Title: Unrequited Love - Or Not

Author: Ami

Archive: To CKOS, FHSA, FTACS, SAFFL, any list I post it to with any archive, and anyone else who wants it.

Fandom: Sentinel

Pairing: Jim/Blair

Rating: PG-13

Summary: Blair's love for his partner is unrequited - or is it?

Author's Notes: This is an answer to Peja's challenge to write a fic based on the word 'Unrequited.'

Betad by Simon Erif

Archivist's Note: Stuff in asterisks * should be italicized - and don't put this part in the fic file.

Unrequited Love - Or Not
by Ami

Blair sighed. *This unrequited love shit is a bitch,* he thought. He looked up from the essay he was grading, staring at Jim through the curtain of his hair. His partner was flirting with a motorcycle cop. Tall and bronzed, with long black hair, Maria Domingez wasn't Jim's usual type. But then again, it didn't matter who Jim flirted with, Blair hated them all. He wanted Jim to want him, but he went for tall, leggy redheads - or tall Spanish beauties, it seemed.

"Why doesn't he want me?" he asked himself, under his breath. Jim normally kept his senses turned down when he was at the station, too many things could ambush him there, so he didn't think Jim would hear him - but he was wrong. He went back to grading the exam, never noticing Jim suddenly look his way and break off his conversation with Maria.

"Hey, Chief."

Blair looked up; Jim was standing over him. "Hey, Jim," he returned.

"We need to talk."

Blair tried not to wince.

He knew, from personal experience, that those words never led to anything good. "Sure, Big Guy, what about?" Blair said, trying to keep a light tone to his voice.

"Not here." Jim motioned for Blair to follow him.

Blair followed Jim into the break room, where Jim shut and locked the door. Uh-oh. He must be pissed about something, Blair thought.

Jim stalks towards Blair, looking like a panther on the prowl. "So, Chief..." he said casually. "Why didn't you ever tell me you were in love me?" Jim pinned Blair in his gaze, and Blair was helpless to escape.

"I, er, I, um..." Blair stuttered.

"Because I've wanted you for a while, but you never seemed interested, so I never brought it up," Jim finished, smiling softly at his partner. He reached a hand up and cupped Blair's face, bring him forward for their first kiss.

Blair felt like he was drowning in Jim; the kiss was perfect, mesmerizing. He grabbed a hold of Jim's head and brought him forward, thrusting his tongue into Jim's mouth, trying to crawl inside of his Sentinel.

Jim, however, gentled the kiss, coaxing Blair down from his frenzy. He broke their kiss and pulled Blair's hands away from his face, holding them in his own. "Hey, it's not like we have to do everything right now," Jim said teasingly. "This isn't a one-time deal, Chief," he promised.

Blair gasped for breath. "I-I know," he stammered. "I've just wanted this for so long, and I never thought you'd feel the same way..." he said in a small voice.

"But I do, Chief. Now, why don't you grab your stuff, so we can go home and make my bed our bed?" Jim proposed, grinding his hips into Blair's hard cock.

Blair gasped and his eyes lit up. "Lead on, lover," he purred. Apparently his love wasn't unrequited after all.

END