Author: Casey
Story: Nothing is Ever Easy (NIEE) universe,
Post-NIEE Challenges: Butter Rum 7 (booty), Pineapple 4 (the night is still young)
Toppings & Extras: none
Word Count: 385
Rating: PG/PG-13
Summary: Ren, Ani, and ‘quiet time’
Notes: Fluff warning. I apologize for being over a week behind, everyone! Last week absolutely kicked my butt! Takes place about 4 years post NIEE. Also, I am amazed by how many of these Butter Rums have had nothing to do with pirates :P
“So.”
Ren waited for more and then glanced cautiously at his wife when that was all she said. Whenever Ani was that terse, she was either mad or...well, her sentences rarely consisted of less than about ten words, even when mad.
“Um, yes?” he finally asked, racking his brain to try and figure out if he had done something wrong recently.
When she grinned, he started to relax. “Renie is asleep, you’re done for the night and no one is banging on our door. It is also not that late.”
“Now that you’ve stated the obvious, your point is?” Ren said, squashing a grin of his own.
With that, she promptly leapt into his arms. He caught her easily after the years of practice, but almost dropped her again when she placed her hands on both his cheeks and kissed him firmly on the lips.
“I get it,” he murmured as she pulled back.
“Good,” she said, now slipping out of his grip and irreverently patting his ass. “You know, you shouldn’t let yourself go, Rennymuffin. I think I feel a little more there than usual.”
He raised an eyebrow at her skeptically. “If you’re aiming to get something tonight, I would not be insulting my ass.”
She tilted her head in an altogether far too endearing way. “Ren, lovely husband of mine and father of my child, you’ve never been able to deny me anything.”
“That is an unfair accusation,” Ren said, even as Ani took his hand and tugged him towards their bedroom.
“Oh? Name five times you have.”
“You said never, shouldn’t I be allowed to list just one?”
“I want five,” she said, kicking the door shut behind them.
“And if I can’t?”
“You just admit yet again that you’re whipped and we move on to tonight’s entertainment.”
“How about we skip the admission and go straight to the fun part?”
Ani spun him around and pushed him back onto the bed. “I like the admission part, though,” she said, “but, if you want to wait, I’ll accept it later too.”
He grabbed her hand, pulling her down to his lap. “Later then,” he said, smirking, completely unconcerned since he knew she would never remember to hold him to that later.
She grinned back and leaned in to kiss him again.