CHAPTER 28

A HOT SUNNY SUNDAY – after 6x01

Jason woke up on the middle of his bed, with the sunlight coming from the kitchen window; the bedroom still dark, the blinds shut. Mandy wasn't at the apartment. He was very groggy from his sleep, but had an urge to pee, so he woke up, all of his body cracking and a bit sore. He went to the bathroom, peed, washed his hands and was thinking if he should go back to bed or wake up completely. He took a minute, then he washed his face and grabbed his phone from the side table. He now knew that Mandy always left him messages on the phone telling him where she went. It was almost noon, and he had two messages from her. On the first, Mandy said she was going for a walk at the beach. On the second one, she said that, since he's still 'cutely' asleep, she was going to the grocery store to grab some things for them, because 'his fridge content was just sad', and also some non perishable stuff for her, to take back to her place. He smirked when she called him cute, because most people thought he was a serious and angry guy, especially now that he had the cut on his face still healing.

He saw that he had some other texts too, realizing that he hadn't touched his phone since he was at the beach. He'd been busy. He laughed reading Sonny's text from the night before. 'Boss. I don't think we should battle these women no more". Sonny thought he was disguising his tremendous crush for Davis, but he obviously wasn't. Jason remembered about him trying to disguise his crush for Mandy years ago. But now he was thinking that maybe the flirting between Sonny and Davis was a bit too real and intimate. He quickly dismissed that thought, they wouldn't be that dumb and have a relationship while working together, especially Davis. It was illegal.

Since Mandy went to the grocery store almost an hour before, he brushed his teeth, took a quick shower and washed his hair again, because he slept with it still damp and being disheveled by Mandy, so it was a mess. He smirked again, reminding himself of the amazing night they had, and feeling that apparently he'd accomplished his mission of fulfilling Mandy's fantasies. He gave her what she wanted, and he felt great about it. Also because he really loved the night. He was spent and slept for more than nine hours, and could easily sleep for a few more hours, but he wanted to spend time with Mandy before she went back to her place.

He already had his shorts on when Mandy arrived. He knew that because he heard a ruffling and scratching sound at his door, and the sound of keys being dropped. He quickly went to her aid and opened the door, to find Mandy with two large grocery bags in hand, almost covering her face. "Hi" she just peeked from behind the bags.

"Why did you bring all the stuff at once?" Jason said, grabbing one of the bags as it was light as a pillow, and then the other the same way. He put them over the table and came back to greet her. "Hi" he smiled at her, kissing her lips. She said that there was more stuff, and he quickly told her he'd get it, getting out of the apartment and walking to her car, that was left with the trunk open. There were three bags in there, and he realized he didn't know which ones were Mandy's and which were his.

"Hi, Jason", his neighbor passed by him and greeted joyfully. "Could you believe how hot it's been these days? I could swear it'd be a bit chillier today, but no. It feels like we're in the middle of summer".

Jason stopped looking and stood up, his neighbor was always friendly. "Yeah, true. We even spent the afternoon at the beach yesterday. I like it, but I'm sure I wouldn't feel the same way if I had to wear my uniform with this heat", he laughed.

"Oh, I can see it from the tan".

They talked about the restaurant where he had brunch the day before, for the second time, and how amazing the food and service was, and that the owner was a great guy. He was about to explain how he could get a table there, since the place was so famous, when Mandy showed up, walking down the stairs of his apartment.

"Oh hey, there's the reason. Mandy knows the owner, they are very close."

"Oh, how lucky!"

"Hey guys, what's up, do you need any help?" Mandy greeted them, standing close to Jason, touching his shoulder and rubbing his bare torso while looking at the trunk.

"Oh, no, I was just going to ask you which of these bags are yours, and if I should leave them here or if you's rather take them to my place, it's too hot to leave food in the car today", Jason explained.

"Jace, these all are your bags. You have almost nothing here. I couldn't let you starve through the week." Mandy said, a bit more dramatic than she usually his. Jason thought it was weird. She continued, "I left my stuff on the back seat so I wouldn't mix them, but you're right. Let's take it to your place. Who knows, maybe I find a way and stay until tomorrow", she smiled. Jason loved the news and smiled widely at her.

"Well, I have to get going, I think I'll walk to the beach today, get me some coconut water. No way I could run in this heat. Nice seeing you guys!" the neighbor friendly waved goodbye. Jason said goodbye too, "Bye, take care".

He turned to Mandy, joking at her "What the hell did you buy me, Mandy? It's a lot of stuff. You're worse than Emma". He took two of the heavier bags.

Mandy seemed a bit tired, but smiled, "No it's not. You eat a lot, you know? And you needed cleaning products"

They made their way to the apartment, with Jason complaining about how she shouldn't be buying this much stuff, because it must've cost a fortune, and then when he was coming back to the car for her stuff and she said he didn't need to, she could take it, he went anyways. But when he glanced at the back seat of her car and saw only one bag, he was definitely annoyed with her. He dramatically took her bag from the top, looking at Mandy, to show her how light the bag was. "Are you kidding me?", he asked, dramatically and loudly.

"Well, I couldn't get anything perishable now. Like frozen stuff. It would defrost during the trip", Mandy raised her shoulder, locking the car with her key from Jason's door.

They both went inside, and Jason immediately looked inside of her bag to find out if she actually bought something useful or healthy food. Obviously not. There was microwave popcorn, toilet paper, a small heart-shaped weird thing, tooth paste, one Toblerone, dry pasta, a very small bag of rice, two diet cokes. "Are you kidding me, Mandy" he muttered, looking at her again, annoyed. "I told you, you should be eating better to gain back your weight. You're too thin, for God sake. And what the hell is this?" he dramatically gesticulated to her, reminding her that she agreed she had to regain the weight she lost after her sickness. She was looking as thin as when he rescued her.

Mandy looked at him like she was a deer in front of a car at night. Then she just exhaled and took her heart-shaped loofah off his hand. "I don't feel too hungry yet. My stomach's still not 100%, ok?" she had teary eyes all of a sudden.

Jason came closer to her "Well, but at least try, Mandy. I noticed you ate quite a lot yesterday. I thought your stomach was fine by now", he said, affectionate.

"Well, it depends on the day" Mandy muttered, taking her bag and putting it next to the sofa. "I'll just go to the bathroom, be right out", she muttered again. Jason exhaled, then decided to organize the million things that Mandy bought him. Even some fancy detergent. He was glad at least she bought some stuff for her too, to keep it at his place for when she visited, like a bottle of wine, chocolate, a bag of popcorn. A liquid soap, that Jason didn't know if it was to use on her hands, face or body, but he'd leave it to her to organize. He put his t-shirt on, and Mandy still was at the bathroom. He turned the TV on and waited. He was very hungry and wanted to know if she wanted to go out, cook, or ask for food to be delivered.

Mandy was washing her face with cold water, and hating her own reaction right now. She knew her period was due in about a week, but since she was taking the pill, she almost didn't have these mood swings that came with it. She knew exactly why she was acting like that, and she hated it. She absolutely hated how jealous she felt since she started hooking up with Jason at the hotel. Come on, be real, she thought, staring at her pink nose and lips, reminding herself that she was already jealous of him after they slept together in J-Bad, fact that she realized when Lisa called her and told her the news; that Jason also was changing paths and leaving Bravo. Oh, and that he was back with Natalie.

She knew that there were women a lot more jealous than her, but the thing is that she never was jealous. At least not of any of the guys she dated. Well, actually, she was jealous of her first boyfriend, but in high school he was a flirt and she was a girl with a lot more temper than now. CIA taught her to control her emotions, and it worked amazingly so far. When she was seeing some guy she really liked, she was the one with her emotions under control, and the guy usually was jealous of her, especially since she was always traveling or hanging out at The Bulkhead with a bunch of athletic guys from the Navy.

But then she went outside Jason's apartment to see why he was taking so long with the bags, and saw him, shirtless, joyfully chatting with his blond tanned young neighbor, that looked like Farraw Fawcett's sister. It didn't look like he was flirting with her, but the girl was pretty close to him, pointing at his chest, nodding and agreeing with everything he said, but in a respectful way. Maybe flirting, but nothing that made her seem too desperate. So Mandy walked to the car, without feeling angry at the girl or anything, trying to look cool while talking to them. But she did touch him to confirm to her that she was his girlfriend, just in case. Mandy knew she was his neighbor, because she saw her coming out of her own apartment a few times, and they were always friendly with each other. In fact, Mandy was ok with that scene, she thought she had her emotions all under control when she came back to the apartment, but then Jason pointed out to her that she was too thin. As if she didn't know that already.

She always had problems with gaining weight, and during the last ten years she lost muscles too, so she always missed the high school years when she had a great curvier body, even though still thin. She was very athletic. When she left the CIA, she gained a lot of weight, as a result of massive food, drink, and time to play sports and do exercises. She was loving her body then. When she was kidnapped, she lost a lot of weight and muscles, and had trouble getting it to the point she wanted, and now after her sickness, she knew she was almost as thin as when she was with the CIA. She hated it, but she was trying hard to get her curvier figure back during the last few days, even eating pancakes, Toblerones, meat, cake and pasta; but when she was at work she was sad and stressed out about how much her job was boring, so she usually forgot to eat, or wasn't in a mood for any heavy meal. She was ok with gaining her weight back slowly, and she thought Jason liked her thin figure, since he was always very excited to see her naked; but when he said that, it was like he couldn't wait to see her curvier. Maybe he was saying that because of her health, but it was a punch to her self-confidence anyways.

So she calmly went to the bathroom to avoid starting a fight with him, but in there she all of a sudden started crying, because the jealousy came back with the lack of self-confidence. When she finally stopped, her face was red and giving away what happened. She started to put some makeup on, because she didn't want to ruin her day with Jason, and even less to get angry at him and start another fight like the one they had the weekend before. But she was coming to a conclusion that she was becoming too dependent of him, feeling so happy during the weekends and so sad during her week days, especially because of her job. She had to find something else to do during her weeks, something she liked and had purpose. She needed to feel happy while she was alone too; not only with him.

"Hey", Mandy said as she came out of the bathroom and went to the closet, looking for some clothes. "I was thinking about having lunch at some place, what do you think?"

Jason instantly turned the TV off, excited to finally eat. "Yeees, let's go. I hadn't eaten anything yet. Where do you want to go?"

"I don't know, anywhere. What about the taco stand?" Mandy finally looked at him, taking some shorts and a white blouse out of the closet.

"Sure, you know I love that place" Jason said, excited. "Will you get changed?" he asked anxiously, hoping that it wouldn't take long. And he didn't understand why she had to change.

"Yeah, it's a bit too hot outside for these pants, even in the shadow" she answered, while she took her clothes off. Jason grabbed their phones and his wallet, ready to leave as soon as possible.

He watched her casually putting on her sexy peasant look, the same as she had days ago, and she was checking how her butt looked in the mirror, with the shorts. "Looks fine by me" he charmingly said, smirking at her. She smiled back and walked to him, and he thought he'd be receiving a soft kiss from her, but she kissed him deeply, eagerly, disheveling his hair and making him lose balance while he held a phone in each hand. Then she hummed while she caressed his chest. And left the apartment. Jason was loving how she was always thanking him for basic stuff. She was a very grateful woman. He should compliment her more often.

"So", Mandy started, in between her two tacos, "What are your plans for the week?"

Jason finished chewing his bite of burrito. "Besides going to the clinic on Tuesday, not much. I start PT for the shoulder next week I think", he tried to remember. He needed a few sessions of physical therapy to make sure his muscles wouldn't atrophy.

"I thought you said after three weeks" Mandy casually mentioned.

Jason stopped eating and grabbed his phone, "You sure it's been three weeks? I was at your place last weekend, and then it was the ambush before there, you were here".

"No Jace" Mandy put her taco down, "One weekend after the ambush I was in Seattle, remember?"

"Oh" he said, when he looked at the calendar on his phone. "You're right. The PT starts on Tuesday. Then Thursday again" he raised his shoulders. "I'm glad I didn't schedule the stem cells treatment at the same time".

Mandy ate in silence for a while, because he was confused again because of his TBI. She glanced at Jason, he was holding his burrito, but not biting it. And he was moving one leg nervously. She knew he was thinking about his TBI too.

"So", Mandy started again. "I took a look at the papers that Paul brought me that day", she changed the subject to something she knew would grab Jason's attention right away. It worked, because he was watching attentively.

"Yeah? What were them about? They seemed very-super-important to him" Jason said sarcastically, while taking a huge bite of his burrito.

Mandy smirked from his jealousy. "Actually, they are. One of his informants is receiving tips that there are a lot of women being held in a slaver-like situation in Afghanistan. By the new rebels there" she said, and she knew that Jason could hear this type of information, he probably even knew about these problems there.

"Yeah", he confirmed. "I imagine. We rescued some of them a few months ago. There was this CIA agent there trying to help them out".

"Yes, and I confirmed that too, it's still happening. A lot. That's solid information. I'm still trying to confirm the places where most of these women could be found, it seems like Paul's informant couldn't point the exact location. I'll keep working on it for the next days".

"But do you have time for that? I mean, you work hard all week already". Jason was a little worried, hoping she wasn't sleeping too late like she usually does when she's working hard on something.

"That's ok, I really like it. And I'll leave most of the research for the weekend, it'll fill my time" she raised her shoulders.

Jason smiled naughtily, "Well I don't know about that. I think our weekend have been quite busy lately".

Mandy stopped eating again. "Oh, didn't I tell you? Oh, I think I didn't tell you yet. Friday afternoon that NGO from Seattle called me, and asked me to fly there again next weekend. For that training". She saw Jason's reaction, he was really sad. "I'm sorry, I was going to tell you when I arrived at The Bulkhead, but I completely forgot". And she did forget. Because that woman was there hitting on Jason.

"Well, that's a bummer", Jason said, looking away and trying to disguise his sadness. He hated when he sounded too clingy.

Mandy felt sad too. She was really going to miss him, that's why she'd do her research during the weekend, at night. She wouldn't have anything to do at the hotel. "Maybe you could call Emma and Brad to stay the next weekend here? Or Mikey", Mandy was trying to cheer him up.

"Yeah. I'll see. Emma already came here this weekend, don't want to make her drive all this way again. I'll talk to Mikey, see if he has any plans". He knew probably Mikey would have a game to attend.

"Why don't you visit her, then? A change of locale would be good for you too" Mandy smiled.

Jason smiled at her, noticing how she wanted to cheer him up. "Sure, I'll see. It's a good idea actually". Then he remembered what she said before, and excitedly asked her, "Will you really stay here until tomorrow?"

"I think so. But I'd have to leave around noon... in the afternoon I have that visit that NGO that rescheduled from last week."

"Sure. Sounds good. We got one more night then" he smirked at her, raising eyebrows.

Mandy put on her best CIA face, it was hard, but she managed not to smile. "Yep. It's actually better for me to not drive at night" she casually said, taking the last bite of her taco.

"You're doing it again" Jason said, gesticulating.

"Doing what?" she took a sip from her soda, looking at him, confused.

He looked at Mandy, and she was teasing him again. Pretending to not take the hint, or that she wasn't excited to have sex with him that night. He waited a while to see if she'd say she was kidding, but she didn't. So now he was thinking that he still needed to teach her a lesson. But later on, because he was feeling sleepy already from the food.

Jason came home and wanted to get directly to bed, but not for sex, not yet at least, he really needed a good nap. The alcohol and the sun from the day before were adding up and he was spent. But he still needed to find a way to tease Mandy and seduce her charmingly, since he noticed that that was the combination that worked for her.

So he started by getting his clothes off as soon as he got into the apartment.

"Oh my God, I'm so hot" he dramatically said, throwing his clothes on the bedroom chair and laying on the bed, belly down.

"Jesus, Jace. It's quite cool in here" Mandy was finding his drama a bit much. "Maybe you got too much sun in your skin", she came closer.

"I don't know, take a look at my back? Is it red? I feel like I'm burning still" he said, sitting at the bed.

Mandy came closer; his skin was tanned, yes, but she didn't see any redness, his face was pinkish though, and she grazed her finger on his nose and forehead, and then caressed his chest and shoulders. They were warm, but no redness on the skin. He shivered.

"Maybe you have some sort of heat fever? You're shivering. Your skin is warm, but no redness", she said, a bit worried.

Jason looked at her, he didn't know if she was teasing him or not right now. She had just grazed her fingers on his face, and caressed his body gently, and that's what made him shiver. But if she wasn't teasing, she really didn't notice the effect she had on him. She really didn't know that obviously how he felt about her wasn't 'normal' either.

But he still was too sleepy to have quality sex with her, so he just laid back in the bed, in his boxers. "Is it okay if I take a quick nap right now?"

"Sure, that's ok. I could go to Ray and Naima's and get Cerb back, he must have played enough by now. He'll be spent".

"Or… you could take a quick nap with me too" he charmingly said, "I sleep better when you're next to me".

"Well, weren't you too hot?" Mandy asked, confused.

He stared at her. He was trying to seduce her, but she wasn't taking the hint. "I feel better now. Come".

Mandy obediently went to him. She stopped for a moment, and decided to take off her shorts, because denim is definitely uncomfortable for a nap. She kept the blouse because it was kind of chilly in the apartment, and when Jason saw that he immediately laid under the blanket, holding it up for her. "I was starting to get a bit cold", he muttered, after her look. So she took her blouse off, and laid in bed with Jason, in her white underwear, which was a basic bra and panties. Nothing seductive, she thought.

Jason spooned her, wrapping his arms around her and covering her with his warm skin; in a matter of minutes, he fell asleep. But Mandy started to feel a bit hot, so she folded the blanket a bit. She wasn't feeling sleepy, so she just thought of staying there until Jason fell in a deep sleep, snoring, and she'd be able to get up.

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Jason woke up in the middle of the afternoon, again groggy from his sleep. He definitely didn't take just a quick nap. Mandy was still kind of in his arms, with the blanket off of her and belly up. Probably she felt hot during her nap, and now she was peacefully sleeping. He didn't move, because his arm was under her and he'd wake her up, so he just lazily watched her sleeping. He did that sometimes, now that he could see her sleeping next to him so often. But he remembered how he used to wake her up on the plane, to talk about something that he felt that was very urgent at that moment, but obviously wasn't. He usually was high on adrenaline. And during that period during deployment that the team had ops almost every night, to find out who killed Echo Team, he debriefed with Mandy only many hours later, when they'd all be awake. But one night he was high on adrenaline again after an op, and wanted to talk to her about his ideas, so he went to her cabin. He thought about knocking, but he decided to try and open her door, and it was unlocked. He felt angry with her for not locking her door, but when he approached her bed to call her, he just stayed there for like, more than five minutes, just watching her sleep. He heard people talking outside her cabin and got scared that she might wake up and find him there, staring at her, so he finally called her and made her meet him at the command center. He could've told her his ideas in her cabin, but he might not resist her then.

And he didn't resist waking her up now. She could sleep again later. So he caressed her hair with his fingers, gently waking her up.

"Hi" Mandy said after a few seconds focusing to see Jason in front of her. She was a bit lost.

"Hi. Sorry to wake you"

"That's ok" she said, blinking, "I want to spend time with you while I'm here".

"U-hum" he just answered, touching her with his finger, very slowly, from the neck to her panties, in a straight line. Mandy shivered. Jason knew his theory was right, so he kissed her lips for a few moments, surprising her, and touching her tongue with his.

He parted their lips, looking at the confusion in her face, then again he slowly grazed his finger from the neck to her panties, this time continuing under her underwear until he reached her entrance. Which was very wet. Again. She gasped and he smiled at her, knowing that he definitely didn't need to tease her. He just had to touch her. So he came a bit closer to her and put two fingers between her folds, inside of her, bending them to reach her G spot, and Mandy pressed her hands on his shoulders, gasping. He was in complete silence now, and so was she, except for her moans. He was moving his fingers, each time faster, while looking at her face right in front of him. When she pressed his shoulders harder, he knew she was about to come, and now decided to tease her a bit. He wasn't all good, after all. But then again, neither was she.

"Were you teasing me during lunch?" he smiled at her, but with a dangerous face.

"When?"

He slowed his movements and repeated the question.

"Yes. Don't stop".

He moved his fingers faster again, rewarding her. "Thank you for your honesty. Now you may come". He finished, victorious, also touching her clit with his thumb, and Mandy shut her eyes and moaned in his ear. He didn't wait two seconds before positioning himself on top of her, taking her panties off, bending her legs on his arms and pushing inside of her, hard, because her walls were contracting so much. This time he was scared of hurting her for real, and he waited a few seconds inside of her, until she came out of her haze. She looked at him and kissed him eagerly on his lips, so he started thrusting and reaching her already sensitive G spot at every thrust. Mandy stopped kissing him, but to complain. "Jesus, Jason", she felt like it was almost torture.

"Will you miss me?", the italian grandma was back again, Mandy thought.

"Yes"

"Will you touch yourself? Thinking of me", he said with a husky voice.

She wouldn't lie to him, she was at his mercy now. "Oh yes".

"Good. Can you call me when you do that?"

Mandy now stared at him, anxiously looking at her. "What? Why?", she said between gasps.

Jason smiled. "I'd like to hear you moaning my name", he said playfully.

She smiled naughtily at him, liking his idea. "Only if you'd do it too". She let out a high-pitch moan, showing Jason she was almost coming.

Jason stared at her, confused. He thought that men touching themselves turned off women. "Do you want to hear me touching myself?"

"I want to know you're thinking of me", Mandy simply said, now hurting his skin with her fingers.

"Alright then" he smiled, "But do you want me to call you every time?"

Mandy gasped, "every time what"

"Well I do touch myself a lot thinking of you. When you're not here, of course" he said, laughing and gasping.

"My God, Jace" she had to laugh, but she was almost breathless.

He loved her breathless laughter, so he kissed her neck, pressed her legs closer to her ribs and thrust faster. He was almost coming and needed her to come too.

They reached their orgasms together, moaning and smiling, then laughing while they catch their breaths. When she could finally speak, Mandy lowered her legs and felt inspired by Jason's loosen tongue. "Don't get me wrong, I love that position. But I do feel like a rotisserie chicken, Jace", she confessed, laughing. Jason laughed until he coughed, out of breath, and had tears in his eyes. "Now I can never unsee it", he stated.