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He stopped in the alley, shoulders hunching forward and his sigh weighing deep alongside the hands in his pockets. "One of these days, you're going to get caught."
She slunk from the shadows, the heels of her shoes not making the slightest sound against the uneven pavement. "Maybe, but then, that's where the fun is, isn't it?"
Gajeel glowered down at her from the corner of his eye, pulling a derisive snort from her dainty nose.
"Don't give me that look, I'm not a child."
"You're toeing dangerous ground, Levy…"
She circled him, the vulture that had yet to strike its prey. "And you're not, Redfox? Things are different these days, if you're not on the up of trouble-." A slender hand raised to cross over her delicate throat, "You're on the steep downside just waiting for someone to push you into the fall."
Levy stepped closer to him and this time he heard the definite click of her boots' heel, a recognition of her trust in him if anything. "Things are different."
The smoldering city and faraway sirens echoing in the distance were a dead giveaway, he didn't need her reminder.
Or excuses.
Gajeel twisted his mouth thoughtfully, "They could be another kind of different."
The smaller woman rolled her eyes and slid her hands to the fabric at his sides, comfortably settling them between his arms. "This where I'm supposed to bite my lip with guilt and the tempting promise of redemption? You'll use those broad shoulders of yours to sweep me right off and out of the boots that have trekked through seas of blood. I'll clasp my thin, little arms around your neck, only to let you sear my skin with the blinding taste of hope. You'll kiss the poor, broken thing senseless until she's precisely what you want her to be."
He growled at her, leaning down to snarl in her ear. "You know as well as anyone that that's not my intention. People are starting to wonder, the beloved Ms. McGarden's been missing too long for a simple bout with a cold."
Levy clicked her tongue, moving her face toward his and suspending her lips a hair's breadth over his. "And what of Mrs. Redfox?"
His eyes narrowed dangerously before he slammed his mouth over hers, their canines clanking together and catching on each other's lips. His next words were scraped against her mouth.
"Drop this and you just might find out one day, Lev."
#17; an au where the characters are enemies
originally posted: 10-28-13
A/N: So instead of taking the obvious approach since Levy and Gajeel have been enemies before, I went for a Catwoman and Batman-like setup. They are not actually those characters in this universe, just that same dynamic.