Rain Drops On Roses

Ok here is a little piece of Maya/Ethan fluffers I wrote for the 'thunderstorm' prompt on the gh_unwrapped LJ don't own the fandom sadly also my first time writing this ship (and Maya in general) hope I didn't disappoint… lyrics used are from Favorite Things from the musical Sound of Music to which the title also comes from.

His charms had finally gotten to her and she agreed to go on a date with him…a real date with him and that was why they were walking down the docks that evening.

"Is there a reason your taking me here?" her voice rang out into the dark evening, "your not taking me to one of your mob meetings are you."

He shook his head.

"No love," he said truthfully as he would never drag her into that side of him and frankly if it weren't for the money…dirty as it was he'd try to get out of that life while he still was in the shallow end of the mob pool.

"Then why are you taking me for a walk on the docks?"

"Truthfully?"

"Truthfully."

He looked into Maya's eyes and smiled his sweetly seductive grin.

"I heard there is a nice gelato stand nearby."

Maya rolled her eyes.

"Gelato Ethan….seriously?"

"Well if you don't like that…."

"No, I was just expecting you to say you like the smell of the air or something."

"Well I do enjoy the aroma of salty sewage but gelato seemed more romantic."

"Romantic? Since when were you Mr. Romantic?"

Before he could open his mouth faint drops began to fall.

"Hey…I resent that…anyway it looks like rain…how about we skip the gelato and head back to my place to watch a movie."

"Your place as in…"

"My studio apartment, not Zacchara's penthouse."

"Well in that case…."

XXX

By the time they arrived at Ethan's place the sprinkling had turned into a full blown downpour.

"Why don't I go and get you something dry to put on."

"So THAT'S why you dragged me here…to get me out of my clothes."

"And into a pair of my drier ones….I don't want to good doctor to get sick now…not on my watch."

Maya smiled.

"No," she replied, "wouldn't have that."

Watching Ethan walk away a smile crossed the young woman's lips though she didn't want him to see in lest he got any ideas. She was still a bit wary on forming a full blown relationship to this guy who reminded her of her past boyfriend who died do to his own reckless impulses.

"Here you go love," Ethan said tossing over a pair of boxers and a T-shirt in her directions seconds after reemerging in drier cloths, the soft sounds of thunder suddenly filling the air causing Maya to jump.

"What's wrong."

"Nothing…it's just…well."

"Go on I promise I won't laugh."

Maya nodded.

"I'm kind of afraid of thunder."

Ethan chuckled.

"Hey…you promised."

Ethan tried to repress his laughter as he pointed out where the bathroom was so that his date could change while he proceeded to pop some popcorn.

XXX

"There all nice and dry," Ethan said with a smirk as he perched himself on one side of his ratty couch, "now I don't have cable and my DVD collection kind of sucks…."

Maya interrupted him.

"And you invited me here to watch a movie her then because?…."

A louder sound of thunder rocked the house causing Maya to jump on the opposite side of the couch as Ethan began to mumble under his breath in a singsong tone:

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens

Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens

Brown paper packages tied up with strings

These are a few of my favorite things….

Maya blinked a bit.

"Are you singing Ethan?"

A faint blush fell across his cheeks.

"Well you said you were afraid of thunder….and I thought…"

He began to let out a laugh.

"What did you think?"

"Well in the Sound of Music…"

"Oh my god I knew that song sounded familiar…I didn't peg you for the kind of guy who likes musicals."

"Well you know what they say…you can't judge a book by its cover."

"So your gay?"

Ethan blushed.

"I mean I experimented once but…I mean no…I just have a broad taste in film."

Maya silently nodded as the thunder rang out some more causing her to jump again, this time closer to where Ethan sat allowing him to sing again this time in a soft seductive whisper in her ear:

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels

Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles

Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings

These are a few of my favorite things…

"You have a good voice," Maya whispered as Ethan finished singing her the song, "why don't you sing at Jake's sometime."

"I did…twice in fact."

"You know what they say…third times the charm…."

There was a moment of silence that filled the air as the duo shared an almost kiss however before anything could happen Ethan pulled back.

"Maybe," he said with a smirk, "anyway…how about that movie."

"That depends…do you have Sound of Music."

Ethan let out a laugh as he got up to rifle through his DVD collection.

'You know…I think I do…"

The End