The Blue Dress
Uncertainty

Jason kissed up her bare neck and nibbled at her ear, his tongue tracing the shell before he kissed back down again, licking at a tender bite mark near her collarbone. It started another fire deep in her stomach, roiling and bubbling just below her navel, and she felt an aftershock course through her, followed by a rather embarrassing mewl. He just laughed and nuzzled her neck, continuing to place nearly-innocent kisses at her pulse. A few more minutes passed as they both listened to the silence of the room before he pulled away, his green eyes practically boring into her soul.

"We really should get cleaned up." His voice was pragmatic but strangely soft, as if there was another, unspoken sentence hanging in between them.

"But?" Raven glanced up at him.

"But I don't imagine either of us can go back to work after… this." He captured her lower lip between his teeth and suckled on her mouth. "I would much rather we spend the rest of the afternoon in each other's company." He licked at her lips and smiled. "Don't you agree?"

Raven lifted an eyebrow. "And what do you propose we do instead of work, Mr. Todd?" Her hands found the edges of his shirt and pulled him closer to her, eyes practically laughing. In the afterglow of their wild encounter, the tight edge of her personality had been worn down into something softer and gentler, and she found herself not minding the change at all. This sort of unusual personal encounter felt easy, and she liked the feeling as strange and foreign as it was.

"Well, we have all day to figure that out. Don't we, Miss Roth?"

"Do we?" She nudged his nose with her own and stole another kiss. "I have a stack of files on my desk a mile high, and reports that need-"

Her teasing sentence was cut off as he leaned forward and kissed her again, his hands sliding up into her hair to take her head and tilt it to the side, nudging her mouth open as he continued to kiss her. Raven felt her body react instantly to his slow, heated, insistent kisses. Her toes curled and her hands tightened in the edges of his shirt, subconsciously pulling him even closer so that his chest brushed against her own. She moaned into his mouth, her thighs tightening around his hips with little twitches. He smiled against her mouth and pulled away, gasping for breath.

"Come on now, Miss Roth… I think those files can wait just a little longer, right?" His teeth found her bottom lip again. "At least until tomorrow."

Raven gasped as he stole another kiss. "But you can't?"

He pretended to ponder that for a minute, before his lips curled back in a smile that seemed to banish every shadow in the room. "Absolutely not."

Raven could feel the nervousness bubbling up into her chest, and along with it came something almost… giddy. A feeling that was so entirely unlike her that it almost knocked her off her feet. It was warm and fluttery, and she felt her breath escape her lungs in short, fevered gasps. She looked into his eyes and nodded slowly, hoping that she wasn't caught under his spell again. She licked her lips slowly and pushed herself into a more upright position.

"Alright… but just today," she added quickly, a blush darkening her cheeks as she realized she was giving into his demands, but Raven couldn't help herself. It was so easy to give into him when he was looking at her with those bright eyes, practically laughing her and coaxing her from her shell and into his arms. She set her lips and looked up at him with stern expression. "After today, we can't play these games anymore… people would talk."

He smiled and leaned closer to her, nudging her hips with his own. "Let them talk."

Raven's blush darkened and she pushed him off of her with another chuckle, watching as he redressed quickly. His hands shook a little, as if partially exhausted from what they had just done, but also as if he was excited with the prospect of spending the rest of the day with her. She adjusted the skirt on her dress and tried to button up the blouse as best as she could, but the edges pulled open, exposing her black, lace bra underneath. She sighed and glared up at Jason as he finished buttoning up his crisp dress shirt.

"And how do you suppose I leave the office when I look like this?" She reached for a box of tissues on his desk, but his hand wrapped around her wrist and he moved against her again, his eyes dark. Raven felt her skin flush and she looked up into his face, trying to understand what this fire was that burning brightly between them.

"Don't clean yourself up, Raven… not yet." He moved even closer to her, his lips brushing against her earlobe. Raven's eyes fluttered closed as his breath ghosted down her neck and she listened to his low, husky voice weaving intricate spells and secrets into her. "Don't clean yourself up. I want you to feel every part of me, Raven. I want you to know that it's all me. I want you to remember everything that happened in this office, and everything that happened between us. I want you to remember the way I kissed you. The way I tasted you. The way I fucked you. I don't want you to forget a single moment."

She whined and moved her hips against him, practically melting as his lips kissed down her neck again, sending her back into flames. Her hands tightened in his shirt and she pulled him closer, her lips finding his own and stealing every breath she could from him. He groaned and pushed her back against the desk, his hands tightening in her hair as his tongue slid along her own in an intricate dance that they both loved to play.

He pulled away, gasping as his lips brushed against her mouth. "Just for a little bit longer." Kiss. "Just be my dirty Little Bird." His mouth covered her own again and feasted on her, stealing all of her protests and concerns with every skilled movement of his mouth.

She pulled free and looked up into his face, trying not to give into his demands without a little push back. "And how are we going to get out of here without people seeing us… especially me when I'm in this dress?"

Smiling, he went to the door and grabbed his trench coat from a hook, handing it to her. Licking his lips and trying to keep himself calm, he leaned back on his heels and watched her. "We'll take the service elevator so no one can see us, Little Bird."

She lifted an eyebrow and pulled on his coat, buttoning it up to the collar and tying it tight around her waist. "And after that, Jason?"

He smiled and moved closer to her. "It's just a few short blocks to my place."

Her heart jumped into her throat again and she looked up into his eyes. Excitement coursed through her at break-neck speed and she walked up to him, smelling the faint scent of sex and cologne clinging to him. It was intoxicating, and Raven found her mouth watering as if he was some kind of delicious treat. She licked her lips and moved even closer to him. "And then what?"

He just smirked at her, his hand resting on the door handle. "Precisely what do you think we would do if we played hooky, Raven?" His voice was low enough to give her just a hint of all the secrets that were clinging to the spaces between them, and she blushed in response. What in the world was she supposed to say to that?

Jason opened the door and looked around before ushering her into the hallway. He left a hastily scrawled note to his secretary before he took Raven's hand and navigated both of them through the maze of doors and hallways to a service elevator tucked towards an unused section of the office. They stood outside the door and stared at each other for a long moment, not quite sure of what to say to each other as they waited for the older, slower elevator.

Raven felt a surge of guilt and she stared down at their shoes as she realized what they were doing. This was more than just playing hooky, they were playing with fire at this point. It was meant to be a fling, a moment to get the burning out from between them, but both of them knew it was quickly turning into far more than that. It was turning into something neither of them had a name for or even really understood, but they both wanted to figure it out - explore whatever this was.

Jason's lips pulled back into an excited smile, and he grabbed the edges of his coat, loose on her body, and dragged her to him. His lips found hers in another searing kiss, and Raven moaned, pushing herself on tip-toes and meeting him kiss-for-kiss and stroke for stroke, banishing any fear or uneasiness between them. Her hand wrapped around his tie and pulled him closer, nudging her mouth open and taking everything he offered.

Pulling back, he smiled down into her face. "Just one day, Raven."

The elevator dinged open, and Raven looked into the empty car, chewing on her lower lip.

"Just one day."

He gave her lower back a nudge, and they both walked into the elevator car, the doors closing behind them.