TITLE: All For Show
CHAPTER 6: Aqua
FANDOM: The Office
PAIRING: Michael/Jan
SPOILERS: "Michael's Birthday"
RATING: PG-13
SUMMARY:
*****
"Michael, you're leaving already?" Pam questioned, seeing him with his coat already draped over his arm and his briefcase in-hand.
"Yep! Heading out." He smiled at his receptionist, and then feigned a pained expression. "Dentist appointment."
"Oh. I'm sorry." Pam looked only remotely concerned. He noticed her eyes kept flitting toward Jim, and... seriously, when was that girl going to get a clue? "Is everything okay?"
"Um, I'm not sure. My teeth hurt."
Pam frowned up at him. "All of them?"
"Yeah."
Pam absorbed that for a moment, and then nodded blankly. "Okay. Will you be in tomorrow?"
"Hopefully, yeah. I don't think it'll be anything too serious. I'm excited for tomorrow, anyway."
"Oh really? Why?"
"Because! It's--" Michael stopped himself before he mentioned the seven-month anniversary, and lamely finished instead, "...Friday."
Pam blinked a couple of times, obviously unsure of what to do with him frequently, before she again nodded. "Yep. It is. Goodnight, Michael."
"Goodnight!" He waved to her and the cameras, walking calmly out the door and down the stairs.
Once he reached the lobby, he ran for his car and jumped in, pulling out quickly. There was no time for dilly-dallying when there was a naked lady in his bathtub at home. It was almost like going home to a birthday present.
Speaking of birthdays...
Michael smiled when he caught a flash of bright blue on his backseat through the rearview mirror, and instantly thought back on the best birthday ever.
*****
"Goodnight, Michael. Happy birthday, again."
"Thanks, Pam. G'night."
"Do you have any plans for the rest of your birthday?"
"Ummm...." He tried to think up a convincing lie to get Pam out of here. Jan would be arriving any minute to take him out for his birthday. "I think I'm going out with some friends from improv class."
That answer seemed to satisfy Pam. She blinked and gave a friendly smile, then waved as she bid him goodnight once more. The camera crew followed her out the door and hit the main office lights on their way out.
Michael sighed and took a few moments to reminisce about the day. Given all the crappy birthdays he'd had in his life, this one was looking to be the best so far. Jan had bought him a new suit -- she originally had insisted on buying him something Italian but Michael refused to let her spend that much money on him. So, she bought him something Bulgarian. Which was fine, because it still looked amazing on him.
Jan knew his style perfectly -- she loved how he dressed. She'd told him so plenty of times. Once even before they'd gotten together. Granted, before they had gotten together she had said it in that very business-like Jan tone of hers, but... he read the sentiment behind it all the same.
He had no idea what Jan was planning for him tonight, and he kind of liked it that way. On-camera Michael wanted to control all birthday surprises -- actually Dwight wanted to control them. Off-camera, he was more than happy to let Jan take the lead. Maybe she'd even remember that he loved to skate and bring him back to the rink.
He spun in his office chair to see her car pull up beside his in the parking lot, and he was especially glad the camera crew had headed out for the night. She stepped out of her car in her long black coat, all buttoned up, and she was hugging it tightly around herself as she rushed into the building. It wasn't the most pleasant day for a birthday, weather-wise.
It didn't take long for her to reach the second floor, and she smiled as she came around his office to the door. Michael got up, wearing a similar smile, and pecked her lips in a greeting. "Hi."
"Hi," she practically purred back at him, stroking the lapels of that brand new suit. "Happy birthday."
"Thank you."
He wrapped his arms around her slender waist and pulled her against him, drawing her in for a long, deep kiss. When she pulled back smiling widely at him, Michael kind of thought his knees might buckle. "So, I'm excited to see what big plans you've got in store for me," he told her.
Michael saw that one eyebrow, her right eyebrow, arch upward and he knew he was in for it... in a very good way. She had that vixen look. "Are you."
"Yeah."
Jan smirked and took hold of the bottom of his tie while she reached out and kicked his office door shut. Her voice was pretty much a purr again as she walked him backwards, back around his desk, and told him, "Well, I already gave you one of your presents this morning, but... I do have a second one for you to unwrap." With that, she shoved him into his desk chair and smirked when he rolled back a few feet with the momentum.
Michael knew his eyes were wide with his excitement. And he could see in Jan's face that she was enjoying every second of this sweet torture. "Alright, where is it?"
With a wicked smile, she pointed to the knotted sash of her coat. "Right here."
Michael had never untied anything so quickly in his entire life, and he enjoyed Jan's musical, throaty laugh as he did so, and shoved the coat off her shoulders to reveal a bright aqua, skin-tight lace teddy coccooning her, the skirt stopping just a few inches below her hips. His heart almost stopped when he noticed the bright aqua garter wrapped around one thigh, and he was positive he let out all his breath at the sight. "Whoa."
"Like it?" she asked coyly.
"Best birthday present ever," he breathed, and slid his hands over her hips, pulling her to him. Jan knelt astride him on his chair and yanked his tie, pulling their lips together.
The kiss escalated quickly; before long, Jan had his tie undone and had whipped it across the room, next sliding his suit coat off his shoulders. Michael kissed back hard and gripped her hips tightly, lifting her into his arms. She wrapped her legs around his waist and laughed against his lips when he shoved everything off his desktop, including his phone and keyboard.
He dropped her onto his now-clear desk as gently as he was capable in all the excitement while she attacked his belt. Before he knew it, they had come together and Jan was moving against him, head thrown back, while he held her close and murmured how much he loved her in her ear. Her legs wrapped around his waist again and she kept one hand cupped around the back of his neck as they panted against each other's lips.
Jan had known his biggest fantasy was to have some after-hours fun with her in his office... and now it was coming true.
"Oh God! Oh, Michael! I'm--"
He felt her shake and he was quick to follow, kissing her deeply as they came down off the high together. Their chests battled each other for air, and as he gently released her to pull back, he took her garter with him, slipping it down her long leg before holding it up hooked around his finger. "Can I keep this?"
Jan giggled and pulled him in for another kiss. "Absolutely."
Yep. It was definitely his best birthday ever.
TBC
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