"Macho, macho man…who wants to be a macho man?" Tim hummed as he carefully ran his razor across his jaw line and wiped off the thick white foam.
Success. He had carefully negotiated another night with Ziva without jumping on top of her or humiliating himself. Not that she made it easy on him with her fragrant tendrils of hair spreading across the pillow and silky negligee.
The snoring had definitely helped. Ziva truly snored like an alcoholic truck driver who had a polar bear stuck up his nose.
Ziva stood in the bathroom doorway and watched as Tim bare chested and wearing just a towel wrapped around his trim waist carefully shaved, looking immensely pleased with himself. He seemed to be humming something vaguely familiar and sort of twitching his butt in time to the music in his head.
She had to admit it wasn't a bad sight. He had that fresh clean masculine smell and he was still slightly warm and damp from his hot shower. She hoped he would wear the cologne that she liked so she could smell it when she nuzzled his neck over breakfast.
Now what to wear to a wondrous day at the spa? The tight royal purple and black mini skirt ensemble? The skin tight faux snake skin jumpsuit?
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Tim smiled as he saw Buzzard, Batty, Wolverine and Reynolds downstairs in the large lobby area.
"There he is. You know what? I've decided I'm going to call you L.B" Buzzard announced with a cheeky grin
"Elbee? What does that mean?"
"Its L.B and it stands for Lucky Bastard. I hope you realise that we are all on the same floor as you?"
Tim blushed "Oh really? No I…I didn't realise"
Reynolds smirked "What were you doing last night? It sounded like you were shifting furniture? And then the endless water running? The screaming and laughing? Where you having sex all night or just some of it?"
Tim opened his mouth and tried to think of something to say but ended up just sort of mouthing shapes silently as he kept changing his mind. Skittles, bath, movie, handcuffs…….
Batty just clapped him on the shoulder "Don't worry about it Elbee. They're just jealous. Come on lets go enjoy another entertaining day of gene splicing and re freezing techniques."
Tim headed into the conference room in the centre of his little crowd and felt lonely eyes following them enviously as they laughed and joked. It was nice to be popular for a change.
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"I did say that I was sorry" Batty blustered embarrassed and Reynolds laughed.
"Well I'm not. We get to finish a couple of hours early. Although HOW you managed to rip the AV cables completely out of the wall and then stumble and tip the pitcher of water on the rostrum over Dr Hindells laptop and entire presentation is beyond me. Now what do you say to a game of golf?"
There was a chorus of groans at the idea of such co ordinated physical activity on such a sunny hot day.
"We could get drunk and play snooker?" Wolverine offered rather enthusiastically
Buzzard just seemed to be staring at something over Tim's right shoulder and Tim found he couldn't help but turn and see for himself what had caught his attention.
Ziva was walking through the lobby in a tiny black one piece swimsuit that was slashed down to her navel and held together with gold clips. For modesty's sake she was wearing a sheer gauzy metallic shirt wrap over top that ended at her upper thighs and concealed nothing. Almost hiding her beautiful face was the enormous floppy black hat she was wearing on her head that bobbed and moved as she walked. Turning her head as if she felt their gaze she looked across at Tim and his friends and her face lit up in a big smile.
"Bunnykins!" she trilled eagerly and with a sharp turn in her strappy black and gold stilettos she turned towards them.
'Well snookers out" Wolverine sighed sadly.
Tim found himself completely forgetting whatever had just been in his head as Ziva headed towards him with a determined look in her eye and her hat bouncing as she moved.
Ziva smiled. Oh this was perfect! She had just been thinking she would love to take Tim with her for a swim in the pool and suddenly it seemed that for some reason he was released from his convention duties.
Ziva leaned up to give Tim a kiss but she found her vast hat got in the way so she reached up and folded the soft brim back and gave him a small kiss that lengthened into a longer one. She enjoyed the gentle kiss so much she let go of the brim of her hat so she could slide her hand around the back of Tim's neck and curl her fingers into his hair pulling him closer.
"Oww" Tim muttered and pulled back from Ziva's soft lips as the hat, released of its restraint sprung back into shape and hit him in the eye.
"Oh sorry my little Donkey Butt. I did not mean to hurt you. Here let me kiss it better "Ziva leaned up again causing Tim to blush as he heard the sniggers of his new friends as they stood around him and watched him get molested by his wife.
"Now have you decided to play hookers?" Ziva asked and the men looked at each other confused. They hadn't been planing on dressing up as prostitutes but if she thought it was a good idea?
"She means hooky and no Damita we are not skipping our lectures. There was an …unfortunate accident which meant that we were all released early today."
Batty raised his hand "My fault I afraid. They can fix it but by the time they got hold of the technicians and were able to fix the problems then the day would be over anyway so they decided to release us early."
Ziva smiled at Batty "Well that is marvellous. I thank you for allowing me the pleasure of my little Skittle Bear so early in the day"
Ziva leaned over and kissed Batty on the cheek and he blushed.
"Well come on Toby…you must come for a swim with me. There is still plenty of sun. We will go back to our room and get your trunks and a towel…."
Tim threw an almost regretful wave over his shoulder as Ziva dragged him away through the foyer towards the elevators.
Buzzard sighed "I bet they go and have sex first. Lucky Bastard."
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Ziva smirked as she spread her hands out onto Tim's back once again rubbing more creamy sunscreen lotion into his skin. She sat astride his thighs as he lay face down on a sun lounge by the pool. He had been resistant at first but eventually she always got her way.
And Tony didn't think she knew how to have fun. She was a super genius.
Ziva carefully wiped some sunscreen off his back and spread more into his neck and down over his broad shoulders. She could feel the muscle under his soft skin even as he lay relaxed and boneless beneath her. The sunscreen was a good idea in this bright sun, his skin really was quite fair.
"Is that all right my little Gummi Butt?" Ziva enquired.
"Gggnnnnhhhh" was all that she heard as Tim submitted to her relaxing massage.
Ziva slapped him on the butt "Come. We should go for a swim again."
Tim groaned and shook his head. He didn't want to go swimming again. He wanted nothing more than to stay here on the lounge and fall asleep. It was a beautiful afternoon and he had a cool drink beside him and it even felt nice to have Ziva's slight weight pressing down on him. Then again if she kept insisting on running her hands all over him like she had a quick dose of cold water probably wouldn't go astray. It was a family resort.
"Toby" Ziva warned when Tim didn't respond to her fast enough. With a sigh Tim got up and followed her graceful dive into the pool with his own splashy jump.
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"What is Ziva doing?" Tony asked as he attempted to conceal himself behind a palm frond.
"Why does she keep getting in and out of the pool? And McGee's got so much sun screen on him he's practically the Exon Valdez once he hits the water. He's going to be giving Penguins nightmares. And why does she have to be on top of him when she does that? Couldn't she just lean over him or sit beside him and do that?"
"Maybe she likes being on top of him Tony?" Came the smug voice through his ear piece and Tony growled.
"Shut up Slacks. This is McGee and Ziva. Trust me I know these two. Ziva is up to something I just can't figure out what"
"Why are you behind a palm frond Tony? Aren't you supposed to be serving drinks or something? You are meant to be watching for suspicious behaviour NOT creating it."
Tony smiled, stood up and brushed his staff uniform down before heading towards the pool side bar.
"Hey Boss. Nice to know you're still around. Yup that's me Tony the Cabana Boy. At your service. I just thought I would do some sneaky surveillance…in case…Ziva needed ….something…..Boss?"
But Gibbs as usual was already gone. Tony pulled his tight collar away from his neck as a bead of sweat slid down his back and he turned to watch as Ziva frolicked sleek and porpoise like in the fresh cool water with McGee the elephant seal.
He was really beginning to hate this Op.
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Tim laughed as he pushed off from the side of the pool and managed to catch Ziva's ankle and he pulled her towards him. She disappeared under the water with a squawk before twisting, kicking out and freeing herself again. Tim lunged again after her and slipped under the water as the floor of the pool disappeared into deeper waters. Loudly blowing out a mouthful of water he resurfaced blinking with water streaming off his hair into his eyes to find Ziva laughing at him.
"Oh you think that's funny do you Damita?"
Ziva nodded grinning, already working her way away from him waiting for his next attempt to pounce.
Tim struck out through the water with powerful strokes and in an instant she found herself in his strong arms. Instead of resisting she wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist. The water felt fresh and cool under the bright sun and Tim felt warm and safe with his arms around her.
"Take me over there" Ziva nodded to the small waterfall which fell into the pool on the far side.
Tim inclined his head with a smile and started to carry her across the pool.
"Yes my Little Princess"
Ziva with a quick look around at who might be watching pulled Tim in under the waterfall into the small alcove created between the falling water and the edge of the pool.
Tim watched Ziva, panting slightly from their horse play. She was so beautiful. Her eyelashes were all spiked and wet and her dark hair clung to her like a sleek pelt. The small intimate space only allowed their heads and the tops of their shoulders to be free of the water. Tim caught his breath and he found himself hypnotised by the quick rise and fall of Ziva's chest, their combined breathing sounding loud in the small space.
She was looking at him in a rather intense way he hadn't experienced before and Tim felt his heart begin to pound. For the first time they had privacy. No one could see them through the rushing water, there were no recording devices or cameras.
For now there was no Toby and Damita. It was just Tim and Ziva.
"Tim?"
"Yes Ziva?" Tim whispered back afraid to break the spell as Ziva moved even closer to him running her fingertips up his chest.
"I want you to kiss me"