baby girl; afi

three. art

KAT ARRIVED AT ASHTON'S a quarter to eight, her legs shaking a bit as she made her way up three flights of stairs to make it to his apartment. flat 3b, kat recited in her head as she stopped to take a deep breath.

after getting lost in the identical halls, kat finally found ashton's place. pulling her lip between her teeth- a nervous habit she always had- kat raised her hand, closing it into a fist. bringing her knuckle against the door three times, kat then stepped back, her heart racing.

what if she was caught? maybe ashton wasn't home... she could leave right now and not get found, couldn't she?

as a million thoughts raced through her head, the door swung open to reveal ashton smiling broadly back at her. just by looking at his face, all of the doubt she had washed away like a residing tide, leaving kat in a state of peace. that was until she looked ashton up and down and realized he wasn't wearing a shirt

in fact, he was wearing practically nothing. a loose towel was tied around his lower half and another was draped over his tanned shoulders. kat couldn't help staring at his toned stomach, the muscles in his back, or the way his biceps flexed a teensy bit as he beckoned her inside.

"sorry i'm not, you know," he gestured to his exposed body, grinning a little. two large dimples formed at either of his cheeks like crescent moons and his hazel eyes sparkled a bit. "i was taking a shower."

it was only once ashton had announced it that kat recognized the little droplets of water adorning his long hair, and the strong scent of soap emanating from him. embarrassed that she hadn't realized it at first and also the fact that he had caught her staring caused kat's cheeks to flush a bright pink.

after a few moments, ashton spoke; "you look good." his eyes moving up and down her body torturingly slow. and they stood there, in the doorway, for a few more seconds. blinking a couple of times, ashton chuckled.

"well, come on inside!" his voice was raspier than usual and ashton cringed at the sound. could kat really have that much of an influence on him?

the interior of ashton's apartment was much more luxurious than kat had anticipated. the tile floor was a greyish blue color and a large glittering chandelier hung low at the entrance. stifling a gasp kat's eyes traced the intricate design of the glass vase and the woolen sofa in awe. slipping into the other room, ashton tugged on a green shirt and a pair of pants. when he returned, kat was still looking throughout his living room, mesmerised.

wrapping his long fingers around her wrist, ashton leaned over towards her. "come on, i want to show you something."

leading her dow the hall, ashton's chest felt like it could burst at any given moment. as they neared the backroom, feelings of doubt crept from the back of his mind. should he really show her this? how would she react? would she like it?

ashton didn't know. but he decided to go out on a limb as he twisted the sticky door knob to the right and jiggled the lock a bit as he pried the heavy door open. inside was a little room, covered wall to wall with paintings. a large one propped against the wall drying, was a pair of two blue eyes with little colorful fish swimming inside them, as if instead the blue was a sea full of life, rather than a pair of sparkling irisis. another was of two children and a woman, presumably their mother. the little boy had a familiar head of shaggy dirty-blonde hair and the older one shared the same button nose as the first. the mother had a pair of remarkable hazel eyes that glittered as she smiled broadly into an unseen camera. then it hit her.

"ashton, is this.... you?"

kat ran her fingers over the smooth portrait, speechless. ashton turned his gaze toward the floorboards beneath them, all traces of the wide smile he wore seconds before gone. "yeah,"

"you're very talented," kat whispered, her eyes darting across the page. ashton approached her slowly from behind, his arms snaking around her waist as his fingers slipped underneath her tee shirt. cold hands pressing against her stomach, ashton rested his chin on kat's shoulder.

"thank you, baby girl."

at that moment all attention shifted from ashton's painting- not even the one he had planned on showing her, the one of her- as kat turned around abruptly. her tiny hands gripped the thin material of his shirt as she stood on her tippt toes and crashed her lips against his.

taken aback, ashton's eyes widened in surprise. smirking a bit, he laced a hand through her hair, the other wrapping around her waist. it was all teeth and lips- their first kiss- but after some time, there tongues moved in sync, and kat tangled her fingers in ashton's thick curls.

"fuck...kat," ashton hissed, his lips connecting to her throat. "i want you so fucking bad, baby girl."

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FUUCK THIS WAS SO BAD I CANT WRITE SMUT YALL KNOW THAT

UGH ANWAYS I HOPED U LIKED THIS IM DEDICATED THIS TO @GREENDAYED BC I LOVE HER SO MUCH AHH BYE GUYS