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Morning comes slowly, which is something of a novelty to McCoy - he heads in early, and heads out late, just due to the nature of his work.

The second novelty comes when he wakes up enough to place himself, and there is a warm presence curled up beside him, heavy in the hollow of his shoulder. Memory flares back into existence, and he smiles into the early-morning dark.

He is really not sure how he got to be this lucky. He has no idea why she stayed with him, or even went forward with anything after he over-reacted.

He wonders if she meant what she made him promise.

There's only one way to find out, for certain. Very gently, almost regretfully, he smooths her hair back from her face (so peaceful, so beautiful) and presses a kiss to her brow.

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He's learning that her eyes give away the most subtle of her emotions. She narrows her eyes at him, but there's a smile there, too.

Her hand passes over the bruise, and he can feel the skin itch, as if the blood is moving just beneath the surface. She smooths her palm over it again, and again.

"There. Fixed."

The skin is still a little yellow, but dark, ugly blotch has disappeared.

There's a pause where he wonders if this isn't a trans-culture hitch in the idea of 'kiss and make it better'. Then he realizes it really, truly isn't that sore.

And then, after a moment of twisting to get a good look at it, he realizes that she does actually mean 'fixed' - He would judge that bruise to be a few weeks old, not a few hours.

"Well God-damn." He murmurs, thoughtfully, as he continues to eye his shoulder.

(He'd be lying if he said there wasn't some part of him that immediately cut and run with the implications of this and what could be done on the Starship level, someone who doesn't need instruments or even a partially functioning Sickbay to heal. But she has her own problems. She's not here to fix his. Except, evidently, those having to do with bruised shoulders.)

She smirks, and presses a chaste kiss to the point of his shoulder.

"Come on. Hot water will run out." She's assuming it will, anyway. When she finds out it won't, he may have to pry her out of the shower.

She pulls the curtain back and steps into the hot spray, sighing her contentment aloud.

And that is plenty to distract him from the inner argument of whether or not he should campaign to see if she wants to join Star Fleet, which is a stupid argument anyway. The image of her in the water, just slightly shrouded in steam, will be an image to comfort him on quite a number of lonely nights.

And even better, right now, he can do better than an image. Grinning broadly, he follows her... and she's right, the hot water is glorious.

Better still. Hot water and an extra set of hands to help with the washing. She turns into his touch, breathing a sigh as his hands slip over her wet skin. She steps in close, her arms snaking around his neck, pulling him down for another slow, deep kiss.

With the... washing, yes, exactly, that's what happens in a shower and that's what he's forgotten about entirely at the moment. Can he blamed? She's slick and warm in his arms, her mouth is welcoming and enticing, and frankly, mundane things like soap don't stand a chance.

What can she say? He's an excellent kisser. And she likes the taste of him, likes the sounds he makes when she runs her hands over his chest and down his sides.

Oh, now there's a wicked idea. She wonders what sound he might make if she were to just slip to her knees, kissing her way down his torso to drink from hollow of his hip, tasting the salt of his skin before the water can sluice it away.

What is the sound of a desperate man? His body fairly vibrates in response to her touch, each sensitive point missing her once she's moved on. Her lips are like fire, her hands like brands where they grip and tease. He can't help it, truly he can't - before too long he's rocking, just slightly, up onto his toes and back onto his heels. He tries not to give in to it, just like he tries not to let his hands wander down to tangle in her hair, but it's hard. What happens, he wonders, if he bursts at the seams from this sort of exquisite torture?

She can't help but grin, letting her teeth graze over the point of his hip, soothing the bite with an open mouthed kiss. Her hands smooth down his thighs, feeling the muscles tense and relax, and when he can't seem to take any more, she turns her head just enough to catch him.

She doesn't tease, no, she's firm and direct, still listening to his responses, letting him tell her how much and how fast, pulling him along with a low hum of pleasure in the back of her throat.

His groan starts somewhere around his toes - he hadn't even let himself imagine something like this, but here he is, his hands braced against the chilly tile, and there she is, and she is.... she is...

He's not even pretending to keep from moving. He can barely breathe right, never mind control anything else.

"Olga. Olga, I..." The desperate need is rising again, coiling up his spine, shutting down his brain, tightening his muscles, slowly breaking him to bits.

She doesn't relent, not for a breath, not for a heartbeat. Her mouth moves on his length, hot and slick, with that same deliberate touch he's now coming to recognise as something uniquely her.

One hand grips the base of his cock, the other rests against his hip, encouraging him without words to keep moving, to take what she's giving, without reservation. Again, there is that fierce, quiet passion she brings, the strength and surety of her touch making it clear, she's determined to see him through to the very end.

Even a man of steel would fall to that kind of determination, and McCoy has never styled himself as anything that strong. Soon all attempts at restraint fall away, leaving him thrusting wantonly against her, into her, watching her take him, his eyes dark and hooded.

She feels his restraint fall away and she moans, the vibration travelling straight through to the root of him. Her grey eyes look up at him and he can feel that wicked smile tightening her grip around him. She moves a little harder, a little slower, dragging out the moment for as long as she can.

He tastes divine and the pleasure ripping through his body feeds back to her, coursing into her like electricity, crackling over her skin and grounding in her long bones. One hand splays flat against his stomach, fingertips sliding on his wet skin, sliding upwards until it's pressed over his heart.

She wants a taste of it, wants to pull it into her, breathe it in. But she won't. Not without his knowledge. Not without permission.

Her moan is met with a startled, strangled shout, the vibrations causing already hypersensitive nerves to jangle and scramble what's left of his functioning grey matter. One hand he keeps splayed on the wall, if only to keep himself from falling over in an undignified (and unsatisfied) heap, shifting the other to wrap around the fingers of that talented, long-healed hand.

His movements have become just that bit more erratic, his breath shortening to sharp, almost-pained gasps. He could, when in a more sober environment, explain the science behind this, why and how the human body becomes so focused in these moments, what drives it to this point time and again.

Right now, that much thinking is beyond him.

"Darlin'" He grits out, as he feels the world shutting down in a blaze of fire and steam.

The blast of emotion washes over her, primal and raw and intoxicating. At that first sweet clenching of muscle, she presses him back, pinning him against the wall of the enclosure so that he can't fall, fucking him with her mouth, taking him as deep as she can. She can't help the soft guttural sounds she's making, somewhere between a whimper and a groan.

Breath by breath, she holds him, letting him tell her when enough is too much, and then gentling back to earth. The hot water has slicked her hair back, and she kisses her way up his torso, hiding her face against his throat, breathing just as hard as he is.

For what feels like a small eternity, the only sounds he can hear are his heart jackhammering his chest, their harsh breathing, the patter of water against tile and glass and their bodies, and the swirl of water slipping away down the drain. Eventually the bonelessness of his body eases off, and he can slip his arms around her shoulders, pulling her closer, kissing the top of her head.

"Darlin'." He says again, more gentle this time, now that he has a few neurons that have decided they actually might want to work this morning.

She breathes him in, her head still swimming. Moments are ticking passed, even here in this place, where she's supposed to be outside of time.

The part of her that still has wings, even in this form, twitches, reflexively reaching for open sky. The part of her that is still human, even in this form, clings to his neck, drinking in his scents.

Eventually, she does step back, grey eyes looking up into his bright blue gaze. Her fingers skim over his chest, reaching up to press one finger across his lips. "Breakfast."

And then, no doubt, their separate ways.

She's difficult to read - he's not sure if he finds it frustrating or fascinating. But she's not... he has a fairly good idea by now what she looks like happy, and this... isn't quite it. He frowns, puzzled, but respects her unspoken order to keep quiet.

That command doesn't say anything about grabbing the bottle of shampoo and pouring a decent amount into his hands.

There's still a smile around her eyes when she looks at him, but perhaps it is what might be called sorrowful. When you've lived as long as she has, you get used to parting ways. Even if she has never grown to like it, she keeps a certain grace about her.

This does not mean she won't rise on her tiptoes to steal another lingering kiss while his hands are busy.

He's not sure what has changed her mood, but he can do his best to improve it. Her hair is heavy in his hands, and he takes his time with it, and with the kiss.

"What's wrong, darlin'?" He asks softly as he rinses the suds away. "Still tired?" They have been... rather active, for two people on the edge of exhaustion.

Her eyes close as his hands move on her scalp, and her head tips back, letting him cradle her skull.

She doesn't answer for a long time. Eventually, when she does find the words, her voice is quiet and low.

"It's been a good night."

And she is tired. But she has no regrets.

"I should say so." Good is, he feels a bit of an understatement, when compared to what it could have been... but that's hardly something to argue about. He reaches past her to turn off the water, which hasn't yet managed to run cold on them.

Just for the record, no matter what temperature the room outside of a hot shower is, it will always feel cooler than comfortable.

That is, unless you're from Moscow, in which case you're happy if the water isn't turning to ice on your skin.

She passes him a towel, drying her hair as she watches him.

"Thank you."

"I think I should be thanking you, darlin', if only for coming up with this excellent idea in the first place." He feels decidedly more human, and less like locking every crewmember he can get his hands on in the brig just so they won't go around hurting themselves without cause. He quickly dries, years of serving on board starships and space stations making his movements economical, and soon he's strolling back out towards the bedroom in search of clothing, his towel draped around his neck.

He has a tattoo, on his left hip of a winged Caduceus. She smirks, watching him go, shaking her head a little.

"My idea? I thought it was your idea."

She follows him out, twisting her hair up into a tight bun at the base of her skull. (Their boxers are nowhere to be found.)