Minutes later she remains slumped over the sink, with him atop her, and inside her. He rubs her back and kisses the back of her neck. She smiles as she turns her head toward him, and he pecks her lips over her shoulder. He then hugs her from behind and they stand up together.
She turns to face him, and he pulls her into his arms. They kiss sweetly and sensually for several minutes. When their kissing ends, she says, "I have to shower again." He replies, "My bad. Was it better than your solo session?" She grins as she says, "Uh, hell yeah. Thank you." He pecks her lips as he says, "Glad to hear it. And, you're welcome." They chuckle as he turns on the double headed showers and they shower together. But, not without some playfulness in between.
When they get out of the shower and dress; they decide to finish watching Tommy. When Olivia walks out of the bathroom, he's sitting on the couch and when he looks up at her. He says, "Wow, that's a really pretty color on you." She smiles as she says, "Thank you." She agrees, she loves this lavender sundress. It plays nicely off of her skin tone.
When she sits down, he says, "You didn't even have to iron it. Nice." She grins as she says, "Correct, it's wash and go. Which is perfect for the go bag." He shakes his head as he says, "I gotcha. I'm going to borrow that idea by the way of keeping a bag in the car. It's pretty neat."
She responds, Yeah. It super convenient." He agrees. They settle in to finish watching the episode. And when it ends, they're still cuddling. He's laying behind her, as they spoon. He kisses on her neck as he says, "Your hair smells so good. It smells like coconut." She smiles as she says, "Thank you. It's my hair serum. It's called coconut glaze." He sniffs it again a she replies, "You're welcome. Damn, you smell edible." She smiles as she replies, "Well, I guess by now we know, I kind of am."
He licks her neck as he says, "MMM, yeah we do." She pushes back against him, and he slips his hand between her thighs, as he says, "Look at you. Trying to get something started, again." She smiles as she says, "Uhm, you licked me sir." He kisses her neck, as he replies, "Yeah. Because you smell delicious. So, whose fault is that?" She laughs at him as she says, "I'm done with you." She tries to get up, but he pulls her back down. They laugh and play for a few minutes, and as their laughter settles she says, "You know I have to go."
He sighs as he responds, "I know. But I don't want you to." She repositions, so she can look into his eyes as she says, "We'll be together again in a few hours." He responds, "Yes. But not like this. Or else there'll be a whole other conversation being had." They smile, but she sees he's only partially playing.
He sees her expression shift, and he says, "I'm sorry. I don't mean to be a downer. It's fine." She looks at him as she replies, "Fitz, don't do that." He responds, "Don't do what?" She says, "Act like you're not serious about how you feel, just to make it easy for me. If it's bothering you, it's okay to tell me."
He hates that she knows him so well, but what can he say? She's right. He takes a breath as he says, "I don't want you to feel like I'm pushing you Liv." She nods as she replies, "I respect that. But I don't want you downplaying your feelings to suit me either. That doesn't help either one of us."
Her remark makes him think about Drew's comment to him the other day. He said, it's never good to suppress how you feel about someone, to make them feel comfortable. Your comfort is just as important as theirs.
Going with that ideal, and seeing she's on board with it. He asks, "Okay. So what's the compromise here?" She responds, "Hell, I didn't say I had the answer. I just said, I wanted us to be honest with each other."
He smiles at her as he replies, "You're a goofball." She shrugs her shoulders as she says, "Yeah. But a sexy goofball." They both laugh at her remark and share a kiss. He then sits up, and she whines because he moved.
He shakes his head at her as he says, "You're spoiled." She nods as she replies, "Yep. So get use to it." Again they laugh, and he pulls her closer, as he says, Get in my lap." She obliges, and he holds her as he says, "I want us both to be comfortable here Liv. And I think that can happen. But, we have to put together a plan. Because I don't know how much longer I can act like we're not together in some capacity.
She understands his point; she touches his face as she replies, "I know. I guess it's hard to know what to say to others. When we haven't exactly worked out what we are to each other yet."
He agrees with her as he says, "True. Does that bother you?" She responds, "No, it doesn't. I think that's probably because of our previous conversation. And the fact that it's not like we've been at this very long."
He again agrees as he says, "You're right. It's still all kinds of new to a degree. So there's allot to learn." She hears his response and it triggers a thought. As she asks, "Do you need more time to figure out what you want to do?" He pauses, and she tries to let him off the hook. As she says, "It's fine if you do. I'm just asking."
He smiles at her as he says, "Now who's downplaying their feelings, to prevent upsetting someone else?" She sighs as she smiles and says, "Okay. Busted." They share a laugh, and he says, "I think it all starts with us. We need to clarify our feelings between us, before we can talk to others about it."
She nods as she says, "Okay. That makes sense to me. So who am I to you?" He smiles as he replies, "Oh, so I have to answer the question first?" She laughs as she says, "It's not an interrogation Fitz."
He grins as he replies, "Why don't I believe that's completely true?" She smiles as she responds, "You're stalling." He agrees as he says, "Okay. You got me." There's a pause, and she says, "If you're seriously not ready for this conversation, we can hold off. It's no big deal." He gives her a knowing look as he responds, "Now who's stalling?"
They share a smile, and he pecks her lips sweetly. He knows it's now or never. He basically set it up for them to talk about this; so he has to take it all the way, no turning back. Before losing the nerve. As he sits back from their kiss he says, "Look, I don't want to scare you. But, I can confidently say I don't want to date anybody, but you. I know you said you weren't ready for a relationship. And I get that. But somehow, between us. It feels different. Am I wrong?"
She looks into his eyes and loses herself, as she strokes his face and says, "No. You're not wrong. I did say I wasn't ready for a relationship. But, if there was anybody I'd be willing to try with. It would be you." He smiles at her as he says, "You sure?" She nods as she replies, "Yes. I'm sure. I'm being honest. I feel like we have to give us a shot to see if this magnetic pull, I feel between us is real."