A/N: Idea given to me by Hatsepsut, so enjoy. Awkwardness abound, mild mental torture. Humorous. Last bit is for cookies!

Needs

Alistair fidgeted slightly where he sat beside the fire, looking around him cautiously; he really needed to go find a bush, take care of business, but Sarah Cousland seemed to have ideas on keeping him occupied. What they had been talking about, he couldn't recall; mouth moved on its own, as his more base need was foremost in his mind.

"Alistair?" Cousland leaned in closer, placing a hand on his thigh that had him nearly reeling. "Are you listening to me?" Her blue eyes twinkled up at him, a smile over her lips. Lips he suddenly found himself unable to stop gazing at.

"Uh, yes. Sorry, must have wandered off a bit…" He subtly drew his thigh away, a slight gesture that made it as if he were simply re-situating. Maker, he needed to pee.

He went to make an excuse for a moment of privacy when Cousland licked her lips and tucked hair behind her ear, subtly drawing her hand along her throat and then arching as she stretched almost liquidly. Maker help him, but now he had to pee and had an erection. She smiled, almost coyly, resting a hand on his arm as she leaned in, saying something, but he wasn't paying attention, body warring desperately over which thing was in need of more immediate attention.

"Alistair!" She tapped his nose with a fingertip, giggling. "You're doing it again."

"Sorry," he mumbled lamely.

Cousland leaned in even closer, her face drawing so close to his that he almost shuddered, her close presence making him acutely aware of his problem. Or rather both of them.

Alistair swallowed hard at the close contact, Cousland's lips just a breath away from his.

"I really need..." he stuttered.

"Yes?" her throaty voice answered him. "What do you need, Alistair? Tell me."

"I need to...siphon the python," he mumbled.

"What?" She drew back and arched a brow in question, clearly lost.

Alistair felt his face flame up.

"Shake the dew off the lily..."

"Alistair…What are you talking about?"

"Pee, WOMAN, I need to PEE!"