Daring
By Clara

Summary: All bets are off
Pairing: Carly/Jax
Set: The night of the Haunted Star reopening
Rating: R
Disclaimer: They’re not mine!
Author’s notes: Response to the Irresistible April FF Challenge
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Her foot is sliding up the inside of his leg, sandal long gone and it’s all he can do to keep his poker face on and not give anything away.

He isn’t stupid, he knows exactly what she’s trying to tell him and the look she’s giving him, combined with the attention from her foot is hardly subtle.

In that moment, he realises that she’d been the one in charge all evening, win or lose they’d have ended up here, daring each other to take the plunge and make the next move…and he’ll be damned if it’s not going to be him.

He runs his fingers along the leg that’s currently propped in his lap and smiles at her sharp intake of breath.

“Coffee?” It’s by no means original but at this point it’s not what he says that matters, it’s how.

“Sure.” He lets go of her leg and they stand slowly. His arm wraps around her waist as they leave the Haunted Star and he’s pretty sure that if anticipation doesn’t kill him, Carly will.

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The elevator ride is their undoing. Something inside her snaps and suddenly she’s backed up against the wall, his mouth on hers and her arms are around his neck pulling him closer.

It feels like hours before the elevator reaches their floor and they laugh, tripping as they fumble their way along the hall to his room, trying not to let each other go and then the door is open and all bets are off.

He manoeuvres them onto the couch and she brushes away his attempts to make sure this is what she wants and laughs when they fall off of the couch, closely followed by a near scream when he takes her by surprise and sweeps her up in his arms before carrying her over to the bed.

She pulls him down with her and before she knows it, they’re both naked and she can hardly believe that this is them and all that it has taken to bring them to this point.

She’s by no means innocent when it comes to sex but there’s something about this man that makes her feel deeper and it’s enough to keep her in the moment and forget about the outside world.

His fingertips glide over her skin and it’s all she can do not to arch up, begging for more contact.

She shudders as his hand trailer closer to where she wants him to be and she knows that for all the teasing, it’ll be worth it all when he gets there.

Her eyes flicker open and they lock with his, his mouth quirking up into a smile signalling that he knows what he does to her and isn’t at all sorry for it…she isn’t either.