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the intimate bathing meme;

Grooming is an important part of many species' rituals. It keeps them clean, healthy, and content. And a good bath? It can change the whole tone of a day from terrible to relaxed and blissful. But nudity is sometimes viewed as a weakness - and it is almost always sexualized - so bathing is often kept a private matter. If you do share these moments with someone, they're almost always a significant other or a sexual partner. Like you're doing now. Whether it be after a battle or after sex (or before sex, even), the two of you are going to get clean. Be sure to help each other out with that, won't you? After all, there are places on the back that just can't be reached... HOW TO PLAY: Comment with your character, your prefs, etc. If there are other grooming-related practices or kinks you'd like to include, like shaving, hair washing, mention them! Reply to others!

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[workingonitsir]

Soap in the eyes is a bad idea that Jarvis doesn't get yet. Sam's fingers are warm and firm against his own cool ones, with the warmth of the water and slickness of the suds to go with it.

Its an interesting sensation.

"I'll strive not to so much then, Sam. I hope I never feel that way again." Of course he didn't realize at this point in time that humans almost dealt with it on a daily basis.

Teal eyes watch Sam rinse himself off. "Is that all there is to bathing in the water then?" He runs the sponge over his skin curiously, working his limbs to try and get every place that he could reach. The back was tough and there was a spot he kept missing despite how much in vain he tried to get. How did humans deal with this? Putting that spot aside for the moment, Jarvis instead focused on getting everything else - his rear, feet, legs, even scowling a little at that really unusual sensation when he scrubbed at the apex of his thighs.

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As cute as it was to watch JARVIS be so seriously intent on getting cleaned up, Sam took the sponge and urged JARVIS into putting his back toward Sam so one could properly soap and rinse the other's back.

"Pretty much. It's not really all that exciting, though I tend to be a 'showers' kind of guy."

Sam honestly couldn't remember the last time he did an actual bath by himself. And seeing as how you were created by Tony Stark, you've probably seen enough to write your own version of the Kama Sutra. In Binary.

"...You know usually when it's two people in a bath together, there's a lot more than just getting clean going on."

And since Sam doesn't want to push too much, He'just going with lingering fingers on spine, upper arm. shoulder.

[workingonitsir]

Hey, being clean is important. He needs to be spotless in Sam's and Tony's presence at all times - just like he was when he was a computer. 'Cleanliness is next to godliness', too.

Jarvis does as asked and moves to allow Sam access to his back. It was strange to feel the texture of the sponge with just the skin of his back. The sensation of it moving across his skin and scrubbing the dead cells away with the dirt.

Sam gets his attention and he turns his head, giving the user a look like he didn't understand for a moment. The touches were warm against his skin, similar almost to the same touches from the ordeal in the map room.

"...Something like the map room?"

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Sam had actually been hoping that he wouldn't need to bring that up. Not that he was prudish about casual sex or anything, but that wasn't how he'd wanted anything to go down with J. It seemed like he'd used JARVIS to forget for a little while.

It was not a good feeling.

"...Yeah. Only this time we both know what happens next."

With the sponge, with cleaning up, or this sort of emotional gray area. It's one of those questions where you needed to fill in your own answer.

[workingonitsir]

"I have an inkling of what happens next at least. It's not like I've had the opportunity to do that in this form," he points out carefully. Whatever happened in the map room, Jarvis hadn't forgotten, but he didn't hold it in a negative light for Sam.

He lets them both sit in silence for a moment, letting the sound of sponge moving over skin fill the otherwise quiet room. He tried to think of what humans usually did for the particular situation that's moving through his mind. What was it called?

"...Si-- Sam. Would you like to go on a date with me sometime?" He turns his head to look at the other questioningly. Not questioningly because he was afraid of rejection, but more because he wasn't sure if that was the correct term.

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That actually surprised Sam.

Not that JARVIS would already know these things ( though it was mild;y interesting that the "new form" hadn't already been tried out ) but that he asked Sam out socially. Sam showing J something besides Malibu was already on the agenda. but nobody actually asked Sam to go out. It's always the other way around. Usually because no one likes him enough to bother...right?

"Uh...sure."

[workingonitsir]

Jarvis' face seemed to...light up at the acceptance. He had heard usually these things took more than one try in asking and he really wasn't expecting for Sam to say 'yes' right off of the bat. Or 'sure', to be technical.

"What should I do for you for one?" Jarvis turns so that he can look better at Sam and still allow for his skin to be washed if the other so desired. It's a question he's really sincere about because Tony's relationships...well, there weren't really stable, or normal. So it's not like the former program exactly has a good example to use.

Yes I got this from a movie. Yes it's a dumb name.

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Should probably amend that to nobody has bothered making the first move on Sam. He's done his fair share of different "scenes" but Tony's the one with the crazy reputation for being spontaneous about sex. Sam prefers to do research to the nth degree before the subject even turns to kissing.

But since Sam didn't find out that JARVIS had more than a friendly interest until recently, using Sam's former relationships (and using that word is a big stretch for almost all of them) could be an even worse example, because Sam himself is young and hasn't a clue about this dating business.

"...You know, I have no idea. Usually I'm the one doing the asking so...that little Cuban place I guess? The one with the red candles on the tables. I'm pretty sure its called Cha-cha-cha."

That was safe right? Nothing to do with the internet, the Grid, Iron Man or computers.

:3

[workingonitsir]

If it helps Sam feel any better, Jarvis could be considered even younger than Sam now with even less experience in the dating field. But that certainly didn't mean he wasn't going to try! Jarvis may be a bit clumsy at social interactions, but it was clear he was going to give something his all when he tried it.

Except maybe getting in a bathtub, but that's neither here nor there at the moment.

"That sounds perfect, Sam. Is this the part where I ask you when you would like for me to escort you to the restaurant then?" The 'pick up' part wasn't needed since Sam had essentially been staying in the Starks since J's arrival into the User world. "It is the little restaurant close to the waterfront, yes?"