Warnings - just fluff, fluff and more fluff for Christmas.
Summary: Allegedly Bob has been flirting with you but both of you being idiots it takes Phoenix to give you both a little push.
“You do realise he is flirting with you”.
You almost choked on your drink as you stared incredulously at Phoenix who was sat across the table from you.
“Don’t be so ridiculous, he is not, why on earth would he be flirting with me”.
Making a dramatic sigh Phoenix put her head in her hands and shook it,
“Are you kidding me, he is crazy about you and that is him flirting. And I know that you feel the same way about him so don’t even try to deny it to me”.
“How I feel about him is irrelevant, he is not interested, and he is not flirting with me”
As Phoenix opened her mouth in protest but Bob came back from the bar with drinks and sat down with you both. You hadn’t lied to Phoenix about how you felt about him but there was no point in talking about it with her, she was convinced he liked you and just wanted the two of you to admit your feelings and get together. But as you looked across at him now, smiling while wearing a truly awful Christmas jumper. He turned his eyes to meet yours as he felt you watching him and his smiled widen. Did he like you, was Phoenix right had he been flirting with you when you just thought he was being friendly. As you felt heat spread through your cheeks you looked away, focusing your eyes on your drink in your hands.
“Right time for some singing, I hope you have all got your songs in. It is time to get Christmas started”.
“Phoenix no one needs to hear me sing, please do not inflict that on them”.
“Bob, I gave you plenty of warning you knew there would be Christmas karaoke. Y/N/N have you got your song in?”
“Not happening Nix, can’t we just get Rooster to play some songs on the piano and all sing along”.
No, we agreed on Christmas Karaoke, I tell you what if you sing Y/N/N I will let Bob off the hook”.
Bob looked at you pleadingly with his big blue eyes,
“Please Y/N/N”
“You owe me big time Floyd”.
“Anything you want, just please don’t make me have to get up there”.
Shaking your head, you turned to Phoenix to see a smug grin on her face,
“Not a word, let’s get this over with before Hangman sings another song”.
You watched Phoenix go to wrestle the mic off Hangman, taking a deep breath and shook your head at Bob.
“Thank you for this, I mean it anything you want Y/N/N”.
“It is a good job I like you Bob and I will hold you to that”.
Phoenix was bouncing up and down and grinning as you joined her, and she handed you the mic.
“OK song is ready to go”.
“What have you put on, I thought at least you would let me pick my own song”
“Believe me what I have picked is perfect”.
And with that she bounced back to the table and sat next to Bob, as the music began to play. You smiled and shook your head as you recognised the music and realised exactly what Phoenix was up too. But there was no backing out of it now, so taking a deep breath you began to sing.
I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you
As you sang you made eye contact with Bob, his eyes held yours and widened as he realised what you were singing. Even with Phoenix digging him in the ribs and prodding at him he never broke the stare.
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you
You, baby
Stepping forward you reached out your arm and pointed at Bob and watched as a blush spread through his cheeks but still, he didn’t look away from you. Well even Bob could not be in any doubt that you were singing just for him, it was up to him now and if he didn’t do anything about it you could always try pass it off as a joke even if it would hurt like hell.
'Cause I just want you here tonight
Holding on to me so tight
What more can I do?
Oh, baby, all I want for Christmas is you
You, baby
The rest of the team were clapping and cheering as you finished the song and lowered your gaze before placing the mic down. Blushing slightly, you walked back and grabbed your drinking glancing at Bob from under your lashes.
“You were amazing, told you the song was perfect”.
“No idea what you are talking about but isn’t about time you got up there seeing as you have bullied everyone else into it”.
“I’m going, but I’m not sure how I am meant to follow that”.
Phoenix heading up to sing meant you and Bob were left alone at the table,
“Y/N/N you were unbelievable, you voice is beautiful”.
“Flattery will get you nowhere Bob, let’s talk about you saying you would do anything I wanted if I got you off the hook”.
You could see him swallow hard as he started to blush again, it made you smile, it was so much fun flustering him.
“I meant it, anything you want. What do you want Y/N/N”?
“Did I not make that obvious in my song?”
“I didn’t want to presume, and I never thought you liked me”.
“How could I not Bob, so anything I want?”
“Anything you want”.
Taking his hand, you led him across the bar, so you were stood next to the piano, he looked at you slightly confused as you stood in front of him. Smiling you raised your eyes up above your heads at a large sprig of mistletoe. Bob nervously licked his lips and slowly stepped into you, dipping his head and gently lifting your chin. He was giving you every opportunity to stop him if you wanted to, rising onto to your tiptoes you rested your palms against his chest and pressed your lips to his. It was soft and sensuous, and you placed your hand on his neck to pull him closer to you, as he deepened the kiss it took your breath away and you had to eventually break apart to catch your breath.
“Wow, I really wasn’t expecting that”.
“Y/N/N please tell me you mean that in a good way, because I really want to do a lot more of that”.
“Oh, I mean it in a very good way, and I really want to do some more of that too”.
You saw relief wash over his features as he rested his forehead on yours,
“So, what now?”
“Take me home Bob”.
“Yes Ma’am”
You almost managed to make it out of the Hard Deck unnoticed but just as Bob opened the door for you, you heard Phoenix's voice from across the bar.
“About time, I told you I was right”.
Blowing a kiss at her you stepped out into the evening air with Bob’s hand in yours.
Summary: You have fallen for Bob but after dropping hints he has remained oblivious, it is ok you re happy just being friends. Then you end up sharing a moment with him and Phoenix leads a hand.
A/N - First time writing for Bob, and the first work I have managed to finish and post in months. Hope you enjoy.
“When you say like…”
“I mean more than a friend, I know you probably don’t, but Nix said you did, and that I was just being oblivious and….”
“Yes”
Bob’s head shot up and he was looking at you with an incredulous look in eyes.
“Did you say yes’.
“Yes, I like you”.
It was your turn to drop your eyes and stare at the sand beneath your feet, it was like what you really wanted could be within touching distance, you were daring to hope.
“Please look at me, I need to make sure I am getting this”.
Lifting your eyes, you were met by the beautiful blue of his gaze, you could see the hope in his eyes too.
“I like you and I really hope you feel the same way, or this is a really awful way of telling me you don’t’.
In two long strides he was right in front of you, as you looked up at him, he was searching your eyes for any sign of doubt, any sign you didn’t want this. Slowly he brushed a strand of hair away from your face and cupping your face he stroked his thumb gently across your cheek. Dipping his head down he gave you every chance to pull away, every chance to stop him. You rested your hands on his chest and pushed up onto your tiptoes to press your lips against his. His kiss was gentle and tentative, and it took your breath away, you pressed yourself against him, deepening the kiss, you felt his other hand come up and run through your hair to cup the back of your head and pull you even closer to him. Slowly you pull apart, both of you catching breath as you looked into each other’s eyes.
“I like you too, I really like you Y/N/N”.
“I think you should kiss me again, just so I am in no doubt”.
Smiling he lower his lips back to yours, this time it was slightly more forceful, and you parted your lips with a small moan as his tongue traced your lips. Pulling back from you he looked down at you, his eyes wide at the sound that had escaped you.
“Are you ok with this”.
“More than ok, but I think we need to maybe take this somewhere else if that is ok with you”.
“Very ok, but what do we do about those lot”.
“I don’t think there is any point trying to hide this, I vote we just brazen it out if you’re with me”.
“If it means I get you all to myself for the rest of the evening, I can do that”.
He reached down and took your hand, and you started back towards the rest of the team. You could see that Phoenix had clocked you as you joined them,
“You two ok there”
“Yes, Bob is just going to give me lift home, I’m done for tonight”
“We were hoping for another song, don’t make us have to listen to Rooster”
“You will just have to wait for another night guys”.
As you grabbed your things and went to leave Phoenix gave you a wink and a smile, luckily everyone else seemed to be oblivious and thought nothing of it. As you got to the car park Bob opened your door for you and gave you a peck on the cheek before shutting the door. The drive was done in comfortable silence, but you could feel the tingle of anticipation in you every time he glanced across at you. As you pulled into your drive Bob jumped out to open your door but made no move to walk towards the house with you.
“Bob, are you coming?”
“Y/N/N are you sure, maybe we should go on a date, I don’t expect to come in or…..”
Smiling you reached out for his hand,
“I know you don’t expect anything, but I have liked you for a very long time and I feel I don’t want to waste any more time”.
“Me too, but I don’t want to mess this up”.
“You are not going to mess this up, I won’t let you”.
Closing your front door, you switched on the lights and toed off your shoes, turning you stepped forward gently pushing Bob against the wall and brought his head down so you could kiss him. You felt him tense as you pushed yourself against him and a small groan escape him.
“You ok there”.
“I think you maybe the death of me”.
Laughing you pulled him towards the kitchen,
“Drink”
“Yes please”
Grabbing your drinks you headed towards the lounge, Bob headed to your record player, and you curled yourself up on the sofa and watched as he gently dropped the vinyl on the player and came to join you. You ached to move across the sofa and climb into his lap, to feel every part of him, but you also knew that now you were here you didn’t want to scare him off.
“You said you have liked me for a long time, can I ask how long?”
“Since we were on detachment, it just hit me, I felt something between us”.
“I felt something too”.
“Why did you not do something, say something”
“I never thought you would be interested in me, I thought it was just me”
“I thought I dropped enough hints”.
“Phoenix said I was oblivious”
“So what changed tonight”.
“After you sang Phoenix told me that you felt the same as me and I needed to do something about it before I lost you”.
“I’ve always liked Phoenix”
“Me too, but I have to admit right now I don’t know what to do next”?
“Well, I think you should come over here and kiss me again before taking me to bed”.
“Yes Ma’am”
This time when you kissed it was slow, lingering and had your whole body crying out for him, wrapping your arms around his neck he stood up lifting you into his arms effortlessly. Planting soft kisses on your neck as he carried you to the bedroom, gently he dropped you at the end of the bed. Leaning down he pressed his forehead to yours.
“I meant what I said I would be happy stopping here and just holding you tonight, I don’t want to rush you”.
“I want you Bob Floyd, you’re not rushing me but If you want to wait….”
“Hell no, I have never wanted anyone as much as I want you right now”.
Gently you reached out and grabbing the hem of his t-shirt you pulled it up over his head and discarded it. You realised you had never seen Bob with his shirt off before, not even on the beach. Your eyes moved over each lean, taut muscle and it took your breath away, looking up you could see a blush covering his cheeks as he looked down. Gently you lifted his chin, so he was looking at you.
“Never be embarrassed, you are so beautiful, why hide this amazing body”.
“Thought we had enough muscles on the team, and it is not really my thing”.
You ran your fingertips over his abs and down to the soft skin above his belt, you felt him shiver under your touch as he unbuttoned your shirt and let it drop to the floor. Tentatively he traced the lace of your bra, and you felt the electricity course through you as his fingertips brushed your skin.
“So beautiful, you are just so beautiful”.
Dipping his head he ran his lips from the swell of your breast up over your neck, letting your head fall back you moaned as you trembled under him.
“Are you ok, is this ok, do you want me to stop”.
“Please don’t stop, you don’t understand how much I need you”.
Smiling he sank to his knees in front of you, as he unbuttoned your shorts he looked up at you from under his beautiful eyelashes and you felt the heat pooling between your thighs. Discarding your shorts, he rested his hands on your hips and planted soft kisses on your stomach before trailing his tongue up over your ribs as he stood up. Lifting you gently he lay you down on the bed.
“I feel you are wearing too many clothes Mr Floyd”.
Bob smiled at you as he stripped out of his jeans before crawling up the bed to hover over you. You took in each beautiful curve of his body, running your hands up over his strong back and into the soft hair at the nape of his neck. As you arched your back up to meet him, he deftly unclipped your bra and let his mouth wander over your soft breasts, licking and kissing, gently running his teeth over your sensitive nipples. Letting his hands drift down your sides he hooked his fingers into your underwear and pulling them slowly down over your legs he left you naked before him. He sat back looking down at you, you could see the effect you were having on him by the bulge in his pants. You squirmed under his gaze, just wanting his hands, his mouth back on you. Gently he pushed your legs apart so he could see every part of you, leaning down he ran his tongue up over your already wet pussy, you bucked under his touch, threading your hands into his hair as your climaxed started to build deep inside of you.
Stopping he looked up at you,
“Please don’t stop”.
The pleading tone of your voice and the way our grip tightened in his hair made him smile and dip his mouth back down to your pussy this time running his finger up through your wet folds and inside of you. The noise that left your mouth was guttural as his touch tipped you over the edge and you came hard. As you slumped back down on the bed, Bob climbed slowly up to lie beside you.
“You ok darling”
“More than ok, dear god no one has ever done that to me”.
“I haven’t even started yet”.
Turning your head, you were met with his blue eyes twinkling and a huge smile on his face.
“You know two can play at that”.
Before he could reply you spun over and sat astride him, gently pinning his hands about his head, you watched his eyes widen in surprise before darkening with lust. Reaching behind you ran your hand over the bulge in his pants eliciting a beautiful groan from his lips that hit your core. Smiling you shimmied down never taking your eyes off him, taking hold of the band of this underwear you pulled it back to free his hard cock. Your eyes widened as it sprung free, you swallowed hard as you took in the sheer thickness and length.
“Y/N/N you, we can stop now if you want”.
“Oh no we are not stopping”.
Discarding his underwear, you ran your fingers down over his hard cock, feeling him twitch under your touch. Dipping your head, you ran your tongue over the tip and heard him moan again.
“If you keep that up I am not going to last very long”
Swirling your tongue around his cock once more you took his hard cock in your hand and sat back up guiding him to your still wet entrance. Slowly you started to sink down on to him, inch by inch until he was buried deep inside of you. Letting out the breath you had been holding you slowly started to ride his cock.
“Holy shit Y/N/N, you feel so good”.
As you picked up the pace you could feel a second climax building as the friction on your sensitive clit started to bring you to the edge again. Looking down at Bob, you knew you were going to come again, his cheeks were flushed and his hair a mess and you were sure you have never seen him look this devastatingly handsome. Leaning back, you moved faster as his hands came up to grab your hips,
“Come for me baby, come inside of me”.
At those words Bob growled and thrust hard into you as he came, him coming undone beneath you tipped you over the edge as you came over his cock and slumped down onto his chest.
He wrapped his arms tight around as he tried to catch his breath,
“Y/N/N you ok up there”
“Very ok, you?”
“You have no idea, that was amazing”.
“Yes, yes it was”.
Gently lifting you off him he lay you on the bed and pulled you towards him, he smoothed your hair and tucked it behind your ear, letting his hand rest on your cheek
“I have never had anyone make me feel like that”.
“I can’t believe we waited so long to do this, but I need you to tell me if you want this to be a one off”
“Are you kidding me, I want to do this forever, I want all of you Y/N/N if you will have me”.
Summary: You have fallen for Bob but after dropping hints he has remained oblivious, it is ok you re happy just being friends. Then you end up sharing a moment with him and Phoenix leads a hand.
A/N - First time writing for Bob, and the first work I have managed to finish and post in months. Hope you enjoy.
Leaning back, you took a pull of your beer as you stared into the dancing flames of the fire. it was a perfect end to a great day. You and the rest of the Daggers had spent the whole day at the beach and now as the sun was setting you gathered around the fire as Bob strummed gently on his guitar.
“Y/N/N can I persuade you to join me, just like old times”
“You used to sing with Bob, I don’t think I have ever heard you sing”.“I wasn’t a big deal we only did it every now and again as some light entertainment on ops”.
“Please Y/N/N, we need entertaining”.
“You guys were quite happy with Bob until about five minutes ago”.
“We were but then we found out you can sing, and we need to hear it”.
“Phoenix how about you sing instead”.
“Hell, no have you heard her sing”
You laughed as Rooster got a punch from Phoenix.
“How about you sing for us Rooster, I’m sure Bob can play Great Balls of Fire”.
“Don’t try and get out of this Y/N/N and everyone is probably fed up with listening to me”
“Yes, we are chicken boy”.
“Please Y/N/N, we really want to hear you”.
“No pressure, I blame you for this Bob and there will be consequences”.
Bob grinned and started playing again and you couldn’t help but smile as you recognised the song and started to sing.
Hello
I've waited here for you
Everlong
Tonight, I throw myself into
And out of the red
Out of her head, she sang
Come down and waste away with me
Down with me
As you sang you concentrated on Bob’s fingers on the guitar strings, your mind drifted back to the last time you had both done this. You had been deployed together for the first time, to be honest it had taken a while for you to even notice the quiet WSO sat at the back of the room. As you had left the briefing room your eyes had met and you had given him s small smile, watching as he returned the smile and his cheeks bloomed red. Slowly as the detachment had gone on you had gotten to know Bob and one quiet night you had been walking back to your bunk when you had heard the soft music coming from his room. You had stopped to listen and couldn’t help yourself from softly humming along as you recognised the song. Leaning against the wall it took you a moment after the song stopped before you peeped your head around his door.
“You play really well”.
Bob had jumped as you caught him off guard and it had made you smile as you watched his cheeks blush red.
“Sorry I didn’t mean to disturb anyone, I thought I could hear someone singing”.
“I didn’t mean to interrupt you I just couldn’t help myself I love that song”.
“Me too”
“Would you play something else for me”.
“I don’t usually play in front of people”.
“It’s only me, not people”.
Smiling shyly, he had started to play again. That was how it started, you spent your free evenings tucked away with Bob playing and you quietly singing along with him.
Slow, how you wanted it to be
I'm over my head
Out of her head, she sang
And I wonder
When I sing along with you
If everything could ever be this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again
The only thing I'll ever ask of you
You've got to promise not to stop when I say when
She sang
In the glow of the fire the rest of the Daggers listened in silence, everyone was used to Rooster on the piano, but this was so different. Bob looked over at you, in the golden glow of the firelight you looked even more beautiful than ever. He remembered the first time he had heard you sing. He had just been playing one evening, just trying to pass time, he had thought he was on his own, he wasn’t a great player it just relaxed him, he didn’t want anyone to hear. But it was you and in the short time he had known you he already realised he would be hard pushed to deny you anything. So, he had played, and you had sung and by the end of the detachment he was no longer worried about playing in front of people. As he continued to watch you, you lifted your head and looked across at him as you continued to sing.
Breathe out
So I can breathe you in
Hold you in
And now
I know you've always been
Out of your head
Out of my head, I sang.
And I wonder
When I sing along with you.
If everything could ever feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again
The only thing, I'll ever ask of you
You've got to promise not to stop when I say when
She sang
As you gazed in Bob’s blue eyes it was like there was no one else there it was only the two of you and you realised how much you wanted him and not just as a friend. You knew that your feelings had been growing for him, but you had tried to tamp them down, ignore them. You had thought when you had been on detachment something was going to happen, you had made your feelings clear and he had not responded so you had left it, told yourself you were happy just to be his friend. But right now, singing to him made your heart ache for him.
And I wonder.
If everything could ever feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again
The only thing I'll ever ask of you
You've got to promise not to stop when I say when
You dropped your head as you finished the song and after a moment of silence the rest of the team exploded into cheers and clapping.
“That was amazing, I can’t believe you to have been hiding that from us”
“Making us listen to Rooster when we could have been listening to you”.
“Come on guys it wasn’t that good, anyone want another beer while I go and get one”?
Bob watched you walk away from the fire, he felt like you were singing just for him, that no one else was there. Just for a moment he felt what it would be like to be with you, before he could submit to his feelings, he felt Phoenix sit down next to him.
“You know she likes you too”.
“I don’t know what you are talking about”.
“Y/N/N she likes you too”.
“Don’t be ridiculous of course she doesn’t, what on earth could a woman like her like about me”.
“Don’t do that Bob, you are amazing, and any woman would be lucky to have you. I see the way you look at her and I can see how she looks at you. But she is only going to put herself out so many times before she gives up”.
“What do you mean, put herself out there”.
“Bob how can you be so oblivious”.
“Phoenix, please don’t mess with me here, are you telling me that Y/N/N likes me”
“Yes, I am, I just don’t understand how you couldn’t have realised”.
Standing up Bob looked around the fire, searching for you,
“Where is she?”
“She headed off to get some drinks”.
Bob headed off to find you, he knew Phoenix wouldn’t lie to him about this, had he really been that oblivious. He could feel the nerves bubbling in the pit of his stomach as he scanned the beach for you. Even with the conversation he had just had he was still thinking that there is no way you could like him, but it was enough to make him need to find out. He spotted you down by the water and headed in your direction.
You let the cool water wash over your feet as you stood and watched the sun setting, you just needed a moment to pull yourself together, singing that song you had felt every word as you looked across at Bob and it hurt to know that he didn’t reciprocate your feelings. But you just had to get over it, at least you had him as a friend. Letting out a deep breath you turned to head back to the others to see Bob walking towards you with a look of determination on this face.
“You ok Bob”
He slowed down and seemed unsure as he stood before you, hands on hips looking down at the sand.
“Y/N/N I need to ask you something, but if you don’t want to its ok, we can just forget about it and go back to the others and never speak about it again”.
You felt your breath catch in your chest as you felt the nerves coming off him in waves.
“Ok”
“I need to know if I have got this really wrong, we will be ok”.
“Bob, you’re making me really nervous, but whatever it is I will always be your friend”.
You saw his shoulders sag slightly as he took a deep breath, still looking down at the sand,
“Do you like me”.
It came out almost as a whisper and you felt your heart beating faster in your chest, was he asking what you thought he was asking.
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Normally, I just reblog this kind of thing with a note like, “not only do I read/write fanfic, I have an over-20 child who does the same.” But.
Who da hell do you think manages the Archive of Our Own? Who created it; who does the coding; who WENT TO CONGRESS three times to argue for our constitutionally-protected right to show Kirk boinking Spock?
Hint: it wasn’t people under 20.
Who do you think makes the content on AO3? Sure, lots of teens… but lots and lots and LOTS of not-teens. The OTW′s been around for almost 10 years - the people who put up the first content sure as hell weren’t 10 and under at the time. (Or is there the assumption that the teenagers of 10 years ago wandered away and are no longer participating in fic fandom?)
The more I think about it, the less I understand this kind of question. Do teenagers actually believe the people who manage fic archives like AO3 and fanfiction.net are not involved in fic fandom? That they do coding and deal with complaints and register the domain and all that, but don’t read any of the fic?
