[Oh, that was most decidedly cheating, and Alex pouted when she felt him shift under her like that. Honestly, it was going to be hard to win any arguments with him when she kept letting him have all of the best weapons so far. Letting out a soft but nonetheless huffy sigh of defeat, Alex reached out and tugged him back into bed with a jerk of her hand before she looked up to him and sighed dramatically once more.]

Yes, yes, yes, fine. I'm not a delicate flower. Come back to bed, Richard.

[Still, she considered for a minute, the thoughts showing on her face as she tried to find a compromise, or at the very least another adjective that described her. Other than well, pushy, determined and generally being a giant pain in the ass to him.]

How about secret badass? I can be Alex Reagan, secret badass.