There really isn't enough Dom/Ariadne fanfiction. I just saw Inception (a little late), and fell in love with this couple. Okay, so if you haven't noticed, this is my first time writing something that is above a T rating. I could use all the critisim.

I do not own Inception...

Ariadne gave a content sigh as she soaked up the sun. Her back was starting to get uncomfortably hot, but she didn't care. She was just to content on her bright colored beach towel. The sound of the waves getting her drowsy. After the Fisher inception, she and Dom Cobb had finally gotten together (after being set up by Eames and Arthur of course), and are now living in California. Cobb is an architect for one of Saito's American firms and Ariadne transferred to a college in California. Although its usually a simple life, Saito still assigns the team cases to extract valuable information.

"That's why the bloody company is so damn wealthy." Eames would mutter. Ariadne still had to get used to the States. Like the weather in particular, it is much more milder in Paris. When Ariadne moved to the states permanatly, she was going to buy some cheap apartment but Dom admantly refused for her to live in an apartment. "You should take your time to find a better one, and I could really use a baby sitter," Cobb said sheepishly.

She moved in with Cobb and his kids and has been in a happy routine with the Cobb family since. Her back was starting to burn, but still she refused to move from the comfortable position on the sand. Instead she listened to Phillipa and James's laughter as they played on the beach. The trip was Phil's idea of spending the rare long weekend, and everyone quickly agreed that it was a good one.

"Ari! Look at my seashell!" Phillipa yelled excitedly.

"It's very pretty Phil. Maybe I can make it into a necklace for you when we get home."

"Can I help Ari?" Phillipa asked hopefully. Her blue eyes shining, just like her father's when he talked about something he loved.

"Of course!" Ariadne exclaimed. Phillipa nodded and ran back to where James was still picking up seashells. She dozed off again to the peaceful sounds of the ocean and her favorite kids' laughter.

Drip. Drip. Drip. Ariadne awoke from her nap and looked around annoyed. Well, it's not raining... James and Phillipa were in the sand; building. Arthur and Eames were sharing an ice cream cone on thier towel. But where was Dom? She looked up through her sunglasses and sure enough there he was. Shirtless. And dripping water.

Dom winced at her back. "I think your about to get a mean sunburn," he told her worridly, "your back looks horrible."

"Thanks." She frowned.

"I didn't mean it like that, Sweetheart," he chuckled. He knelt down and blew on her back. Ariadne welcomed the coolness on her skin. She felt Dom kiss her back gently.

Groggily, she turned to lie on her back and pulled Dom down for a chaste kiss. "So are you enjoying Phil's brilliant idea?" She asked with a smirk. She noticed that he was really busy all week going over the plans for the latest case.

"It feel good to finally wind down and relax for a while." He sighed, like he was getting weight off of his chest.

Ariadne smiled and moved so that her head was on his lap. She was ready to doze off again, she was tired and feeling a little sick. Dom knew that something was wrong with her, because everytime he came home from work she was already asleep. Usually she would wait for him to ask him about his day.

"And what's got you so sleepy?" Dom asked her smiling softly.

"That damned college paper." She yawned and raised a hand to stroke the back of his head. Dom bent down and put his lips to her ear, "I looked over it last night like you asked. It's fine, so don't worry." Ariadne shivered at his voice.

After checking that nobody was watching them, Dom licked from the back of her ear to her jaw line. Ariadne groaned at him. "Thanks." She smiled and he grinned at her in return.

Ariadne giggled as she got up to get in the water. Dom got up to follow her, scooping James and Phillipa along the way. Ariadne smiled at the sight of Cobb finally reunited with his children, happier than she's ever seen him. In the corner of her eye she saw Arthur and Eames playing volleyball with eachother.

"Ariadne!" James called her, "look at my sand castle!"

"Wow James! It's amazing...is that a dragon?" She asked while taking the boy in her own arms. James nodded.

It was only natural that Phillipa and James saw Ariadne as a mom from the countless hours spent together when she babysat them for Cobb. Ariadne was even called 'mom' from time to time. After setting down James so he could swim with Phillipa, Ariadne began to float herself in the ocean. The swaying of the ocean lulling her busy mind asleep. She had colledge work to do and she had to design a maze for the Rigdedell case.

Suddenly, she felt two strong arms hold her body higher from the water. The air and his touch giving him goosebumps.

"If you drop me, that'll be the last time you touch me, " she threatened. He paid no mind, instead, he just laughed at her frazzeled appearance. She wrestled herself out of his arms so that she can stand in front of him.

"I wasn't kidding." She smiled at him.

"Yeah, I've come to learn to take your threats seriously, but I know this particular one you can't hold." He kissed her nose.

"What are you saying? That I can't resist you Dominic Cobb?" She raised a brow, and stepped back to prove a point. In all honesty, she couldn't resist him, but her feminist personality wouldn't let her back down from his challendge.

"I'm saying...," he circled his arms around her waist and pulled her close, "that I can't resist you."

Okay, after this chapter is where it gets steamy