It's taken me a long time to edit this chapter, and I'm still not sure that I'm happy with it. I'm at the stage though, that I've changed it so many times that I'm starting to feel a bit delirious. I was unsure how I wanted to approach this moment, but I hope you like the way I chose to go. I decided just to keep it simple. Hope you enjoy :)

I don't own The Brave or any of it's characters... But I wish I did.

Chapter 18

"Let's go fishing."

"Huh?" Dalton asked, slightly perplexed.

A second ago, he and Jaz had been kissing each other, right in the middle of his cabin like they had been waiting to for over a week. Passionately, deeply and intimately. Their bodies were pressed together; their hands roaming all over each other.

They didn't need to look over their shoulders to see if anyone was watching, or stay quiet so as to not to draw attention to themselves. So when Jaz had pulled back abruptly and suggested fishing, Dalton hadn't been expecting that.

"Fishing, umm – let's go fishing… on the jetty." Jaz faltered as she repeated her suggestion.

Dalton looked down at her face, trying to get a read on her.

She looked right back at him, and tried to offer an explanation, "Let's just take a pause, momentarily."

Dalton looked into her eyes, and she looked right back. She wasn't backing out, she wasn't having second thoughts, she just needed a pause. He could definitely give her that.

"Let's go fishing." Dalton agreed with a smile on his face.

"Thank you." Jaz whispered and went into the bedroom to grab a couple of things.

Dalton watched her and then had a thought. While he went to gather the fishing gear, he made a quick call on his phone to tee something up. He wanted to do right by Jaz, she deserved that.

Out on the jetty they sat soaking up the sun, enjoying the serenity with their fishing rods in the water.

Jaz was hoping that she hadn't sent out the wrong signal to Dalton earlier on when she asked for a pause, but all of a sudden it had just been a bit too much for her. She never thought that the notion of being intimate with Adam Dalton would feel like too much, but the anticipation, made her… nervous. And Jaz didn't often get nervous. They had been waiting to be alone together again, and now that they were, with nothing holding them back, it all got a bit too real for a minute.

Dalton had been in her life for three years and he had gradually become more and more significant and important to her. She'd never been this close to anyone else, other than Elijah, and even that had been in a completely different way. She just needed a minute. A minute to breath. A minute to take this all in.

Having said all of that, she didn't want Dalton to think that she had changed her mind about anything, because that certainly wasn't the case.

"Top…" She started tentatively, "I hope I didn't send the wrong signal back there. I'm still all in, I just needed a second to make sense of… this." She tried to explain.

He looked over at her with a warm, understanding look on his face.

"Jaz, you can take all the time that you need. I don't want you to feel like there are any expectations here. We can go as slow as you need to." He said gently to her.

Jaz smiled at him, put her fishing rod down on the jetty, shuffled closer to him and leaned over to catch his lips in a quick kiss, "Oh, I don't need to go slow. I literally just needed a minute."

"Well, I hope it's ok that I've made us a dinner reservation for tonight. I want to take you out on a date." Dalton told her as he caught her hand in his and held on.

"You did? You do?" Jaz asked.

"You sound surprised. Of course I do."

"It's just… I mean I've never…" Jaz took a deep breath and tried to compose herself. "I've never really been on a first date before. Or any date for that matter. I've never been the type of girl anyone has wanted to take on a date."

She wasn't trying to make Dalton feel sorry for her, she was just saying it as it was. Her 'tomboy' antics had mostly chased the boys away, or made them feel inferior. She'd never let it bother her, she'd never cared enough about someone to let it get to her.

But now, here was Dalton, wanting to take her out on her first date and their first date, and she was nervous again.

"Well you are the only person I want to take on a date." He punctuated the sentiment with a kiss, leaving her blushing and looking adorable. Of course he'd never tell Jaz she looked adorable, she'd probably punch him.

He continued, "But there's something we need to get straight before our date."

Jaz just looked at him expectantly, getting nervous again at what he would say.

"From now on, it's Adam. Not Dalton, not Top, just Adam. Do you think you can do that?" He asked her with a raised eyebrow.

She found herself blushing again and looked down at the jetty to gather herself. When she looked back up into his eyes she stuttered a little bit, "Umm, yeah. I can do that."

He smiled at her and pulled her towards him again. "Good." He whispered as he caught her lips with his. "Dinner is at seven." He said between kisses.

"Mmmhmm," was her only response as his lips found hers again and again.

They spent a few more hours fishing, in between kissing each other whenever they could, before they headed back to the cabin to get ready for dinner.

As soon as they got in, Jaz announced she was taking a shower to get ready for their date. While she did so, all Dalton could think about was his double shower and how McG had wondered if he had ever put it to good use. Truth be told, he had never invited anyone else to the cabin, or wanted to. But damn he was going to have to get the picture of Jaz in that shower out of his head if he wanted to be comfortable at all this evening.

An hour later, Dalton called out to Jaz to see if she was ready as it was time to leave.

He turned around as she opened the door to his bedroom and stepped out, and to say he was lost for words was an understatement. His jaw just about dropped to the floor and he couldn't actually tell if he was drooling or not.

Jaz wore the same black dress that she had worn in DC for dinner with the whole team when they had got home from their deployment. He had tried to avoid staring at her the first time, but this time, he didn't bother to hide it. It was simple, but clung to all her curves, and this time, Dalton knew what most of those curves looked like.

"Wow, Jaz. Wow." He breathed out.

She blushed in response, "Is this ok?"

He stared at her a moment longer before walking towards her, catching her face in his hands, burying his fingers in her long hair and kissing her like she was oxygen.

He walked her slowly backwards until her back came up against the wall. Not taking his lips off hers, he pressed himself so he was flush against her and deepened the kiss even further.

When he felt her starting to laugh into his mouth, he pulled back and looked at her through his glazed eyes. It made Jaz's breath catch in her throat but she brought one of her hands up to rest against his lips.

"We better go, or we'll miss our reservation."

Dalton's eyes started to clear and he nodded slowly and took a step back.

"You're right. Let's go before I rip that dress to shreds."

Jaz smirked at him and blushed again. She felt like all she did was blush around him. He made her feel things she didn't know she was capable of feeling. And she knew if they didn't leave this cabin in the next minute, both of their clothes would be ripped to shreds.

Their reservation that evening was at a new restaurant that even Dalton hadn't been to yet. It played soft piano back ground music and had a wine list that that came with its own sommelier.

It was a lot fancier than Jaz and Dalton were used to, but they still had a great time.

They chatted, laughed, tried to decipher the fancy menu and work out which cutlery to use with each course.

When it was time for dessert, they decided to head to a diner close by where Adam said they did the best chocolate brownies ever. Deciding that was a big statement, Jaz had to test this out for herself.

As she moaned over the taste of the brownie, and thoroughly agreed with Dalton's assessment, Dalton tried really hard not to imagine her moaning about other things. It was a battle he was losing though.

Jaz sensed when his mood started to change and took some delight in licking all the brownie remnants from her lips as slowly as she could. Dalton knew exactly what she was doing, and it was working.

An hour later Dalton parked the truck out the front of the cabin and turned to look at Jaz.

"Is this where I thank you for the date, and you walk me to the door?" She smirked.

"It's where you ask me if I want to come in for some coffee… In my own cabin." He smirked right back

"Coffee, huh?"

"So I've heard." He shrugged.

"Well then let's go and get some coffee." She said in a low voice, looking at him through her thick eyelashes.

Dalton's eye's darkened as he gazed back at her, before they quickly got out of the car and headed inside.

As soon as he closed the door behind him, and turned around, he found Jaz right there in front of him, and the ambience in the cabin suddenly shifted.

"Still want some coffee?" She asked in her deep rasp, staring into his crystal clear blue eyes.

Dalton stared right back at her, into her beautiful big brown eyes before lowering his eyes to look at her luscious pink lips, "Not as much as I want you." He confessed.

Jaz's own eyes flicked to his lips as her heart pounded in her chest. The electricity between them sparked in anticipation.

Not being able to hold back any longer, Dalton grabbed her and kissed her slowly and passionately, both hungry for each other's touch and taste. She tasted of the chocolate she had eaten for dessert and the wine they had shared, and he wanted to taste that all night.

Jaz ran her hands down Dalton's chest, unbuttoning his shirt as she did so, and helped him shrug out of it. The heat of her palms on him had his skin tingling and he let his fingers run through her silky hair as she kissed him all over his chest.

As she stood back up to return her lips to his, he reached around to slowly lower the zipper on her dress. It fell from her shoulders and puddled at her feet, leaving her standing there in nothing other than her black lacy underwear and matching bra.

Dalton felt all the air leave his lungs and had to consciously remind himself to breathe.

"You're stunning, Jaz." He breathed while the pupils in his eyes continued to dilate.

He pulled her as close as possible with his hands on her waist and kissed her. His tongue ran along her lower lip and she opened her mouth to grant his tongue access and they kissed each other open mouthed and deeply. They ran their hands all over each other, feeling the others' hot skin against their own and searching for a way to quell their desire.

With their lips never relinquishing each other's, Dalton slowly walked Jaz backwards towards his bedroom. He guided her through the doorway to the foot of the bed, where he stepped back momentarily to remove his pants. The second he had discarded them, he drew Jaz back into his arms, already missing the feel of her against him.

He sifted his fingers through her long hair as their hands roamed all over each other. Jaz's hands ran down his back, feeling the goose bumps she was arousing upon his skin and the shiver that followed. She ran her hands all the way down to his ass, sliding her hands inside his boxer briefs to grasp him and pull him even closer to her.

In turn, Dalton untangled his hands from her hair and ran them down her back, deftly unhooking her bra in one smooth movement.

Jaz pulled away fractionally to observe with a smirk, "Looks like you've had a lot of practice doing that."

Not moving his lips too far from hers, he smiled, but admitted, "Not as much as you think, and not for a long time."

With that, he slid his right hand up her waist and across her rib cage to cup her breast in his palm, his eyes appraising all her curves and wanting to touch every one of them. She instinctively arched into him, desperate to feel his touch all over her.

He massaged her breast and ran his thumb over her nipple, making it peak and crave even more attention. Jaz sighed a breathy sound as she arched even further into him, chasing his touch.

Jaz moved her hands from his backside to slide his boxers down his legs so he was standing completely naked in front of her. Regardless of what they had been engaging in for the last couple of weeks, this was the first time she had seen him completely naked, and her eyes darkened as she took him all in. It was as if he was carved from stone. Chiselled, hard and absolutely beautiful.

Needing to touch him immediately, she reached out her hand to take his length in her hand and she ran her thumb across the head of his cock, feeling him jerk slightly in response. Every nerve ending was on hyper alert as her touch drove him crazy. Lowering her hand to pump him slowly, she felt him grow even more in her palm. He had to lean down to place his own hand on top of hers and closed his eyes in concentration.

"If you keep doing that, with the way I'm feeling right now, I'm not going to last long." He rasped, looking at her through hooded eyes. It took every bit of control he had not to let himself erupt prematurely. Instead, he lifted her up so her legs were wrapped around his waist and walked over to the bed placing her down on the bed and laying himself on his side, leaning over her.

He cupped her cheek in his hand, savouring her beauty and their mouths found each other's once again. He wanted to touch every piece of her at the same time, and ran his hand down her body, between her breasts and inched his fingers towards the top of her underwear.

Pulling his lips away from hers, he looked her straight in the eye as he slid them down over her legs. This was the first time he had seen her completely naked and his breath caught as he looked at her appreciatively. He wanted to explore every curve, every valley, even every scar. She was stunning. Absolutely stunning.

"Fuck Jaz, you're so beautiful." Was all he could say desperately, before slamming his lips back on hers, kissing her with as much depth and passion as he could. They couldn't get enough of each other's lips and their hands held on tight to each other.

Dalton's hand wandered down her body, circling her breasts until they were both peaked with desire, caressing her flat stomach as the nerves inside tingled, and slowly slipped between her folds and sought out her clitoris. As soon as he made contact with her, she hummed in approval and continued doing so as he stroked her in a slow and steady pace, just teasing her.

"You're so wet." He groaned against her lips.

She moaned as he increased the speed of his strokes, "You make me wet," causing him to smile against her lips in response and slip a finger inside her slick cavity. Jaz craved more and more of his touch and arched her back in an attempt to feel him deeper inside of her.

He slid his finger in and out of her as his thumb made circles around her clit, eliciting even more moans from her, so glad they no longer had to keep quiet. As the sensations started to build up inside of her, her hips began to lift of the bed, searching for more of his touch deep inside of her, yearning for it.

When she couldn't stand it any longer, she lowered her hand to cover his.

"Adam…" She breathed out, trying to compose herself enough to continue.

"… I want you inside of me. I need you inside of me."

That was unequivocally the sexiest thing he had heard. Ever.

She pulled him closer toward her so that he was laying on top of her, eager to feel him covering every inch of her. He lay cradled between her legs and for the first time their entire bodies were completely skin to skin from head to toe, every inch of them alive with desire.

"Do we need, uh…?" Dalton had to check.

"No, all good. I'm covered."

Dalton was secretly very happy to hear that. He was desperate to feel every inch of her against him and they knew they both had a clean bill of health due to the regular check-ups they had as part of their jobs.

Jaz pulled him down to her and locked her lips on his once again. Her body was on fire and she wanted to share everything with this man. Her hands made their way down his back to settle on his ass, and she could feel him rock hard against her opening, so tantalisingly and teasingly close.

She rocked her hips back against his, feeling him against her clit, nerve endings aflame, as her wetness coat his cock.

She whispered once again in his ear, "I need you, Adam."

There was no way he could prolong it any longer after hearing that. Holding her gaze, as if looking right into her soul, he shifted his hips and slide inside of her in one smooth movement, evoking groans from deep inside the both of them.

They both paused momentarily, eyes closed, foreheads pressed together, both vibrating with need and savouring the full feel of each other. Finally.

"I need you too, Jaz." Dalton whispered as they locked eyes again and he started to move inside of her.

He thrust into her with long, slow movements, gathering her hands, lacing his fingers with hers and holding them above her head on the pillow. He caught her lower lip between his, nipping her with his teeth, feeling her starting to thrust her hips up against his own as her desire built.

Releasing one of her hands, he lowered his own to cup her breast while he sucked her nipple into her mouth. Hearing Jaz hum her approval, he grazed his teeth against her nipple and she writhed in ecstasy.

She thrust back harder against him and their bodies moved together like a well-choreographed dance, in perfect synchronicity with each other, as if they had been doing this their whole lives.

Jaz pulled her other hand away from his and raked her fingertips down his back, making their way down to his ass and holding on tight to pull him deeper inside of her. The feel of her fingertips digging into his skin put all of his nerve endings on notice, and as she lifted her legs and locked them around his waist, he felt himself slip even deeper inside of her, never feeling so at one with anyone.

Jaz nearly rolled her eyes in the back of her head feeling Adam even deeper inside of her and as his thrusts picked up more speed, she held a hand to his cheek and kissed up and down his neck, hotly and wantonly.

He felt himself start to shudder with the feel of her luscious lips against him and he let out a low growl. The power that Jaz had over him, had him feeling things he had never felt before.

Feeling Adam thrusting harder inside her had Jaz arching her back and thrusting back against him, desperate to have him as deep inside her as possible. Over and over her hips arched up to catch him, meeting him every inch of the way. They were in perfect rhythm, both of them exclaiming their pleasure with each thrust.

Feeling the ripples in his body starting to build up, Adam thrust even faster, feeling her slick velvety warmth start to shudder.

"Oh god." Jaz exclaimed as her own body started to ripple around Adam.

They locked eyes once more and didn't move them from each other as they allowed their bodies to seek out what they needed from each other, sensations building until they didn't think they could take much more.

Adam could feel Jaz start to clench even tighter around him and he knew he wasn't far away himself.

"Fuck Jaz, you feel amazing." Dalton rasped as the current between them was about to overflow.

Eyes still locked, they couldn't tear them away as their cries became louder. Faster and faster they moved, making sounds they didn't know they could make and seeing colours they didn't know existed.

"Come for me Jaz," Adam whispered to her and that was enough to send her over the edge, exploding with pleasure as every nerve in her body vibrated in release.

"Oh, Adam." She cried as her body convulsed, feeling heat explode through her from the core of her stomach, through her lower body and rising up towards her nipples.

Seeing her come like this was a catalyst, causing him to release his own bliss.

Together their bodies shook and shuddered as they cried out each other's names in ecstasy, holding tight as the vibrations ran through both their bodies, as if they were the one entity.

Dalton continued to move inside of her as they rode out the waves of euphoria and their lips locked, ensuring their intimate moment continued for as long as possible.

When they began to feel the waves starting to subside, they came up for air with their chests heaving as if they had just run a marathon. They rest their foreheads against each other and tried to get their breath back, neither one of them wanting to move away from the warmth, comfort and rapture they had just sought out from each other.

"Wow, Jaz." Adam panted as he caught her lips with his, nibbling softly on her lower lip.

"Yeah, wow." Jaz breathed out in agreeance with him, holding him tight against her, both of them savouring what had just transpired between them, not quite believing that it finally happened.

When Dalton woke up the next morning, just before sunrise, it was to feel soft kisses being placed along his chest and the hollow of his neck. They had fallen asleep the night before, still naked in each other's arms, both thoroughly satiated but exhausted.

Jaz had woken about five minutes before Dalton, with her face buried in his chest. As the previous evening had flashed back to her, the rush of emotion that swept over her had been unfamiliar, but certainly not unwelcome.

The smile that spread across his face as Dalton himself remembered last night's activities was reflected on Jaz's face when she pulled back to see him awake.

"Good morning." He whispered with a sleepy, but soft smile on his face as he leant down to plant a kiss on her lips.

"Morning." She whispered back, equally as softly.

He looked into her eyes with so many thoughts going through his mind. One of them spurted out of his mouth like he didn't have control over his voice, "Any regrets?"

Jaz looked straight back at him and drowned in those beautiful blue eyes, which were desperately searching hers. She leaned over, placed her hand on his chest and kissed him open mouthed and intimately. She moved one of her legs so it slid between the two of his, feeling his morning erection pressed against her thigh. She slide herself up and down slowly, feeling last night's hunger beginning to build again.

"Good answer." He murmured, while his eyes glazed over at the feel of her moving against him.

"What about you?" She whispered in return, still pressed intimately against him.

He reached up and dragged her head back down to kiss her hungrily. While doing so he moved her leg, sliding it all the way over his own leg so that she was straddling his hips while lying on top of him. He placed one hand on her ass and held her down against him and he ground his hips into hers.

"Does that answer your question?" He asked against her lips.

"Mmmhmm." Jaz breathed out while she rocked against him, trying to satisfy the ache within her.

Dalton lifted himself into a sitting position, with Jaz straddling his lap and his hardness sandwiched between them. He caught her lips with his again and kissed her slowly, but deeply. His hands roamed over her back pressing them close together with Jaz's breasts flattened against his chest. His hands wandered down to her hips and he moved them slowly back and forth, so she rocked against his cock.

He pulled back to look into her big brown dilated eyes and she looked sexy as hell with her kiss swollen lips and her sleep entangled hair. Holding her gaze, he lifted her hips as she blinked slowly and caught her breath in anticipation. She put her hand between them to guide his cock to her entrance and with her eyes never leaving his, she lowered herself down onto his length, taking him inch by inch until she felt him deep inside of her, encased in her heat.

Placing her hands on his shoulders for leverage, she began to rock her hips back and forth and he felt her warmth enclose him completely.

They made love gently and intimately.

Their orgasms built up slowly as Jaz moved herself up and down, grinding herself deeply against Adam, feeling him bottom out with each stroke.

As she arched her back, trying to feel him as deeply as possible, Dalton leant forward and sucked her nipple into his mouth, while holding her close to him. The added sensation tipped her over the edge and she threw her head back as her orgasm was teased from her with the continuing pleasure Dalton was providing.

Feeling Jaz clenching and quivering around him, he shuddered in ecstasy himself, spilling himself inside of her, and they rode out the waves of pleasure together.

As they rocked together slowly, not quite ready to part just yet, Dalton buried his head against her chest and she enclosed her arms around him, gripping each other tightly.

She kissed his head, running her fingers through his hair and holding him close. He breathed her in as his hands made slow circles on her back, still holding her close, still not willing to let go yet.

It was a good job they were alone in the cabin. Between last night and this morning, they hadn't held back in their new found indulgence of each other.

Last night had been about pure need. The result of their anticipation of each other, of their exploring each other and of their desire for each other.

This morning was about appreciation. The appreciation of what they had found with each other.

Dalton pulled back to look at Jaz and kiss her tenderly. She laid a hand on his cheek, and thread her fingers through his beard as she kissed him back. They laid back down and snuggled up together. The mutual satisfaction they had experienced still running through their minds as fatigue started to wash over them.

Neither of them had felt an intimacy like this before. Neither of them had any regrets and neither of them could quite put into words, the way that they were feeling.

Like I said at the beginning, I changed this chapter so many times, I'm not even sure if I managed to convey what I wanted to. This writing business is hard. I know exactly how I wanted it to play out in my head, but getting it out was a lot harder than I expected. Please be honest with what you think. I honestly don't know how I feel about this chapter. Thanks for reading and I love any reviews that you leave :)