Toronto, Not Brazil Nor Space, Tuesday

[whenshewasnice]

This felt surreal. After the... several months Natalie had just had, taking a day or two to actually be away from Brazil and the Hegemony and Peter was just surreal. Knowing she was going to get to actually see Jim for the first time in over three months? Yeah, weird.

Since they were not very into the idea of meeting in either Ribeirao Preto or Iowa, Natalie had picked a place almost at random from the first selection of package deals Portalocity had happened to offer her. So now she was standing in the Drake Hotel lobby in Toronto, with her bag slung over her shoulder and check-in already dealt with, just waiting for Jim to arrive.

[ooc: NFB, for the boy!]

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[pursuedthestars]

"I missed you a lot," Jim told her grudgingly. It'd take a second for him to switch into anything resembling dirty talk since he wasn't in that mindset right now. "I missed having someone to talk to about nothing at all. And I missed being able to see you whenever I wanted to. I got bored while you were gone."

[whenshewasnice]

At least he made the look on Natalie's face soften considerably. It hadn't been hard to begin with, but, yes.

"I think Iowa might also have had a little bit to do with that," she murmured, getting her hands tangled with his shirt.

[pursuedthestars]

"Maybe," Jim said, shrugging. "You being gone didn't help."

[whenshewasnice]

"Sorry," she said, giving his shirt a slow little pull upwards. "Couldn't be helped. But I can try and make up for it now."

[pursuedthestars]

"No need to apologize," Jim said, holding his arms out a bit to make getting the shirt off easier. "It couldn't be helped and you're back now. Can make up for lost time."

[whenshewasnice]

"That seems to be the idea. Behind luring you into the bath, and everything." And she smiled a little bit, pulling the shirt further up. "Okay, I need your cooperation now, I'm going to try pulling this over your head."

[pursuedthestars]

"And what do I need to do?" Jim asked her. "Hold still? Lift my arms? Smile handsomely?"

[whenshewasnice]

"The last two."

Smiling handsomely was a very important part of the process, clearly.

[pursuedthestars]

Jim smiled handsomely and held up his hands, glass in one and bottle in the other. He made sure to keep still too though since he didn't want to slosh any wine over the edge of his glass or anything.

[whenshewasnice]

Probably a good idea. Natalie was careful about getting the shirt over his head, too. No yanking or other sudden movements. Seemed to work, because eventually the shirt was just around his arms.

"And how do we do this part?"

[pursuedthestars]

"Easy," Jim said, holding his glass and the bottle with one hand which left his other hand free. "Pull it off that one first and then I'll switch."

[whenshewasnice]

"Showoff."

Not really. But at least the shirt slid off his arm easily enough once he did that.

[pursuedthestars]

"I'm just that good," he said, switching the glass and bottle to his other hand and waggling his eyebrows. "See, I had this under control."

[whenshewasnice]

"Sure you did," Natalie drawled, but with a smirk. His shirt got tossed aside, and she leaned forward just briefly to kiss his shoulder. "Well done, Jim."

[pursuedthestars]

"Thank you, thank you," he said, nodding. "Get rid of my pants now and let's get in. The water's gonna get cold."

[whenshewasnice]

"I can do several things at once," Natalie told him. Then proved it by pressing a few more kisses against his skin while her hands went down to the front of his pants.

He'd probably be pleased to find out she hadn't forgotten how to undo them efficiently.

[pursuedthestars]

"Just giving you some encouragement," Jim told her with a quiet sigh. "Wouldn't want to sit in cold water. Makes it a little less nice."

[whenshewasnice]

"It'll still be warm enough," she replied quietly. Besides, she was already pushing his pants down. "It'll be perfectly nice."

[pursuedthestars]

"That's because you're not taking fifty years to strip me," said Jim with an amused laugh. "You've gotten a little quicker about stripping me down and touching me."

[whenshewasnice]

"Yes, well," she murmured, and kissed his neck, "that's because I want you touching me too."

And his pants were pretty much off.

[pursuedthestars]

"You ready to get in now? There'll be plenty of touching once that happens," Jim told her, nodding. "Hard not to touch then."

[whenshewasnice]

"Mm hmm."

And she stepped back because she had to get her bra and underwear off. But that didn't take long at all.

[pursuedthestars]

"Mm hmm," Jim echoed, leering shamelessly and finishing a glass of wine before getting into the tub. He'd pour himself another when they got in.

[whenshewasnice]

The leering was actually pretty nice. Pretty nice. Natalie moved her glass closer to the tub.

"So," she said, "want to give me that shoulder massage, or do you want to be face to face?"

[pursuedthestars]

"Up to you," Jim answered, shrugging. "If you want the massage now, we can do back to front. You can drink and relax or you can sit face to face with me and do whatever."