Pairing: Nathan Bateman x f!Reader
Warnings/Tags: Fluff, skinny dipping, established relationship
Word Count: 931 [just a blurb]
Summary: Prompt; Beach Day. Nathan surprises you with a date on the beach.
A/N: I haven't written fluffy Nathan so I thought he would be the perfect character for today's prompt. Read more about my writing challenge [here]
"Where on earth are you taking me?" You ask Nathan with a hint of nervousness. Mainly because he has you blindfolded and walking through rough terrain. It feels like sand and rocks but it's hard to tell. You can hear seagulls screaming nearby and the faint noise of waves crashing against the shore, revealing that you're near water. The air smells salty and sweet, like the ocean and a field of summer flowers.
"Patience," Nathan replies bluntly, but you know him well enough that you know he means well. His hands guide you by your waist, helping you walk forward without tripping over anything.
"Fine," You sigh playfully and find yourself smiling. Nathan is full of surprises but the fact that he's taking you somewhere feels special. It's not an anniversary, nor a birthday, just a random summer day and he has decided to make it special. Why? You have no idea but you won't complain.
Eventually, Nathan stops. He's behind you and he carefully removes the blindfold.
"Ta-da," He exclaims cockily and gestures towards the surprise - the beach. It's a sunny day and the burning orb in the sky is painting the sand golden, making the ocean glisten magically and your skin feel warm and hugged. There's a picnic blanket on the sand along with a cooler and a basket, presumably full of snacks. The beach is beautiful - and private. Not another soul in sight.
"Nathan," You gasp, taking in the gorgeous sight. "This is...this is amazing."
"I know," Nathan smirks and caresses your side. He admires the way your eyes sparkle as you look around the beach. It's exactly what he wanted. "And it's all ours, baby. I hope you like it."
"I love it," You insist and finally turn to face him. You give him a quick kiss and brush your thumb across his bearded chin. "I don't have a swimsuit with me though."
Nathan shrugs, "That's fine. We won't need that."
You raise an eyebrow, questioning him.
"It's just us, we can get naked," Nathan reassures you confidently. He certainly wouldn't mind that.
"You're so naughty," He earns a laugh from you.
"Yeah," Nathan agrees, "-but if you don't wanna get naked, I did bring you a bathing suit. It's in the bag."
Despite Nathan's mischievous side, he proves time and time again that he can be considerate too. It melts your heart that he thought of everything.
"Hmm, maybe I am feeling adventurous today."
Nathan's smirk turns into a full blown grin. "Oh? That's my girl." Nathan pats your ass, making you squirm playfully in his arms. "I promise no one's gonna see us. If anyone shows up unannounced, I'll tell them to fuck off."
It's hard to tell if he's serious or not but there's no doubt in your mind that Nathan would ensure your privacy on this beach.
"You're so nice," You poke his shoulder gently.
"I'm practically a saint."
That makes you roll your eyes, "Well Mr. Saint, last one in the water is a rotten egg."
With that said, you wriggle free of his grasp and begin running toward the water. You kick off one sandal, then the other. Looking behind your shoulder, you see Nathan running right behind you which sends a bolt of adrenaline through you.
"Eeeh!" You squeal and run faster but your feet sink into the sand, slowing both of you down. Your shirt flies off, landing somewhere on the sand as you get closer and closer to the waves.
"You're playing dirty!" Nathan calls after you with a laugh. He tosses his shirt aside too, along with his shorts and boxers.
You try to get fully undressed before reaching the water, but you're struggling. Not wanting to lose, you decide to run into the water with your skirt still on. The water hits your feet and ankles, feeling refreshing amidst a hot summer day. Quickly, your balance is thrown off by the waves and you fall into the water fully.
Nathan is only seconds behind you. He plunges in as well and lets out a 'woo' as he feels how cool the water feels compared to the hot air. Nathan swims toward you and gives you a little splash.
"Hey!" You gasp and turn away, "who's playing dirty now?"
"At least I got naked before getting in," He insists, feeling your wet skirt that's beneath the water.
"Fair enough," You mutter and then wiggle out of your remaining clothes. You pull your skirt and panties up and throw them toward the sand, hoping they'll land there so that you can find then again later.
"Nice," Nathan mutters and his hands explore your body underwater, feeling your curves. As the soft waves topple over each other, they gently sway both you and Nathan with them.
Something about the moment just feels so right. The sun, the shimmering water, Nathan's ethereal dark mahogany eyes that light up when he looks at you... It feels like you're the only two people that exist right now. Nothing else matters.
"Loser gets to rub sunscreen onto the winner's back," Nathan says, making up the rules as you go. Well aware of the fact that he lost the race to the water, just looking for another excuse you touch you. He might not be a man of many affectionate words, but he definitely shows his love through touch.
"Deal." You have no issue with that at all. There's a nice beach day ahead. For now, you're happy to enjoy a wild skinny dip with Nathan while stealing salty ocean kisses here and there.
A/N: This was on the shorter side but I still hope you enjoyed some Nathan Bateman fluff and banter 🌺
Just an idea I had, and a couple of people wanted to see a little something. So here it is. It’s not much, but hopefully fun, for the brief bits we see.
You were dangling your feet over the edge of the couch, laptop sitting comfortably on your lower body. Furiously typing away, your fingers were flying across the keyboard like a woman on a mission. You stop long enough to briefly adjust your glasses, before continuing without missing a beat.
You were sitting in one of the rooms Nathan has a tendency to lounge in, after finishing his work for the day. Right now, you had it to yourself.
You relished the space, because more times than not, you could get your work done uninterrupted. The low light levels and ambient colors of the room, coupled with a few choice paintings, made the atmosphere relaxing. You understood why Nathan liked the room so much.
There was a fire drill at BlueBook this morning. Apparently a server relayed got fried, and potentially corrupted some files. You were helping the department, reroute additional support to compensate for the temporary loss in service.
A report would be sent to Nathan, but you were attempting to circumvent his reaction by resolving the situation sooner than expected. Nathan expects nothing less than perfection when it comes to BlueBook. Sure, things happen from time to time, but this is one of those situations that could have been prevented. So, hopefully he wouldn’t get on the phone later and decide to dissolve the entire IT department for their incompetence.
Just as you were wrapping up a voice fills the room through the intercom system, “Why are you working in this room?”
You tilt your head towards the sound of Nathan’s voice in acknowledgment of his question, but keep typing away.
“It’s soothing.”
“You implying that my company isn’t soothing?” Nathan retorts.
You snort and roll your eyes. Turning your head up to the camera mounted in the corner of the room, you reply with a quip, “Don’t ask questions you don’t want to know the answer to, Bateman.”
You can almost feel him staring you down through the camera lens in the corner of the room. When no comeback filters through the intercom, you decide you we to ease his injured pride. As you were getting ready to speak, a series of happy beeps trilled into the room. The noise emanating from a small mechanical droid.
The droid has a round base, with it’s head and sensors almost shaped in a perfect circular manner. The base of the head was nearly flat though, allowing it to rotate 360 degrees around any part of it’s round body. While mostly white in design, there were intricate orange markings on various sides, including the head. The droid’s name was BB-8. One of Nathan’s first designs in his youthful years. BB-8 has a complex matrix systems that allows its program to adapt and learn. The droid has been around so long, it’s managed to gain a personality of it’s own through it’s long lifespan. BB-8 was the sassiest droid and gave Nathan such a hard time. Some of arguments were worth grabbing popcorn.
Though BB-8 only communicated through high frequency beeps and trills, it was easy to figure out its language given enough time around the droid. You considered BB-8 a friend after all the time you’ve spent at Nathan’s residence.
You smile in delight seeing the droid jubilantly roll into the room greeting you. Finishing up the last bits of work, you hit the enter button on your keyboard. You bring your feet down from the ledge of the couch to drop in front of you. Closing your laptop swiftly, you toss it to the side next to you.
Getting up to meet BB-8 halfway, greeting the droid with a smile, “Hey buddy! It’s always so good to see you.” One on knee, you bring your hands up to the droid, and scratch his round belly to convey your excitement. “What brings you here at this hour of the day, hmmm? You playing hooky from your creator to spend time with me?”
The droid bumped up against you lightly before bobbing it’s head at you with a couple of slow drawn out beeps.
“You missed me?” you interpret from the droid.
A wild noise chirps from BB-8 before the droid throws it’s head back, almost in an exasperated manner.
You raise an eyebrow at the droid, feeling very judged at the moment. You must have interpreted incorrectly, which doesn’t happen often.
“Sorry, want to run that by me again?”
A skidding sound can be heard from outside the room. When you look up from BB-8, you see Nathan tumbling into the room.
“Dude, what did I tell you about this?” Nathan scolds the droid.
You sit back onto the floor, arms propped up behind you. BB-8 swivels it’s head from you to Nathan for a couple seconds before aggressively beeping at its creator.
“I will dismantle you for parts. I told you, you were way off base,” he angrily whispers to the droid, bending down to his level.
The droid recoiled slightly and you watched as BB-8′s head drooped slightly, before making two very slow, drawn out sounds.
“Bateman, would you relax, BB-8 didn’t even do anything. He just wanted to visit for a bit,” you nudged the droid with your foot, letting him know you had his back.
“That’s not what -,” Nathan pauses as he takes off his glasses and pinches the bridge of his nose.
You observe BB-8 shuffle around in almost nervous manner. The droid was back to eyeing you critically and then Nathan. A few soft chirps were heard as if BB-8 were talking to itself.
“What’s got you on edge? You came barreling into the room like there was a fire, which is unusual for you,” you prod at Nathan.
Nathan has an incredible poker face, but you swore there was a momentary crack. You thought there was a red tint to his cheeks, but the lighting was too low to tell.
“Don’t worry about it,” he sighs, putting on his glasses again standing up abruptly. “Let’s go buddy, back to the lab.”
A few trills come from BB-8, who rolls closer to you than Nathan.
“BB - don’t do it. Don’t -”
More high frequency beeps came from the droid, before one long low frequency trill. The way BB-8 spoke, it was like the droid was giving away a secret.
You furrow your brow, deciphering BB-8′s communication, simultaneously as Nathan shouts at the droid.
Your jaw drops after you figure out what the droid said to you.
“He what?”
You glance up at Nathan in shock, unsure how to respond.
Nathan tilts his head back and sighs.
“Fuck,” he says quietly.
You watch as Nathan crouches down to BB-8, ignoring the elephant in the room.
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