The smell of strong cleaning fluid permeated the dark cupboard as they stumbled in to the tiny space.
"Shut the door," she urged, in between their greedy, searching kisses. He had to push her firmly against the back wall to oblige and even then the door would not close fully.
"You'll have to move your knees," he murmured even as she twisted her fingers in his hair and pulled his mouth back to hers. She shifted so he could reach behind and pull the door to, shutting out the last sliver of light, leaving the lovers in total darkness. The distant thrum of the music vibrated from the walls, surrounding them in its comforting heartbeat and mellowing their frenzy to a slow-burning pulse.
His body seemed to melt into hers as if they were one, sinuous creature and the touch of his fingers scorched a trail down her spine as the zip on her dress was gently lowered.
Morgan felt the deep rumble of desire in his chest. He pulled her to him tightly and lifted her bodily on to the ledge behind but her sharp breath of anticipation was lost in a sudden cacophany of falling buckets and cleaning products. She leaned into Loki's shoulder to avoid the avalanche, feeling his body shake with laughter.
"Well that was - ow!" The wooden shelf itself finally fell, hitting her with a loud knocking sound and drawing another burst of laughter from the Asgardian currently pressed between her thighs.
"I'm so glad you think that was funny," she drawled "perhaps next time we could indulge in the luxury of a slightly bigger cupboard to fuck in?"
There was a pause and a sudden stillness where she would normally have expected him to bite back. Had she said the wrong thing? Lord knows they'd had some spectacular arguments in the past.
"Loki?"
"Do you have a place to stay nearby?"
She hadn't realised how rattled she was at his silence until the blue notes seeped through the wall at her back and helped her heart find it's rythmn again.
"Yes, why?" Did he want her to leave?
"We should leave here and go there. Do you have wine? I could - stay the night. Perhaps longer."
Under her fingers, the tension in his muscles was evident and it was Morgan's turn to pause.
"Are you feeling all right?" she asked, turning her face up to his in the dark.
"If it's not what you want then I'll be content to service you here in the cupboard. Shall we continue where we left off?" The tetchiness in his voice told her she really had said the wrong thing this time.
"That's enough! What is going on?" She reached out with a bare foot and searched the wall opposite. "Where is the damn light switch?" she snapped, "wait, got it." She pushed the switch with her toes.
Harsh, electric light flooded the room causing them both to blink owlishly in it's unforgiving glare. Clothing and hair dishevelled, limbs entwined and bodies wedged in to the smallest pace imaginable, they stared at each other silently for a moment.
"What is wrong with you? You've been acting very odd all night?" she demanded.
He said nothing but she recognised the look of anger and brittle vulnerability he gave her in return and her annoyance lessened a little.
"You never stay the night," she explained, keeping her voice soft, "not anymore anyway. You used to, in the early days, but then you stopped." She kept her eyes locked on his and saw them flicker in confusion.
"Because you seemed so much happier when I stopped. "
Was he serious? "Happier?"
His obvious confusion only deepened. " Yes. You made jokes. I remember that you said that we were both beyond the need for such obvious displays of possessiveness."
Her eyes widened."I said that, because you asked me if I preferred it! I thought - I thought that you were happier and I didn't want you to know that I wasn't."
"But you weren't?" He looked as astonished as she felt.
"Hell no!"
"Would you like it if I stayed the night?"
"Hell yes! What about the meeting?"
He only hesitated for a second."There'll be other opportunities." Then he leaned down and kissed her soundly.
The light clicked off again as she braced her feet against the wall.
"Are we leaving then?" he asked.
"In a minute. I need you to fuck me first."
"Now?"
"Right now," she confirmed.
"I missed you." he whispered in the dark.
"I missed you too."