Between the Lines

24th Shot: Bikini

by

Silver-Eyed Rukia

Rated: T

Pairing: Max x Chloe (Pricefield)

Note: Please ignore any mistakes. Or point them out and correct me, whatever you prefer.

The knock on the door was loud and rang through the entire upper floor. A moment of silence passed before the knock sounded again, this time even louder, followed by an equally loud exclamation from the punker currently banging on the door.

"Max come on, you've been in there for over thirty minutes now. We need to leave soon or everyone else will be having fun at the pool without us."

Chloe tried the doorknob again only to sigh when it didn't budge and no reply came from the other side of the door. She knew Max wasn't as outgoing as her, or as comfortable with her body as her, but goddamn she had seen her in her underwear before and a bikini really wasn't that different.

"You promise you won't laugh? Or that the others won't?"

Her voice was insecure and nearly too quiet to make out through the wood separating them but Chloe caught it anyway. She nodded before realizing that Max couldn't see her, rolling her eyes at herself for forgetting that little detail. "Yeah, nobody will be laughing. Promise."

The doorknob turned beneath her fingers and the bluenette released it, anticipation rising in her chest when she first spotted her girlfriend's with embarrassment reddened face, followed by her in only a bikini top clad torso. Her freckles seemed to build an ever starker contrast against the flushed skin and blue eyes hesitantly rose to meet their azure counterparts.

Chloe let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding and forced her eyes to stay above the girl's collarbone, giving a crooked grin to ease the worry evident in the photographer's expression.

"Looking hella good there Maxter, suits you." The bikini had been picked by none other than the blue-haired troublemaker herself. Otherwise the brunette would probably not be wearing an orange and black bikini with the misfit skull printed on it, especially not because it was rather revealing, something she only did when she was alone with her girlfriend.

"I will draw a moustache on you while you sleep if you're shitting me, Price", Max smiled, still a bit hesitant about showing herself like that. The door snapped shut behind her and finally Chloe was able to admire the beautiful girl that was Max Caulfield.

"Damn Max, you're beautiful", she breathed, eyes no longer bothering to stay anywhere rated K as she pulled the girl closer, pressing a soft kiss to her lips. A soft giggle escaped the smaller girl before she peeled herself out of the semi-embrace and headed for the punk's room, owner of said room in tow with her hands resting on the brunette's hips and waddling behind her like a duckling following its mother.

"You are ridiculous, you know that?"

Chloe smirked at the mock insult and laughed when she felt her hands getting removed from their current destination, successfully halting their movement further south.

"She tried touching the butt!"

"Okay Nemo, no more Disney movies for you this week, I'm drowning in references", Max replied with a raised eyebrow while she slipped into a pair of shorts and a sleeveless hoodie, tossing her bag over her shoulder after placing her camera inside. "Come on you clownfish, I'm ready to head out."

"But the sea is a dark, scary place", Chloe continued her act, grinning like the cheshire cat when her girlfriend groaned at the silliness before heading down the stairs with a "I am leaving you behind", causing the blue-haired girl to finally drop it after a knowing nudge to her love's side and a suggestive wiggle of her eyebrows.

"You love me being a dork and you know it."

"I also love pizza and I can very well survive without it."

They had already left the Price household behind them and were about to enter the truck when Chloe let out a gasp that startled the smaller girl into turning around to face her, mouth forming a silent "oh" as she saw the girl clutching at her chest, face contorted into a mask of pain.

"Right in the feels dude. I can't breathe...go on without me." A dull thud followed her exclamation and it took Max a moment to realize that her girlfriend was literally playing dead in the middle of the sidewalk, head rolled to the side, tongue hanging out for dramatic emphasis and her eyes staring at the sky without even blinking once before they fell closed as her final breath left her.

Chloe didn't know if her scheme was working because she couldn't see or hear Max since the girl had a habit of being exceptionally sneaky even when wearing something squeaky like wet sneakers but she silently hoped for the best. A few seconds went by and the need to take a breath of air became more dire by the passing moment when she felt Max's warm fingertips brush over her cheek, hand supporting her head to lift it off the hard concrete beneath her. A warm breath ghosted over her face before she felt the familiar texture of her girlfriend's tongue run over her own, deepening the kiss with a tug on the punk's neck, pulling her even closer.

Chloe's eyes snapped open in surprise, mouth following suit and getting stuck with enough room to spare to fit a small tangerine in it after she took a much needed breath, staring in disbelief at the usually shy hipster grinning at her like she had just won the jackpot on Christmas Eve.

"Put your mouth on mine and bring me back to life", she said, offering a hand that was eagerly accepted before they hugged with Chloe laughing at the exchange and Max burrying her cheek into the soft fabric of the bluenette's sleeveless shirt. "I can reference shit you show me too, just letting you know."

"You're hella amazing, not even kidding right now. I wasn't expecting that kinda kiss. And how do you already know the lyrics, I showed you the song like two days ago."

They parted and finally settled inside the truck, rolling down the windows to release the humid air that had gathered inside over the last couple hours.

"Been paying attention. And I may have downloaded it and put it on my MP3 player before I came over last night. Legally, of course", she added with a wink that earned her a proud pat on the shoulder.

"My partner in crime! I'm going to make an awesome thug out of you, just you wait."

"Sure Chloe, whatever you say. While we're already talking about bullshit, what was that outside your truck all about?"

The streets of Arcadia Bay were relatively empty, seeing that it was still before lunch time on a workday and they were already nearing Blackwell Academy where they'd pick up Kate to take her along to the pool the gang was planning to hang out at. Chloe signaled to turn left and waited for an upcoming car to pass them by before turning, killing the engine after parking the car inside the designated spot. She turned her head to face her girlfriend and suddenly seemed oddly shy about whatever she was going to say next.

"Well, you were so nervous about showing yourself to everyone wearing the bikini I picked for you, which you look absolutely stunning in if I might add, so I thought maybe I should take your mind off of it, yeah? Distract you enough to make you forget about your insecurities for once."

Her face was slightly flushed by the time she had finished her little speech and she was about to add a cheeky remark to ease the mood when a sudden burst of laughter interrupted her, which she was secretly glad for. The brunette held her sides from cracking up hard enough to be in tears and it took her a moment to calm down enough to speak, and when she did it was with a smile on her face and admiration in her eyes.

"You are the biggest dork I've ever met, Chloe, but goddamn I love you. Thanks for being so sweet about it."

Max hand reached for the handle, but before she could open the door she heard the punk's voice fill her ear and the words spoken left goosebumps on her skin and sent a pleasant shiver down her spine.

"Well, you can pay me back by showing me what you look outside of that bikini tonight."

Needless to say that the bikini could be found scattered over the bedroom floor the next morning, accompanied by a matching misfit skull shirt and a pair of ripped jeans.

So, a little info rigth off the bat: I will try, emphasis on try, to update this story weekly. When I am really busy or simply not at home it may get delayed. So yeah, look forward to more :)

On another note: I had already written this a while ago but guess what? My computer ate the file (idk where it went it was just gone) so I had to rewrite a good portion of it because I could only find an older version of it. So...that was the reason for the hold up.

PS: To any Fallout 4 peeps out there, I may be writing a F!Survivor x Piper One-shot, so maybe look out of that in case I write it. Another thing: Cricket from FO4 has the same voice actor as Chloe :D Look out for her and listen to her, I assure you you will realize it after the first few words. Chloe still handling guns, even in another universe x)

PSS: (OhMyGodShutUp) I am personally not sure if this shot is good or not :/ You be the judge :)

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~Jimmy Fallon

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