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Conversely, Herc knows he hasn't aged that gracefully, especially not in recent years. He's got red hair, which doesn't gray very attractively to begin with, and the pain and sorrow he's lived through — not to mention the constant stress of battle — have etched deep lines into his face that he's never free of, even in sleep. His temples are gray, his beard is going that way too... He looks in the mirror and sees his dad, an old man who's had to weather too many storms.

Inara looks like a delicate peach by comparison, ripe and firm and so very sweet.

She should be with someone like Raleigh, equally young and vibrant and obnoxiously handsome. Herc is past his prime now. He should leave the pasture for other bulls.

She opens her mouth to say something and he's bracing himself for a change in subject, but what comes out of her mouth is utterly incomprehensible. Never before has he resented his seeming inability to learn foreign languages as much as he does now. He just can't make them stick in his head, no matter how hard he tries. But she's leaning into him when she says it, her eyelids drooping, her lips plush and parted, and he knows what that look means even if he can't understand what words are falling from them.

Kicking himself, he leans in abruptly and meets her halfway, angling his head so he can seal his mouth to hers, muffling a choked-off groan against her lips.

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She...isn't sure if he can understand her and belatedly she realizes she probably should have said it in English. It doesn't end up a problem though, because he's leaning in to meet her and there's no need to worry about the language barrier that she might have accidentally created.

Pushing off the couch, Inara is immediately sliding into his lap, and cradling his head in her hands as she returns the kiss, deepening it with presses and swipes of her tongue.

He doesn't even have time to pull back and start to apologize, because the second his lips touch hers she's practically launching herself at him, sliding into his lap like she sits there all the time, her hands framing his face, her tongue pushing past his lips to turn this kiss a lot dirtier than he intended.

He is not complaining.

His hands settle at her waist, clutching her to him, squeezing tightly before one slides up the silk of her blouse to press between her shoulder blades, keeping her close as he parts his lips eagerly for her.

This may be rash, may be foolish, may turn out to be a mistake. But he doesn't care.

It could very easily be considered all of the above -- but Inara isn't complaining, either. As refined and reserved as she is, there's been something simmering just beneath the surface for some time, and now that they're here and in each others arms, it finally boils over.

When his palm is flat against her bare skin, she sighs against his mouth, her fingers brushing over the lines on his face, tracing patterns in his skin as her teeth come down gently on his lower lip.

He groans quietly against her lips when she bites him, his hold on her tightening a little as her delicate hands skim over his face. He wants to pick her up and carry her over to her bed and just...forget, for a little while, but this isn't a normal relationship and he doesn't want to overstep any boundaries. He's never heard of a Companion taking a lover who didn't pay for the privilege, he doesn't know what he's allowed to do.

So he just keeps doing this, keeps his hand pressed to her skin, keeps his lips moving against hers, keeps desperately drinking her in while she allows this to continue.

She can tell he's...holding back, or not sure, or something. She isn't sure what it is, and she makes a soft noise against his mouth, pulling back just a little and releasing his lip from her teeth.

"Stop thinking," she murmurs, mouth trailing a warm trail from his lips to jaw to his neck.

He huffs out a quiet chuckle, letting his head tip back so she can move her lips over his skin as much as she wants.

"Don't get told that often," he replies, blinking up at her curtained ceiling.

She hums a little against his neck before letting her teeth gently scrape over go skin.

"Maybe it's time you did," she says, lips curving a little against his neck.

Her hands smooth down his arms before sliding to rest at his hips, fingers curling against the material of his shirt.

He had shrugged out of his bomber jacket a while back which just left him in the soft waffle cotton Henley he favors, which means he can feel every pass of her fingers as she slides them down his arms and then over his hips.

Hercules almost wants to ask her if she's sure about this, but that would be insulting, so he keeps his trap shut, just shifts a little so she can do whatever she likes to him.

She's not really thinking very clearly about their current position, though she will in a moment. The shift allows her a little bit better of a seated position though, and she's able to settle nicely right there in his lap, fingers plucking at his shirt as she moves back in to capture his lips once more.

She's a slight little thing, but that doesn't mean her weight in his lap doesn't make him groan and shift against her. She keeps plucking at his shirt, twisting the hem between her fingers, and Herc is torn between just letting her and telling her to take it off if it's bothering her that much. But he doesn't, because she's kissing him again, and that's something he can really get behind.

She kisses him with all of the urgency of a woman that is very much into a man can kiss. Eventually though -- she's got to breath and she pulls back, panting a little, and rests her hands on his shoulders.

"We should move."

Because as hot as it is to kiss his lips until they're stinging and puffy right here on this couch, if this goes any farther -- it's going to get awkward.

He's not ashamed to admit he makes a disappointed grumble in the back of his throat when she pulls away, having been very much enjoying her tender ministrations, but what she suggests next is more than acceptable to him, so he doesn't complain too much.

"Okay," he says, shifting his weight a little and sliding his arms underneath her so he can stand and lift her up into the air.

It only takes a few long strides to reach her bed and then he's laying her down and following, his lips finding hers again.

She didn't expect to be picked up -- but that's alright. It's...rather romantic, all things considered, and she wraps her arms around him and keeps them there until she's flat on her back beneath him.

Now is when she really deigns to remove him of his clothing - the shirt needs to go, and eventually so will the rest but this is a good start for the time being.

Also, wow she is enjoying those kisses. They leave her a little dizzy and glassy eyes, and with a soft smile on her face that doesn't budge at all.

Herc's not piloting Jaegers anymore, but that doesn't mean he isn't still plenty strong, thank you. And it's not like she's particularly heavy, really.

He has to pull back a little when she tugs at his shirt, helping her yank it off over his head and then letting her figure out what to do with it. (Drop it over the side, probably, he's not paying attention.) He's busy with other things, things like trailing his lips over her jawline, pressing whiskery kisses into her skin.

It's quickly tossed aside - it's in the way, it's a barrier, and it's got to go.

Once it's taken care of, there can be a lot more exploration going on. Inara wants to see, touch and taste every part of him, and it began with his lips and the journey now takes her to his chest, fingers spreading over him, nails tracing lightly over skin.

Apparently she has no patience for his slow exploratory kisses, wanting to do it herself. Well. He's not going to fight her on it.

He shifts a little so he can spread out on his back and let her do what she likes to him, one hand settling on the smooth skin of her upper arm, the other raising to tentatively play with her curls.

She's sorry, Herc -- and really, she'll let you do that soon. Very soon. But at the moment, she's intent on having her lips all over his neck and chest, leaving a trail of damp kisses in her wake.

His hand in her hair does make her pause and sigh though, and she rests her cheek against him for a moment, savoring the feeling while one hand creeps downwards, resting at his hip.

It's no surprise she's good at this — this is kind of her job, really — and Herc is really appreciating her skill right now.

She sighs and settles for a moment, her cheek resting on his chest, her eyelashes tickling as she breathes slowly and he keeps petting her hair. It's so soft and silky, he's almost curious as to what she puts in it. Not that it will do him much good, his hair is too short to even properly comb, but still. It's nice, is what he's getting at.

It's nice like this, actually -- and for a moment she is content to remain here, because this is as intimate as anything they've done together so far. Just resting here with her bare cheek to his chest, Inara feels...safe. Secure. Like he'd never hurt her, never let her down.

Turning a little, she presses her lips to his chest once slowly trekking down until her hands rest at the waistband of his pants, fingers carefully unbuckling and unbuttoning and slowly tugging off.

He would never hurt her. She's his friend (more than? who knows), she's a member of his crew (sort of), his whole life centers around protecting others (and killing things that threaten them, but that's not the point). He just cards his fingers through her hair as slowly as possible, feeling the strands slip over his knuckles, and then she picks herself up again and continues her journey.

There's a part of him that feels like he should stop her, should tell her she doesn't have to do this for him. But then he remembers that she knows that and yet she's doing it anyway, and he keeps his mouth shut. Instead, he just lifts his hips when he needs to, helps her get him undressed as best as he can.

Him lifting his hips helps considerably - he's not huge but he's damn sure not petite and getting pants off without his help just wasn't going to happen.

It's much less effort to remove her own silk -- he'd loosened the top portion of the wrap around earlier, and it's all a kind of one piece sari anyway. It's gone in moments, and then it's just them -- two bare bodies splayed against the satin of Inara's sheets.

Hercules is markedly less interested in her getting him naked than he is in watching her get naked herself; his eyes never leave her as she unwinds the deep red silk like she's unwrapping a present, her creamy skin so inviting that he doesn't try to stop himself from reaching for her and pulling her closer so he can kiss her again.

Her gloss is gone, kissed away a long time ago, but he doesn't care.

The material flutters to the ground, a puddle of silk on the floor next to his shirt and pants.

She slides easily on top of him, knees pressing into the mattress as she's pulled in, lips meeting his once more.

Her clothes are far more glamorous than his are, that's for sure.

He murmurs her name quietly as she drapes herself over him, lets his hands smooth down the expanse of her back, focuses on the feel of her body pressed to his and the sweetness of her kiss.

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