I couldn't help myself... @gingerly-writing @some-messed-up-writing-for-you I had to
TW: no sex, just lots of sexual mention, suggestive-ness, and flirting, but nothing explicit actually happens in the snippet.
also look I don't know why this Is so long it just kinda ran away on me okay?
The villain spent the first five days of the next week pacing tight circles in their lair, trying to figure out a way to get out of this deal they had sort-of-accidentally gotten themselves into.
It wasn't that they didn't want... or were against... it wasn't...
They'd never thought about it! Hero was always the enemy! They didn't let themselves think those kinds of thoughts about enemies!
But now that said door had been opened in their brain, it was like some twisted, lustful version of something out of the shining. Now they couldn't STOP thinking about it. Them and hero... like that-
Their face was on FIRE. Their HEART was on FIRE. THEY were on FIRE.
Hero's words wouldn't stop replaying in their mind, "an opportunity half the city would kill for,"
Sleeping with them was an opportunity half the city would kill for?! WHAT!?! The hero's eyes... the genuine lust and excitement. This was not the first time hero had thought about THEM this way, and apparently, hero wasn't even the only one!
The scene replayed in the villain's mind for the millionth time, the hero's excited "I thought you'd never ask," followed by a "here and now?"
Hero would have been down to... right then and there?!? Six times!?!
Villain felt like they couldn't breathe.
Now that the horrible door in their brain had been opened, they also ran into another problem; sure, they might have known seventy-five ways to kill a man. That was their job, after all. Their profession. They were a professional, damn it!
What they did not know, however, were sixty-nine ways to fuck one. Heck- they didn't even think they could come up with the six hero had "promised to teach them!!"
How... how many holes did a human even have?
The criminal instantly slapped themselves in the face. WHAT on earth were they doing. How had they even gotten here?
The problem here wasn't that villain didn't know... enough ways... but if hero asked...
There was no way they could go through with this, surely? It wasn't like hero was actually going to go through with letting villain kill them, afterwards, but-
But they sure as hell looked serious about going through with their previous promise...
Its not like they could just skip it; they would run into hero again, and would inevitably have to come up with some explanation as to why.
"because I didn't think you were serious?" That would only land them in a corner of hero telling them they were, and they were back where they started.
The villain spent the 6th day cleaning every inch of their lair. Maybe they could talk their way out of the deal once hero was here, but they weren't going to risk hero finding out any classified information.
Yeah, that was definitely the only reason. Not to make a good impression, certainly not. That's why they cleaned themselves up too. Obviously.
Hero showed up pretty early that morning.
"Morning!" They chirped happily as they stepped in, closing the door behind themselves. They turned back to hand the criminal a bouquet of flowers, "These are for you! Since we're skipping dinner, I felt like the least I could do was get you flowers,"
The villain sputtered, "I, hero, listen to me, I-"
Something in their tone must have given them away because the hero's demeanour immediately became more serious, "What's wrong?
The criminal swallowed nervously, setting the flowers down, "I- listen, I don't know if we can do this-"
Hero's face fell in a way that did stupid things to the villain's insides, "What do you mean, why not?"
"Oh please," hero rolled their eyes, "You're not going to start trying to lecture me on what's right and wrong are you?"
"Then what's really the matter?"
"I didn't think you were serious!"
"oh..." Hero deflated, eyes dimming, "So you never wanted to-"
"NO! That's not what I meant I just- I'd never thought about it!" Villain corrected quickly.
"And now that you have?" Hero asked, raising an eyebrow.
Immediately the villain's face took on a deep red hue as they looked away, thoughts flooding back into their head, "I- I-"
The hero's laughter snapped their attention back to their visitor, who was suddenly much closer than they remembered, "Ohhhh, I see" they purred in a way that definitely didn't make villain any redder, "You're just nervous,"
Hero laughed again, leaning forward to bracket the villain against a wall they had unconsciously backed up against, "Don't worry darling, we can take it slow, and I can be gentle when asked~" They leaned in, close to the villain's ear, "Don't forget I'm here to teach you,"
With that the hero drew back, and at the uncertain look in the villain's eyes, their face fell more serious, "If you actually want me to stop, at any time, just say the word, okay?"
The criminal against the wall managed a nod.
The hero smiled at that, eyes gleaming, "Then it would seem..." they purred, "That class is in session,"