React and Interact
Pairing: Kevin and Marie (romance)
This was requested by BNVshark. I wasn't sure if you wanted romance or friendship, so I just picked one. Hope you enjoy!
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The best thing about this was that it was absolutely no-strings-attached. Marie would occasionally show up at his place (never he at hers, being as she shared a shitty apartment with her sisters), they would have a few beers, talk about mechanics, and have a generally great time in his bedroom. She'd gather up her things when they were done, wink at him, steal one more beer from his fridge, and depart. No strings attached.
At least, that's how it had been.
Then one night, it was pouring hard when they'd finished their routine and she insisted she didn't want to walk back home in the rain. He told her to take a taxi. She told him she didn't have enough money. After searching through his pockets, it turned out he didn't either. Marie suggested that he just drive her back, but it was late, it was dark, it was cold. So, like the gentleman he occasionally proved himself to be, Kevin just offered his bed up to her for the night. With a shrug, she shed her jeans once more and slipped between the sheets with him.
He woke up in the morning plastered against her back, arms around her waist, smelling a mix of his sheets and her vaguely fruity shampoo, and decided this wasn't so bad. She seemed a little embarrassed to be waking up in his arms- obviously not something she was used to in any circumstance- but didn't complain. It soon became a regular thing for her to just stay the night after their activities. It became quite a pleasant thing to wake up to.
Somehow, sometime after that, they graduated to spending the day together, before or afterward. It started with a car show Kevin read about in the paper while Marie was drinking a cup of coffee before she was supposed to head out. Then a movie Marie wanted to go see. Then, their occasional visits became multiple-times-a-week-visits. Sometimes when Marie came over, they never even ended up in Kevin's bedroom. Sometimes, they just… talked. It was hardly even awkward.
Finally, one night when Kevin definitely wasn't expecting her, Marie showed up at the door of his apartment, angry and upset, though she was trying her damnedest not to show the last one, saying she couldn't stand her sisters anymore. That she needed to get away (they all needed to, in Kevin's opinion, but he wisely swallowed the comment). So, he invited her to stay for a bit.
And she never left.
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Author's Note: Does the ending sound ominous to anyone else? It was supposed to be sweet, since I've been overdosing on pure fluff from another fandom, but… well, anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed, particularly BNVshark, who was the requester!
As always, feel free to make a request for a pairing if you are the first reviewer! Standard rules apply- I don't do incest, no pairings that have already been done, I'll do friendship or romance so please specify, yadda yadda yadda. Thanks!