Notes: I've signed up to do the '50 Phrases Challenge' over on Paint It Red, the aim is to write 50 stories to the phrase prompts provided. I've decided to do this challenge in the form of drabbles.

Disclaimer: I don't own The Mentalist, I don't even know who does, Bruno Heller? CBS? Someone, somewhere knows it's definitely not mine.


1. I love you

'I love you.'

Rigsby smiled into a kiss. 'Again.'

'I. Love. You.'

Van Pelt's soft drawl filled the silence as she paused between each word.

'Again,' said Rigsby, pulling her closer until she covered him like the sheets they'd kicked out of bed.

'No more,' she grumbled, following them with a gentle nibbling of his lower lip. 'Your turn.'

'I love you,' he whispered, kissing along the skin below her ear.

She rolled onto her back and closed her eyes, soft moans falling from her lips. Rigsby twisted his hands through the tendrils of her hair and gasped for breath.