Title: Dinner For Two
Author: Harper Kingsley
Series: Heroes & Villains
Setting: post-The Wedding, pre-Allies & Enemies
Characters: Vereint Georges, Warrick Reidenger Tobias
Inspiration:
Steak Dinner For Two pic.twitter.com/qsyNJMgu2R
— Recipes GIFs (@TheDIYideas) March 17, 2017
Walking into the penthouse, Warrick was greeted by bags of groceries on the counter and Vereint wearing an apron and nothing else. The sight of that devilish smile and those bare arms and legs made Warrick hitch his step on the way to the hall closet to hang up his jacket.
“What’s going on?” he asked slowly. He couldn’t help tracing his gaze over Vereint, seeing where the brightly colored fabric curved, bent, cupped, and what it did and didn’t cover. It took him an extra few seconds to get his jacket on the hanger and the closet door closed.
“I thought we’d cook dinner together,” Vereint said. “I saw this recipe for garlic butter steak.”
“Steak?” Warrick’s mouth salivated at the thought. “Butter… That’s going to be a calorie bomb though.”
“Tonight’s special,” Vereint said.
“Oh?” Warrick crossed the intervening space and wrapped his arms around Vereint. He peeked over Vereint’s shoulder and couldn’t help grinning at the sight of a bare back and buttocks. He let the fingers of his right hand drift off the apron and lightly brush against Vereint’s skin. He was always so warm.
Vereint obligingly pressed closer to him, one hand going into Warrick’s hair. “Mm.”
“Why’s tonight special?” Warrick asked. He tried to walk Vereint toward their bedroom, but Vereint didn’t move. Warrick stopped pulling at him, resting his whole weight against him instead. If Vereint didn’t want to be moved, there would be no moving him.
“It’s our anniversary,” Vereint said. He must have felt Warrick’s body stiffen with sudden panic because he laughed. “Don’t worry; it’s not our wedding anniversary. It’s the anniversary of the first time I took you hostage.”
“What?”
“You know, when we were in that bank–”
“And you were wearing that horrible shirt!” Warrick laughed and squeezed Vereint.
“That’s when you fell in love with me,” Vereint said.
“No way,” Warrick said. “You terrorized a bank full of people and took me hostage. I thought you were a brat.”
“A brat that you immediately fell in love with because that’s the kind of person you are. You thrive on adversity.”
“And you being a brat is what you consider adversity?”
“No. I call that ‘charm.’ The adversity part comes in when you try to resist jumping my bones as we sear the rib-eye I’ve got on the counter.” Vereint tugged himself out of Warrick’s arms and headed toward the kitchen. The flirty wink he tossed over his shoulder and the way he flexed the globes of his ass were a dare.
Watching him go, Warrick shook his head with a rueful grin. He could definitely feel the adversity now.
