A/N: I was planning on saving this chapter for next week but decided why not post it now!? Also a warning, cold glass of water might be needed on. As always thank you for the reviews and messages. They really do fuel my writing :) Enjoy.

Chapter 10

"I'll get you to 8 km run one of these days." Danny said as they were cooling down from their run.

"Keep dreaming." Kara told him as she was still catching her breath. Her 4 km had slowly grown in distance and her legs were not liking it but she just liked spending time with him alone. They seemed to have a somewhat easy friendship, and she just enjoyed his presence. He made her feel comfortable in her skin which was pretty rare for her to feel around men she was attracted to.

Most of the time she always felt a tight pinch of nervousness of constant worrying over if she was saying the right things, was her hair just so. It probably helped that he was seeing her now with the blotchy red skin, sweat drenched outfit and hair that was probably frizzing. She didn't get any uglier than she was right now, she wasn't going to even consider how she smelt, but he still talked and smiled at her in a way that made her really want to jump his bones. There were moments when he didn't think she was looking that she caught him looking at her in a way that made her feel like a goddess. It was empowering, it also made her wonder what it'd be like to cross the line with him. It was then she reminded herself that it was just three and half months until they reach Norfolk.

"You're up to six now, what's two more kilometres?" he asked her.

"It's called my body not liking me and the 3 minute showers not being enough time to soothe my muscles. Anyway, I'm not interested in running a marathon." She informed him as she used the wall to help stretch her legs and looked at him.

He was fine an her brain and other parts of her were standing to attention as his gym outfit really left nothing for the imagination. All those hard muscles, lean body. Sweat glistened off his skin that she itched to lick off slowly with her tongue. She shook her head as she really had to stop. She was starting to think that she was more human and female than ever before around him, he just drew out that side of her. He then gave her that damn smile which was a mix of teasing and amusement.

"I know what you mean, I'd offer to give you a massage but I'm trying to be respectful of you and the regs." Danny said as he moved to wall next to her and stretched out his own legs.

"I've noticed this." Kara said with a smile, it's what she liked best because she knew he was still interested but was keeping his distance out of respect. But she couldn't stop herself from asking. "Does this mean you've lost interest?" she asked him casually even though it was a loaded question.

"Nope, just biding my time and hoping you'll give me a chance when we hit port in Norfolk." Danny replied honestly, he'd pretty much uttered the words she wanted most in that moment. She pushed away from the wall not sure how to respond.

"I should- uh- I should go." Kara said, not sure why she hadn't moved. She was just standing there looking at him, completely torn between what she wanted to do and what she should do. He stopped what he was doing and turned to face her.

"It is getting late for dinner." he said, Kara nodded and looked down afraid to see if what she was feeling was being reflected in his eyes. She stared at his hands, wanting to know what they'd feel like on her skin, like now. "Really late," she said as she took a step but her feet accidentally took her towards Danny not the door.

Danny sucked in an audible breath, his eyes scorching hers. "I thought you were going." he said.

"So did I" she replied, but screw it, she thought, it had been a long week and right now she just wanted something to take with her. Some small pleasure. Her strict self control slipping as she had 103 arguments to back why now was the best time to kiss him besides that it was against regulations.

Like if she kissed him and there was zero chemistry then she'd stop thinking about him. If he just got it out of her system then he would no longer be a distraction and she could get on with her usual routine. Right now was the perfect time as there was a 0.1% chance of being caught as two years of running at this hour told her the gym was always free.

Danny watched her, not moving a muscle, as if he'd become rooted to the floor. She placed her hands on his biceps and pressed her lips to his. Just a quick kiss to test the waters. His scent wrapped around her, filled her lungs and stole her sanity. She lingered for a moment, her lips on his, so soft, so warm. Just enough to make her want more. So much more. Her body pulsed with it.

She was about to pull back and lie to him that she felt nothing when his arms slid around her waist, securing her against his firm body. And, Oh god, she was a goner.

"What was that?" Danny whispered against her lips.

"Testing a theory." she replied, slid her arms around his neck completely immersed in the fantasy and pleasure of the moment. The gym was theirs for the moment. She felt safe.

"Learn anything?" his voice vibrated through her.

"This was a bad idea." Kara said feeling the pull of delicious tension between them. Their bodies were pressed together and though he hadn't kissed her back, he wanted to. She felt the evidence pressed against her belly.

"Yet, you're not letting me go." he said hi lips still touching hers, tempting, tempting

"No, it seems I'm not." she could hardly breathe, every nerve tingled with awareness, desperate for his touch, his kiss, More. More of everything. Her idea of 'getting it out of her system' or figuring him on being a 'dud' had totally backfired. Her heart throbbed in her chest.

Danny's eyes smouldered into hers, his pupils blown with lust. His body vibrated with tension. His arms like steel bands around her. "Need help with that?" he asked.

"I think I need more-" Danny cut off her reply, his lips crushed hers, taking her so suddenly, so thoroughly, that she didn't have time to draw a breath. She heard herself groan, felt the desire inside her explode into something so completely out of control it almost frightened her.

Her back slammed into the closest wall, and her legs wrapped around his waist. His tongue plunged into her mouth, gliding against hers in a rhythm so perfect she shuddered in his arms. He lifted her hips, grinding himself against her until her eyes rolled back in her head, and...

Holy crap, she must have lost her mind. Her body burned, quaked, shook for him and he felt so amazingly good. He tasted like sin, sweet and sexy... she needed more. She needed everything. She needed him buried deep inside her, groaning her name as he drove her over the edge, as he came inside her.

It was completely out of control. Danny seemed to sense as much as her as he tore his mouth from hers and cursed. He speared her with his gaze, he panted for breath, his body coiled against hers, so hard and very ready. She felt every inch of him still pressed between her legs, right where her body burned hottest for him.

"This is not the time or place." Danny said with smile, Kara couldn't help but laugh, she knew she should be insulted or upset she just broke one of her own tenets but she just felt alive and vivacious. It was a heady and pleasurable feeling, something she'd never felt with her previous partners. Danny lifted her free of him and set her feet on the floor. She nearly melted into a puddle at his feet.

Her knees shook as she locked them to hold herself up. "You're right." she said in agreement as she caught her breath and waited for her heart to slow down.

"Your theory, proven or disproven?" he asked as he took a step back and racked a hand through his hair. Putting unwanted space between them.

"Disproved." Kara said, completely blown out of the water and now she was in more trouble than before as she wanted more, she was not going to forget that kiss and move on. She leaned against the wall for support as she was reeling but in a good way.

"So what do we do now?" he asked her.

"I don't know." Kara lied, she was pretty sure she could break more regs and not care in the moment as she wanted to continue feeling the way she was and feeling Danny.

"I like you a lot, I was hoping by the end of this deployment you'd go on a date with me. I'm hoping that will still happen." he said, the smile out again and now it was more potent than ever before. Because now she knew he could back it up. If the kiss was that hot then when they ended up in bed... it was going to be worth the wait.

"We have to be careful. I shouldn't have kissed you but I definitely would like that date when we're back in Norfolk." Kara told him.

"So no more kissing, just friends who run and in three months and 14 days we pick up where we left off here." he said.

"Yes." Kara said with a smile as she liked how she wasn't the only one counting down.

"Shouldn't be too hard." Danny lied.

"Right, yeah-so I'm going to go shower." Kara said to him.

"Ok, I'm going to cool down here." he said.

"Right." They stood there for the longest moment before Kara found the strength to leave. "Ok, I'm going." Kara told him, she didn't wait for a reply as she left the gym and headed for the showers.