Title: A Standing Bet
Series: The Bet
Author: Jo
Pairing: Ben Roethlisberger/Matt Hasselbeck
Rating: PG13
Summary: Hawaii means grass skirts...
Disclaimer: This so never happened.
Notes: Wow, this was a long time in coming, huh? Takes place immediately after this.


Plush carpet digs into bare knees, but the sensation is ignored. Hazel-green eyes fix on strands of dried grass hanging from a well-sculptured hand.

"You're serious." The words are soft, barely disturbing the silence and darkness around them.

"That was the bet." Blue eyes twinkle, soft lips twist in a crooked grin that has dimples peeking out. "Right?"

"Right." Heavy with resignation, but he nods. Fair's fair, and he'd set the bet.

"Look good like that." Softly murmured, the words, and the included caress, over bare shoulders, draw a shiver over tanned skin. Hard to believe he can be undone so easily by this.

Long lashes drop to hide twinkling eyes, and he smiles a little, shifting on the floor. "Yeah?"

"Uh huh." Another caress, this one lingering to play along the line of a smoothly shaven jaw, blunt fingers drifting over a neatly trimmed goatee. "Could keep you like this."

"Could try." A quick grin as he looks up. Another shift, then he reaches out to slide calloused hands up muscled thighs. "48 hours, huh?"

"Yep."

"Got anything in mind?"

"What you're doing is a nice start..." A strong hand slides through sun-streaked curls, and the smile says everything.


~fin~