Juniper rung out her blue hair, wiping her sandy feet off at the door.

"Sit?" she raised her chin to Bear while Raphael gripped a towel.

He was begrudgingly drying the dog off, Juniper's pants and his shirt had been strewn over his shoulder as his mate trotted around in only her bikini.

She swayed as she sung a song to herself, he recognized it as California Dreamin'. It was almost foreign to see Juniper so relaxed.

Juniper fiddled at her bikini, she wasn't too wet since the only time she'd been completely submerged in the water was when Raphael had tossed her in farther.

The man really needed to keep his strength in check because she literally flew.

"I want chinese food," she muttered since she knew Raphael was following after her.

As he passed her to the counter, he snapped the bikini strap against her shoulder. Besides her, he fiddled with the stove.

She swatted back at him before turning expectantly.

He was cracking open a beer, he gestured his arm to her. "What if I don't want chinese food?" With his other hand he clicked the stove knob three times to make sure it was off.

Juniper pursed her lips, cocking her hip against the counter. "You want what I want."

He opened his mouth before shutting it, opening it back up, "I don't remember saying that."

"Oh no, you totally said it babe," Juniper turned her back to him. Purposefully, she bent over to rummage through the fridge while swaying her ass. His eyes practically burning holes into her.

"Fine I'll fuckin' order chinese," he mumbled as he grabbed his phone on the way to the living room. She called out to him her order.

Bear nudged his way between her legs, peaking up at her with guilty eyes.

Juniper frowned in confusion and turned to look in the corridor.

The shirt Raphael had worn to the beach and left on the floor besides her pants was torn up. Her pants nearby were untouched.

Juniper gasped and clasped a hand over her mouth, muffling her small laughs.

"Bear, not good," she scolded weakly while trying to stifle her amusement.

She walked Bear over to the shirt and pointed to it, "Bad."

Her 'anger' didn't last long before she was petting her dogs ears and cooing that he was a good boy anyways.

Grabbing the shirt that was ruined she nibbled on her lip, deciding to toss the shirt in the trash.

Just as she shut the trash can, Raphael came back in. She came towards him as he showed her his phone, confirming their order.

She hummed, "Thank you."

He grunted in response, resting a hand on the small of her back to tug her forward.

"You smell like the ocean," he observed. She quirked a brow at him.

"Who's fault is that?" she pinched him. "I need to shower and wash my hair, call me when the food gets here?" Juniper asked lightly.

He nodded once while toying with the tie of her bottoms. Juniper peaked up at him, patting his side before pulling away.

~

Raphael was opening his own carton of beef after setting down Juniper's vegetable lo mein.

He didn't even have to notify her that the food was here before she was hopping down the steps.

She quickly took the seat besides him to begin eating, he started eating after her.

"I've been craving chinese food for months," Juniper mumbled while eating her noodles.

He looked down at her besides him, sitting besides her made their size difference comical.

"Why couldn't you get it before?"

Juniper shrugged, "Where I was hiding out for the past few months didn't have a lot of take out. I was in three different places, I migrated along the coast. I stopped in Endorphin for a little... should've gotten some there."

"You were alone the entire time?" he hummed in thought.

"Never that alone considering they were always one step behind me," she bit into a piece of broccoli.

He leaned over with his fork and took some of her noodles for himself.

"I'm going to watch a movie," Juniper announced and Raphael furrowed his brow before nodding.

When he didn't respond, she huffed. "I'm inviting you to watch a movie with me."

He smirked a little and nodded at her, "I figured."

She elbowed him lightly to which he did right back.

"What kind of movies do you like?"

Raphael tried to think of an answer but to be honest he can't even think of the last time he watched a movie. It was probably in black and white.

"I haven't watched a movie in a long time, I couldn't tell you," he admitted.

"I want to watch Transformers," she told him.

"What's that about?" he stabbed more food onto his fork.

"You've never heard of Transformers?" she muttered in surprise. "It's iconic."

He shook his head.

"I'm not explaining it but the first one is iconic, everything after the second one is disappointing. But the first one is good."

"I'm sure I'll like it," he hummed.

She didn't stop herself from grabbing her carton and his carton while he was mid bite.

"Come, come, come," she urged as she shuffled to the couch. The dog was on her heel to beg for food.

When they sat, it was on opposite ends of the couch. She furrowed her brow, muttering that her mate was a 'fucking weirdo'. Promptly, she begrudgingly scooted over to sit besides him.

She glanced at him with narrowed eyes, "Do you not like me or something?" She scooped up a large bite of noodles.

Raphael's eyes widened, "Why would you say that?"

"You sit all the way over here and I'm over there," she pointed to where she previously was. Juniper scanned over his face suspiciously, "Usually mates like to be on top of each other. I feel like I need to be on top of you all of the time but if you don't I can stop."

Raphael was slowly processing her words, his silence prompting her to begin moving back away.

"No," he grunted. "I didn't know you felt like that. I want the same come back," he dragged her back.

"Are you sure?" Juniper was skeptical.

"You're every other thought that passes my mind, I'm pretty fucking sure."

She deemed his response acceptable as he grabbed a blanket from the back of the couch.

Slowly, she rest her head against his shoulder as if to test the waters. He draped the blanket over her legs seeing she had goosebumps while she turned on the movie.

The movie was filled with questions, questions she was more than happy to answer.

"So they're robots?"

"They're aliens that are robot organisms."

"Why do they need those glasses? Why is the boy so awkward with the girl?"

"They'll tell you why they need the glasses soon, Raph. And he's nervous because she's the hottest person to ever exist."

"I disagree with that."

"Why don't the cops listen to the boy when he knows more about the aliens?"

"His name is Sam and because humans are stupid. Here, the soldiers make them listen," she pointed at the screen.

"Why did bumblebees legs get blown off right away?"

"Because he has one of the last stand moments with the girl Mikaela, the hottest woman ever, where she is a sexy thief and steals a car. He shoots while she drives."

"Oh."

"So Megatron is dead because he got a cube shoved in his chest?"

"It exploded him. Look Mikaela is back on screen."

"Is there something you need to tell me about her?" Raphael suddenly looked down at the woman resting her head in his lap.

She waved him off but wouldn't take her eyes off the screen.

"Would you leave me for her?" Raphael was being sarcastic but frowned when she took a moment to answer.

"Juniper."

"No! No I would not!" she swatted at him for being ridiculous.

He huffed and crossed his arms, Juniper looked back at him just as the credits rolled. She smirked and pushed herself up to drag him into a long kiss.

"As sexy as she is, the answer is no. Because she's not you, you idiot."

He accepted the reassurance and cupped the back of her head to continue the kiss she started.

He can't remember the last time he sat down to simply spend time with anyone, let alone kiss them. He couldn't help but do it every time the chance was presented to him.

Her lips felt as if they were meant to be against his, he actually felt his chest aching sometimes when she was too far.

The mating process was fucking him up, truly.

He groaned and fisted her damp hair, drawing a small whimper from Juniper.

Raphael almost came in his pants at the sound, his mouth moving ferociously as he was motivated to hear it again.

Slowly but surely, Juniper found herself underneath Raphael. He loomed over her as his kisses grew harsher and more desperate.

"Taste so fucking good," he grunted as they both gasped beginning to grind against one another.

Juniper was panting and sucking in deep breaths between lip locking, her tongue twisting with her mates.

His hand gripped her hips, lifting her ass to rest on his thighs as he sat on his haunches.

Juniper wound her legs around his waist, hiking herself up to grind over his groin.

She crooned softly as he sucked down her sensitive neck, "Raph."

He hissed against her lips as he parted for only a moment, their eyes meeting heatedly before he swooped down to steal her breath away yet again.

She mewled as she tried to gain control over the situation, trying to dominate the kiss.

His hand slid up her chest, between the smooth valley of her breasts to grip her throat.

Any sense of control left her swiftly, and she liked it.

His fingers pressed lightly to her airways and those sounds Raphael had been searching for came again.

Juniper whimpered and arched into his chest, fisting his dark curls.

He tilted her head up, sucking hard on her ochre skin.

"Fuck," his hissed as she ground hard against him. "Make those fucking sounds again."

"Make me," she panted with her eyes shut tight.

A low growl rumbled from his chest as he sneered, fingers the rest against her throat tightening just a little before he propped himself up with his other arm.

He watched her face closely as he rocked his hips against her core, her legs locked in place so she couldn't escape him.

Her eyes fluttered shut as she felt his length throbbed beneath his shorts, her cunt pulsing at the close proximity. Her fingers tugged his hair wildly.

He fucking loved that.

A low whine fell from her throat that drew a satisfied groan from her mate. He dove down to kiss her as he rut his hips.

They heard loud knocking against the front door suddenly.

Both of them ignored it for a moment as Junipers hands that'd been fisting his shirt, began to slide under it.

The doorbell rang obnoxiously and Raphael pulled away with a snarl as they both panted.

He pushed himself up, dropping down to kiss Juniper once more hard before sneering on his way to the door.

He threw the door open, "What the fuck could you possibly want at eleven o'clock at night?"

Felix and Zane both looked at him with wide eyes, "We've got the three people that snuck on the island in custody."

Raphael's face fell back into neutral as he felt mildly surprised.

"You couldn't tell me over the phone," he grumbled lowly as his messy hair hung in his face.

"We tried calling you man!"

Raphael ran a hand through his messy hair, "Shut the fuck up. Alright, wait outside I'll come with you to the prison."

He slammed the door shut in their faces. Raphael turned back to see Juniper running up the stairs quickly.

"Juniper!" he called after her as he quickly followed.

He saw her go into her room and just as she shut the door, he pushed his foot in to force himself in. He saw her shrugging on sweatpants quickly.

"Can we go?" she asked as she reached to take her shirt off.

Raphael turned his back to her, "I want you to stay here."

"Saint!" she growled lowly. He grit his teeth, he hated when she called him that. It always meant she was upset with him.

"They don't need to know you're alive."

"Are you planning on letting them live?" Juniper balked.

"Of course not," he scoffed as he faced the door. "But I don't know if they have a link in the coven, a hive mind spell. If they do, once one person knows something they all do."

Juniper crooked her jaw, sneering openly. "I deserve to know what's going on!"

"And I agree with you," he spat over his shoulder.

Juniper pinched the bridge of her nose, getting whiplash from the shift of events.

"Raphael," she grumbled lowly as she reached to turn him towards her. She wore a lace bra, watching his hardened eyes dart down to her exposed chest and back to her face.

"I want to go with you. They don't have to see me, I just want to be there." She took a step closer while batting her eyes up at him.

He licked his lips as he thought, "I told you I wouldn't let anything happen to you."

"I know," she insisted and grasped his forearms. "I know that. That's why I feel comfortable being in the same place as them."

"What if they're group is planning something to get them out of prison and you get caught in the crosshairs," he asked vehemently.

"Don't doubt your security, Raphael," her tone was stern. "Let's go, please."

Glaring up at the ceiling, he growled before nodding once.

Juniper sighed in relief, grabbing the front of his shirt to peck his lips gently before grabbing a shirt of her own.

~

steaming up with some big progress!!
how do you think this visit will go?

can u tell i like transformers lol