CHAPTER 15
SERVING BREAKFAST - 5x14
Jason was happily humming a song that he couldn't get out of his mind while arranging the plates on a tray and getting the eggs from inside the fridge. When he got the bread to make the toast, Cerb was right there, wided-eyes, expecting some tiny piece of bread that Jason usually gave him. But Jason gladly threw at his cute face almost half a slice, surprising even Cerb. Jason started scrambling the eggs and took a peek at his bed.
Mandy was listening to Jason humming a Carla Bruni's song that she now particularly loved, since that afternoon, months ago, in the shower, but she decided not to tease him about that. Not yet. She'd wait for another opportunity.
"Just promise me you won't be going to Burkina Faso to rescue another damsel in distress", she joked, as soon as she saw Jason looking at her from the kitchen.
"As I recall, it was that damsel in distress that saved me from being carved up", Jason answered, remembering how that tango was really close to getting him.
"Well, I was just protecting some body parts that were incredibly valuable to me" Mandy teased, but she wasn't lying.
Jason came closer to her, she was still naked in bed, covered with the sheets. He thanked her for joining him at dinner with Emma and Brad, but she said she really loved the dinner, and Jason thought she was sincere.
"Emma was very welcoming. I just hoped... that everyone else was" she said, pointing at Cerb, that was staring at her from the side of the bed. Jason assured the dog was just jealous, and that he would train him to get used to Mandy there.
"That is, if you'd want to come back" Jason added.
"I'm not going anywhere", Mandy answered lovingly.
Jason felt butterflies in his stomach. He wished she'd always stay there with him. "That works for me", he said in a husky voice, approaching her.
But Mandy just had to tease him. "Yeah, because the traffic to DC at this hour is just... I'd go crazy".
He laughed, but was loving it, "Now you're just fucking with me, aren't ya?". He moved closer to her face and kissed her softly on the lips, eyes open to see her.
"I'm exactly where I want to be" Mandy said softly, but now sincere, while holding Jason's face in her hand. He looked very vulnerable, yet so charming; she felt it was too good to be true.
Jason watched her caressing his face, and her eyes were light green like the sea, the sun was directly in her face. He just wanted to stay there for this whole day, but he only had a few hours left.
"Well, the eggs won't get cooked by themselves" Jason said, but he didn't even move an inch to leave.
Mandy kissed his lips softly, again, "I'll go with you. Just... Could I borrow you something to wear? That covers my butt if possible", she knew him too well.
"U-hum, yeah" he answered, lingering for a couple of seconds, then he got her a clean grey t-shirt from the closet, without even looking at it, but hoping it didn't cover her butt. She was like five inches shorter than him, at least, but there was always a chance.
"Thanks" Mandy grabbed the t-shirt and put it on her, standing up and it was huge on her. It did cover her butt. Jason sighed.
Jason watched her walking towards the kitchen, and his eyes went quickly from brown to black.
Mandy got the bowl with the eggs and went into the kitchen, and saw that Jason had arranged plates on a tray. He wanted to eat breakfast in bed, that was cute. She saw that he already made coffee, so she turned the stove and toaster on, and she was ready to pour the eggs on the pan, when she looked back to see where Jason was. After all, she volunteered to help, not to make all of the breakfast alone, I mean, it was his house and she was kind of his guest, after all.
Jason was leaning at the shelf, looking at her with a pensive face, and Cerb was next to him.
"Hey... Could you get some cups for us? I don't know where all your stuff is" Mandy asked him, but he just blinked. "Something wrong?" She asked, thinking that maybe he was feeling sick or something.
"Sorry" Jason blinked again and went to grab two cups. He noticed that although she said that she didn't know where his stuff was, Mandy was running his kitchen as if it was her own, and quickly found the spatula, forks and knives.
Mandy watched Jason taking the plates off the tray and putting them on the table, quietly, and Mandy was a bit disappointed that he wasn't thinking about eating in bed. But she remembered that it wasn't very comfortable for him, and he had to go on an op soon. She thought about how selfish she was being about it, even at the hotel he had to sit on a chair every time they ate in the room.
...
When the food was ready they sat at the table and ate, and Jason was more talkative, but still a bit quiet. She asked him about the op, maybe he was worried about that.
"Nah, Blackburn said it's quite a safe op, we'll go with some of the guys from Ground Branch to get that terrorist and then we'll see how it goes, hopefully he'll talk. We felt a bit bad about Clay missing his kid's baby shower, but I know you'll all have a great time there. Stella will have a blast, I know". Jason stopped, then added, "The guys we'll have my back. My memory has failed very few times, and that time it all went wrong because they didn't know what was going on, hell, not even I knew that I was having these memory problems" he admitted to her, referring to when he brought the building down on his team because of his memory issues.
Mandy put her hand on his face, caressing his cheek and forehead "I know. You will all be okay. When you have time, we'll search for the best treatments, and little by little you'll get better. They are right by your side, as they were when Ray was fighting his PTS. Your brothers are there for you, and you are there for them, and that's why you'll do great". Mandy kissed his lips softly, "And we girls are going to take care of Stella today. She'll love it, don't worry". Then she stood up, to take the plates to the sink.
"Wait" Jason said. He loved the way she assured him, because he knew how smart she was, she wasn't just wishing they would be ok, she had the confidence of it, because she knew what the team was capable of. And he was loving how protective she was of him, the team and even of the guys' families, such as Stella.
But Jason was stopping her for some other reason also.
"I'll take the plates" he told her, standing up and taking them from her, "Could you just put some fresh water for Cerb, please?", he asked.
Mandy gladly did it, and noticed that Jason seemed very tidy with his kitchen, he not only took the plates and coffee from the table, but cleaned the table with a cloth, very methodically.
...
As soon as she stood up from putting Cerb's bowl down, Jason was right next to her, with a hungry stare, and took her in his arms and kissed her passionately. Well, he surely gets excited with a full stomach, Mandy thought.
He was humming while kissing her, quickly taking his t-shirt off while telling Cerb to stay in his 'area', which he obeyed immediately.
Mandy was pulling up the t-shirt she was wearing, but he stopped her, "Leave it on. I like it".
He was holding her very, very close and moaning, more than usual, and Mandy was loving it, although she was caught off guard by all of his sudden passion, while they kept kissing in the middle of the kitchen.
"Please tell me you're wet for me Mandy" he suddenly said, not even to her, but more like a wish, because he immediately slid a finger on her clit and then on her entrance, confirming that yes, she was very, very wet.
"God. Mandy. Please" he turned her body, so he was behind her; he pushed her hair to the side and started to kiss the nape of her neck and grab her breasts.
"Jace" she could only gasp, because she didn't even know what to do with her own hands, while he strongly embraced her from behind her; she was feeling breathless. "Well" she said between gasps "I really like you before an op" she joked, because if he was always like that, well, please let her know when the next op is, so she can prepare herself.
He laughed with a husky voice, right next to her ear, sending shivers throughout her body.
"Can you be here when I come back? I'll call you" he asked, and she was grabbing his legs for balance.
"Yeah. I mean, when I'm free from work I'll come here. If you want me to" she answered, gasping.
Jason let go of her breasts and embraced her with tenderness, "Please come", he pleaded in her ear.
Mandy looked back at him, looking into his eyes "I will".
He kept one of his arms around her waist, while he leaned the other hand on the kitchen table, next to them. His breath was heavy while he lowered her to the table, but keeping his body close to hers. Mandy saw that he really wanted her bent there, and she loved the idea. She willingly stretched her arms to hold the sides of the table, bending all the way and opening her legs a little, while looking at him.
Jason was insecure about asking her, thinking that maybe she wouldn't trust him, or not be in the mood, but Mandy just smirked at him, looking back at him with an obedient face, holding the table with her hands, ready for him, that he shivered with anticipation.
Being unable to hold his desire any longer, he lowered his shorts, left one hand on the table and guided his erection with the other, pushing inside of her while looking down at her back. He let out a deep moan. She was so wet and tight, but he wanted to take his time, he didn't know how long it would take for him to see her again.
He was thrusting her slowly but very, very hard, reaching her to the end, touching her G spot every time, and both of them moaning. He felt the need to be closer to her, so he lowered himself until Mandy could hear and feel his breathing on her neck and ear. She was shivering from the sensation and in a few minutes Mandy was coming, clenching and contracting around him, reaching her orgasm, and Jason stopped, shivering but focused, and waited for her to stop contracting. Then he started thrusting again, this time faster than before. Mandy had to hold herself harder on the table, but it still moved a little. She hadn't recovered from her previous orgasm and was already coming close to it again.
Then she had to tell him, before she lost her courage.
"You will come back, Jason" she said, surprising him. He blinked.
"What?" he whispered in her ear, while panting.
"I don't own you" she repeated his words, then gasped, coming so close to her climax, "But you will come back".
Jason didn't know what to say, he couldn't promise that to her. "Mandy..."
"I'm not asking. I'm telling you" she was feeling bossy, even though she was bent and at his mercy.
Jason opened a huge smile, but Mandy couldn't see it. He was panting and so close to coming, he felt she was too. "Is that so? Well, then"
He lowered his hand and rubbed her clit, and not a minute later she contracted hard around him, and they came together, moaning, his face in her hair. He held her in place as her legs were turning numb.
When he recovered his breath, he turned Mandy to face him and she wrapped her arms around his neck. He raised her like it was nothing and carried her to the bed. He laid next to her for a few minutes, with his arms around her, just resting and thinking, looking at the ceiling.
...
Jason had to get ready to go, so he went to the shower. He asked her to join him but she said she'd only go if it was only to take a shower, because she needed some time to recover, and she really needed that. She was exhausted and a bit sore at that moment.
He thought about it for a few seconds, but then promised that nothing naughty would happen, so she got in with him.
"You can use my shampoo, Jace" she joked, when she saw him taking his regular manly shampoo, with a grey uninteresting bottle.
Jason answered grumpily, "The guys teased me the other day for having my hair 'too flowery', they sniffed it. I don't know how. Sonny said I smelled like his grandma pout-pourri".
"Maybe you could use like half of the amount you used the last time, they wouldn't notice so much" Mandy teased. "You should use like a third of this much" she showed him, and then she put the shampoo on her hair.
"Allow me", Jason intervened, massaging her scalp. She let him.
"I'll come back, you know." he murmured behind her.
"Yes, I told you", she turned to face him, smirking.
"I'll come back to you."
Mandy opened a smile "Good". They kissed lazily under the shower, until they had to finish getting ready so Jason could leave for the op.
Mandy asked him to be safe, and he just answered in his charming way "I always am", blinking at her and leaving the apartment.
He left her a key, so she stayed for a couple of hours to get her things ready alone at his place, quietly, and she took some time to organize his apartment, like making the bed and taking the thrash out. She would leave Cerb at Jason's friend's house, with a big yard.
Jason's t-shirt, that she was wearing before, was hanging on a hook in the bathroom, and when she took it, she glanced at something. She smiled at herself, she now knew why Jason was acting a bit more excited than usual, all of a sudden.
It was a U.S. Navy's training grey t-shirt, with a small Bravo Team symbol in front. And its owner's name on the back, in huge letters.
She was wearing a HAYES t-shirt.