Icy Elsa

“You do, though.” Noah couldn’t deny it, not even as a joke. His life was a lot more interesting ever since he met her, especially after having moved away from home, and with all the shit going on at work. He smirked back at her, knowing he’d touched a difficult subject, but couldn’t help the teasing. “I’m not, I’d never do that.” He shook his head, keeping her close in his arms. He felt like the happiest kid in a playground, having everything he wanted in one compact moment. Noah knew he’d feel that way when he finally kissed her, especially considering the past two weeks they spent together in the hospital. Noah also knew it was a mistake, letting himself get so involved, so enchanted by her. Elsa wasn’t one to hide her intentions and he knew expecting too much from her wasn’t fair to either of them.

He gently let go of her so they could get their orders, and grabbed his wallet to pay for the food. “The toppings are over there.” He pointed at a big counter by the side while he grabbed the change and then joined her, hot dog in hand. “Look at this, it’s paradise.” Noah grinned, starving, his mouth watering when he saw all the food in front of them. He added the ketchup, the mustard and some chips to his hot dog and then stepped to the side to open space for the another costumer and wait for her. “Where do you want to sit? He’s got some tables over here but we can just..set up camp on the car.” He chuckled.

Elsa grinned at he agreed with her and the slight praise that came with it. “I do suppose you are fairly interesting yourself,” she smirked. She may have worded it so it came across as a tease but she did mean it. Noah wasn’t like the the few men she had found herself dating and she wasn’t upset with that at all. Noah had been forward with his intentions of marriage one day rather than hiding it till it strung up months later. He also just generally interested her; there was much to know and learn from the detective and she was already enjoying the short time they’ve spent together. Though she’d keep that to herself rather than admit it to him or even her best friend for the time being. “Oh, I believe you.”

“I am warning you,” Elsa said as she teasingly pointed a finger at him. “Don’t harp on the relish toppings.” Elsa joked as she added a few condiments to her hotdog. She would have been happy with a plain one with a bit of mustard to dip in it but looking down at Noah’s regular order and she started to understand why he continued to order this one. “It really fucking is,” she agreed as she looked out. Elsa had luckily always lived near water throughout her life but Eureka was far more of a paradise then Niceville. “Lets camp out on the hood of your car,” Elsa said after a moment. "I assume that won’t hurt you since you suggested it,” she added. Laying out on the hood of the car sounded far more relaxing and private then if they sat down at some tables with other people surrounding them. Elsa had plans to reignite that kiss once they had finished their meal and the car certainly offered them less prying eyes than the table would. 

Noah couldn’t help but to laugh at her teasing words, shaking his head. “You’re impossible, you know that?” He grinned at her. “Oi, excuse me, did I just hear you say the word relationship?” His eyebrows creased in genuine confusion, and he twisted the corner of his lips in a devious grin. “I say nothing but the truth, Miss Sweets, I am an honorable man.” He teased. Sometimes he didn’t know if Elsa was trying to resist him and his words, if she was scared, or simply uninterested. Which was why he was trying to do things the right way, slowly. He didn’t want to simply bed her and never call her again, he never wanted just that, and those weeks in the hospital had only made his wish to have her as much more than a friend grow stronger.

When Elsa kissed him back, Noah almost sighed with relief. So everything he was picking up from her was true, it was mutual, even if she still had her limits. He wrapped his arms tenderly around her, holding her closer as he kissed her slowly, lips moving in sync. Right as he was about to deepen the kiss, Noah heard a cough and softly broke their lips apart, smiling softly. “Eh, detective, come on, I got clients waiting.” The guy behind the counter called him out and Noah chuckled, looking at Elsa with a grin. “We are never getting some peace.” He laughed, carefully stepping to the side and bringing her along, flinching as he felt his stomach tensing with the movement. “Shit.” Noah sighed lowly, resting his forehead on hers and pecking her lips lightly.

“I make life so much more interesting though,” Elsa easily quipped. She knew she was impossible and Noah didn’t even know the half of it. Her walls here high, they were study, and they were enforced with steel. It wasn’t a easy take to penetrate them by any means. The only ones who had were her friends. There wasn’t any possible way for a relationship of two months break down those walls she had built up since she was a young girl nor had she let anyone try. “Funny,” she smirked. “You know what I meant. Don’t start twisting my words for your gain,” she joked. “Very honorable.”

Elsa wanted to smirk into the kiss but she didn’t and focused on the hand now wrapped around her and the lips moving against hers. Elsa heard the cough but wanted to ignore it and hoped it was just a passing sound rather than someone trying to interrupt them but she could feel Noah pull away. She hardly lost herself in moments like these and hadn’t for so long but then she remembered the hotdogs they had ordered which was about the only thing she’d accept as a reason to end their kiss prematurely. “Naught,” she teased as she brushed back her hair and maybe catch her breath for a moment. Elsa smirked as he went in for one more peck and honestly if he hadn’t the she would have. He was right, they couldn’t get any peace or at least hadn’t so far. “We’ll finish that up later,” she quipped as she flashed a grin his way before turning to get their orders. 

“Good to know, good to know. Don’t really care about most people, but if you’re not immune to it… I might throw away all of my shirts.” He mocked, then laughed at what she’d said. “I feed you, but you’ve also fed me a lot so it’s all good. I guess it’s part of our dynamics.” Noah shrugged, smiling at her. He secretly liked knowing they had their own dynamics now, after those two weeks seeing each other every day. And he liked it even better knowing food was involved, and that Elsa seemed to be enjoying it all as well. “And you know, you being smart, and funny, and beautiful, it all helps a little bit.” He raised his free hand, holding index and thumb closer and he grinned widely. 

He could see her cheeks lifting as she smile and it almost made him chuckle, satisfied. Instead he just placed another soft kiss on her cheek and rested his forehead on her temple for a second, hearing her quiet voice and chuckling at her question. “I don’t know.” Noah shrugged teasingly, kissing her jaw. “I thought we could go hiking..” He provoked, kissing the corner of her lips. “Make some coffee, dance..” Noah bumped the tip of his nose on hers and grinned, his other hand going to the back of her neck, his thumb gently caressing the spot behind her hear. “Or, you know, just wait here.” He smirked, before slowly closing the distance between them and finally giving in to what he’d wanted since the first time he saw her.

“You could,” Elsa smirked as she thought over that idea, even if it was merely just a joke. “Or keep them so you can take them off in front of me,” she teasingly quipped. She knew she was cruel but she was also extremely honest about it. “Food should always been a huge dynamic in any relationship. Romantic or not,” she mused. Food was a big dynamic for Elsa in almost all of her relationships. Maybe it was because her grandma did all the shopping and stuck to the same foods that Elsa never enjoyed but once she left then she could buy and eat whatever she pleased. Free will and all. “There you are again with those compliments.”

Elsa wanted to jokingly roll her eyes as he kissed her cheek again but then he rested his forehead against her. He was honestly so kind and sweet that it shocked her that he was interested in her besides her looks. She was used to that but it wasn’t that with him. If it had then she would have picked up on it and she was positive he would have made a move early on had that been his only goal. “Hm,” she sighed as Noah answered her question and began to leave kissed against her jaw. A smirk tugged at her lips as Noah continued to jokingly suggest things they could do whilst they waited for their hot dogs but all the while moving closer to her lips. Elsa didn’t need to reply to his last suggestion because Elsa kissed Noah back in lieu of responding. It was something she wanted maybe from their first meeting but she ignore the pull till she put him through the hoops. 

“You got it, I’ll do compliments for the both of us.” Noah mocked, although he was pretty sure he’d never get tired of complimenting Elsa. He shook his head when she simply agreed that she was the worst, laughing. Another reason right there to compliment her: Elsa never pretended to be someone else just to please him or anyone. “Dripping water and half naked, huh? Good to know that works with you.” He teased with a smug grin. It’s not like he hadn’t noticed her sculptural body that day at the beach either. “It’s the ass kicking, it’s got magical powers over cops.” He nodded serious at her, before grinning. 

He’d be lying if he said he hadn’t thought about her completely naked in his bed before; and his stitches and the pain seemed to make him wish for it even more, maybe because he couldn’t have it. “That I am.” He smiled widely, nodding. Laughing lightly at her words, Noah held her closer as she leaned against him. How easily she did it, it made him smile, happy, and lean even closer, brushing the tip of his nose against her cheek before planting a kiss on it. “Large Parmesan bun with two hot dogs, pretty simple.” He told her before nodding at the cook, and then looked back at her, smiling at how close they were. 

"Thank you.” Elsa couldn’t argue with that point at all. She’d raise the idea of not complimenting her at all or not as much but she knew she’d lose that one. Noah had made it very aware that he’d continue to compliment her, sober or not. So Elsa was going to take what she could get. “I think it works for most people but I’m not immune to that image at all,” she confessed. “Plus you fed me which certainly works far better than looks can.” Elsa often tried to ignore a potential partner’s attractiveness because she wasn’t one to fall in lust or love with anyone. Just because someone was good looking didn’t mean that they were a good person so she focused on personality of a person before their looks. She wasn’t going to jump into bed with someone who was an asshole but looked pretty. Noah wasn’t like that at all. He was a good person, much better than who she was, but he also quite an attractive man. “Oh I’m positive thats it,” she laughed. 

Elsa didn’t mind jumping into bed with the person who had passed through all the hoops and hurdles she put in place. It was the one night stands that she had an issue with and she didn’t look down at anyone who did because even she broke that rule of hers. Her views on sex changed when she started at the sex line but that didn’t mean she didn’t enjoy it and she knew she was going to enjoy it with the man she was currently on a date with. Elsa bit the inside of her cheek as Noah pulled her closer to try to hide the smile that easily tugged on her lips in his presence but Elsa couldn’t fight the smile as his gently kissed her cheek. Mmm,” Elsa murmured as Noah reveled to her what his usual meal was. “Sounds pretty delicious and I’m starving,” she quietly said. She didn’t need to speak much louder than a whisper with how close the two were. She could feel a lingering pressure from where his lips had met her cheek and damn that was certainly a new thought to cross her mind. “What should we do while we wait for our dogs?” Elsa teasingly asked him.  

“It is a great deal, I wouldn’t miss out on it if I were you but hey, I’m biased.” he shrugged teasingly, smiling from ear to ear as he saw her avid nod. Her laugh only made his smile grow wider, growing fond of that sound rather quickly. “You’re the worst, you know that? Say you wouldn’t blame me and still prefers to hand me over. You hurt me, Miss Sweets.” He shook his head theatrically, pretending to wipe out a tear from the corner of his right eye. “My pectorals? You’ve paid attention to those?” He glanced at her with a victorious grin. “I told you, won’t find the second wife while you’re around. You’ve put some freaking dark magic on me.” He shrugged helpless.

Arching an eyebrow when she spoke of the night going differently from what she imagined, Noah gave her a feigned threatening look. “You quit the smirking. I physically can’t have the night ending the way I want.” He spoke carelessly, shaking his head. But hearing her slight admission to wanting to go on more dates with him made him smile happily. Yet he chose to leave it there, not push her too much. “You can get on my ass about the promise, I’m a man of my word.” Noah nodded firmly at her. Rolling his eyes at her protest, Noah grinned and helped her out of the car. “I wanted to hold your hand.” He shrugged, closing the door and slowly leading her towards the truck. Slowly because that was pretty much the only speed he could walk in at the moment. “Detective!” The man behind the counter greeted him and Noah waved. “What’s up, Mac?” He smiled, stopping with Elsa in front of the man. “Can I get the usual please? And for you? You add the extras later here.” He looked at her, letting go of her hand but wrapping his around her waist gently, keeping her closer.

“Just a little bit,” she joked. “I’m glad you are biased about yourself because if you didn’t then I’d have to bolster up that confidence of yours. So thank you for saving me the time of having to compliment you a ton,” she joked. Elsa wasn’t one for compliments; giving or receiving them really. “Oh, I totally know that. That isn’t new news at all, buddy.” Elsa joked, winking at the detective as she said it. “I have. They are very impressive and hard not to notice when you come up from the beach. Just dripping water and half naked,” she grinned. Elsa rolled her eyes as he mentioned being put under some dark magic by her. “I don’t know any magic or any curses so it isn’t me,” she joked. “I can kick some serious ass though.” 

Elsa let out a chuckle as Noah told her to stop it with the smirking. So she was right about him not having the all clear to do anything of that sort...yet. That was certainly a day she’d be looking forward to quite a bit and happily she could assume the same about Noah. “I shouldn’t have doubted you. You are a detective,” she quipped. Elsa smiled and lightly shook her head when he insisted that he only wanted to help so he could hold her hand. She certainly would have been the one to initiate the hand holding but she wasn’t bother by it at all. She slowly walked alongside Noah as they walked from his car to the truck for their hot dogs. Elsa took the time that Noah talked to the man inside the truck to look over the menu. Honestly everything looked good and she would have been happy to eat anything or everything. “I think I’m going to get you usual. Gotta see how amazing this usual is to be your usual,” she teased as she slightly leaned into the embrace. “

“Thank you for your kindness, my future wife appreciates not having a constant reminded that she was my second choice.” He bowed his head mockingly. As much as Noah was simply being playful about all that, he couldn’t help but to try hard to ignore the tiny voice inside his head that screamed it was nothing but the truth. Pushing those thoughts aside, he simply looked at her when she spoke up again and he smiled with a nod. Noah truly liked the nickname she had gotten him. “Me? I’m doing nothing.” He protested with a devious grin on his lips. “You’d rather watch old ladies grope me than shower me?” He gasped loudly, dramatically. “Oh we are not getting married at all, how could we when you’d so easily hand me over to horny old women?” He shook his head widely. 

Noah laughed when she pointed her finger at him and grabbed it playfully, bringing her hand closer to his lips so he could give her fingertip a gentle nibble. “Get all the burgers you want, milah, you are one hell of a tough lady and if the burgers make you stronger, I’m down with that.” He nodded firmly, keeping her hand in his as he held them both over his leg. “Not wrong, I’m just going to get more mustard.” He explained with a laugh. “Did I hear you planning more dates subconsciously?” Noah mocked her, leaning closer as he she couldn’t hear her. “I’ll take you there as many times as you want.” He reassured Elsa with a grin, before he drove to a stop, near a food truck by the beach. “Let’s go, Miss Sweets.” Unbuckling himself, Noah carefully stepped out of the car and walked around it to get the door for her and help her out. 

“You are very welcome,” Elsa laughed. “I’m going to have to think long and hard before I walk away from the free food deal cause that is essentially all I live for,” she joked. “Definitely,” Elsa said as she enthusiastically nodded her head. “Lies,” she easily quipped. Elsa let out a loud laugh as Noah joked some horny older women living for the chance to wash his body and he couldn’t argue with that point at all. “That is something I can’t pass up on at all. It would be highly entertaining for me and I wouldn’t blame them at all,” she said with a laugh. “Hey- maybe this is how you meet that second choice of yours? Maybe some younger nurse will be the one bathing you and you’ll bond when she is sponging your pectorals.”

“Thanks for the approval, Detective.” Elsa teased as she dropped her gaze to their now intertwined hands but didn’t pull her hand away. “Just stay away from the relish tonight or tonight might not end the way I’ve imagined,” she smirked. "And here I thought I was being blunt. Would you like me to be even more forward because I could totally do that,” Elsa teased. She hadn’t stuck around for those two weeks in the hospital, dressed up for this gala, and waited this long for a first official date if she wasn’t interested in seeing him. “I’m going to remember that promise because I am not going to let you deny me my ice cream,” she quipped as they parked near the food truck near the beachfront. Elsa rolled her eyes out as Noah got out and came around to help her because he was the one who was injured. “I’m not the one who just got discharged,” she said as she pulled her shoes back on. They were coming right back off the minute they got their food and were sitting down. 

“All communication is off, no more free food for you.” He shook his head serious. “You refused to marry me, don’t come ruining my fantasy marriage now.” He teased her with a wide shrug, flinching at the pain that spread across his abdomen and chest. “Exactly, I’ll do my best to stay out of trouble in the future, but can’t make too many promises. I’ll understand you bringing food I can’t eat to the hospital though, it’s only fair, since you’ll be stuck with me there. Taking care of me, giving me my meds, showering me.” Noah provoked her with a childish grin, poking at her side and laughing. He could never thank her enough for those days she came to be with him at the hospital. And secretely he hoped her constant visits meant that she deep down cared about him.

“Wow, what a healthy life, I’m so proud.” He teased, but he couldn’t say much himself. He kept his healthy snacks but skipped meals often, ate too late in the evening, relied on instant noodles far too many times a week as well. “As a matter of fact, I am. More mustard than relish but yes.” He nodded proudly, smiling at her. “No, milah, it’s better. It’s like a fro-yo place, but real ice cream. It’s paradise on Earth.” Noah spoke with a satisfied pout, his mouth watering at the thought. “It will be no problem, trust me. I’m good and this date is happening no matter what.”

"I see how it is,” Elsa laughed as Noah threatened to cut all communication from her. “Fair enough. I’ll stop poking at your little fantasy wedding. I’m sure it will be great,” she smirked. Elsa could understand if he did follow suit on that joking promise because she didn’t remain friends with the guys she dated in the past. When she ended it - and it was her more often ending things - Elsa made sure to cut off all communication because she wasn’t cruel enough to instill a false sense of hope of them getting back together. “I don’t need any promise other than you eating the pudding for me which you did. So we are good, Detective Sweets.” Elsa easily told him. Honestly she didn’t know how long she’d be around in his life and maybe he wouldn’t end up in the hospital in that time or maybe he would. She tried not to think about that but knew it would eventually come to that; she hadn’t dated anyone longer than six months. “I see what you’re doing,” Elsa said, laughing as he poked her side. “I’ll be showering you? Couldn’t you get some nurse do that while I sit and eat my hot wings?” 

“Don’t you knock it,” Elsa teasing threatened as she pointed a finger at him. “You try dealing with drunk bozos clobbering over each other to get to the bar first and get their order in when all you’ve had to eat was some garden salad. I am far nicer when I’ve eaten some big ass burger than a Waldorf salad.” Elsa’s two favorite meals were burgers and wings, fries as well but they were technically a side but she had eaten them alone as a meal many times before, but hot dogs were in the same family and honestly didn’t have them enough. “Knew it....even if I was wrong on the relish,” she teased. “It sounds like paradise. Fro-yo is great but chocolate ice cream is always going to be better. If its as good as you say then we’ll have to go again cause I’m going to want to try every flavor,” she mentioned. “Alright then,” Elsa grinned as she twisted her body slightly to get more comfortable for the remainder of their drive. 

Noah looked at her with a cocked eyebrow, smiling teasingly and shaking his head at her. That girl was a walking piece of sin. He noticed her tone when he mentioned the wedding and simply let his smile grow. If she could pick on him, he could pick on her right back. “Mm, no.” He shook his head. “If you ain’t the bride, you’re not invited. My future wife sees you and she’ll have a stroke. She’ll know I settled for less because you dumped me before I met her.” He shrugged as if it was simply obvious. “It is, yeah.” He agreed. “I won’t, promise. Can’t promise I’ll never be in the hospital again, but next time I’ll eat all the pudding and you’re free from the torture.” Noah smiled at her as he drove.

It made him feel oddly warm, seeing her make herself comfortable in his car as if they’d done that together a hundred times before. “Your feet are so tiny, it’s cute.” He chuckled, taking a turn to the right and then heading for the beach. “Yeah?” Noah grinned, glad she could enjoy a simple night like that. Not that he’d ever thought Elsa would prefer a fancy ball, but hot dogs weren’t that romantic and he feared he might ruin everything in every possible way. “Good. Ice cream always make things better. You know what? We could get those you buy per weight and stuff it with nuts and chocolate and gummy bears. A friend of mine showed me this place, it’s ice cream heaven, I’m taking you there.”

"I suppose that is fair,” Elsa smirked as Noah easily threw it back at her. Every time they hung out, Noah easily was able to handle that bluntness and teasing that Elsa threw at him and he could tease her right back. Not many could handle Elsa without getting angry so it just meant that Noah continued to prove himself. “Could I get the ribs that you, your bride, and lovely guests don’t finish. Or is all communication cut off at that point which includes the free food I’d get?” Elsa jokingly asked him. “I can live with that. I’ve gotten that you don’t like ending up at the hospital and stick on desk duty so you aren’t searching for trouble but if you end up there then you can eat pudding for both you and me,” she quipped. 

“Honestly,” Elsa confirmed. “I fucking live off beer and bar food so that sounds like the perfect meal.” Elsa didn’t get bored of eating junk food or bar food everyday. It was having to eat healthy that bothered her and she did try to at least eat one healthy meal which usually ended up being breakfast. “You are a relish man? You seem like you’d be mustard and relish,” she teasingly said as she looked at the detective.  “The fro-yo places? That sounds pretty awesome but whatever is easier for you cause if you pop a stitch then we’re going to have to cut this date short. Which wouldn’t be fun for either of us,” she smirked.