Drabble: Still
Title: Still
Prompt: Water at hp_humpdrabbles (sent for this Wednesday's prompt - there's still time to enter a drabble if you'd like to) (xposted at first_order)
Rating: R
Characters: Marlene McKinnon/Caradoc Dearborn
Word Count: 250
The river ran swift and cold, rushing over stones toward the sea. It babbled toward it’s final destination, taking everything along for the ride. Caradoc stood in the very middle, defying the water to move him from his position.
“Are you coming?” He crooked a finger at her, his expression still equal parts wry and confidant even in the extreme tempurature change. “I won’t let you get dragged downstream.”
Marlene shivered on the river bank. She’d been wearing suitable clothing but he’d stripped it off her as soon as the blanket was spread out. While she could put them back on and be warm, there was still fun to be had. “Dream on, buddy boy. Why don’t you come back and I’ll warm you up?”
“This is my date to plan. You said-“
“I said I would let you try all those things you’ve been begging to do. That doesn’t include dropping my body tempurature down to dangerous levels. You know what happens when you get cold.”
He winked. “Why don’t you come see for yourself?”
There was something about his smile that drew her to him. Before she fully thought about it, she was in the water, her legs wrapped around his waist.
“I was right,” she whispered into his ear before leaning in to nibble at his earlobe. He shivered but she wasn’t sure if it was the water or her teeth. “Why don’t we take this back to the blanket and I’ll get you warmed right up.”
Prompt: Water at hp_humpdrabbles (sent for this Wednesday's prompt - there's still time to enter a drabble if you'd like to) (xposted at first_order)
Rating: R
Characters: Marlene McKinnon/Caradoc Dearborn
Word Count: 250
The river ran swift and cold, rushing over stones toward the sea. It babbled toward it’s final destination, taking everything along for the ride. Caradoc stood in the very middle, defying the water to move him from his position.
“Are you coming?” He crooked a finger at her, his expression still equal parts wry and confidant even in the extreme tempurature change. “I won’t let you get dragged downstream.”
Marlene shivered on the river bank. She’d been wearing suitable clothing but he’d stripped it off her as soon as the blanket was spread out. While she could put them back on and be warm, there was still fun to be had. “Dream on, buddy boy. Why don’t you come back and I’ll warm you up?”
“This is my date to plan. You said-“
“I said I would let you try all those things you’ve been begging to do. That doesn’t include dropping my body tempurature down to dangerous levels. You know what happens when you get cold.”
He winked. “Why don’t you come see for yourself?”
There was something about his smile that drew her to him. Before she fully thought about it, she was in the water, her legs wrapped around his waist.
“I was right,” she whispered into his ear before leaning in to nibble at his earlobe. He shivered but she wasn’t sure if it was the water or her teeth. “Why don’t we take this back to the blanket and I’ll get you warmed right up.”