[The amount she mutters under her breath is slightly embarrassing or at least it would be if it didn't seem that it meant repeat customers. At least she assumes that's why some people have come back a few times.]
Right. Professionals. [There's nothing wrong with kissing your commanding officer for charity. Wait! What? If Jim made a donation without getting a kiss, her friends would never let her live it down. And she was curious. Really curious.
They can be professionals. This is no big deal. Just a silly way to raise credits for charity. She keeps telling herself that as she leans across the booth to press her lips against his.]
[He's cut off as her lips meet his. For the first second or two he doesn't respond--it's not her, it's him. He has to remind himself that he's her commanding officer, this isn't some girl he met in a bar and he isn't that guy anymore.
He reaches over and puts one hand on her shoulder to steady them both, and he turns his head just slightly to the side, returning her kiss, soft and slow, not at all demanding.]
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...A kissing booth. Really?
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And what's the going rate?
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But a kiss would be a bad idea.
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[Is that a credit wafer he's produced? Sure is.]
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[He taps the credit wafer against his fingers.]
I mean, I'm Captain. I should support a good cause.
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It's not going to make things weird, right?
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No. We're both professionals and adults, right?
[And then, worried that maybe he's pushing, and he can't do that anymore because he's Captain now...]
I could. Also just make a contribution. And not collect a kiss.
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They can be professionals. This is no big deal. Just a silly way to raise credits for charity. She keeps telling herself that as she leans across the booth to press her lips against his.]
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[He's cut off as her lips meet his. For the first second or two he doesn't respond--it's not her, it's him. He has to remind himself that he's her commanding officer, this isn't some girl he met in a bar and he isn't that guy anymore.
He reaches over and puts one hand on her shoulder to steady them both, and he turns his head just slightly to the side, returning her kiss, soft and slow, not at all demanding.]
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