Mankind's Last Hope (closed)

[TheAntiRebel]

Brad stood there, wrapped in his towel while Sloan headed to the sofa. She didn't even seem to care, aside from the fact her face was a little redder than normal. Maybe she wasn't pleasuring herself. He sighed to himself, and headed to his quarters.

He quickly changed into his usual t-shirt + pants and headed back out to the rec room. He put his hand on her shoulder, his skin tingled at physical contact with her. "You aren't going to take a bath right away?" he asked, trying to be has calm has possible.

 

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She sat on the couch and didnt even notice Brad in just the towel. He then came out in his usual look and sat next to her, his hand on her shoulder. She quickly looked at his hand and then up at him.
"Ummm, not yet i think i'm gonna work out some before i do..."
She knew that would get her mind off of sex atleast for a little bit.

She then stood and went and changed into a pair of spandex shorts and a sports bra not even realizing that what she was wearing was rather tempting to him. But she came back to the rec room and stretched and then got right onto the treadmill and started her run. Her hair sticking to the sides of her face as she kept going and sweat dripping down her body. Her mind was still focused on sex and she just kept running trying to clear her mind despite how much her knee was hurting.

 

[TheAntiRebel]

Brad tried to not watch Sloan, but was so tempting. He watched sweat slowly appear on her slender body. Her shorts showed off her rear end so perfectly. However, she was pushing her knee again. In the past 8 months, he had taken it upon himself to warn her when she was getting close to hurting herself (at least in his opinion).

"Hey, Sloan, take it easy on that knee," he said firmly. "I don't want you to get hurt," he said, carefully running his eyes over her sweaty body.

 

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She kept going and heard Brad warning her about her knee and she didnt stop her running. He didnt want her too get hurt which was sweet but she didnt need someone to babysit her while she was running. Then a sharp pain shot through her knee and she groaned and quickly got off the tread mill and leaned over looking at her knee and breathing hard and grimacing.

"fuuuuuck."
She stood up straight and tryed to walk on it hobbling trying to get to the couch.
"I really should have listened to you...do you mind helping me a little?"
And she looked over at him, she hated asking for help but she could barely walk and it hurt like crazy.

 

[TheAntiRebel]

Brad was on his feet has soon as he saw her grimace and her knee bent. He moved to her quickly and wrapped one of his big arms around her slender body and began helping her to the sofa. "Here, lay down. I'll get your ice pack out," he said.

He got up and started for the kitchen when he stopped. "Why don't you take that bath now? The heat will help your knee," Brad suggested.

 

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Brad helped her to the couch and she layed down looking at her knee, it was swolen and she layed back and looked up at him.
"I'm gonna ice it first and then i'll take a bath, i need to get the swelling down."

He gave her the ice pack and she put it on her knee adjusting it as needed. She then looked at him.
"thank you. You wanna sit down here?"
She looked at the spot where her head was just resting and then back at him.
"C'mon i could use a good pillow."
She wanted to make things less weird between them atleast for a moment and she just looked up at him and smiled. Atleast she tryed to smile as best she could for being in so much pain.

 

[TheAntiRebel]

Brad smiled. "Fine, I suppose," he said, before sitting down on the sofa. "This is highly improfessional, Corporal," he said with a slight grin. He watched while her head with her brown hair slowly laid down on his lap.

He slowly shifted his seat and put one of his strong hands on her bare shoulder and slowly began running it in small circles on her skin. She was still sweaty, and wearing her sports bra and her shorts and he now had a much closer view at her body.

"I've been thinking a lot about... us... lately, Sloan," Brad started.

 

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She was happy that he sat down and just had to roll her eyes when he said it was 'improfessional' she knew he was kidding and then rested her head on his lap. She felt his hand on her skin and smiled softly liking his touch, a little too much. Then he said something that made her turn her attention to him.
She looked up at him and raised an eyebrow.

"What have you been thinking? Is everything okay?"
She swallowed hard and hoped he wasnt going to say something like he heard her masturbating or something. But she tryed to stay calm and collected and just looked up into his eyes awaiting his answer.

 

[TheAntiRebel]

"Well, I've...." he paused, looking for the right words. "I'm physically attracted to you. I can't get you off my mind. I just want you so bad. I know you're dedicated to Scott, so I'm trying not to make moves on you, but it gets harder ever day," Brad confessed.

His hand slowly slide down from her shoulder to her flat stomach where it lingered before he slowly slide it across her shorts and began slowly massaging her thigh, just above her injured knee.

 

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He tryed to speak at first and then paused. What he said next made her blush and she didnt know what to say. She took a deep breath and looked away from him for a moment and then looked down at his hand moved from her shoulder to her stomach to her thigh. She couldnt say she wasnt physically attracted to him as well.

"Brad...I feel the same way, it's just hard since like you said about Scott..."

She then proped herself up with one arm and put her hand on the back of his neck and pressed her lips to his and let them linger there for a moment and she pulled back slightly and put her forehead to his.
"Is this what you wanted?"
And she looked into his eyes and paused.

 

[TheAntiRebel]

Brad was surprised by her actions, but not mad. He looked deep into her eyes ands smiled. "Yeah, something like that," he said softly, before putting one of his hands on her head and softly returning her kiss, this time, with a little more passion than the first time.

He continued to wrestle his lips against hers before slowly slipping his tongue inside of her mouth. His hands slowly started sensually slipping around her sweaty, firm body.

 

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His hand moved behind her head and the kissed again and she felt his passion, his drive. His tongue found it's way into her mouth and she moved hers around his as she kissed him back. Her tongue snaking around his and she felt his hand roaming her body. She pulled back and looked at him shaking her head.
"I dont think i can do this...as much as i really want too."

She looked away and then back up at him and caressed his cheek. She wanted him to fuck her brains out but she didnt know if she could get herself to do that.
"I should go take a bath..."
She took the ice off her knee and stood up but as soon as she put pressure on that leg she grimaced and sat back down. She didnt know what to do. It's not like Scott would find out and the sex that her and Brad could have was purely out of lust and no emotion needed to be involved. She chewed on her bottom lip and ran her fingers through her hair as she tryed to think of what she wanted to do.

 

[TheAntiRebel]

Brad frowned disappointedly and glanced at the floor. "It's ok, I understand. Brad is special to you," he said softly. "I love Melissa too, its just...." He trailed off.

Brad stood up and offered Sloan his shoulder. "To your quarters or to the bathroom?"

 

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She looked away as he spoked not wanting to see the reaction on his face. She almost felt bad, for leading him on and then just saying 'no'. As he offered her his shoulder she hopped up holding onto him.
"To the bathroom please."

He helped her hobble to the bathroom and they got there and she looked him in the eye and then down at the floor for a moment.
"thanks for the help, i'm just gonna take a bath and relax for awhile. Let the heat help my knee..."
She nodded her head and then went into the bathroom shutting the door and turning the water on. She pealed her sports bra and shorts off along with her thong and slowly lowered herself into the warm water.

She felt her muscles relax a bit and she closed her eyes and wanted to make things easy. To finnish the mission and get home. But she was developing a relationship with Brad, it want romantic but it was something. She sighed and closed her eyes trying to establish what to do.

 

[TheAntiRebel]

Brad helped Sloan to the bathroom, then headed back out to his quarters. He sat alone on his bed for several long moments. He pondered all sorts of things, like his relationship with Melissa, who was several million miles away. He loved Melissa, but she was so far away, out of his life. While Sloan was only a few meters away. Her body was naked, slowly soaking in the bath....

Brad shook his head and then stood up and left his quarters. He went to the kitchen and started preparing a meal for him and Sloan. She usually cooked, but, every couple of weeks, he would prepare dinner. Once he had finished, he set the food out and started eating while he waited for her.

 

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She decided to end her bath and got out of the water and tryed putting weight on her bad leg and it felt better but it was still pretty painful. She wrapped a towel around her body and dryed herself off and then walked out and smelled that Brad had made dinner and as quickly as she could walked back to her room.

She changed into a pair of shorts and a t-shirt and walked limped into the kitchen and smiled at him and sat down.
"Dinner looks good."
She started eating and didnt really say much.
"This is really good! Thanks for making dinner."
She avoided the subject of sex and such and finnished eating and then just sat there in silence and then stood up taking her plate to the sink and sat back down at the table with him.

 

[TheAntiRebel]

Brad said nothing. He just nodded politely. "Thanks for the compliment," he said, before standing up from the table. He didn't look Sloan in the face. He silently went to the sink and started washing the dished.

"I think I'm going to call it an early night," He said while he continued washing.

 

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She nodder her head and watched him get up and go to the sink and wash the dishes what he said next made her realize things could got very very awkward between them. She sighed and stood up.
"Well i think i'm gonna go watch a movie, sleep well."

She then limped out of the kitchen stopped by her room, grabbed her knee brace and then went to the rec room and put in a random movie and layed down on the couch and put the brace on and just watched the movie, not being able to concentrate on it since everything was bothering her. She also wasnt tired and realized it was going to be one of those nights she wasnt going to sleep well.

 

[TheAntiRebel]

Sloan didn't even seem to care, Brad thought while he slowly walked into his quarters. He stripped his shirt off and threw on some boxers before he climbed into bed.

He was restless. His broad-shouldered frame shifted back and forth several times while he tried to get comfortable, but he couldn't manage to get comfortable. Annoyed, he sat up in bed and flipped on his light and stared out the small porthole into the passing stars.

 

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She layed there and she was letting the stress get to her. She missed her home, her bed, her lover. She was tired of living in the tiny ship with the same routine day after day. She wanted to get back to Japan and just do her job, on earth and figure out her life. And for the first time in a very very very long time a tear rolled down her cheek and she started to cry.

She was amazing at her job and she really loved it but she was having so much trouble dealing with all of it. She knew that sometimes people broke down on long flights like this and she wished she was strong enough to hold herself up and not break down like she was. She sniffled and grabbed some tissues as the tears continued to fall.

 

[TheAntiRebel]

Brad was laying in his bed when he heard some soft sniffles coming from the rec room. Still wearing just his boxers, he walked out and sat down next to Sloan and wrapped his strong arms around her.

"Shhhh, " he said softly. "It'll be ok, Sloan. We'll get back to Earth soon enough. No need to cry about anything," he said. He calmly kissed the top of her head and held her tightly against his body.

 

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She didnt hear brad walk into the room but she felt his arms around her and his words trying to comfort her. She stayed against his chest as he held her close and kissed her head. She sniffled and wiped her eyes and nose and just stayed there letting him hold her. It wasnt that she wanted that comfort but she needed it more than anything.

Someone to tell her it was going to be okay. She took a deep breath and looked up at him.
"thank you. I guess i'm just having a hard time with it all..."
She then wrapped her arms around his neck and put her face in the crook of his neck and shoulder. A few more tears escaped her eyes and she tryed not to get it on him.
"she wiped his shoulder off, sorry i got my tears on you."
She giggled nervously and then went back to her comfortable posistion with her arms around his neck.

 

[TheAntiRebel]

Brad smiled at her and slowly slipped one hand down to her waist and the other to her thigh and slowly began messaging her soft skin. "It'll all be ok, don't worry, babe," he said in a low, soft tone of voice.

He softly kissed the top of her head again and looked at the ceiling. "I bet you wish Scott was here right now," he said softly.

 

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He continued to hold her and his hands moved else where and massaged her gently. She didnt mind to much and just took a few more deep breaths and felt his kiss again and she moved back from their embrace and looked at him.
"yeah, i miss him a lot. This is the longest period of time we've been apart."

She nodded her head and looked away knowing she had red eyes and was all splochy. She wiped her eyes and nose again and looked at Brad.
"I bet you feel the same about Melissa...i'm just glad one of us can be strong about the whole situation."
She then muscled a smile at him and looked away for a moment, her hair in her face and she looked back over at him.

 

[TheAntiRebel]

Brad frowned. "Yeah, of course," he said softly. "I guess you want to be left alone," Brad offered. "If you need anything from me, just call," he said. He hugged her again before he stood up from the sofa.

Without saying anything else, Brad headed to his quarters and climbed back into his bed. He turned out the light, and stared at the dark ceiling while wondered about Sloan if he should do anything else about her.