10/14/15, NXT Taping, half hour ago…

"This tag match has been all Cena and Balor from the beginning-" Byron Saxton says, being cut off… but not by Corey or Tom.

Amanda was launched off the ring apron by a mistimed kick from Murphy and fell, her face and left shoulder hitting hard against the steps… immediately, Finn scrambled to the woman that for nearly a year had been his Demon Mistress, his left hand resting on the right side of her face before he tied his Balor Club shirt to the wound in her left shoulder.

"Oh damn, that was a hell of a shot to Mandy…" Corey said, genuinely startled.

Finn helped Amanda up and the two whispered back and forth, Amanda attempting to distract him and take him to the backstage area to calm him down… but then Finn had charged into the ring and attacked Murphy, Alexa yelling at him to stop.

Murphy yelled in pain when his right shoulder snapped out of its socket and Amanda was dragging an infuriated Finn from the ring and up the ramp.

"Calm down." Amanda whispered.

"He caused you to hit your head and shoulder!" Finn growled, examining Amanda's face again and he saw a bruise forming under her left eye before checking her shoulder.

It was after she had been fixed up and decided to clear her mind after reassuring Finn that she'd be okay, Amanda was accosted by Alexa.

"Get him under control, damn it!" Alexa growled.

"Why would it matter to you? How can I be faulted for overprotective friends, it was your boyfriend who kicked me in the face!" Amanda snapped at a seething Alexa. "You noticed that Finn can be overprotective, why didn't you shout at Murphy to stop what he was doing?"

"Why would I? And yes, I have noticed that the Demon King is damn near possessive of you!" Alexa says.

"Possessive is going too far in describing things! Why is it any of your concern? Mine and Finn's closeness doesn't affect you one little bit." Amanda said, turning to leave but Alexa stopped her.

"And yet it caused him to flip out, didn't it?! If you two weren't 'close', personal things wouldn't have made him put Murphy on a fucking stretcher!" Alexa snarled, pale blue eyes narrowed at Amanda.

"Ain't my fault you picked a man with a raging temper… now unless you want to lose that hand, shove off." Amanda says.

Alexa backed up and Amanda left, walking into her and Finn's locker room… it was easy to see he was still angry so she was careful when she rested her right hand on his left shoulder and he reached his right arm over and squeezed her hand.

"It's okay, Finn…" Amanda whispered as he turned around, pulling her to him after wrapping his right arm around her back and lightly kissing her on her head as his left hand rested on Amanda's face.

He still had a bit of red coloring in his face from the leftover anger... and he could tell from Amanda's shaking body that Alexa and Murphy had set the part in the match up and didn't tell anyone.

"You've been through enough with life threatening neurological issues, I don't want it happening again…" Finn whispered, his right hand running along Amanda's back.

"They think we're too close for their comfort…" Amanda whispered as they looked at each other.

"And it's driving them crazy." Finn says, still hanging onto Amanda even as they sat down on the couch.

They liked it better when it was just the two of them around and they could think clearly without the others constantly barging in or driving them crazy.

But sometimes it seemed like they never got enough privacy…

Present time…

"You look so damn tired…" Finn said after helping Amanda up, both of their duffel bags on his right shoulder.

"We're both exhausted…" Amanda says, only managing to zip her Balor Club hoodie halfway because of the twenty stitches in her left shoulder... it was why she had skipped washing her hair during her shower earlier, the pain hit her too fast.

The shoulder and eye injuries were far removed from the worst ones she had suffered in her career but they still had Finn worried… it was hard not to worry about her much like she tried not to worry about him during matches.

"Let's head on home…" Finn whispered, his left arm wrapping around Amanda's back this time instead of her shoulders and her leaning against him before they left their locker room.

Outside waited excited fans and a swarm of press, the two were familiar with that as Finn shielded Amanda from the press after they signed autographs for fans.

But they were unaware of the figure in the distance watching them as they headed to the car...