Little Wonders

No spoilers because it's all fluff – just the way I like it. Lol.

The characters don't belong to me…yada yada yada. You know the shpiel.

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The music resonated through the apartment as she stood in the kitchen slicing vegetables for the salad. A half full glass of wine sat next to the cutting board and she took a long sip when she finished cutting up the red bell pepper.

She hated it when the apartment was silent, so she had plugged her iPod into the stereo and set it on random when she started cooking dinner for her and Gil. She had started boiling water for the pasta with The Bangles, but as she had started chopping up the lettuce, the music had switched to AC/DC and now she found herself dancing around the kitchen to "Shook Me All Night Long." She sang along as she pulled a cucumber out of the refrigerator and started banging her head around to the chorus of the song.

Suddenly she heard a stifled snicker and looked to her right and saw Gil standing in the doorway watching her. She smiled at him and continued chopping. The next thing she knew she felt arms wrap around her waist and a head rest on her shoulder. She leaned back into his embrace and took a small wedge of the cucumber she was slicing and placed it into his waiting mouth.

She had to smile as he placed a small kiss on the corner of where her neck met her shoulder. As she picked up the pile of sliced cucumber and put it into the salad bowl, the song changed again, this time to a slower Rob Thomas song.

She felt herself subconsciously start rocking back and forth to the tempo of the song as she wiped off her hands and took another sip of wine, but then realized it was the man behind her who was initiating this movement, using his hold on her to his own advantage. They stayed in this position for a moment, both silent, while his hands moved to rest on either side of her waist so that his thumbs could gently message her back.

All of a sudden, she felt him take a step back away from her and turned her head to question him, but he used his hands to turn her whole body towards him instead. She was still holding the large, sharp knife in her hand as he leaned in and placed a gentle kiss on her lips. As he leaned back in for a second, more passionate kiss, he grabbed her wrist and slid it towards her fingers, taking the knife out of her hand.

She laughed into his mouth as she heard the knife being placed on the counter behind her. He laughed back at her as they broke apart and smiled at each other.

"Dance with me." He finally spoke, some husk in his voice as he reached out and moved a stray hair from her forehead.

"You don't like to dance." She responded, raising her eyebrows at him and his strange request. His response came in the form of the raising of his own eyebrows back at her and a twinkle in his eyes so she obliged him and wrapped her arms around his neck, playing with the soft curls that lay on the edge of his hairline.

She watched his face for a moment, trying, like the investigator that she was, to unravel this mysterious behavior.

"You're in a good mood."

"I am now."

He pulled her closer and placed a lingering kiss on her forehead as they continued to move to the music, too lost in this moment to care about anything else that could possibly be going on in the world.

Our lives are made

In these small hours

These little wonders,

These twists & turns of fate

Time falls away,

But these small hours,

These small hours still remain

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Songs used in this fic:

The Bangles – Eternal Flame

AC/DC – Shook Me All Night Long

Rob Thomas – Little Wonders