Milkshake Hearts

Chapter 21: Onto Us

A/N: I am aware the actual TNTL live tour was short and only got to the west coast of the US and didn't include as many people as I have, but the fic tour is longer and larger for plot reasons. Also, this Courtney never dyed her hair red.

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"I'm still committed to your idea from last night, but you know this is effectively going to mean I'm just teasing you all day at work and they're already going to be onto us from yesterday," Shayne tells Courtney over breakfast the following morning. He'd rolled out of bed much earlier than her to go to the gym, while she elected to stay in a little longer, but she made a point of waiting for him to get back so they could eat their morning meal together anyway.

"Mm, I thought of that. I can handle it, though, I'm still satiated from yesterday. I mean, I came ten times in a day, dude," she smiles, and Shayne laughs.

"I love that you kept count. I also love watching you cum," he grins, "I also don't entirely hate being a little more open about that side of our relationship with our friends. I mean, not really open, to be honest, but actively acknowledging there is a sexual side to our relationship, I guess? I think, in a weird way, it takes away some of the seriousness and intenseness we've put around it."

"I get that, yeah. The detail is still very much private, but I'm kind of over shying away from even the slightest implication. I don't know why I kept that up while still touching you constantly," she shrugs.

"Sometimes I'm struggling to concentrate at work these days because when you're beside me I just want to be in contact with you all the time. I considered asking to swap spots with Damien, but more often than not I can get past that and then being near you just gives me intense motivation," he admits.

"Am I going to get fun little reveals like this all day?" Courtney asks, smiling, and he shrugs.

"Maybe, although I tell you most stuff like that anyway. Once we actually get into the day it'll be a lot more... well, I don't really know, we'll see what happens. We've just got the EBE shoot and then meetings around the TNTL tour, yeah?" He confirms.

"Yeah, and it should be a quick shoot, it's a one-set deal and we're all only playing one character each with all the crew getting involved and whatever," she muses, "anyway, hurry up, we gotta get going soon."

"I know this is the most basic bitch comment I could make about you, and I am mildly embarrassed at how often I think it, but your ass looks amazing in yoga pants," Shayne tells her as they climb into her car, ten minutes later.

"To be fair, in yoga pants my ass is as close to looking like it does without anything on," she laughs.

"Yeah, well, you have a nice ass in general," he adds.

"So do you, babe."

Their conversation moves to much more general territory as they drive, Courtney navigating through particularly aggressive LA traffic towards the office as Shayne muses about their live tour. They aren't actually leaving LA until late the following week, technically – their first show isn't until Wednesday, and their first couple of shows are in LA and San Diego anyway – but their regular shooting and in-office work schedule is being put on hold for the month or so the tour covers, and a further few weeks after that over Christmas and New Year. At least the full-on shooting schedule over the previous month had made work a little more interesting for a while.

They almost immediately go into wardrobe when they arrive, and Shayne quietly laments the fact that by going off with Damien to wardrobe he's not going to be able to start the day off with much of his little agreement with Courtney.