This is spying. Isn't it FUN?

[neverwrongagent]

Brody attending the meeting Walker had so casually mentioned turned into a three ring circus. More than one person involved was convinced the whole thing was a wild goose chase, including Carrie occasionally. If she hadn't seen Walker as up close and personal as she had when they were first rescued, she could have been convinced. Maybe sending Brody to a regular meeting for returning vets who were also Muslim was just a kind of fuck you from a man who felt he'd been betrayed by a brother soldier. Or it could be something much more sinister. The problem was, no one could really figure out what that sinister was supposed to be. Carrie continued to maintain that Brody had no idea what was going on.

The questions Brody faced right after the meeting ranged from if he knew any of the people there already to how was he planning to overthrow the US government. When the questions headed that way a majority of the time, Carrie called foul and got Brody out of there. With full understanding of the irony involved, they had decided that the cover that would work best with his family was that he was working with other vets on integrating back into the world. Carrie would have felt a lot worse about that if it was just being used to cover up them fucking around. She still felt pretty shitty about it given how much stress it was putting on him.

They took their own cars back to her place. She got there before him and immediately opened a fresh bottle of wine, leaving a full glass on the counter for him, then she went upstairs to change into something decidedly less official looking.

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[posterboymarine]

He didn't just rest on the drive, he slept, not even waking when they stopped for food. When they were apart, he slept horribly, so by the time she called him, he was past exhausted.

He was slow to wake this time they stopped, too, and he was still blinking hard when he saw her. "Where are we?"

[neverwrongagent]

"A little slice of heaven?" She pointed to cabin and sort of waved down to the dock. "Belongs to my family. We'd come up here weekends in the summers when I was a kid." Maggie brought her kids sometimes, but not as often as their dad had brought them. "And it's all ours for the next two days. Just us."

[posterboymarine]

He lifted an eyebrow. "Just us or just 'us'?" Still, he climbed out of the car and took a look around. "Nice place."

[neverwrongagent]

She climbed out and came around to stand beside him with her hand on the small of his back. "You. Me. Some loud birds in the morning. The occasional fox." She leaned against his arm. "We both need the break."

[posterboymarine]

He smiled down at her, then pulled her into a hug. "You picked a good place. There's even water." She had to remember that he enjoyed the water, so this was perfect.

[neverwrongagent]

She sighed in relief, settling into his arms happily. There was water,there was nature, and one night she was going to take him out to see the stars. "And we can light a fire, curl up under a blanket together, forget the world exists." Because that was what she wanted--a few hours to turn off her brain.

[posterboymarine]

She was saying all the right things and he whimpered softly. "Sounds perfect. Can we just stay?"

[neverwrongagent]

She groaned. "God, sounds good, doesn't it? Let's see if you still want anything to do with me after being alone with me for real." It would be the first time since the night they met that they'd be really alone.

She started pulling him toward the cabin. "Let me show you around some?"

[posterboymarine]

He let her pull him, laughing softly. "How far do you think we'll get before someone gets naked?" His nap had done wonders for his mood, and the scenery was helping a lot, too.

[neverwrongagent]

She snorted a hug laugh, switching her grip on him to the waistband of his pants. "It's not a very big space." Really there were only a few things to point out. Kitchen, bathroom, fireplace.

She got him up the porch stairs and inside. "Wait, do you think I brought you here for sex?" She couldn't keep a straight face. "I just wanted you to see trees."

[posterboymarine]

He glanced at her hand on his waistband and smirked. "Who said anything about sex? I just said naked."

Pulling away from her, he winked. "Well, show me around."

[neverwrongagent]

As if them naked for more than about ten minutes wasn't going to lead to sex. Neither one of them could keep straight faces. She stepped over to the door that hid the bathroom and threw it open with a dramatic gesture. "Bathroom." Five steps over and she could wave again. "Kitchen." She stepped around behind him and waved at the pull out couch. "Bedroom."

Her hands went on her hips. "That's everything. Naked now?"

[posterboymarine]

He took the tour with a grin. Then, when she asked about getting naked, he took his time answering.

"I dunno..."

[neverwrongagent]

She rolled her eyes at him and after licking her lips, she started taking off her own clothes. Waiting, spending quiet time, maybe taking a walk, had all been what she expected. Then he said the word naked and her instincts took over.

She threw her shirt at him as she took everything off.

[posterboymarine]

He caught her shirt and laughed. "See. Someone's getting naked." He tossed her shirt over his shoulder, then leaned against the wall to watch her.

[neverwrongagent]

Shaking her head at him, she made a regular strip tease out of it, including swirling her panties around on the tip of her finger and then tossing those in his direction, too. It felt better than she could describe to be playful with him. Seeing him lean there, looking so comfortable, was a thrill. When she was finally bare, she went a little shy and shifted from one foot to the other. "And...that's it. That's me."

[posterboymarine]

He grinned as he watched her. Then he was holding her panties. Just to show her that two could play that game, he brought them to his face and inhaled. Then he tossed them over his shoulder.

Once she was naked and shy he stepped toward her. "I like it." He gabbed her by the waist and left her, effectively tossing her over his shoulder. "Now, where was the bedroom?"

[neverwrongagent]

"Hey!" She tried to follow the trajectory of her underpants. "I'm going to need those later." And then she was up in the air, facing the opposite direction of where he was and being asked geography questions. She tried to reach around to point, then gave up. "Couch. It opens." She wriggled. "Forget how tall you are until you pick me up."

[posterboymarine]

"You won't need them for a while." Her attempt to point made him laugh. "I'm going to have to put you down to open that, aren't I?" That was not going to happen.

"Guess we'll just use the couch."

[neverwrongagent]

It wouldn't be the first non-standard bit of furniture they'd used, but that didn't mean she stopped wriggling. Wriggling was part of the fun. "Use it for what?" She poked him in the ass. "Are you going to stand on it or something?" His head, and her ass, would hit the ceiling.

[posterboymarine]

"Should I stand on it?" He smirked, even though she couldn't see it. He sat down with her, pulling her off his shoulder and into his lap. "You're pretty sexy when you're naked."

[neverwrongagent]

She was getting cold being naked and it showed in hard nipples and goose flesh. She curled up close to him, tucking her head against his shoulder. "I wouldn't. It's been through two generations. Maybe three." She shrugged. "I'm skinny when I'm naked, but I'm glad you like it."

[posterboymarine]

He rubbed her arm, then pinched a nipple. "I do like it. I like you. You know that."

While he hugged her with one hand, he unbuckled his pants with the other. "Do you need a blanket?"

[neverwrongagent]

She yelped and jumped, which helped him some in getting at his pants. It was all so amazingly normal. "I have a Marine, why would I need a blanket?" She touched his cheek and drew him into a kiss. "Naked Marine would be better. Warmer."

[posterboymarine]

"But then I'd have to let you go." He got his pants open and pushed down some. "Unless you're going to help me."