You clean up real good

[fishybusiness]

Despite Sam's best efforts, Sarah and Bucky had been in a serious and committed relationship for six months. It didn't usually feel that way, and somehow it felt like forever. Unlike many men she knew, he was as content to curl up together on the couch and watch old movies or hold hands over a quiet dinner than a party or have constant sex.

Oh, there was sex, no lack of it, but they also had plenty of time for quieter activities. He taught her steps from dances in his youth, and she got him up to speed on some of the more modern, her era anyway, club moves. It was during a close slow dance that she'd picked on him about having some stubble and threatened to shave it in his sleep, he could not have shocked her more than when he asked why wait for him to be asleep?

Sarah had helped her dad and grandad tie their ties and had learned how to give a decent shave years ago. But she'd had no reason to even practice since her husband had passed. James was unafraid and encouraging to her, so she decided what the hell?

Looking at him sitting there, shirtless, damp hair mussed and that tiny smile toying up the corners of her mouth almost made her handshake. She'd never thought of the concept of shaving as particularly erotic before, but when he looked at her like that, it was about all she could think about.

Sarah licked her lips and gathered up the razor and damp, hot cloth. The former sat near an antique basin that had been in the family from times when this really was how men shaved. "Still sure about this?"

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[breaksruletwo]

"Hey, I've got a vibranium arm so what's a vibranium neck if you slip up?" he teased, grinning at her. Obviously he wouldn't have offered to let her do this unless he trusted her completely but he still couldn't help but tease her a bit. But he trusted her completely and something about letting her act on that trust was extremely arousing, a sort of intimacy that he hadn't really considered before. Probably something he should discuss with his therapist but that was for later.

"But yeah, I'm sure. I like the idea of you doing this. If that's not too weird?" he asked. Bucky was trying to get better at explaining himself and letting Sarah know how he felt about things. "I like that I feel completely fine trusting you with this. It's hot."

[fishybusiness]

"I won't slip, I used to do this for my dad and some family. I know what I'm doing, just been a long time since I've done it." A statement which seemed par for the course with them. At least it was for her, Bucky was the man getting her back into all sorts of things she'd long since thought were in her past.

"It probably should be weird, but there is something about it." She looked him over again and nodded. Oh there was absolutely something about a half naked man looking just a wet mess and waiting for her. He should not be so damned distracting so easy.

"Ok, so first let's get your skin ready." Which meant her hands moving the hot cloth over him in soft circles. Almost a relaxing massage, really, the way barbers used to do it when they had thirty minutes to spend on each customer. She paid attention to the direction of the hair growth for later and soothed down his skin, over his face and cheeks and neck, and then rinsed the cloth to get it hot and wet again. "Lean back, close your eyes."

When he did she took the moment to sneak in a kiss to his lips before he go wrapped up in a soft, warm and damp cloth that soothed his skin and opened his pores.

[breaksruletwo]

"Oh I definitely should have asked for this before," Bucky said with a bit of a groan as she settled back and placed the hot cloth against his skin. It took him back to a time when this wasn't exactly commonplace but definitely more common than it was now. Only it hasn't been a gorgeous woman doing it in the past but usually some old guy. Bucky definitely preferred this more modern version of it.

"I'm already thinking we should make this a regular thing," he said from beneath the towel. Steadying himself he took several controlled, measured breaths to calm himself and try not to get too aroused by this whole situation. Of course, that was nearly impossible when it came to Sarah but he was willing to try.

[fishybusiness]

The hot towel was doing its job and while it worked she was prepping the foam with a cup and brush. She had to chuckle at his comments. "If this works out maybe there's a lot we can try."

She set the cup aside after a minute and used the cloth to massage his skin in preparation. Once she was satisfied she took the brush and began to whip up the foam and spread it over his skin. The heat of the cloth on his skin gave way to briefly chilled by the cool of the room before the tingle of foam was applied with a rough bristled brush.

[breaksruletwo]

“You can tell me all about those things we can try while you shave me,” he said before going quiet. He wanted to make sure he was still for her so that she could be as careful as she wanted. Of course, shaving a white gut was probably going to be a lot easier than what she was used to. Bucky remembered his black Army buddies complaining about how much of a pain having to shave frequently was.

Instead he just watch her intently, blue eyes locked on to hers so he could study the way her face looked as she carried out her task. She was so beautiful, so intense, that he didn’t think he could ever stop looking at her.