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KATE BISHOP

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[alsohawkeye]

Why waste the travel time? You come to me and I'll send you another for the trip.

1/2

[axeyou]

Tempting.

But if you wanted me to come to you, you should have messaged me first. Get on the lift and come up here now.

[axeyou]

I want to make you wait.

[alsohawkeye]

I'm coming.

[ She types it and then stops, and laughs and hits send without adding. ]

[axeyou]

[okay she laughs.]

You'd better not be. And if you are, it can't be very good, because you're still managing to type.

[alsohawkeye]

[ Kate stops typing, and makes Johanna wait in suspense to find out why that is. But eventually there's a knock on her door and Kate is outside, hands shoved deep into the pockets of her jeans. ]

[axeyou]

[She knows who it is. But she still takes her time with answering the door, because she can. Once it's open, she leans against the doorframe with her arms crossed over her chest, and lets her gaze crawl slowly over Kate, lingering at the shape of her hands in her pockets.]

That doesn't look very satisfying.

[alsohawkeye]

[ Kate shrugs, the shift of her shoulders pushing her hands even further, until the ridge of a hipbone is glimpsed between jeans and the hem of her grey t-shirt. She smiles crookedly. ]

I've never found these elevators much of a turn-on.

[axeyou]

[She makes a thoughtful little hmm, as she studies that narrow line of bare skin.]

I bet I can change your mind. Just ask Katniss about her elevator ride with me.

[But then she breaks her gaze and turns around to grab up her axe, and slips out into the hallway with Kate.]

Come on.

[And she starts down the hallway.]

[alsohawkeye]

What?

[ Kate is confused at the axe, and Johanna breezing past her, naked, and doesn't bother to hide it, though she does follow, a couple quick steps catching her up. ]

Where are we going? I assume not far....

[axeyou]

[She smiles over at Kate, like this is a literal walk in the park. Just a couple of girls, walking together. One girl naked and with an axe, one girl who sent the other girl a picture of herself with her hand down her jeans.

You know. Normal.]

I said gym first. Didn't I?

[alsohawkeye]

Yeeaaah.... [ Kate concedes that sort of reluctantly and uncertainly, replaying the message in her head. ] But that was definitely before the whole sexting thing. [ Surely that changed the plan??? ]

[axeyou]

[Sexting. Another thing they don't have in Panem, at least not by that name. Johanna laughs.]

You want to skip naked wrestling? Come on, Katie. This is a date. I didn't invite you all the way up here so you could use me.

[She smiles over at her again.]

I want to use you too.

[alsohawkeye]

[ Naked wrestling? Kate laughs. And then stops, head cocked. ]

You're not-- you're serious? You're serious. [ She laughs again and lifts a hand, shaking her head. ] I am not wrestling you naked in the gym.

[axeyou]

Why not? No one lives on this floor.

[She swings her axe off of her shoulder, to carry it at her side instead.]

Like, actually no one. I never see anyone. If that's what you're worried about. And it's not like I haven't seen you naked already. Now we're just adding wrestling to it.

[alsohawkeye]

[ That doesn't actually make Kate feel any better about being here, but it's not really the issue at hand, either. She rolls her eyes. ]

It just sounds like a lot of really awkward bruises and chafing I don't need in my life. If we're going to be rolling around naked why bother with the wrestling?

[axeyou]

[She sighs.]

Because it's so much fun, Kate. You've never tried it, have you?

[They've reached the gym by now, and Johanna opens the door, smoothly, and keeps on leading the way, into the room.]

[alsohawkeye]

[ Kate's face says it all, the skeptical way she's eyeing Johanna. Seriously, all she's seeing is mat-burn. ]

No.

[axeyou]

[Carelessly, she drops her axe on the floor with a heavy thud, and stretches her arms over her head with another sigh.]

You need to be more open-minded. If you've never tried it, you won't know if you like it or not. I promise, I'll make it worth your while.

[alsohawkeye]

[ Kate is so not sold on this, not even a little bit. It sounds awkward and possibly painful and she's not actually done being wary about being naked out in the open, wary of embarrassment but also of attack. But Johanna makes a pretty good point, and open-mindedness has been serving her well this week. Plus she'll make it worth her while?

Kate and covers her face and groans a muffled and not particularly sexy noise through her hands, and then drops them to begin stripping. ]

Fiiiiine. Fine. I'll try it. But you had better make it worth it.

[axeyou]

[Ten points to District 7. Johanna swings her arms down and shakes them out, loosely, with a smile that's only pleased, not smug at all. (Hah.)]

We could oil up, if you're worried about chafing.

[alsohawkeye]

[ Kate has only gotten as far as toeing off her shoes and lifting the hem of her shirt up around her chin when that makes her stop and stare flatly at Johanna. ]

Yeah, that's definitely going to be a 'no'.

[axeyou]

[She laughs again as she drops her arms to her side, with a heavy exhale.]

Come on. We're never going to have any fun this way. Hurry up, I didn't invite you here for you to have your shirt half-on and half-off--

[If Kate needs incentive, here it is, in the form of Johanna moving in to grab hold of the hem of her shirt, too, and tugging it upwards.]

[alsohawkeye]

[ Kate lets her, arms lifting. (Her bra is purple lace, too.) She fiddles with the button on her jeans but doesn't undo it herself. ]

Better? What if you wrestle naked and I just wrestle topless, how's that.

[axeyou]

You think that's going to be more comfortable?

[Stupid suggestion. She pushes Kate's hands out of the way so she can undo the button herself, hook her thumbs into the belt loops and tug down, all very easy and matter-of-fact.]

You'll be falling out of that pretty bra of yours in two seconds. Or I'll snap the straps on you when you're trying to choke me.