I don't own any of the characters in this.

It's a bit old so very a/u

The First Taste

The taste of her lips on his surprised him. He never thought she could ever taste this good. He'd kissed her before, but for some reason this kiss was different than all the rest. Then it was over before it had really begun. She moved away from him and smiled. He looked at her, wondering how this had all happened and why she had even agreed to it in the first place.

The slight and short touch of his lips against hers warmed her from her head to her feet. And for a brief moment she knew perfect bliss. She smiled as she broke the quick kiss, as well as feeling a momentary pang of anguish; something inside of her had broken the kiss early because she knew that it wasn't real.

Together they turned to the people that were there to celebrate the day with them. Behind them the priest spoke up, "I give you Doctor and Mrs. Kovac."

They both smiled at the declaration, knowing that it was in name only.

Their friends congratulated them both as they walked back down the aisle towards their new lives together.

Well sort of.

The newlyweds smiled at each other sympathetically as the celebrations for their wedding continued. It was now Carter's second time at a speech; both were dreading it as they had the first.

"I've known these two for a while now, and while I may not have always got on well with Luka, he deserves to be happy and I know that the new Mrs. Kovac will make him very happy." He winked at her, with a knowing and leery smile. She gave a half smile at Carter and chose to ignore all the catcall and laughs his speech had generated.

Luka moved closer to her and whispered in softly, and, she hated to admit it, arousingly, if that were in fact possible.

"We should kick everyone out now, before Carter makes another speech to embarrass you."

"Just me? His last speech was dedicated to all of your ex-girlfriends who work with us, and then he asked them all to rate you, so I'd have a good idea what to expect." She gave her new husband a smile that seemed to generate a feeling within him, something that he didn't want to think about at the moment.

He couldn't think of a response, his eyes seemed transfixed on his wife's smile, which was beginning to confuse her.

"Luka? We should probably go to bed now anyway, we have an early flight for our "honeymoon" tomorrow." She slowly stood and looked around the honeymoon suite that had been booked for them.

Luka joined her seconds later, "Can I have your attention? The new Mrs. Kovac and I would like you all to get out of our hotel. We have to be up early to catch our flight to the conference Kerry has let us attend in place of our honeymoon. Thank you Kerry."

Kerry Weaver smiled and lifted her glass to the couple. She drowned her drink and stood from her seat. "That's okay Luka; just remember to bring back some information from it." She came up and hugged them both and said her goodbyes to the rest of the group. With that, she left, leaving all the rest of the guests to finish their drinks.

Slowly everyone left and the newly-weds were left alone. The smiled at each other awkwardly, wondering what to do next.

"Are you all packed?"

She nodded in response to his question, not really wanting to talk.

"Then we should probably get some sleep. We'll have a long day tomorrow."

Again she just nodded, still unsure of her voice.

He moved closer to her, gazing intently into her face. "Are you feeling okay? You haven't said much."

"I'm fine Luka, just tired I guess. It's been a strange, long day." She moved away from him slightly, unable deal with the feelings that she was suddenly feeling towards her husband.

He smiled softly at her and without warning, picked her up into his arms. His smiled grew as she gasped in surprise at his actions.

"Luka, what are you doing? Would you put me down?" she struggled to get out of his strong arms.

He laughed slightly, "It's our wedding night, isn't this a tradition?" he continued walking, trying to ignore how good his wife felt in his arms.

"I guess, but it's usually for couples that have married for love, not convenience."

"You have a point. But everyone thinks that we're in love and have married for it." Luka continued walking towards the bedroom.

"Well it's not my fault that they're all so gullible to believe such a thing. We're friends Luka, so please let me down." She looked at him expectantly, and was half-pleased and half-disappointed that he did as he was asked.

"Is that better?" he looked at her, trying not to miss the feeling of her being in his arms.

She nodded and slowly walked to the bedroom, knowing full well that he was only a few steps behind her.

She lay under the covers of the bed and watched as he slowly, almost agonisingly, undressed. She blushed deeply as he caught her gaze. He gave her a deep smile and continued to undress. He finished, almost too quickly for his wife, and slid into the bed next to her. His arms found their way around her waist, and pulled her closer to him.

He enjoyed the warmth her body gave off, making him drowsy and strangely happy. He kissed the top of her head. "This is bizarre, isn't it?"

She nodded against him, and moved to face him. "Luka this is quite possibly the weirdest thing I have ever done. But at least it's for a good cause." She cut herself off with a large yawn that seemed to last for minutes.

"We should probably get some sleep." She burrowed herself deeper under the covers and into her husband's arms. "Good night Luka."

He smiled as he watched her slowly drift off to sleep, her arms wrapping themselves around his neck. "Good night Susan." And he gently kissed her.