Captain Montgomery wanted us to get positioned on the roof we are holding down earlier than the rest of the teams are showing up. Hutch and myself have our rifles unpacked and set up long before the first fan shows up.
“Hey, guys.” I hear the sweet tone of Nyx’s voice as she appears on the roof with us. “All set up and ready to go already?” She looks over our setup. We each have our rifles, the cases they have come in and a small cooler with some water and snacks. Lord knows we will be up here all day. We each brought a small collapsible chair that allows us to stay hidden lower than the wall around the building’s roof, but we don’t have to sit directly on the roof.
“Little Witch! I have missed you, babe!” Hutch jogs over to her with a huge smile on his face. He swings her up in a big hug, her feet no longer touching the rooftop. With a squeal and a playful slap from her, he sets her down.
“Hey Graham.” She responds shyly with her gaze on the ground. She allows him to pull her into an embrace without too much fight back. I slowly make my way over to the two of them, watching her reactions to every small thing that he does. I try not to overwhelm her with my dark presence, so I hang back and watch to see what she does.
“Demitri.” She says as she briefly looks at me. “Are you happy to see me too?” She did not just imply that I wouldn’t give everything to sweep her into my arms like he did.
“Little Fox, of course I am happy to see you. I was terrified dipshit over here scared you away?” The shocked look on her face makes me chuckle. “Yes, he told me he got the first kiss.”She laughs a little awkwardly, but the smile makes her whole face light up. “I do want to talk to you before the day gets going. Is that okay?” The most adorable little worry line appears between her eyes.
“Of course, do you want to talk here?” I smooth the line out with my thumb and then I lead her over to a portion of the roof that is surrounded on 3 sides by either the rest of the stadium or a nearby building. I lace my fingers through hers while I take a moment to appreciate her face. There isn’t much of that stubbornness showing today. Her eyes are practically golden in this light. Her freckles are out in full force across her nose and cheeks. I can tell she has a little mascara on but not any other makeup. Just perfection in every sense of the word, at least for me.
I lean her up against the wall, pinning her between my arms. “I owe you an apology, Nyx. The other day when I just took off-.”
“It is okay. You don’t owe me an explanation, Demitri.”
“Yes, I do. I want to be open and honest with you. Seeing you being trapped by Nick caused my darkness to come out and play. I was able to keep them kind of at bay while I was talking to Nick. I wanted to scare him but not hurt him. Once he took off. I wasn’t sure how I would react to you. If you were to break or anything. Had you started to cry, there was a good chance I was going to hunt Nick down and make sure he could never touch you again.” I watch the walls start to crumble in her eyes.
“I appreciate you telling me, Demon.” Her eyes soften slightly, not with sympathy but with care and concern. “Please do not ever feel like you need to hide your darkness from me. One thing you probably don’t know about me, I have my own things to deal with. I was in the army. I did intelligence.” I’m sure my face shows every ounce of shock I am feeling.
“Oh,” is all I can squeak out right now. My hand has a mind of its own, and I feel it brush lightly against her cheek as it wraps around the side of her neck.
“Fuck it.” I whisper just moments before I crash my lips to hers. I kiss her with every ounce of passion I feel. I have never wanted someone like I have wanted her, and her admission to having military experience just propelled her past perfection if there was such a thing.
Her tongue battles mine for dominance, the taste of her morning coffee lingering. I feel her hands wander my chest, feeling my heart pound beneath the surface, before finding their way up to my shoulders. I lean down, placing my palms behind her thighs. I lift her in the air, encouraging her to wrap her legs around my waist. I use the wall behind her for leverage while I nibble on her lower lip and take my time exploring. My mouth starts to wander down her throat, leaving open-mouth kisses as it explores.
Clapping starts from behind us. Her whole body tense, before I set her down to see who has disrupted us. “God damn it Hutch. What the fuck do you want?” I growl. I know my erection is straining my cargo pants before I have a second to adjust myself.
“Oh, ya, know. I saw y’all wander off, and you’ve been gone a minute, so I wanted to make sure Nyx was okay.” He has a shit-eating grin on his face, and I want to punch him in that perfect fucking smile.
“Ya dude, we’re fine, but thanks for your concern, right babe?” I look over at her before encouraging her to tuck into my side.
“Thank you, Blue, for checking on me, but we’re good.” Her face is flush with lust and embarrassment. She smirks up at me, and I can see his face fall before he plasters the fake nothing phases the great Graham Hutchinson, smile on.
“Well, holler if you need me, beautiful. I will be watching for Cap to show up.” He turns around to go back to where he was posted up watching the street.
“We should head back out there.” She smiles up at me.
“Okay, just know that this conversation is not done. We should probably have the rest of it with Hutch.” She nods before heading back to the main part of the roof, and I follow behind her with a shit-eating grin on my face.
This day just got even better.
CHAPTER 14
GRAHAM
That motherfucker. I know he took her off to the side to talk to her about what happened the other day. One thing I did not expect is to see her legs wrapped around his waist, while he pinned her to the wall. It may have been the hottest thing I have watched involving Demitri in my life, but still, he got mad at me for taking advantage of her the other day.“She was traumatized and vulnerable, asshole. You shouldn’t have done that.”Shit I’m still sporting the bruise from where he sucker punched me in the arm the other day.
I hear footsteps following behind me, I look over my shoulder to see Nyx coming out of the darkness trying to adjust her clothes. “Babe, you didn’t need to leave Dee. Did you guys talk about everything you needed to?” I start walking back to her to make sure she is okay.
“We are good, Blue. There is still more to talk about, but we agreed it should be done amongst the three of us. I may have dropped a bomb on him that he wasn’t expecting.”
“In your research on our Little Fox here, did you know she was in the army?” Demitri is following behind her. I look up athim with a terrified expression, unsure if she knew I was looking into her.
“What do you mean?” She looks right at Demitri with a shocked expression. “Were you looking into me, Blue?” She has a slight smirk on her face when her eyes meet mine. I want to tread lightly because I don’t know how she is going to react to me, looking into her. I feel like she’s being playful, but I can’t read her well enough yet.
“Yes, Little Witch. I was doing a little digging into you. You went radio silent on me, and I was worried something happened. Also, I want to know all I can about you. I’m the tech person out of the two of us, so I have access to ‘things’.” I use my fingers to make air quotes, with a crooked smile on my face. Trying to be a little flirty with her. If I keep this light and fun maybe she won’t be pissed and take off again.
