A/N: The song is by Little Big Town, so of course I do not own it. I also do not own anything from WWE, TNA, or any of the characters mentioned... they of course own themselves. All I do is use them for my own personal enjoyment and entertainment.

It seemed as if the show would never get done, the past few hours had been dragging on and on, almost as if even the clock knew she wanted nothing more than to leave that place. Sure, she loved the business and loved wrestling like it was her child, but there was somewhere more important she needed to be tonight. Usually he would have come with Steph to the arena but lately it had gotten much too difficult to do filming, go to his shows, and go to work with Stephanie all at once. Vince looked at his daughter, seeing that distant gaze that spoke volumes about where her heart and mind really were at that very moment. Sighing, Vince rested a hand on his daughter's shoulder, grabbing her attention for a moment.

"I know, dad, I know. Lost focus there again, gotta get back to paying attention to what's going on in the ring..." Stephanie said, flipping around until she got to the part in her script that they were on now. It wasn't like her to not pay attention to her own show, usually she was dissecting every single move the guys made and every single word the announcers said. Levesque looked at her as he walked by, seeing that same distant gaze in her eyes that Vince had noticed earlier. Honestly, he didn't quite know what she saw in that goofy dork that she hadn't seen in himself. Walking up to the gorilla, he looked at Steph, then at Vince and chuckled.

"Run out of coffee or something? Usually the two of you are full of piss and vinegar, especially at SmackDown tapings." Paul asked, knowing that wasn't even close to the real problem.

Stephanie looked up at her former love, rolling her eyes in annoyance as Vince looked on. Several other wrestlers walked by, casually observing the interaction between the three of them. Everyone kept their distance though, they knew that it could turn into a volatile situation at any moment, especially given Stephanie and Paul's tempers when it came to each other.

"No Paul, unlike some people, I actually have somewhere else I'd like to be now. As much as you all entertain me and make me laugh, I'd love to be where I feel happiest and full of love. Right now, that place is nowhere near this arena." Stephanie said, looking down and sighing. Paul looked at Vince, then at Stephanie, and then back at Vince. Seeing the expression on Paul's face, Vince knew they were both thinking the same thing. Reaching over, Vince grabbed Stephanie's script and pulled it over towards his end of the table. Stephanie was too busy looking at her phone to even notice what was going on, until she looked up that was. Paul was gone, thank goodness... but there was one important item that was missing from in front of her as well.

"Dad, did you see where my script went off to? I gotta make sure this finish goes as planned so we can get out of here on time. They're starting to run longer than we all talked about this afternoon and if that happens, we're gonna be spending all night trying to find where to edit from to get within the right amount of airtime for Friday night!" Stephanie rambled on, the idea of having to stay late really getting on her nerves.

"It's right here sweetheart, I have it. You won't be needing it though." Vince told his daughter, handing it over to one of the production staffers.

"But how am I going to know if the finish goes right?" she asked in a panic. The script had everything they needed to know for the major parts of this match... without it she was up a creek with no paddle.

"You'll know when you see it on TV Friday night..." Vince replied, smiling at his daughter and waiting for the meaning behind his words to hit her. Still sitting there confused, Stephanie grew a tad bit agitated.

"By then it'll be too late though if it runs over and we don't edit it. Dad, we can't have that happen... we didn't get clearance for an overrun from the network this week." she said exasperated. What the hell was he thinking? She couldn't be without the script if they were going to pull off a good show this week.

"There's dozens of production staff that work here Stephanie, I'm here tonight, Kevin is in the truck, and there's countless other people around too." he explained, surprised that she didn't quite understand what he was doing for her.

"What are you trying to say daddy? You've never acted like this before, you're almost going a bit crazy in a way.." Stephanie questioned, confused by her father's sudden change in behavior.

"Sweetie, go home. It's been a long week, the PPV weekend craziness is always hell on everyone. Go home and take care of things there... you both deserve some extra together time." Vince replied, a smile on his face as he watched his daughter's eyes light up and the expression on her face turn from sadness to one of excitement. Standing up, she turned to give her father a big hug.

"Daddy, thank you so much!" she exclaimed, giving him a kiss on the cheek.

"It's all worth it to see you happy sweetheart..." he replied, watching as she grabbed her purse and almost bounced down the hallway.

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Laying on the couch, Kurt was all but fast asleep as he listened to the sounds of a suburban summer night. Dogs barking, the midnight train coming through right on time... some things he would never get tired of as long as he lived. During the day when he was home, he loved to sit with the windows open, listening as the neighborhood kids played outside. It only took a couple more minutes of lying there for him to start to doze off. Just one more night and she would be back in his arms where she belonged; it was the one thing that kept him going when they had to be apart. Before he finally went off into dreamland, the last image in his head was of her laying beside him with her head on his chest.

You got someone here wants to make it all right

Someone who loves you more than life right here

About an hour later, Stephanie slowly opened the rather large door leading to the inside of the house. It had been a long flight but thankfully she was able to take the jet so she wouldn't have to wait around any longer. Putting her bags down and slipping off her shoes, she tiptoed through the hallway towards the bedroom only to see a figure curled up on the oversized plush couch. Smiling to herself, she quietly made her way into the room, trying her best to not wake the sleeping giant . He looked so peaceful when asleep, it was actually kind of cute in a way. His eyes didn't close tightly so you could still make out their full shape, and he always had this grin on his face when he slept, especially when they were together. Bending down so she hovered right above his head, Stephanie gave him one long kiss on the lips before getting ready to head to bed.

This dream, it had never felt like this before, not even the first time he had it. This time Kurt could feel everything so vividly, even another pair of lips on his own and a pair of hands lightly touching his bare chest. Slightly waking from his sleep, it became very clear that this was not a dream at all. It couldn't be, could it? SmackDown was taping tonight, it was Tuesday night and a set of shows after a PPV. She couldn't possibly be home already... usually no one got back into town until Wednesday morning. Reaching out towards where the hands were coming from, he smirked when his arms found their way around a very familiar waist. Deciding to have some fun with the unsuspecting woman, he pulled her back towards the couch.

You've got willing arms that'll hold you tight
A hand to lead you on through the night right here

Stephanie shrieked when she was suddenly pulled toward the couch, landing right against the rock hard body of one Kurt Angle. Looking at him, she shook her head upon seeing the half-awake grin on his face.

"Not that I mind being woken up this way after a long week, but how are you home so early? I thought you guys were taping again tonight." he asked, sitting up so he could be closer to her.

"Daddy sent me home early. I was kind of down a bit about being away for so long and that you weren't able to come and he just took my script away and told me to go ahead and come home, that it had been a long week and we deserved some together time." Stephanie told him, in pure bliss over the cuddle session they were having.

"Remind me to thank your dad for giving me so much time to be with you. I'm so lucky to get to hold you all the time and be in your life. I know it's not really an ideal situation right now with you always doing shows every week and me filming all these movies and still doing the rest of my contract deal with TNA, but we're making it work just like I knew we could." Kurt said, leaning in towards Stephanie as he spoke.

"Aww... you're so sweet. You know I would do anything so that we could be together, even if it means taking time away from everything else in life. This means that much to me, 'us' that is. I just wish we hadn't wasted all these years not speaking and doing our own thing. We could've been so much more right now had we not been so stubborn for so long." Stephanie said, a sigh making it past her lips.

Kurt looked at her, knowing she had really missed him for a long time before they had started talking again the previous year. He shook his head, ridding himself of any sad thoughts, this night, this week was theirs and he was intent on making it a good one.

So take your worries and
Just drop them at the door
Baby, leave it all behind

"Shhh... don't think about that Steph, it doesn't matter now. What matters is that we're here now together and still have a lot of life ahead of us together. I love you, that will never change and that hasn't changed all these years." Kurt said, his lips almost touching hers as she lay on the couch looking up into his eyes. Smiling, she brought a hand up, cupping the side of his face.

"I love you too, I have for longer than you know. You have no idea how hard it is to do a segment for TV with you in the room and not even touch you or cuddle you or even smile at you. Worst death sentence ever." Stephanie told Kurt, her gaze never leaving his. Seeing the pure carnal look in his eyes, Stephanie licked her lips.

"Damn, you're such a tease." he whispered in her ear, the sensation of his warm breath against her skin sending chills down Stephanie's spine.

"You know you enjoy every second of it." she replied, snaking her arms around his torso, pulling him down so their lips crashed against each others. Running his hands up and down her sides, Kurt barely let his fingertips touch, just lightly graze the skin underneath her top. Staying like that for a minute or two, Kurt suddenly sat up, flipping Stephanie over his shoulder and walked out of the room. As he continued on towards the bedroom, the sound of shrieking and laughter could be echoing throughout the house. Yes, this was exactly where they both wanted to be more than anything else in the world.

When your long day is over
And you can barely drag your feet
The weight of the world
Is on your shoulders
I know what you need
Bring it on home to me