Root pushed Shaw against the door as she slammed it shut behind her. Shaw's head hit the wood with a thunk.
"What were you thinking?" Root hissed. "Nearly getting yourself killed like that." Shaw took a second to focus on Root's face, so close to her own.
"Thinking of getting you out of the way of a bullet," she said, pushing Root away, shrugging off her shirt as she walked through to the kitchen. There was a lot of blood, but it hadn't done much damage. Root inspected it a moment, obviously came to the same conclusion, pushed Shaw against the kitchen counter. Shaw pushed back against her for a moment, then saw the look in Root's eyes; feral and wanting.
"Oh, you wanna do this now?" Shaw asked, letting herself be pressed against the Formica counter behind her.
"Yeah," Root breathed out, and pushed until Shaw hopped up the counter, pressed Shaw's knees apart to stand between them, tugged Shaw's bra off and pressed her face into Shaw's bared skin. Shaw waited for the bite, the sting of Root's teeth on her bare flesh, was surprised by the moisture she felt on her neck instead.
Shaw raised a hand, let it rest on the back of Root's head a moment before slipping down the cup her cheek, lifting Root's face so Shaw could look at her. Root's hands, which had been gripping Shaw's thighs, slipped up to Root's ribcage.
"You took a bullet for me," Root said, weeping. Her face dropped back to Shaw's chest, her arms wrapped tight around Shaw's torso.
"Well, it doesn't mean anything," Shaw said stoically, but her hands wended through Root's hair, crept down her back vertebrae by vertebrae until she was holding Root just as tightly.
Notes:
I feel like this one could be fleshed out into a longer one-shot but I already have another idea for another story (another 5 times Root kissed Shaw) and potentially another chapter for Frisky... which would make it five on the go, and while being able to use this laptop has made a difference, I feel like that is too much for now since it's still early days of writing again.
So I guess we'll see?