"Put your hands here,

then here,

and here.

Learn me."

-Tiffany Simone

Nia's heels clicked as she walked down the hallways of the D.E.O., knowing exactly where she needed to go despite not having been in the building before. She also managed to avoid those who would stop her.

She only had an hour for lunch (forty minutes now) and she'd gone out of her way to come here since her boyfriend seemed to have forgotten their scheduled lunch date and neglected to answer her calls or texts.

She knew he wasn't intentionally ignoring her. If Alex or Colonel Hayley had given him a task, he would put 100% of his focus into it and push everything else to the wayside, not unlike she did when she was deep in a story.

She paused outside the door and stared at the keypad for a moment before letting her hand rest over it as she closed her eyes, typing out the seven-digit passcode a short thirty seconds later before entering.

Brainy was sitting cross-legged on one end of a long weapons crate with a straight spine, closed eyes, and steepled hands with a tablet balancing perfectly on his knee. It was his stillness that said he was still engrossed in his task, unaware of her entrance.

Slipping off her heels, she lifted herself up next to him.

Leaning over the tablet, she watched the images and code flash across the screen too fast for her to even begin to comprehend for a moment before she asked, "So, what are you doing?"

His eyes snapped open with alarm. "Nia Nal!"

Nia caught the tablet before it hit the floor, nearly laughing as he almost followed it. She could see just how quickly he put all the pieces together, taking in her outfit and bare feet. She was mindful to keep her smile, though. "You good there?"

"I am alright." He smoothed out his shirt, "I must apologize, I didn't-"

She set aside the tablet, "Hey, it's alright."

"But it was a scheduled date and I forgot." He seemed genuinely distressed, twisting his Legion ring as he unfolded his legs, looking like he wanted nothing more than to be moving, "I never forget. When I talked to Lena and Alex and Kara, they all instructed me on the importance of remembering these kinds of occasions-"

She slid off the crate. "It's a lunch date, Brainy, not an anniversary."

He looked down at his hands, "You're not upset."

She laughed, shaking her head, "No, I'm not."

He blinked, looking around the armory then at her, "You're at the D.E.O."

Nia chuckled, "Yes, I am."

"You just…" he motioned at the door, "walked in?'

"Alex helped me out a bit. Besides," She grinned, "I knew what to expect."

He glanced at the door, "You could've been questioned because I-"

Standing on her tiptoes, she took his face in her hands and pulled him into a kiss that told him that she was perfectly okay with their current situation and she smiled as she felt his fluttering hands settle on her hips as he drew her closer.

"Nia…" he managed as she trailed her mouth along his jaw, "we shouldn't be doing this while-"

"Relax, Agent Dox." She murmured into his neck as her hands moved slowly down his chest, mouth lingering on his racing pulse and smiling at his breathing grew uneven at the barely-there graze of her teeth, "You're thinking too much."

"Nia…"

Warmth bloomed in her chest at the way he breathed out her name and she knew all he needed was one more push so Nia pulled back, calves burning as she stood flat-footed once more, and smiled as he looked down at her. "Help me out?"

He blinked, appearing momentarily confused.

Nia hesitated for a split second, wondering if she needed to be clearer in her wording-

Brainy slid down off the crate, drawing her into a kiss so quickly she couldn't have seen it coming if she tried, one hand snaking into her hair and tilting her head up while the other splayed on her lower back and pulled her flush against him.

Her fists bunched the fabric of his shirt as she groaned, the sheer intensity and force of the kiss completely knocking her off-kilter as she felt her back slam against one of the metal cages lining the armory with a loud rattling sound.

She knew she should be wondering what time it was. If she should be fixing the rumples in her blouse and skirt or the tangles in her hair before hurrying back to Catco or even using her abilities to see if (or when) they would be interrupted but then his hands cupped the back of her thighs and lifted her up and it was all she could do to wrap her legs around his waist.

Her head fell back against the cage, her loud, gasping breaths being drowned out by the blood rushing in her ears and Brainy took full advantage of her bared throat, lips trailing along the taut tendons and pounding pulse in an almost identical fashion to what she'd done earlier.

Being the sole object of his focus was something she'd always fantasized about, but there was no facet of her imagination that even came close to how she felt in that moment as fingers lightly followed the lines of muscle in her thighs up inch by inch, dimly aware that he was noting every single thing she did. Every shuddering breath. Every flex of muscle. Every pounding beat of her heart. Cataloging it all for future reference…

"Agent Dox?"

Both went rigid at the icy calm in Alex's- no Director Danver's -voice.

Nia could physically feel the switch in Brainy as he lowered her to the ground, the unfettered want in his eyes and his genuine smile being replaced with something much more subdued and apologetic as he turned to face the woman.

Nia, on the other hand, couldn't look at her.

God, this was possibly the most embarrassing thing she'd ever experienced to date. Worse than blabbering on and on to Kara on their very first meeting or even her and Brainy's disastrous miscommunication in regards to their first "date". She felt guilty in a way she hadn't felt before, feeling as though she'd pushed him into doing something that could (and most likely would) get him into trouble…

She tried (and failed) to shove down the heat in her cheeks as she concentrated on putting one foot in front of the other as she walked on unsteady legs to slip into her heels, but she couldn't help but listen to the conversation, neither Brainy nor Alex concerned with her doing so.

"You are aware of the risks I took, allowing her down here?"

"Yes, of course, I am aware. I fail to see why you are so upset." He seemed almost confused by the question, no doubt staring at the clearly irate woman with a furrowed brow like he was surprised she would even consider him doing something without being aware of the risks. "It is not as though this is the first time."

Silence followed his statement and her curiosity outweighed her embarrassment, Nia turning in time to see Alex's stony expression fracture as she blinked, and was that a blush? She looked over at Brainy and saw the slight uptick of his chin that told her that a calculation had been proven correct. That he'd seen this conversation coming and had formulated an appropriate response.

"I also recall you saying you owed me one."

Nia might not have been able to process as quickly as Brainy but she certainly knew how to fill in the blanks, knew just what Brainy had owed Alex. After all, it wasn't like they were the only new couple in the group…

Alex narrowed her eyes, jaw flexing.

Nia wondered if he accounted for getting shot with a stun gun.

She looked over at Nia, everything softening as she let out a long breath. "You have…" she picked up the forgotten tablet and glanced down before handing it to Brainy, "about fifteen minutes to straighten yourself up in the locker room and head on back to Catco. I trust that you know the way?"

Nia nodded, moving to leave.

"Nia?" Alex smiled, "Relax. You're not the one I'm mad at."

Both looked over at Brainy as he tapped away at the tablet, seemingly ignoring the conversation in favor of whatever was on the screen. Nia caught the fond exasperation in Alex's expression before she managed a small smile and turned to Nia, "I'll see you later, Director?"

Her mouth twitched, "Movie night on Friday?"

"Yeah." Nia looked over at Brainy, his dark hair falling in his face as he once again focused intently on the task at hand and bringing to mind the feeling of having all that focus on her. She swallowed thickly, cheeks flushing anew, "Make it a girl's night?"

Alex's smile was knowing when she responded, "Done."