Kate killed the engine of her car and sank back against the back of the drivers seat. It was the end of a very long week, made even shittier than normal thanks to a cold that developed two days ago. Two days of feeling slightly feverish, watery eyes, her head all blocked up, sinus pain, and a nose that was continuously running and sore after having to blow it all the time,
And now it was the weekend. Instead of having a nice time, she would most likely be spending it in bed.
It could be worse though, Kate reminded herself. She could be spending it alone. She had been driving home when Steve had rung and convinced her to spend the night at his. She refused initially, not wanting Steve to catch her cold, but, well Steve could be quite persuasive when he wanted to be.
They had been something more than just mates for the last two months. It had happened the night they had gone to the pub to celebrate finally solving the conundrum of who 'H' was. A puzzle that AC-12 had been trying to crack for the best part of ten years.
Drinks at the pub had progressed to take away at Steve's, had progressed to snogging on the sofa, had progressed to spending the night in Steve's bed. Kate had always had a fear that if they did have sex, then it might be awkward afterwards. She had been very relieved to discover she had been worried about nothing. It had been anything but awkward. If you couldn't shag your best friend after solving the biggest case of your career then when could you? Steve had posed that question as they had settled down under the duvet together afterwards and they had spent some time coming up with numerous alternative situations where it might be deemed acceptable. Before long they were having sex for the second time.
It had been very easy changing from friends to lovers, much easier than Kate had thought. She often couldn't believe that the perfect person for her had been right under her nose for so long. They spent whatever free time they had together, work permitting. Kate had thought about returning to AC-12 but with the change in their relationship, that had been put on hold. Thanks to Patricia Carmichael, Steve was now even thinking of following Kate's lead and transferring out.
Grabbing her handbag off the passenger seat, Kate headed to Steve's front door and rang the bell.
"Coming," she heard Steve say as he headed towards the door to answer it. Kate was so tired she slumped against the wall of the porch as she waited to be granted access. "Oh dear," Steve said as he got his first glance of Kate. She didn't look well at all. With her busy week at work he hadn't seen her but from her texts he had known she was unwell. "Come here," he said as he extended his arms for a hug.
"You sure?" Kate checked. She would feel very guilty if Steve caught what she had.
"Course," replied Steve. "I love you. Every bit of you and that includes your germs," he confided before Kate eventually went in to his embrace. Steve kissed Kate's forehead. It felt warm against his lips. "You could have let yourself in you know," he mentioned, referencing the keys each other had in their possession to their homes and cars.
"I know," Kate muttered against Steve's chest. "It just didn't feel right, barging in like I belong when you are here. It's not my place,".
Steve knew what Kate meant. He felt the same way when visiting Kate's. Maybe it was time to look for their own place together? "You do belong here," he whispered before kissing her forehead again. "Come on," Steve said as he broke their hug and led Kate into the living room. "I've got dinner ready,".
Kate followed Steve in to the living room and saw the table laden with curry and an assortment of sides, poppadoms and breads. A selection of cold and flu medications also awaited her.
Usually she would tuck right in but feeling under the weather she hadn't much of an appetite. "I'm not sure I'm all that hungry," she advised Steve as she took a seat.
"That's ok," Steve replied before taking a seat opposite her. "Eat what you can. Feed a cold, starve a fever is what my Nan used to say to me,". Kate looked at Steve. She hadn't heard such a saying before. "Maybe it's the other way round?" he pondered for a second before giving up. "I went spicy. Might help unblock your nose if you want some,".
"Cheers," Kate replied as she took a rather conservative helping of curry and rice. "I'll just stick to the meds for that," she added as she stuck to her medium dish.
Seeing Steve had gone to quite a bit of effort and really was trying his best at looking after her, Kate attempted to eat as much as she could, but it still wasn't much. Steve could see she was struggling but he was just pleased she was eating something.
"Don't force it down," Steve said.
"I'm sorry," Kate apologised as she put her fork on the plate and pushed the plate away.
"It's fine," Steve assured her. "Why don't you go sit on the sofa and find something for us to watch on TV whilst I clean up,".
"Ok. Thanks," Kate replied before doing as told. It wasn't long before Steve was joining her.
"You forgot these," he said as he placed the medicine in front of her with a glass of water and sat down beside her.
"Thanks mate," Kate said as she popped two pills from their foil packet and quickly swallowed them.
Steve put his arm around Kate as they snuggled together to watch the film that Kate had found. They hadn't got much of the way through it before Steve felt Kate's head getting heavier on his shoulder. Checking on her he found her nearly asleep.
"Let's go to bed," Steve suggested, knowing it would be best for Kate.
"'K," she mumbled back before being led to Steve's bedroom.
Usually when Kate spent the night at Steve's she went to bed naked after having sex. Tonight that activity definitely wasn't on the menu as far as Kate was concerned. "Can I borrow a T-shirt to sleep in?" she asked as she hadn't got many of her things at Steve's yet.
Steve looked through his drawers and found something suitable before tossing it in her direction.
"Cheers," said Kate as she headed to the bathroom. It wasn't long before she emerged, Steve's t-shirt coming down to her mid thigh. She got in to Steve's bed and huddled up under the covers, half asleep by the time that Steve got in to bed beside her and cuddled up behind her. "Not tonight," Kate said when she felt Steve's half erect penis poking her in the back.
"I know," Steve said as he kissed her shoulder. He knew that sex wouldn't be happening that evening. "I can't help it. It does that whenever you're near. Just ignore it,". Usually Kate would have trouble with that task but not that night.
The next thing she knew, sunlight was starting to stream through the curtains as Steve disentangled himself from her body and got out of bed.
"I'm going for a run," he said to Kate seeing that she was awake. He knew the answer to his next question but asked it anyway. "You wanna come?".
Kate's reply was a grunt as she rolled over and hid her face under Steve's vacated pillow. He smiled to himself. It was hard work getting Kate out for a run when she was well, let alone when she was ill.
"I'll get us breakfast as well whilst I'm out. Any requests?" he said as he took his boxer shorts off and got dressed in to his running attire. Another grunt was all he got. "Does that mean bacon?".
Kate lifted the pillow off her face. "Maybe," she said.
"See you later," Steve said as he bent down to give Kate's forehead a kiss as he stuffed his AirPods in to his ears and headed out.
Kate was next awoken by the sound of Steve reentering the flat. She looked at the clock by the bed. He'd been out for two hours. There was a lot of bustling going on. By the sounds of it he had a lot of bags in his possession as she heard him go to the kitchen and put away whatever it was he had bought. Breakfast sounded like it was going to be a feast. Which was good, thought Kate. She actually felt hungry this morning.
"You're awake!" Steve said as he entered the bedroom. His skin glistening from sweat after his exercise.
"Yep," replied Kate as she stretched languidly still under the covers.
"Get that down you," he said as he placed a plastic cup with lid and straw down on the table beside Kate's side of the bed.
"Orange juice?" Asked Kate. It wasn't quite what she had in mind for breakfast.
"Freshly squeezed," Steve clarified. "Full of vitamin C to make you feel better," he added as he made his way to the bathroom for a shower, leaving a trail of sweaty clothes on the floor behind him.
Kate scooted up the bed so she could drink more easily, watching Steve undress quite unabashedly in her company as she did so. Who would have guessed that he would do that three months ago? She heard the jets of the water in the shower turn on before the cubicle door open and shut as Steve started his wash.
Feeling better after eight hours of sleep, Kate got out of bed and headed to the bathroom taking her drink with her.
"Toilet seat," she said, noting Steve had left the toilet seat up after using it.
"What?" Replied Steve as he opened the cubicle door enough to stick his head out. His hair all soapy with shampoo.
Kate flicked the lid down before the upper lid as well and took a seat. "Doesn't matter," she said.
Steve disappeared back in to the cubicle. Through the frosted glass, Kate got a very good view of his backside as he continued his wash. "I think I'm feeling a bit better today ," she declared truthfully as she got to the bottom of her drink with a slurp. The sleep and now the drink had certainly helped a lot. "What we gonna do today?".
"Can't hear you Kate," Steve replied, the water drowning out her words in the small enclosed space. "If you wanna talk why don't you join me in here?". It wasn't long before he felt cold air at his back as the cubicle door opened to admit his girlfriend. Steve turned to greet his shower guest. "Hi," he said with a grin.
"Hi," she replied.
Having finished his wash, Steve could see she was still mainly dry and taking her by the waist, he quickly changed positions with Kate so the water was now on her back and wetting her hair. When it was completely wet he turned her around and wordlessly went about washing her hair with shampoo.
"I said I'm feeling a bit better," Kate said as she relaxed under Steve's touch.
"That's good," Steve replied as he made sure he hadn't missed a spot before turning Kate back to face him and wash all the suds out, making sure none went in her eyes. Kate watched him as he concentrated on his task. She hadn't thought that washing hair could be so arousing. She certainly didn't get this turned on at he hairdressers.
"Conditioner?" Steve asked when he was sure all the shampoo was out.
"Please," answered Kate before Steve indicated she should turn around again. It wasn't long before he was threading his fingers though her hair making sure it was all covered in the silky substance. Then she was back facing him as he rinsed her hair again.
"Suppose I better wash you as well," Steve said. Kate felt his wet chest touch hers as he reached around her and picked up the shower puff ball and feminine scented shower gel that had appeared one day in the cubicle. The first time she had showered at Steve's, Kate had made a comment about remembering to bring some of her stuff to Steve's as there was just male scented stuff available. While it was nice it wasn't her usual choice. The next time she was in the shower she had noticed the new additions. A pink puff ball now lay next to a bottle of juniper scented shower gel from a fairly expensive shop. She'd opened the bottle and had a quick sniff. It smelt like gin and tonic if Kate was honest, but if that was what Steve had chosen for her because he liked the smell then that was what she would use.
Steve crouched down and started to wash Kate's feet first before working his way up her legs. He could smell her arousal by the time he reached her thighs and knew she was as turned on as he was. He gave her neatly trimmed strip of pubic hair a quick kiss as he got up.
Turning Kate around he washed her back before he turned his attention to her front, gently massaging the shower gel into her abdomen with the puff before working his way upwards. The netting of the puff caused her nipples to pebble to a tight bud as he cleaned her breasts.
"I think they're clean enough now," Kate said the sixth or seventh time the puff was massaging her chest.
"Best to be sure," Steve retorted before he applied one last sweep across her breasts before he was rinsing her off and the shower was turned off.
Kate looked down to find Steve fully erect. They both knew that they were going to be heading back to bed for the remainder of the morning. A very basic drying off occurred before Kate was on her back lying atop the messy duvet lying piled up on the bed where Steve and Kate had tossed it. Her damp hair left a wet patch on the cotton cover.
Steve covered her body with his as he quickly found his way between Kate's thighs. His lips were attached to her neck as he kissed her pulse point. Her chest arching up to meet his and the moans she made, a clear indication she was enjoying his attentions.
The fingers of one hand moved to between her thighs to assess her readiness for penetration. He was very confident that she would be slick with desire and therefore was surprised when his fingers met only slight dampness. His lips left Kate's neck.
"What's wrong?" asked Kate.
"You're not as aroused as I thought you would be," he explained.
"I am though," Kate informed him. She thought about the situation. "Maybe it's the cold medications. They've dried everywhere up. My nose and eyes are no longer running. Maybe it's affected down there as well?".
Steve thought about Kate's hypothesis. It sounded plausible. "So I just need to add some lubrication?".
"I think so,".
Steve grinned before moving down Kate's body. He knew exactly how he was going to achieve that.
The first time that Steve went down on Kate wasn't a great success. The thought that her best friend had his head between her thighs and the fact that his beard was very ticklish caused her to giggle uncontrollably which was very off-putting for Steve. He had given up eventually. Now however, she had got used to the sensation and Kate propped herself up on her elbows as she watched Steve start to lick and suck at her clitoris.
"Oh my god," Kate couldn't help but declare as she threw her head back as Steve penetrated her with first one and then two fingers. Her hands clutched at the duvet as she writhed around uncontrollably at the sensations Steve was creating.
"I'm gonna...oh god...don't stop...oh Jesus, Steve," Kate encouraged him on in his endeavours until finally she went rigid and Steve felt her fluttering around his fingers.
"You ok?" Steve asked when he felt Kate relax beneath him, panting heavily. She nodded.
"You gonna come up here and fuck me now?" she asked.
"Language, DI Fleming," he gently scolded her as he changed position. "But yes, I think you're wet enough for that," he informed her. He entered her in one swift motion, her recent orgasm making her feel tighter than usual. "Fuck you feel good," he informed her.
His strokes started off slow and gentle gradually building up in tempo and force as his body sought the release it had been craving since his semi erect penis had come in to contact with Kate's backside in bed the previous night.
Kate matched his thrusts with her own of equal intensity. Her breasts jiggling around on each meeting of their pelvis's.
"Oh Christ, Kate," Steve said as he felt his climax approaching.
"I know," panted Kate. "I think I'm gonna...again...oh god," she exclaimed as she felt her second orgasm in a few minutes crash upon her. Her rhythmic clenching of Steve's penis his undoing and he exploded within her, depositing his essence deep within her.
The two sated lovers lay in a sweaty heap panting as their bodies tried to recover from their massive exertions. Steve still locked within Kate although he could feel his member start to soften.
"I'm gonna need another shower," Kate declared with a little giggle, the action causing Steve's now completely flaccid penis to slip from her body followed by a gush of warm liquid. The duvet was also going to need a wash.
"Me too," Steve agreed, his penis covered in a mixture of both their arousal. "But later. Sleep first. Then breakfast-,"
"Probably brunch really," Kate amended.
"Ok, brunch," Steve conceded as he rolled off Kate. "Then shower,". He wrapped the duvet tightly around them, so tight that they lay skin to skin, like the filling in a burrito. Kate could feel Steve's wet penis against her thigh.
"Thank you for looking after me," Kate said as she cuddled against Steve. The beginnings of sleep starting to wash over her. "I'm feeling almost back to normal,".
"Sex cures anything," Steve muttered.
"I'll try to remember that Dr Arnott," Kate promised as they both finally succumbed to a post coital snooze.