all I want is you (for Kate)

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Magnus found and returned to Will made for a good day and now two days later, it seems everything's back to some semblance of normal. There's still the bit about Kate bolting on him the morning Magnus disappeared but Declan's learned the best way to get Kate to talk is just to wait her out and she'll come around eventually; pressuring her doesn't seem to do any good.

He's settled in with a book, this one on boat-building of all crazy things and wonders if it's really true that they can't get off the island. He's seen a few boats, fishing boats, and there's that pirate ship but nothing like a cruise liner or a battleship and if they had one of those, maybe they could get home. Magnus and Will might not want to go home but Declan does because Declan can't stand feeling useless. This island makes him useless.

When he hears the door crack to his hut, he doesn't get up. It's Kate, if anyone, because Magnus and Will would knock and Tesla would have already announced himself by now.

"Bedroom," he calls out, not that she'll need the direction.

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It's always Kate's instinct to pull away as soon as the orgasms are over, but it doesn't take a relationship guru to see that pulling away from a good friend after sex is a bad idea. But that kiss, that kiss is trouble. Capital T. Capital F for Feelings.

And capital K for Kate's going to screw this up.

She stays in his arms, kisses back and tries to be sweet about it. When she breaks the kiss, she runs her hand down his arm and molds his hand over her ass. More, is always a good solution. She smirks lightly, aiming for playful. "Told you my clothes would look good on your floor."

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"What do I owe you for getting that right, then?" Declan teases back, smirking at her. It's easier to tease, really, than actually talk to her about how he feels more than just friendship. Declan's never been very good at separating sex from feelings and he's spent most of the past few years alone because of it.

Kate, on the other hand, seems the sort to enjoy sex just for the fun of it and not because she feels a certain way. Declan wishes it was that easy.

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Kate's got an entire list of things she wants to do with him, which kind of surprises her. It's not that she's never had regular booty calls. It's just been a long time and Declan's not a bored on Saturday night fuck.

She smooths a hand down his arm and her smirk softens to a more honest smile. "I wouldn't say no to a repeat performance," she tells him, voice warm, hoping he'll remember their conversation. He's one of her best friends and a teammate. And maybe she sucks at the whole attachment thing, but she already has one to him. One that's really important to her. "And sleepover privileges with or without the repeats."

Nothing's changed, babe. I'm still me. Just naked and seriously hot for you.

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"Think I can manage," Declan says, hand toying with her hair lightly. "The repeat performance, that is."

She's important to him too, as both a teammate and a friend, and Declan hopes it doesn't start getting awkward when and if she decides she doesn't want this part of it.

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"Think you can?" Kate teases him, sultry and intimate, before she presses up as close as they can be without fucking. She slips a hand between them to strip the condom and not coincidentally cop a feel of him, wet with come, still soft, sloppy. It's not a thing a lot of women like, but Kate's not most women, and him feeling like that's kind of a triumph.

After she ties off the condom and pitches it, Kate ducks her head to kiss his neck again. "My money's on you, British." But she's not above stacking the decks.

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"I'm not seventeen," Declan says dryly, but he manages a grin for her. If she wants to go again and he can make it happen, he will, but it won't be any time soon.

"Just lay with me for a while, Katie. No rush."

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"Didn't mean now, babe," Kate tries again, fingertips trailing down his arm. "Or not just now." But there is kind of a rush, too. She can't...

She can. Stay as long as he needs her to. Because it's something. It's something worth doing. Staying because Declan needs to know he's not just a one-off for her.

This caring about other people is a real fucking pain in the ass sometimes, but at least he makes it easy. She kisses him slowly. "Thanks, for...you know. Everything. This."

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"Never thank me for making love to you," Declan says quietly, catching her mouth in another long, slow kiss that probably tells more about his feelings than it should. It's probably a bad idea to keep showing her that hand.

"Did it help any?"

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Making love. Kate wants to roll her eyes, but she doesn't. It's Declan, and the way he keeps kissing her, it's a lot closer to that than anything else. Say something to him, ignore it? Running feels like the best answer, but it's the one thing she can't do.

"Declan," she says his name softly, drawing it out slow. "Don't..." Don't love me. But she can't say that. And she shouldn't do this, but she will anyway. She's never met a bad idea she didn't like. "Yeah, it helped. You always help."

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"Keep saying things like that and it'll go to my head," Declan warns, combing his hand through her hair. He wonders about the don't but if Kate's not elaborating, he's not going to push it.

"But I'm glad I help. For what that's worth."

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It's really fucking hard to hide wrapped up in his arms like this. Really hard to lie, even though she's good at it. But she's afraid to lie to him, and afraid not to. Afraid to lose him, and afraid to hold on.

She's so tired of being scared.

"This is good. You and me. It's good for you, right? I'm not... The last thing I want to do is make this fucking island harder for you, Declan." She does care, and asking about him's better than talking about her.

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"Very good. A little too good, honestly," Declan tells her. It's true that he's probably a little too attached but he's never been able to be casual about sex. He's never been the sort for one night stands or anything less than proper relationships and years working for Magnus has meant a lot of time alone.

"Don't worry. I'm not going to turn into Zimmerman."

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"Good. Will's cute and everything and he's probably really smart about what makes a girl tick, but..." Kate makes a face, even though she's thought about it. Him and Magnus. But she's not going to go talking about that in bed with Declan. "That'd be like fucking my superego or something."

She rubs a hand over his chest, trying not to think about the 'too good' part of it and failing. Sighing, she rests her forehead next to her hand on his chest. "I'm not good at this, Declan, and I can't really promise you...anything without lying to you. But I like this. I like being with you."

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"I'm not looking for promises," Declan says after a moment. It takes him a little while to work up the courage to even say that much and he's afraid he'll start telling her about how he's damned tired of being lonely and scare her off.

"But if you like this, then, I can give you as much as you want."

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That surprises her, that he's not looking for promises. "No promises, just repeat performances?" she asks, a little skeptical, but her hands are gentle, sweet over his skin.

There's a lie here, but it's one she's told for such a long time, it's become true. He just keeps trying to unravel it. She can't let him.

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"For right now, I don't need promises," Declan corrects, imagining it's best just to get his intentions out in the open. Her hands are gliding over his skin and it feels good but he wants more. Wants her.

"For right now, repeat performances are all I'll ask about."

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Kate takes a deep breath, in through her nose and out through her mouth. No panicking. No snarking. No running. She'll deal with later when it happens. Her smile's a little tight at first, before she locks eyes with him. But then he's just...Declan. "Told you I was pretty sure you could interest me in those. Guess I was right."

They've done enough talking and Declan's getting that look. A look like it might be a really good time for a repeat performance. So she rolls to her stomach with one foot up, props up on her elbows, and glances at him along her shoulder, his own private playgirl. "I'm interested now, babe. All yours."

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"Can't say no to you when you're looking like that," Declan teases, running a hand down her back. She's good at working his angles but he shouldn't have expected less out of a con as good as Kate.

"Anything particular you had in mind, love?"

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"So many ways to go with that," Kate chides, tsks, then shakes her head. "Give a girl an inch and she'll take all of them." If she's not as sharp with the snark, she's trying not to shiver under his hand. It's warm and no one's been gentle with her like this in a really long time.

She sucks in her cheeks, considering what she's gonna say. What she needs hasn't changed. How she gets there? Kate lifts one shoulder. "Wouldn't mind knowing how you like it." For once, she finds herself hoping that might include the hours (hour, she's still not that patient) of foreplay she told Magnus she doesn't want.

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"Want to taste you," Declan decides after a moment, rolling her over so she's under him again. It's something he's wanted with her for a long while but he didn't really anticipate ending up in bed with her quite like this.

"Stretch it out, make it last. Learn every little thing about you. Agreeable to that, Katie?"

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"Think if I'm letting you call me 'Katie' and not kicking your ass for it--" She likes it, with him. The drift of her hand down his broad back and the smile in her eyes says she's teasing. "You can have pretty much anything else you want, babe." In bed, anyway. She can't think of anything he'd want she'd say no to.

There's a small, smarter part of her screaming for her to tell him no. Tell him she doesn't like it. To protect herself, her secrets, her lies, by keeping him out. But she bets he's good at it, and it'll keep her from thinking about anything else for awhile.

"That's a yes, British. Y'know, in case you didn't recognize it."

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Declan kisses his way halfway down her chest and stomach before he lifts his head to answer, teasing glint in his eyes. He loves that she's so at ease with him and he loves seeing her happy, seeing her not think about the island.

"Pretty wordy for a yes. Do you always get like this when someone's teasing you or am I just special?"

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Kate arches and shifts under his kisses, already curling her fingers into the sheets before he looks up. Her other hand pets restlessly through his hair, while she tries to focus on what he likes, where he moves. Not really a breast man that she can tell. Gentle, thorough, patient.

Fuck, he's going to kill her with this before he's done. But she doesn't mind. The longer she's begging the less time she's got for clawing her skin off and maybe she'll sleep.

He asks and it takes her a minute to focus on the question. Screw 'not liking to be the center of attention' or whatever some chicks' trips were. Hot guy or girl between her thighs is A-freaking-OK with her and he's getting close. Close enough that she has to work not to give away how much she wants this. "You seemed unclear on the concept of 'you can have me any way you want me'. I was just helping out. Elaborating."

Special. Yeah. Definitely.

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"Very eloquent, Katie," Declan murmurs against the skin of one thigh, kissing and nipping from just by her knee to where it joins with her hip. That done, he switches to the other, kissing the same slow path.

He's always loved legs and while Kate's not considered tall, she's got a great set. Great ass, too, and he's not ashamed to admit he's looked. Quite a bit of late, actually.

"I like when you tell me what you need."

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"Want me to beg, is that it?" she purrs, smartass, but struggling for it, since he's determined to drive her insane with that fucking beautiful mouth of his. When he switches her thighs, she spreads wider for him. His shoulder brushes the skin of the first and she whimpers, loud, way louder than she's used to being and bites her lip to stop it.

"Make me." She will, ohgodyeah she will, but he can work for that. She needs him to work for it. To make her beg for him. "Don't let me come until you want me to."