"You fly through space all the time but sliding down a snowy hill makes you shriek like a child?"
He was right behind her. So close, so... amazing. She could feel his warm breath on her neck. It sent shivers and delight through her spine. Had she not been so determined, she would have already melted into him.
He put his lips right to her left ear. "Let loose." He whispered. His voice was deep and seductive. "Just let go."
Shayera closed her eyes and leaned her head back so that it lay on his right shoulder. "No."
He chuckled. "No?" He repeated. With his left hand, he moved her red hair from her neck and gently lay kisses down and up it.
Shayera moaned and stretched her neck out in order to give him more room. "Yes 'no'. If I do, you'll brag about it to Flash."
"I wouldn't do that!"
Shayera moved away to look at him with a brow raised.
"Ok maybe I would." When Shayera pursed her lips he quickly added. "Only! Only because he said it was impossible."
"Uh huh." Was all she said as she leaned back into John's arms. She leaned her head to the right meaningfully and waited for John to catch on. With a smile, he continued to kiss Shayera's neck.
"So... are we going to do it?" John asked as he began to rub Shayera's shoulders.
"Convince me."
Challenged accepted, John moved the two so that Shayera was on her back and john was over her. She looked up at him with an amused expression, a small smile playing on her lips.
John smiled as well as he slowly leaned his face down. Just as his lips were about to touch hers, he suddenly switched and kissed her nose. Shayera blinked. Once. Twice. Then again. "What the hell was that?"
John chuckled and kissed the rest of her face, avoiding her lips. "If you want a kiss, you have to do it."
Shayera growled. And tried to reach his lips. He laughed again and held her wrists down so she couldn't move. Letting her head fall back in defeat, she demanded. "Why?"
"It's what us earthlings do with the one we love."
She looked at him skeptically.
"I'm not doing it."
He hung his head down into her neck. "Why not?" He whispered, moving his hands from her wrists to her waist. Fingertips teased the edge of her shirt. Her breathing came faster and she struggled to concentrate.
"It's silly." She insisted.
John's hand slid under her shirt. Her breathing hitched as his fingertips brushed against the bottom of her bra.
"I'll cut you a deal." John said, still whispering. "if you say yes, we only have to do it once. What do you know? Maybe you'll like it."
"and if I don't?"
"We can do anything you want."
"Anything?" She asked.
"Yes." spreading kisses across her collar bone. "Anything." He repeated. She groaned. "Damn it. Fine. We'll do it."
John retracted his hands and jumped up. He held out a hand for Shayera and pulled her up. To her, he looked like a Thanagarian child who had just learned how to fly.
"Come on!" He shouted.
Laughing, Shayera let herself be dragged up the snowy hill where a sled waited for them. His happiness was just as contagious as his smiles and laughs.
"I can't believe I'm doing this." Shayera said as she sat on the front of the sled.
"I can." John said as he sat behind her. He drew his arms around her waist and held on tight. "Ready?" He asked her.
"No!" She answered, laughing.
"Here we go!" John shouted as he leaned forward and the sled Started it's descent.
"Wooo! " shouted John. Even Shayera screamed with delight. The hill became steeper and steeper and the sled went faster. The cold air blew into their eyes and tears formed. When they reached the bottom Shayera turned and faced john.
"That was exhilarating! It's just like flying!"
John smiled. "I'm glad you liked it."
Shayera looked behind them towards the top of the hill. John looked too, then back at Shayera.
"You want to go again don't you?"
She looked down and muttered something.
His ever present smile grew wider. "What was that?"
"I said maybe." She snapped.
John laughed out loud and grabbed her hand. "Wait till I tell Flash!"
"You better not!" Shayera screamed at him as the two raced each other back up the mountain. And that was how the two heroes spent Christmas. John taught her the earth traditions, and Shayera smiled and enjoyed every second of it. She also showed him the best place to start a brawl. He'd have the bruises for weeks.
When everyone came back from their breaks, Flash made hot cocoa for everyone while they sat and told their Christmas stories. Superman and J'onn enjoyed Christmas with the Kents, Flash bragged and told his tale about Ultra-Humanite. Batman merely stated that he stayed on the watchtower. Diana added that she too stayed.
"So you two were on the tower… alone?"
Diana blushed and Batman glared. Flash and the rest laughed.
Under the table, John and Shayera held hands, Wonder Woman sat closer to Batman than usual, and J'onn smiled in bliss as he realized that he found his new family. A family which he never wanted to lose.
Something short and sweet to distract you all from the delay of chapter 15 of Desire. It'll be out soon, like 3 days. Maybe sooner if I get plenty of reviews!