Summary: Lucy tries a different approach into seducing Natsu….and this time sober! Surely it won't fail….right?

Pairings: Natsu/Lucy and mentions of Happy/Charle.

YouTube Prompt: A Gray/Juvia video to the song 'By the Sea' from the Sweeney Todd musical.

It was one of those rare nights where Natsu stayed without Happy.

Their blue, furry, friend had taken up Wendy's offer to join her and Charle on a job with great hopes that the alone time would give him a chance to woo Charle. Natsu and Lucy tried to hide their grimaces (as Happy's sole plan seemed to consist smothering Charle with as much fish as Happy could buy) and cheerfully waved him goodbye before Natsu invited himself over to Lucy's for dinner and before she knew it he had sneaked himself into her bed and fell into a deep enough sleep.

That was when the idea struck.

It was that book's fault. Recently she had been in a bit of an Arthurian mood and borrowed Levy's copy of Morte D'Arthur, and she had gotten to the scene where the maid stripped her clothes off and climbed into the knight's bed….

Well it would certainly serve Natsu right for constantly stealing a lady's bed! If he didn't want to share it with a naked Lucy then he shouldn't have climbed into it in the first place.

Quickly but quietly Lucy stripped all of her clothes off and giddily, because this was the first time she tried this sober and it was strangely thrilling as well as terrifying, she climbed into bed.

At first, she had absolutely no idea what to do.

She laid there freaking out - oh my God! Oh my God! I am lying naked right next to Natsu…..NAKED! I have obviously spent far too much time with Mira, and Cana, and Gray…what am I going to do?! – and briefly considered jumping out and quickly throwing on any sort of clothing before kicking Natsu out of her bed and then forgetting this ever happened.

And then Natsu moaned, rolled over, and shifted close to Lucy.

His hot breath grazed the back of her neck and within an instant all of Lucy's worries, second thoughts, and panic vanished as something far more insane took over.

She was going to do this.

She had to.

If she didn't keep trying then nothing will ever happen because Natsu was ridiculously stupid.

She rolled over to face Natsu, and her ability to breathe disappeared for a couple seconds as she took in the high cheek bones, tanned, rough, skin, and long eyelashes that made Natsu's face very beautiful. Softly, she stroked his cheek, her thumb trailing along his bottom lip.

Natsu moaned again.

"Psst! Natsu!" she hissed. "Wake up! Natsu!"

"Mmm…." Lucy shook Natsu violently which jolted him awake. "Huh? Huh? Lushy?" he yawned. "What's up?"

"Nothing," Lucy purred as she snuggled close against him, her breasts pressing against his arm, "I'm just very cold. I don't suppose you'll warm me up, will you?"

"Sure," Natsu yawned again," you weirdo."

"Hmmph!"

Natsu slung his arm round Lucy's shoulder and pulled her close to his chest. She happily rested her head on it as she relaxed at the constant, soothing, beat of his heart. His body heat scorched her but in an incredibly good way as his hand stroked her arm, and her shoulder, up and down, in a soothing and sweet rhythm.

Lucy smiled against his vest and shifted back a little so his hand landed on her breast…..

…..Natsu's eyes suddenly popped open. "Erm, Luce?" he asked hesitantly.

"Yes, Natsu?"

"You're…..You're naked."

"I know," Lucy purred, "what are you going to-"

"No wonder you're cold!" Natsu interrupted her as he leaped away as far as he could. "God, you freaking weirdo, Lucy!" he laughed. "How can you be so stupid to forget your night clothes? Go and put on a nightie or something. You weirdo…"

"…."

Lucy decided it was kinder to smother Natsu's stupidity with a pillow. Trust her when she says it was nicer than her first choice which was to find a heavy, blunt, object and beat it bloodily out of Natsu.

("Well," Cana said cheerfully as she poured Lucy another drink, "at least you got the bondage bit down, right.")