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!

Four Days Ago

"Neal! Seth! Open the freaking door!" James commanded, knocking a bit harder than necessary on their apartment door.

Ben just rolled his eyes. Patience was definitely not their unit leader's forte. He had especially been on edge since Cub's release from the hospital a few days ago. The kid was fine, in fact, he was standing right next to them, watching in unconcealed amusement at Wolf's less-than-peaceful attempt to break down the door.

Cursing the two flatmates, James rummaged around in his pockets for his key to their place.

The blue-eyed SAS operative grinned a little. The two of them had decided to bother Neal and Seth to go out for breakfast, and had dragged Cub along for the ride.

Alex and Ben exchanged entertained smirks as James was about to open the door. He did so, stumbling in a little as Ben tried to push past him.

"You–" that was all Ben managed to say before he stopped dead in his tracks, completely stunned. James wasn't much better, watching the scene with his jaw dropped. Alex was absolutely fine, an eyebrow raised, but otherwise undeterred.

It seems that there had been a reason Seth and Neal weren't opening their door, and that reason would be that they were preoccupied. Namely with kissing the life out of the other.

Seth was perched on the island in the kitchen, leaning backwards over the counter. Neal was pressed against him, pushing the younger of the two down a little, hands on either side of Seth's face. Seth was definitely not protesting either, a small moan escaping his throat as his fingers wove through Neal's hair, his back arching slightly as he kept their bodies together.

"Ahem." Cub was, of course, the only one capable of attempting to get this situation moving along.

Both of their eyes widened in shock before their lip-lock ceased, panting slightly as they flushed crimson, from lust and embarrassment. Both wore matching abashed and meek expressions as they turned slightly to face the rest of their unit.

Wolf was still in absolute shock, so no help there. Fox, to his credit, had composed himself somewhat and was regarding the two with a surprised look. Cub was the only one who had pieced it together before this, so at least that was one possible source of aid should Wolf and Fox go ballistic.

Snake licked his lips nervously. "Um. Hi?"

Cub broke into a grin. "Hi guys. Having fun?"

Snake and Eagle turned an even deeper shade of scarlet, lowering their gazes. Kill the Cub.

Awkward silence.

The formerly kissing duo realized their hands were still all over the other, and they quickly moved them to less intimate positions. One of Snake's hands was intertwined with Eagle's, and his other was clutching the edge of the counter as though it might save them. Eagle's free hand fell to his side, nervously pulling at the hem of his shirt.

"So..." Cub drawled, getting bored. His latest near-death escapade had made him a bit less shy, much more brazen about things, especially when it came to potentially awkward situations.

Scratch that potential out. It was definitely awkward, even on his side of things and he knew about it beforehand!

"So. Yeah." Eagle's voice was just a pitch higher than usual, but at least he was speaking, which was more than could be said for Fox and Wolf.

More silence.

"Oh for god's sake, can't you two say something?" Cub snapped, turning to Fox and Wolf.

Fox shrugged. "Well, can't say I'm TOO surprised. Surprised, but not TOO much."

Snake and Eagle's eyebrows flew to their hairlines.

Fox shrugged again. "Come on! You two were always touchy with each other and if Neal's not the biggest flirt in the country–"

"We get it." the flirt interrupted shortly.

"Wolf?"

Said unit leader gave Cub a dark look, who didn't even bat an eyelash at it. He took a deep breath and fixed the couple with a hard look. "Why didn't you tell us?"

Okay, not what they'd been expecting, but better than getting killed or yelled at.

"We didn't know how." Snake explained, fidgeting a little.

Wolf looked surprised for a moment, before it dawned on him. He nodded slowly in understanding. He honestly had absolutely not problems with their relationship, it had just been a little unexpected to see them like that. Really, he just wished they'd told them all sooner.

Speaking of which, Wolf glanced at Cub, who had seemed totally at ease the entire time. "Did you know about this?" he asked accusingly, his brown eyes narrowing.

"Yeah."

"They told you?"

"No."

Wolf rolled his eyes in frustration, getting dangerously close to killing the kid. Him and his damn one-word answers.

Fox, seeing the glint in Wolf's eyes, decided to step in. "How do you know, then?"

"Well, a few weeks ago, when we were all at that bar... That Adeline girl, the French one, was practically draping herself all over Snake."

Eagle growled a little at her name and slung his arms around Snake possessively, pulling the fair-haired man closer. It was pure instinct on his part.

Cub smirked and continued, "Based on how jealous Eagle was acting, and Snake shooting 'please-help-me' looks at him every five seconds, plus how cuddly they were before Adeline came along, it was pretty obvious."

Eagle and Snake bit back grins of their own as Fox shook his head and Wolf rolled his eyes.

"God, only you Cub." Fox muttered.

There was a moment of silence, not at all awkward this time. In fact, it was nice, a moment for them to breathe.

"I'm hungry." Eagle announced.

Wolf grinned like his namesake. "Good. Because before this little fiasco, we were going to drag you two out to breakfast."

Suddenly, the four grown men shot each other identical glances, before turning their eyes onto Cub, who was watching with brown eyes narrowed in suspicion.

"Cub's paying." and they all bolted for the door.

"NO WAY!" the spy objected, chasing after them.