A/N: This is a two parter, one chapter for SAVIS and one for JANDY. Okay, let's set the scene... This is set two years from now. The team is on a diplomacy mission in St. Petersburg Russia. Mandy has rejoined the CIA and is the team's contact on this deployment. Happy Holidays!
December 23rd
As the team sits down around the table, Blackburn and Lisa step the head of the table. Jason looks them up and down. "This must be some mission of it got you two out of cozy Virginia Beach."
"Someone has to keep you boys in line." Lisa smirks.
"Are you sure it wasn't some separation anxiety? You two have been apart a lot lately." Ray says looking between Sonny and Davis.
"I wish it was that simple." Lisa responds. "I here in a just in case role."
"Wait, hopefully we won't need one of the best intel officers in the entire US Navy, but on the off-chance shit goes sideways you're here?" Clay asks.
"Exactly." Blackburn tells Clay. "This is a diplomatic mission. Russia is showing us good faith but allowing us to be here and by allowing us a little insight into their operation."
"I'm sorry." Jason scuffs. "Did you just hear yourself?"
"Yes, Master Chief." Eric clears his throat. "Command and the president expect all members of Bravo to be on their best behavior while here."
"Now, I ain't tryin to be a pain in the ass or anything." Sonny pauses knowing the collective groans were coming. "But does this not all sound way too familiar to Turkmenistan, cause we all remember how that almost blew up in our faces."
"If you're asking if this is a rouse for an op, the answer is no." Lisa tells him. "Like Eric said, this truly is a diplomatic mission."
"Okay." Jason nods. "How long are we thinking?"
The door to the room opens just as Jason asks his question. "We don't have a concrete timeline at the moment, but the agency is thinking at least a week, but up to three."
"Well, well, well, if it ain't our favorite spook." Sonny chuckles.
"It's good to see you too Sonny." Mandy retorts as she makes her way to the head of the table with Eric and Lisa.
"Timeout." Jason says leaning forward in his seat. "So, you just fall off the face of the earth for about six months and now all of a sudden you're no longer done with the agency?"
"I suppose all of you are wondering the same thing?" Mandy asks looking around the room. "I was asked to come back about eight months ago and head up a new taskforce, a more public and less spooky image for the CIA."
"Huh." Jason huff still at a loss for words.
"Listen guys, you all being here is extremely important to relations between the US and Russia." Mandy tells the team. "That being said, please don't screw it up." She sees everyone nod. "Thank you."
"On your tough books you will find your itinerary for the new few days." Lisa tells them.
"Alright. That's all for now. Enjoy your evenings." Blackburn tells the team.
"Figured I'd find you here." Mandy says walking up behind Jason who was sitting at the hotel bar.
"You ghost me for six months and you think that is the best opening line?" Jason says refusing to look at her. He feels her hand slip off his shoulder and her body slide onto the barstool next to him.
"We have always gone months without talking." Mandy attempts to defend.
"I'm sorry, was I alone in that hotel room all those weekends, because I thought that was more than just blowing off steam and I thought you felt the same." Jason takes a sip of his whisky.
"It did mean more, but I felt like my life had no purpose anymore." Mandy tells him.
"You could have told me that. I would have understood." He turns and looks at her. "You didn't have to just disappear."
"I was afraid you would talk me out of it." Mandy says softly.
"You have to know I never would have done that." Jason wipes a single stray tear from Mandy's cheek. "All you had to do was tell me and I would have supported you."
Mandy cups her hand around his and lowers their joined hands to her lap. "I do know that. I was so happy with you, but some crazy part of me missed the job. And when this opportunity fell into my lap, I felt like I had to take it."
"I understand that Mandy, I do." Jason looks into her eyes and sees true remorse. "I just wish you had told me."
"I know." Mandy offers a weak smile and strokes her thumb over Jason's hand that is still resting on her lap.
Christmas Eve
After a long sleepless night Mandy decided to get out of her room and try and find Lisa. If there was one person she could trust to have her back yet tell her the truth at the same time, it was Lisa.
"Coffee?" Mandy asks while sitting two cups of coffee down on the table in front of Lisa.
"Yes, thank you." Lisa smiles.
"Hold up." Mandy says seeing the ring on Lisa's left hand. "What is that doing on a very special finger?"
Lisa blushes, Mandy was officially the first person to know that her and Sonny are engaged. "That's because a very special guy put it there."
"Wait, you and Sonny finally made it official?" Mandy asks.
"We did." Lisa smiles.
"So, the team knows?" Mandy questions.
"They do." Lisa nods. "Not long after you disappeared, the whole team cornered us on a spin up. And Sonny and I decided to come clean. I mean we had been back together for a little over a year."
"Kind of a do or die moment." Mandy says in understanding.
"Exactly." Lisa smiles. "And to our surprise everyone took it well."
"But come on, did they really not know?" Mandy jokes.
"They all pretty much agreed that while they weren't actively thinking it, none of them were shocked by the news." Lisa tells her.
"Since you guys were so ridiculously close before you started dating." Mandy states.
"You know, Sonny both stop and think sometimes how on earth did it take us so long to get to here." Lisa chuckles. "We were so blind to what was right in front of us the whole time."
"I feel like that's what people say about Jason and me."
"I definitely heard that a time or two after you started spending more time in Virgina Beach." Lisa smirks. "I don't know if this is my place, but you made him happy. And if I'm being honest, he has been lost without you."
Mandy leans back in her chair. "That was almost as much of a gut punch and Jason refusing to even look at me for half our conversation last night."
"Oh shit." The surprise written all over Lisa's face. "What happened?"
"After I appeared yesterday, I could tell he was shook by it." Mandy lets out a long breath. "I went looking for him after the brief and I found him at the bar."
"Okay." Lisa tilts her head to the side. "Not all together unexpected."
"Right." Mandy shifts in her chair. "I tried to break the ice by making a joke about it. I thought he was going to throw his glass across the room."
"He had lightened up a lot with you around." Lisa pauses knowing Mandy wasn't going to like what she was about to say. "He shut down without you around. He shut out the team, his kids. I can't even tell you how many upset phone calls I have gotten from Emma."
"No." Mandy rests her forehead in her hands. "I never thought he would respond like that. He's been through way worse."
"But you were always his safety net through all of that." Lisa points out. "The way you just disappeared did some serious damage."
"I don't know how to fix it." Mandy says softly.
"Show Jason he can trust you again." Lisa tells her.
"Because Jason forgives so easily." Mandy scuffs.
"You're right, but deep down he knows his life is better with you than without you." Lisa hesitates. "But ones he lets you back in, you can't just leave him again."
"I know." Mandy huffs.
"Hey, listen enough of this depressing talk." Lisa says with a small smile. "Seeing as tomorrow is Christmas, we are planning a Christmas onesie party."
"Jesus, I can only imagine how wrong that could go." Mandy laughs at the mental image.
"You should join us. You know at the very least it will be fun." Lisa tells her.
"I don't have a Christmas onesie, but I'll come and hang out. It will be good to catch up with everyone in a relaxed environment." Mandy smiles.
"Good." Lisa says returning the smile.
"How much longer to you plan on working, it is Christmas Eve after all." Mandy asks.
"A couple more hours. I got a late start this morning." Lisa smirks.
"And why would that be?" Mandy jokingly asks, already knowing the answer.
Lisa looks down at her left hand. "He proposed last night. We are still riding that high, if you will."
"He did it last night?" Mandy asks.
Lisa nods her head yes. "We went down to the Christmas market and then ate dinner and on the way back to the hotel, we went by the big tree and that's where he did it."
"Aww, that's actually really sweet." Mandy says, suddenly wishing her and Jason could have that moment.
"I know Sonny doesn't show it all the time, but he can be really thoughtful."
"I'm happy for you guys." Mandy smiles. "I'm going to let you get back to work and I'm going to try and figure out if I'm joining in the theme for this party."
"Good luck." Lisa chuckles taking a sip of her coffee. "I'll see you later."
Christmas Eve Night
Mandy was sitting at the desk in her room reading emails when there was a knock on the door. She checked the time and saw it was nearly midnight. She waited a few seconds before getting up. "Mandy, it's me. Please let me in."
She knew it was Jason, but that defeated voice didn't sound like the great Jason Hayes she knew. Mandy opens the door to find him leaning against the door frame. "Jason." She breathes out.
"Can I come in?" He asks.
"Uh, yeah." She moves aside and allows him to walk into the room. "What are you doing here so late?"
"I thought you'd be happy to see me." He counters.
She closes the door. "I am, I'm just surprised. You seemed like you wanted nothing to do with me last night when I tried to talk to you."
"I know." Jason sits on the foot of the bed. "You hurt me, Mandy." He blurts out.
"I see that now." She says softly. "That wasn't me intention."
"Then what was your intention?" Jason snaps back.
"I honestly don't know." Mandy lets out a long breath. "I didn't think me leaving would effect as much as I'm hearing it did."
"You don't get it, do you?" Jason looks up at her. "It's not the fact that you left, it's how you did it. Mandy, if you had just told me you were leaving and that you weren't sure on the details... I would have been okay."
"I really hurt you, didn't I?" Mandy asks, finally seeing the damage she had done. "I thought you had been through worse, you could get over me leaving."
"For the first time in a long time, even long before Alana died, I let someone in." Jason shakes his head. "And that someone went and disappeared on me."
Mandy sits next to him on the bed. "I'm sorry Jason, from the bottom of my heart."
"How do I know you won't just up and leave again?" Jace asks.
"I don't know if I'm ready to be tied down." Mandy responds.
"Do you think that is what I am trying to do?" Jason huffs. "Mandy, listen to what I am telling you, you can come and go as much as you want, I just need you to tell me what you're doing."
Mandy pauses before she responds. "You would really be okay with me rejoining the CIA?"
"As long as you don't ghost me again, I will support whatever you want to do." Jason tells her.
Mandy lightly smooths her hand over his thigh. "I'm sorry I did that to you."
"How do I know you won't do it again?" Jason asks, finally allowing himself to be vulnerable for the first time in a long time.
"Jason, I know it's hard to believe me after I just up and left you, but if you are willing to give me another chance, I promise I won't leave you without notice again."
"You really mean that Mandy?"
"I do Jace, I truly do."
He takes her hand that's resting on her lap and laces their fingers together. "You better mean that Mandy." He turns and kisses her.
"Mm." Mandy smiles as they separate. "I missed that."
"Good." Jason grumbles. "Now come here." He pulls her onto his lap. Once she is straddling him, he runs his hands over her back. "Just the way I remember." He smiles looking into her dark eyes.
Her thumb moves softly over his cheek. "I love you, Jason."
"I love you too." He turns his head and kisses her hand. "Now, can I do what I was thinking about doing all night?"
"You were thinking about me all night?" Mandy asks with a cocked eyebrow. "The great Jason Hayes was having sex dreams about me?"
Jason chuckles at her choice of words. "Yes I was." He unbuttons her pajama shirt. "I wanted to kiss right here." He attaches his lips to her collar bone. His lips travel to her other collar bone. "And there."
Mandy closes her eyes and instinctively rolls her hips against his. "Mm. Jace... Look at him."
"What's wrong?" He asks fearing the worst.
"Nothing's wrong." She smiles. "I was just thinking... It's been too long to take it this slow."
Jason leans his forehead against hers. "I like where your mind is at."
"Good." Mandy says, already having Jason's sweatshirt halfway up his body.
Jason lifts his arms as lets her pull the garment off his body, tossing it behind her. He pushes her top off her arms. "I have to do this." He drops his head and sucks a nipple into his mouth while teasing the other one."
"Yes, yes you do Jace." Mandy pulls his head against her chest. "I need to feel you again." She whispers.
"Yes Ma'am." Jason looks up at her and smiles his signature smile.
Mandy stands, taking him with her. "Let's work on that."
Jason reaches between then and frees himself from his jeans and boxers before stripping her of her remaining clothing. "Much better."
"So much better." Mandy smiles coyly. She pushes him back onto the bed.
"Is that your way of telling me you're on top?" Jason chuckles. "I'll never get sick of looking at your beautiful body."
"I would hope not." Mandy giggles as she straddles Jason again.
"I approve." He tells her in regards to their current position of them sitting up and her straddling his lap.
"How do you feel about this?" Mandy asks as she shifts, allowing her to impale herself on his hard length.
"So fucking good." Jason groans. He had waited months for this moment. "Shit Mandy."
"Mhhmm." She mumbles as they find each other's lips. "Oh Jace." Mandy moans.
Jason digs into Mandy's hips, moving with her. "You look hot, tits bouncing, hair a mess." He attaches his lips to her neck. "I could watch you ride me every moment for the rest of my life."
"Fuck Jason." Mandy moans. She tightens her arm that is around his neck, pulling his upper body against hers. "I missed you."
"I missed you too Mandy." He says before kissing her. Jason felt her movements getting more erratic. "Let go." He kisses the spot where her jaw and neck meet, her favorite spot.
"You remembered." She mumbles, lost in the feeling of the moment.
"I could never forget a single detail about your body." His breath hot and heavy on her ear.
"Jason." She moans as she falls over the edge.
"Fuck" Jason grunts as he chases Mandy over the edge. "I'm going to lay down now." He chuckles.
"Please." Mandy giggles as they fall backwards. "Jace, I just want you to know, I missed you. I wanted to call you so many times, but what do you say to the guy you left with no explanation."
Jason tucks a chunk of hair behind her ear. "Just don't leave me again and you will never have to worry about that."
"I won't." Mandy smiles. "Promise."
"That's all that matters from here on." Jason tells her.
"Thank you for forgiving me." She leans in and gives him a quick kiss.
Christmas Night
"I like these Christmas pajamas." Jason kisses Mandy's temple after she sits down next to him. "Very not you."
"What are you trying to say?" Mandy questions.
"That you look nice and cute." Jason tells her.
"Thank you Jace." Mandy gives him a peck on the cheek. "Thank you guys for the invite." Mandy says from her place next to Jason.
"It wouldn't be Christmas in Russia without our favorite spook." Sonny chuckles. He feels Lisa shake her head against his shoulder. "Problem babe?"
"How many times have I told you not to call her that." Lisa tells him.
"It's all in good fun..." He raises his head and looks at Mandy. "Right Agent Ellis?"
"I'd actually take spook over Agent Ellis from you guys." Mandy responds, a small smile pulling at the corners of her mouth.
"See." Sonny says to Lisa.
"Whatever Quinn." Lisa mumbles as she takes a sip of her beer. "Are we all just going to sit here and stare at each other?"
"We could play never have I ever." Brock suggests. "That always turns out insane with this group."
"He ain't wrong." Sonny laughs. "I'm down."
Lisa looks around at the team. "I suppose you guys would like for me to pull up some questions." She sits up and pulls her phone out of her pocket. "Okay, let's see..." Lisa reads through some options.
"We would be so lost without you." Trent chuckles.
"Drinking game, right?" Metal asks.
"Is there any other way to play it?" Jason laughs.
"Alright." Lisa looks around the group. "Never have I ever played strip poker."
"Y'all are a bunch of naughty little elves." Sonny chuckles before taking a swig of his beer.
"Because Sonny Quinn is one to talk." Ray shoots back.
"Never have I ever eaten food out of the garbage." Lisa says before taking a drink of her beer.
"Do we want to know Davis?" Brock asks.
"No. All I will say is life prior to the Navy." Lisa says regretting asking the question. The group nods, knowing that was a sensitive subject for her.
"Never have I ever fallen asleep at the movies." Trent says to the group.
Lisa put her hand under Sonny's beer bottle while he was taking a drink. "You should have two or three since your sleeping through movies is why we don't go anymore."
"Ouch." Metal laughs.
"I have it on good authority that you aren't much better." Jason laughs. "What do you have for us Secret Agent Ellis?"
"Uh, um... Never have I ever had sex in public." Mandy says after being caught off guard.
"Wait, you've never had sex in public?" Jason asks quietly.
"No." Mandy shakes her head.
"We're changing that." Jason tells her.
"Don't tempt me with a good time." Mandy smirks.
"Mandy coming in hot." Ray laughs before taking a sip of his beer.
"I need a story from the church boy." Mandy laughs.
"All I'm going to say is there is a reason my nickname back then was primetime." Ray laughs.
"I'm proud of ya Raymond." Sonny chuckles.
"Never have I ever made fun of an elderly person." Lisa says, looking around the group to see if anyone takes a drink. "Good, I would have to beat some ass."
"Never have I ever placed a prank call." Brock says.
"Of course ya haven't." Sonny shakes his head before drinking.
"Fine, what do you have Sonny?" Brock counters.
He looks down at Lisa, knowing she was going to get him for this. "Never have I ever sent dirty pictures to the wrong person."
"I hate you, Quinn." Lisa grumbles as she raises her beer bottle to her lips.
"It can't be that bad." Jason chuckles, clueless.
"It was that bad, I guess I should be happy nothing was visible in the photo." Lisa tells him.
"See, now you have to tell us Davis." Metal pushes.
"Lindell." Is all she says.
"No, shit." Trent laughs.
"It's not funny." Lisa throws a pillow at him. "I couldn't look him in the eyes for months."
"How does that even happen?" Ray asks.
"You guys were spun up and I wasn't sent with you... I was at home and had a few drinks. He had been texting me about a meeting the next day and I accidently sent him the picture instead of Sonny."
"Damn Davis." Jason chuckles. "I guess it was that bad." He leans his head down to Mandy. "Why didn't you warn me?"
"You were the one that went and opened your big mouth." Mandy tells him.
"Uh-huh." Lisa nods. "I believe it's Metal's turn."
"Never have I ever kissed my best friend." He says to the group.
"Thank you for not doing that." Trent laughs.
"No problem buddy." Metal chuckles.
"It ain't my fault Davis and I fell in love." Sonny defends.
"Same for Mandy and I." Jason chuckles.
"I for one am very happy that I married my best friend." Ray says.
"Listen up." Blackburn laughs at his own joke. "Never have I ever been to the circus. Clearly, I'm not including being y'all team commander."
"Have we both really not been to the circus?" Lisa asks Sonny.
"I guess I know what date night we're havin next time it's in town." Sonny tells her.
"I think that would be fun." Lisa smiles. "Who's left?" She asks the group.
"I think that would be Jason and Ray." Mandy says.
"Rude." Jason mumbles under his breath. "Never have I ever sunbathed naked."
"Damn." Mandy chuckles, taking a drink.
"Do you have photos of this?" Jasons asks imagining the sun glinting off her ivory skin.
Mandy shakes her head no. "But we could always do it together."
"I like that idea." He runs his hand down the side of her body.
"I guess it's my turn." Ray says. "Never have I ever sung karaoke."
"We're changing that, Ray." Lisa smirks.
"Now you know Naima would be mad if she wasn't there to witness it." Ray counters.
"That's fine, we can do it back in Bob Beach. But it's happening." And evil smile spreads across Lisa's face.
"I don't like that smile." Ray says, knowing it means trouble.
"Too bad." Lisa giggles. "It's happening, mark my words."
"Yes Ma'am." Ray laughs.
"That would be the correct answer Warrant Officer Perry." Lisa smiles.
"As always, I think we learned some good dirt on each other." Brock says.
"Agreed." Metal nods. "Some of you are real nasty."
"Because you're such and angel Metal." Lisa shakes her head.
"I tell myself I am." He laughs.
"Sonny and I are getting pretty tired. And don't forget, we have an early morning." Lisa announces.
"See y'all in the mornin." Sonny says after standing up.
"Bye boys. And Mandy." Lisa tells the group.
"You want to retreat behind closed doors too?" Jason asks.
"I do." Mandy smiles.