Amanda smiled a little as she looked at the man laying next to her, still panting with the workout they'd just had, sweat glistening over well honed muscles. Shifting a little she laid on her side, her head pillowed on his arm as looked over at him."You look very concerned for a man who'd just had sex."She muttered, the light teasing hiding the concern.
Stone Hopper sighed as he closed his eyes, shifting his head a little, pressing a kiss to her forehead."I'm always serious."He muttered, not ready to go into what was really bothering him.
Amanda frowned as she considered her oh so serious navy commander, sitting up on her elbows to gently brush blond hair out of his face, that despite the short military cut, still managed to look sexily mussed."Having second thoughts?"She asked after a moment, worry darkening her eyes.
"No."Stone's eyes flashed a little with annoyance, emotion showing through the usual calm. Even if he could be open and friendly at times, it was more his nature to be quiet and thoughtful, which made him a perfect balance for his brother, and made this…impulsiveness even more out of character. After all, he wouldn't put it past Hopper to suddenly show up married, but Stone? Yea…Hopper was going to kill him. Looking at the girl he'd loved for more years then he'd been in the navy the 36 year old sighed softly, "No, I'm not."
Amanda frowned as she studied his face, gently playing with his hair, shivering as he pressed a kiss to her wrist."Then what's wrong?"
Stone smiled a little, trying to relax."I have no idea how I'm going to explain this to hopper. He knows I haven't seen you in years."He muttered blushing slightly, because that was the only thing that really embarrassed him about this. That he'd come home for a class reunion, and was going back to base married. Definitely not something he wanted to tell Hopper when he was trying to convince the man that impulsiveness just led to trouble.
Amanda studied the man as he closed his eyes. He was right, it'd been nearly…16 years actually. And she knew Stone was still confused why she'd walked away from him, but after a evening spent in his company, she knew she hadn't made the right choice in leaving all those years ago. She'd been 19, pregnant and scared to tell him. He'd just enlisted, and she knew he would have rather walked away from what was a promising career to be with her, because they'd discussed him leaving the military in a few years, starting a family. She hadn't known what to do, so she asked his mother for advice.
And she'd walked away, from the man she'd loved, for his sake. Because his mother had told her to leave him alone, let him find someone who truly deserved him instead of a trailer trash whore. The words from a woman who's table she'd sat at for countless dinners had hurt her so badly that by the time she'd returned to talk to Stone, he'd already left. And when she miscarried, she had been in to much pain and at a loss to reach out to the one person who would have understood. While she'd never told him what had caused her to walk away, she knew he was curious, but after so long apart they were taking it slow…..well, as slow as one could after getting drunk and waking up married. Which meant no talking about where it had gone wrong the first time, they were just enjoying the few moments they had before he had to fly to Hawaii.
"He's already having issues with the marriage-thing cause Sam's after him to ask the admiral for her hand."Stone sighed softly as he shifted, laying on his back as he drew the dark haired blond into his side, pressing a kiss to her hair, as he tried to shove away the worry that even across the country his brother could inflict on him.
"Talk to him after the war games. It'll be less stressful by then I'll have a place for us in Oahu."Amanda said sighing as she closed her eyes, yawning as she settled in to nap before he had to leave.