Five Times Joy Did Jax's Nails (And Once He Did Hers)

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Title: Five Times Joy Did Jax's Nails (And Once He Did Hers)
Rating: PG-13 for one moment of explicit sexual content.
Summary: Exactly what it says on the tin.
AU: Joy/Chloe
Notes: Approved by Nikki.


1)

Jax came down with the flu not long after Joy moved in with Chloe, and spent a week in bed, coughing and spitting up snot. Chloe fussed over him, fetching him extra blankets, making him soup, and checking his temperature every ten minutes, which was endearing but occasionally irritating.

Joy, on the other hand...

She poked her head in on the first day, and held up a bag of nail polish. "Hey," she said. "Thought you might like someone to do your nails. Yours always look so nice."

Jax decided then and there that Chloe would have to keep her.


2)

Joy bent over his hand, stroking bright glitter paint along his already-purple nail. "So the two of you gonna fuck tonight?"

"Miss Joy," Jax said, reprovingly. He'd gotten a lot of practice in that tone.

She laughed. "Excuse me. Are the two of you going to make love tonight?"

Jax rolled his eyes. "Maybe. Why?"

"'Cause there's this thing he likes," Joy said. She capped the polish. "You're done. When you're blowing him, tuck your thumb right up under his glans. He loves that."

"Oh, really?" He grinned. "Thanks."

"You're welcome," she said. "Just keep it down, okay? Thin walls."


3)

"Jaaaax," Joy said coaxingly, waggling a bottle of his favorite purple polish in front of him. "Want a manicure, sweetie? I got your favorite color..."

Jax raised an eyebrow, but he had a policy of never turning down a manicure from Joy. He put both hands on the table, waited until she'd gotten halfway through his right hand, and asked, "What do you want?"

"I want Noah to impregnate me," Joy said, without shame or tact. "It's the twins. I want another baby, Jax. I want another baby now."

"Fine with me," Jax said. "Just finish the manicure first, okay?"


4)

"This is taking forever," Joy complained. "Chloe never said labor took this long."

"Chloe had a C-section," pointed out Jax, whose turn it was to stay with her.

Joy ignored him anyway. "I'm bored," she whined. "I mean it. Jax, entertain me or I'm going to lose."

Having heard stories from Noah and Chloe, he'd come prepared. "Want to paint my nails?" he offered. "I've got this new silver glitter I've been meaning..."

She was already holding out her hand. "Give it here. Maybe if I'm super perfectionistic I'll have the kid by the time I'm done."

He doubted it.


5)

"So," Joy said, sitting down beside him at the table. "How's the farm treating you?"

Jax beamed at her. "It's wonderful," he said. "Just like growing up. Getting up when it's still dark out, watching the sun rise, coming in from a day of hard work to a good dinner..." He laughed when Joy made a face. "I love it."

"And that's all that matters," she said, stoutly. "Still, we miss you, and I thought..." She reached down, and set her manicure kit on the table. "Old times' sake?"

Jax smiled at her, and put his hands on the table.


6)

Joy was jittering all over the place, which made it very hard to do her nails. Jax sighed. "Miss Joy, do you want polish all over your dress?"

"No," she said, sheepishly.

"Then sit still. I have to do Miss Chloe's nails next."

"Okay, okay." She settled down for all of five seconds before her smile burst out again. "I'm getting married, Jax!"

He smiled at her, and kissed her hand. "I'm so happy for you."

She beamed at him, then caught his hands and squeezed them. "Thanks, Jax. For being you."

"It's the least I could do," he said.