Prompt: Izo/Smoker: Things you said with no space between us, requested by Vergina-spva

"This is really tight," Izo said, his face pressed against the wall as he was sandwiched between that and a grumpy officer.

Frankly, this wasn't how he had planned out his day. He had woken up, made himself some breakfast as he drank his tea and read the paper, went for a walk, robbed a jewellery store…

Yeah, that was the point where things had gone wrong.

Okay, to be fair, most people would assume that was the point where things would go wrong, because not many things could go wrong while eating breakfast or going out for a stroll. Well, they could, but let's not get into that.

Anyway, Izo had pulled it off before. Enter a jewellery store, take the loot, and be out of there before the cops arrived. No mess, no stress.

Of course, he hadn't expected that an undercover cop would be manning the counter.

So Izo ran. Who wouldn't have?

But of course Mr Cop had felt the need to catch him, and had chased after him. Izo had hidden himself on a construction site, but the cop had sniffed him out like a police dog. So Izo had ran again, the cop on his heels.

For only a second, Izo had looked over his shoulder to see if had shaken off the cop, when he fell into a hole, which really shouldn't have been there. A moment after, the cop had come after him, whether he had fallen too or jumped, Izo didn't know. He seemed crazy enough to do the latter, anyway.

Because the cop was heavier, he fell a bit faster, but the hole became smaller the lower the got, until it was too small for them to fall through together, and they were stuck.

Izo couldn't say he was in a comfortable position, with his legs pointing up and his behind, pressed against another behind, pointing down.

"This is your fault," the cop said through gritted teeth.

"My fault? If you hadn't insisted on hunting me down, we wouldn't be in this mess," Izo countered.

"You tried to rob a jewellery store!" the cop all but shouted.

Izo rolled his eyes. "Let's just try to get out of here, shall we? Can't you call for backup?"

"No! I forgot my phone," the cop muttered slightly embarrassed.

"For the love of… Alright then," Izo pressed against the cop's back so he wasn't squished against the wall anymore, "hook your arms around mine and we can try to walk up against the wall."

"Ever heard of a thing called gravity?" the cop snapped.

"That's why you press your back against mine. I've seen this work in a movie once." He probably shouldn't add it was an animated movie.

The cop grouched something, but finally seemed to realise it was their only option. He hooked his arms around Izo's as instructed and used his legs to push against Izo's back.

Miraculously, it actually worked, and they managed to reach the top.

"Well then," Izo said as he dusted off his clothes, "it was nice meeting you." He made ready to leave.

"Hold up!"

Izo cursed under his breath and turned around. "What? You're gonna arrest me after our bonding exercise?"

The cop scratched the back of his head embarrassedly. "Well, you see… I'm not actually a cop. I actually own that jewellery store."

Not many things could catch Izo off guard, but this definitely did. "Oh. Well, are you gonna take me to the real cops then?"

"Actually," the not-really-a-cop cleared his throat almost shyly, "after our eh… exercise, perhaps you would be interested in having coffee with me?"