The rain is gentle against her leather clothing, so she ignores it. There is no make-up for it to ruin, anyway. On a second thought, she brings her grocery bag up closer to herself, protecting it from the damp.

"D'you want help with those?"

She looks at him speculatively, not even bothering to ask how he's suddenly here, so close to her house, and she hands him the bag of shopping. He stumbles around under its weight for a few moments, and she stifles a giggle or five at the sight.

They walk in silence, hers contemplative, his respectful. Her doorstep is reached, and she smiles. "Thanks for the assistance."

"It's nothing."

There's a moment full of tension and a great deal of subtext, and then she lifts the bag gently out of his arms. He smiles and slowly tiptoes to kiss her on the lips.

It is a testimony to Tanith's affection for him that she doesn't kick Fletcher's knees and send him sprawling.


A/N: Tanith/Fletcher :)

Um. Has it occurred to anyone that if she sits on the ceiling to avoid him and he's looking up at her, like in that scene in TFO, it's, like, the perfect opportunity for him to look up her top?

XDXDXD

~Mademise Morte, December 28