His lips descended onto hers softly.

"I'll show you," he whispered against them before she pushed away from him, allowing him to move to the passenger's side and she moved to the driver's side.

They climbed in and she slid the key into the ignition before giving him a wicked look. "No, John, I'll show you," She promised, receiving an answering wicked gleam from his eyes.

"Get us home, now."

"As you wish, John." She winked and drove them home, speeding. Now where was that bag of cherries?

AN: Oh god, I need help these two just are too cute. Can you imagine them grocery shopping together? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA John Reese would just look out of place in a supermarket lolz which why I couldn't resist writing this, plus his sweet tooth is hideously huge!

Anyways I hope you enjoyed I do enjoy getting to write some fluff fests and this was nothing but fluff!