THAT ONE LITTLE THING
By: Sage 360
Hello all! HAPPY NEW YEAR! Thank you for all the wonderful reviews. I hope everyone has a great 2004!
Disclaimer: M-X, don't own them. Enjoy!
He had watched them for a while since the blow up.
Jesse Kilmartin watched, some how seeing what the others couldn't (a trait he thought passed on to him by Emma). In the shadows, he leaned against the threshold of a nearby doorway, arms crossed and observing. Shalimar and Lexa still sat with Amber, only now Brennen had come in and joined them. Jesse's eyes saw the attachment that he and Lexa shared for their daughter - and the jealousy Shalimar masked around him. It was the same as that in his heart.
Damn you, Adam, he thought. You come back, the one thing Shalimar wanted, and you still manage to hurt her. The molecular wouldn't admit he was hurt as well. By the time he'd snapped from his thoughts, Shalimar and Brennen had left. He moved forward, finally wanting to speak.
"I saw you." Lexa smirked as she placed the newborn in the car seat Brennen just brought them. "I'm sure Shalimar knew you were there as well."
"She always does." He sat down, running a hand through his hair. "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure, doesn't mean I have to answer." The molecular grinned at that. It was good to know the old Lexa was still in there. "What's up?"
"Wanna tell me about you and Thorne?"
"No," she exhaled. "But I will. We worked together at Genomax."
"And?"
"And," she continued. "He was an asshole. Whatever Eckhart thought of doing to New Mutants, he made happen." She rocked the car seat gently, watching her child with soft intent. "That's one sick bastard."
"Are you surprised he's running Genomax now?" Jesse asked, while scooting closer in interest.
"Nope. Not at all. Once Brennen offed Mason, I knew it was only a matter of time."
"What does he have against you?"
Lexa looked up, picking thee words she'd let escape. Jesse knew he wouldn't like what was about to be said. "He's the reason I have this plug in my neck." She didn't have to look to see the blue eyes blazing underneath their blonde lashes. "He made me one of the killing machines the GSA 'developed'." She added with emphasizing fingers. "Thorne directed my entire routine of treatment."
"And you eventually retaliated?" Jesse interrupted. Somehow, his fingers had found their way into interlocking with hers.
"Let me put it this way. If I had killed him, Brennen would have never seen the inside of Genomax right before he joined you. And that was months before you guys even thought of him and Emma."
"Did he do something to you, Lex?"
"No, not how you mean." She smirked back. "I just got tired of being his puppet. And as with anything that man makes-"
"It eventually rises up against him."
"Smart man." She grinned. "I knew you weren't all blonde hair and muscles."
"Jokes," Jesse grinned. Right then, he knew he couldn't tell her what he knew. She deserved every moment she got with her child. She needed them. And telling Sparky would be dangerous, he thought. He'd kill Adam before the man could find a way to save Amber -if he could at all. "I got work to do, you need anything?"
Lexa's eyes seemed to dance right then. And for once the molecular questioned what lay behind them. "Nope. Just glad you like hanging around women with kids."
"What can I say, I'm great that way."
The brunette watched as he walked off towards the lab. Yeah, she thought. You most certainly are."
"How long are you gonna work on that?" Shalimar asked. She watched Brennen fidget with the new crib he'd just bought. She wanted to rip it to shreds.
"I'm almost done," he exhaled, while moving to stand over it. "Why, do you miss me?"
Hardly." She grinned.
"Then, I'm doing something wrong." The elemental eyed her before finally standing back from his work. "Let me put this in Lex's room, then I'll be done."
"You're not keeping thee baby in here?" Shalimar caught herself almost sounding happy.
"No, she's better off with Lexa or Adam. At least I'm across the hall." He pushed the rolling contraption into the hallway, then towards his teammates room. When he came back, Shalimar still hadn't moved from the edge of his bed. Brennen purposely sat too close to her, grinning all the while. "What's on your mind?"
"You and Lex getting along," she smirked. "Seems out of place."
"I was thinking that too." He frowned before lying back on the dark comforter. "But it's not like she has an agenda. We have to do what's right."
"For your daughter." Shalimar interrupted while still sitting up. She couldn't turn and see him stretched out like that. His weight on the mattress alone was making her dizzy. "Do you really trust her?"
"Yeah,,,"Brennen replied while pulling at her hair. "Yeah, I do. And that phrase 'my daughter' still doesn't sound real, y'know?" Curly ends of the gold highlights slipped easily through his fingers. He watched as the feral stayed locked in her position. The low rise of her jeans offered the slightest peek of a blue g-string. His brow rose evilly at that. But it was her body language that had him. Shalimar was never a stiff or unyielding person. Brennen could even see the tenseness in her shoulders, and that worried him.
Again she was quiet, only to jump at the rush of arms wrapping around her from behind. Brennen rested his chin on her shoulder as large hands entangled over hers. Shalimar could hear her heart in her ears. "You're too quiet." He whispered. The very sound of his voice unsettled her nerves. "What's going on in that head?"
"Something's not right, about this whole thing." She whispered. And something was too right about being in his arms. Shit, she thought at the realization she was losing control. My nerves are going,,,going.
"Shalimar?" he asked again.
GONE! The blonde turned in his hold, pushing the man back as their lips connected. Both minds screamed 'finally' at the moment, while arms interlaced around the other's body.
"Uhmm,,,Okay." Brennen managed before rolling on top of her. Manicured nails pulled at his shirt, forcing it over his head. "Whatever you want."
"I want you." She whispered, finally relaxing into him. "Just you."
The man grinned, before slowing his actions. He and Shalimar together had been pretty high on his list of thing s to accomplish. Now, as they undressed each other slowly, he mentally drew a line through that thought. Hands and fingers introduced over the contrasting landscaped of their bodies, eager to learn all new paths and directions being offered. Shalimar exhaled against his neck, basking in the heat of his warm frame. Brennen was all she ever wanted.
The rest of the day was theirs, lost to the sweet highs of their lovemaking. Every tease, touch and scratch embedding the most perfect moment onto their minds. Skin seemed to taste sweeter and nerves became so hypersensitive as they drowned in each other. Secretly, Shalimar smiled to herself.
By: Sage 360
Hello all! HAPPY NEW YEAR! Thank you for all the wonderful reviews. I hope everyone has a great 2004!
Disclaimer: M-X, don't own them. Enjoy!
He had watched them for a while since the blow up.
Jesse Kilmartin watched, some how seeing what the others couldn't (a trait he thought passed on to him by Emma). In the shadows, he leaned against the threshold of a nearby doorway, arms crossed and observing. Shalimar and Lexa still sat with Amber, only now Brennen had come in and joined them. Jesse's eyes saw the attachment that he and Lexa shared for their daughter - and the jealousy Shalimar masked around him. It was the same as that in his heart.
Damn you, Adam, he thought. You come back, the one thing Shalimar wanted, and you still manage to hurt her. The molecular wouldn't admit he was hurt as well. By the time he'd snapped from his thoughts, Shalimar and Brennen had left. He moved forward, finally wanting to speak.
"I saw you." Lexa smirked as she placed the newborn in the car seat Brennen just brought them. "I'm sure Shalimar knew you were there as well."
"She always does." He sat down, running a hand through his hair. "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure, doesn't mean I have to answer." The molecular grinned at that. It was good to know the old Lexa was still in there. "What's up?"
"Wanna tell me about you and Thorne?"
"No," she exhaled. "But I will. We worked together at Genomax."
"And?"
"And," she continued. "He was an asshole. Whatever Eckhart thought of doing to New Mutants, he made happen." She rocked the car seat gently, watching her child with soft intent. "That's one sick bastard."
"Are you surprised he's running Genomax now?" Jesse asked, while scooting closer in interest.
"Nope. Not at all. Once Brennen offed Mason, I knew it was only a matter of time."
"What does he have against you?"
Lexa looked up, picking thee words she'd let escape. Jesse knew he wouldn't like what was about to be said. "He's the reason I have this plug in my neck." She didn't have to look to see the blue eyes blazing underneath their blonde lashes. "He made me one of the killing machines the GSA 'developed'." She added with emphasizing fingers. "Thorne directed my entire routine of treatment."
"And you eventually retaliated?" Jesse interrupted. Somehow, his fingers had found their way into interlocking with hers.
"Let me put it this way. If I had killed him, Brennen would have never seen the inside of Genomax right before he joined you. And that was months before you guys even thought of him and Emma."
"Did he do something to you, Lex?"
"No, not how you mean." She smirked back. "I just got tired of being his puppet. And as with anything that man makes-"
"It eventually rises up against him."
"Smart man." She grinned. "I knew you weren't all blonde hair and muscles."
"Jokes," Jesse grinned. Right then, he knew he couldn't tell her what he knew. She deserved every moment she got with her child. She needed them. And telling Sparky would be dangerous, he thought. He'd kill Adam before the man could find a way to save Amber -if he could at all. "I got work to do, you need anything?"
Lexa's eyes seemed to dance right then. And for once the molecular questioned what lay behind them. "Nope. Just glad you like hanging around women with kids."
"What can I say, I'm great that way."
The brunette watched as he walked off towards the lab. Yeah, she thought. You most certainly are."
"How long are you gonna work on that?" Shalimar asked. She watched Brennen fidget with the new crib he'd just bought. She wanted to rip it to shreds.
"I'm almost done," he exhaled, while moving to stand over it. "Why, do you miss me?"
Hardly." She grinned.
"Then, I'm doing something wrong." The elemental eyed her before finally standing back from his work. "Let me put this in Lex's room, then I'll be done."
"You're not keeping thee baby in here?" Shalimar caught herself almost sounding happy.
"No, she's better off with Lexa or Adam. At least I'm across the hall." He pushed the rolling contraption into the hallway, then towards his teammates room. When he came back, Shalimar still hadn't moved from the edge of his bed. Brennen purposely sat too close to her, grinning all the while. "What's on your mind?"
"You and Lex getting along," she smirked. "Seems out of place."
"I was thinking that too." He frowned before lying back on the dark comforter. "But it's not like she has an agenda. We have to do what's right."
"For your daughter." Shalimar interrupted while still sitting up. She couldn't turn and see him stretched out like that. His weight on the mattress alone was making her dizzy. "Do you really trust her?"
"Yeah,,,"Brennen replied while pulling at her hair. "Yeah, I do. And that phrase 'my daughter' still doesn't sound real, y'know?" Curly ends of the gold highlights slipped easily through his fingers. He watched as the feral stayed locked in her position. The low rise of her jeans offered the slightest peek of a blue g-string. His brow rose evilly at that. But it was her body language that had him. Shalimar was never a stiff or unyielding person. Brennen could even see the tenseness in her shoulders, and that worried him.
Again she was quiet, only to jump at the rush of arms wrapping around her from behind. Brennen rested his chin on her shoulder as large hands entangled over hers. Shalimar could hear her heart in her ears. "You're too quiet." He whispered. The very sound of his voice unsettled her nerves. "What's going on in that head?"
"Something's not right, about this whole thing." She whispered. And something was too right about being in his arms. Shit, she thought at the realization she was losing control. My nerves are going,,,going.
"Shalimar?" he asked again.
GONE! The blonde turned in his hold, pushing the man back as their lips connected. Both minds screamed 'finally' at the moment, while arms interlaced around the other's body.
"Uhmm,,,Okay." Brennen managed before rolling on top of her. Manicured nails pulled at his shirt, forcing it over his head. "Whatever you want."
"I want you." She whispered, finally relaxing into him. "Just you."
The man grinned, before slowing his actions. He and Shalimar together had been pretty high on his list of thing s to accomplish. Now, as they undressed each other slowly, he mentally drew a line through that thought. Hands and fingers introduced over the contrasting landscaped of their bodies, eager to learn all new paths and directions being offered. Shalimar exhaled against his neck, basking in the heat of his warm frame. Brennen was all she ever wanted.
The rest of the day was theirs, lost to the sweet highs of their lovemaking. Every tease, touch and scratch embedding the most perfect moment onto their minds. Skin seemed to taste sweeter and nerves became so hypersensitive as they drowned in each other. Secretly, Shalimar smiled to herself.