Title: I Love You
Author: St. Danger
Posted On: July 7th, 2009
Summary: "How dense are you?" Training, declarations of love, attempted suicides, hospital stays, aftermath of a drunken alley fight, jealousy at a pub, awkward discoveries, and a day in the life. Ah, it must be K-Unit slash! Oneshot.
Genres: Romance/Angst/Humour.
Rated: T
Disclaimer: I don't own Alex Rider or any of the K-Unit.
Warnings/Rated For: Language, angst, slash, the usual.
Notes: I'm American, so apologies for any non-British termage. If you read my "He'll Be Fine" fic you can totally see the sparks between these two there, XD I'm pretty sure this is the first fic that mainly features the pairing of them, so yay! I chose these two because so little is canon with them. Originally was a oneshot, but I seperated it into the seperate scenes and added some extra stuff, along with editing it a bit. So, enjoy!

Three Weeks Ago

Alex Rider smirked as he watched the scene before him, casually sipping his Shirley Temple. He was at a pub, where a good forty or so individuals were gathered for a party. Fox had invited Alex and Jack to attend, and seeing an advantage to have a nice night out, they accepted his offer.

Jack was chatting with Fox, better known as Ben Daniels, and the two were having an excellent time. Alex was thoroughly enjoying himself as well, though not perhaps the way one might expect.

Not to far away, in fact, about a few meters, Eagle was sitting at the bar, drinking ale and glaring at a woman who was blatantly flirting with Snake.

Snake looked uncomfortable to be the object of this woman's affections, especially since she was coming dangerously near his person space. She was practically draped over him, playing with hair, leaning on his shoulder, or giggling and nattering away into his ear.

She was pretty, Alex would have to give her that. Her hair was peroxide blonde, meticulously done to look natural, except that it didn't. It was styled in a simple-looking-but-clearly-complicated up-do, loose tendrils and layers falling perfectly around her neck and face. Her eyes were a startling icy blue, and she had very tanned skin. She was from Paris, that much was obvious from her accent. She wasn't the brightest, but at least she had a very good grasp of the English language. From what Alex had gathered, she had spent her summers in America ever since she was born. Hence her slight Californian twist on the language.

Her outfit was hardly appropriate, even for a pub late on a Friday night. She had an outrageously short black denim skirt that was frayed at the edges, a pair of strappy high heels that could dent concrete, and a revealing multicolored midriff top.

It was most certainly not helping Snake's comfort zone, and Eagle didn't look happy at all.

"I wonder if those two realize they're painfully obvious?" Alex mused as he took another sip of his drink. A mojito, sans the rum, something that had become one of his favorite drinks ever since his visit to a certain island off the coast of Cuba.

"It's so lovely here. I've met so many wonderful people." the girl practically purred, her painted nails curling around Snake's arm.

"That's, um, great, Adeline." he said, and Eagle's eyes narrowed as the girl put her head on his shoulder.

"I thought it was nice." she said, oblivious to his discomfort.

Alex, although he was completely amused, decided it high time for a quick distraction before Snake bolted for it or Eagle throttled Adeline.

"Hey, guys." he said, walking over.

He'd never seen two men looked relieved as they did right then. Adeline didn't exactly look thrilled to see him, but she hid it fairly well.

"Adeline, I hate to drag them away from you, but I really need to talk with Neal and Seth. Is that okay?"

"Of course!" she smiled, but it was forced and Alex knew it. It just added to his amusement.

"Thanks." he flashed her a charming smile that pacified her slightly, and led Eagle and Snake to a back corner. A massive throw blanket with the pub's logo was suspended from the ceiling, and formed a secluded area away from the rest of the pub, namely Adeline.

"You two really are obvious, you know that?" Alex said once they were hidden from view and out of earshot.

Both looked startled.

"What are you on about, Cub?" Eagle asked.

Alex raised an eyebrow. "I'm not an idiot. I decided to be nice and declaw Adeline from Snake's arm before you killed her out of pure jealousy."

Snake and Eagle's mouths dropped, fully stunned and honestly a bit scared. Alex noticed their fear and rolled his eyes, "You think I care? Some people like girls, some people like guys. It doesn't matter to me. I'm not gonna say anything, so you don't have to worry about that."

"How, how did you–"

Alex snorted at Eagle's stammering. "I'm not deaf, blind, and stupid." with that, he walked away and let the two lovers be. His rescue mission was done.

"That kid is..."

"Full of surprises?" Snake supplied.

"Mmhmm."

Eagle lasted another second before he took hold of Snake's chin and kissed him full on the lips. Tonight was turning out to be alright.