Bonus: Dance

"What are you doing?" Cobra asked voice flat and face an emotionless mask of incredulity. He'd successfully kept Lucy away from any eager males on their flight and finally made it to the secluded beach house Bickslow had promised without further incident only for him to step away for 20 mins and come back to this.

"Oh you know just hanging out," the blond shrugged nonchalantly as if she wasn't hanging upside down from the room's ceiling tied up in silk fabric.

"Where the hell did those come from? How are they staying up there?" Cobra's eye narrowed as he inspected where the fabric met the smooth ceiling but there was anything he could see that was keep it secured. The ceiling just looked like it was sprouting two massive lengths of dark blue silk that was trying to consume his mate.

"Would you believe me if I said it was already here?" Lucy face was becoming darker and darker red as more of her blood flowed to her head.

"..."

Lucy rolled her eyes at the disbelieving look he was giving her. Was it not enough that he already knew what happened? No, Erik was going to make her actually say out loud that she had, in a effort to surprise him with a seductive little aerial silk dance, gotten herself hopelessly tangled 15 feet in the air and upside down with her limbs in very unflattering and uncomfortable positions. Like it wasn't humiliating enough?

Cobra couldn't help it, his face started to crack. Of all the idiotic hairbrained ideas this woman had ever come up with. Fuck he'd wanted her so bad for months and she knew it! The only reason he hadn't taken her on the flight out here was it wouldn't have been long enough for him to complete the bond before they needed to disembark.

He was a man, his needs were simple and she was his goddamn stubborn ass completely oblivious mate. All Lucy had to do to seduce him was lay naked on his bed legs spread and it would have been on. Hell, he'd already planned on stripping her down and taking her after he gotten back from dropping Naturas off at the Pradesh homestead. Somehow his little girl already had three of Bix's brother wrapped around her little vine willing to watch her for the next week. Like hell he was going to pass up on that offer. Uninterrupted privacy to take his mate? Hell yes, sign him up.

So instead of coming back to Lucy lounging on the beach read a book she had to try to inventing self bondage. That was just...hilarious and all sorts of ridiculous. Before Cobra knew it he was on the floor laughing so hard he had to clutch his sides they hurt so bad.

"This isn't funny! Help me down…" Lucy pouted struggling to free herself again but only succeeding in rocking back and forth inciting more gut busting laughter from her "mate".

"Well now it doesn't take a genius to translate that smug ass look," Bickslow said as he flopped down next to the recently returned slayer. "So how was Cosplayer? Bet she's into to all sorts of kinky shit."

Cobra's eyes glimmered as memories of the past month played through his mind. "She's very...inventive." His thin lips widenned more at the envious groan.

"Don't be a tease man. After all I setup for you?"

"Don't be needy bitch man. We left you a thank you surprise at your place. Let's just say you'll have all sorts of fun with it." That said Cobra got up and made his way over to his beautiful little mate. She'd kill him if she found out he'd ever spoken about their sex life ever but he couldn't help at least hinting at the pleasures they'd discovered together using those long swaths of suspended silk to Bix. He wouldn't need any help filling in the gaps once he saw his place.

That had been the best aerial dance experience ever. Full stop.

That's the end of CoLu week 2018! A lot of great stories submitted this year and I hope you all enjoyed my offering. Thank you all for your support and comments. Each one brings a smile to my face.

Much Love, Blas