Author's Note: So this is my post season 2 story I've been talking about. This month is a little hectic for me so I plan to update every 2 weeks or so.

Reviews are always appreciated

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of 24, all others are fictitious

They both sat there silently. Their bodies were dripping wet and starting to shiver, neither could tell if it was from the rain or from each other. His lips were inches away from her own and begging to be touched. They were so close she could feel his quickening breathe start to caress her neck.

If it hadn't been for the blasting horn of the AAA truck behind them he would have been able to finish the kiss they were both so desperate for. The truck was coming to pull his car out of the mud. They got stuck during the storm on the way to their first date.

The night had started good enough.

He was taking her to a nice restaurant just outside of town. His friend he knew from college owned it with his wife. The ride out there was fairly long, and reservations were hard to get even for knowing the owner, but she was worth it.

He stood at the front of her door, smoothing out his jacket. It didn't go unnoticed that his hands were slightly shaking in anticipation.

She opened the door and his mouth hung open lightly at the sight of the little red dress she had on, hugging her body and teasing him in all the right ways. The deep burgundy matched the small rose he had brought her.

"You look…" he tried but couldn't form a complete sentence.

"Thanks; so do you," she blushed.

He held out his hand for her to take and led her to the car.

"So are you going to tell me now?" she asked.

"Well since this place is supposed to be a surprise I don't think I can," he teased her.

She just groaned in annoyance that she wasn't able to guess where they were going.

The car ride had been a pleasant one. They made some small talk about work and the upcoming funerals they would be going to. They rode for a while in a comforting silence, barley noticing the change in the weather.

The rain was steadily growing worse to a point where he had to pull over.

"It's really coming down," she said.

"Yeah, we'll just wait a minute until it passes," he said, trying not to show his disappointment that there date was being delayed by the weather.

He tried several times to start the ignition, cursing every time it went out. He got out seeing what they were stuck in, a large mud hole made from the rain. He heard the car door slam; somehow knowing she should be right behind him, even though he insisted she stay inside.

"Michelle, go back in its freezing," he said, dragging them both back to the car and throwing his jacket around her.

They got in and she couldn't stop herself from laughing at the mud that was covering his face. She leaned in close to him and began wiping it off his nose then down to his chin. He took her hand in his and held it to his face.

Things weren't playful anymore. She felt dizzy with the way he was looking at her, the way his face was moving towards her own, gazing at her lips. She reached up to him just as the horn blew from the truck Tony had called.

It was still soaking wet outside when the truck dropped them off at his apartment. Tony threw his arms around her as they ran inside to get out of the rain.

A little while later Michelle stood in his bathroom, looking around and shifting a little awkwardly in her dress. She heard a small knock at the door.

"Hey. I um…I brought you some clothes to change into after you shower." He handed her some of his pajamas and she set them down on the counter.

"Sorry, I didn't really have anything else and…"

"No this is fine," she said with a genuine smile.

He went out into the kitchen, trying to distract his mind as much as possible from the thought of a naked Michelle in his shower. So many times he had been in there thinking about her, what it would be like to touch her. All he could think about was how it would feel to be surrounded by her, to make her feel loved.

He decided to make her dinner, not only had they had a long night, but it was the perfect way to focus on something else.

She got out of the shower and looked sweetly at the clothes her brought her. She changed into them, pulling the sleeve up to her nose and breathing in his comforting male scent. The feeling of being wrapped up in him intoxicating her for a moment.

"Hey, what are you doing?" she asked stepping out of the bathroom into a delicious smelling room.

Tony looked up at the woman in front of him. Her hair was wild along with her eyes. His clothes hung off her body and his pants drooped to the floor and his shirt was at least three sizes too big. He had never seen her look more beautiful.

"Figured after all that I owed you some dinner," he said, grinning at her enjoyment of watching him cook.

He walked over to the counter, grabbing two wine glasses and grabbing the bottle. Michelle started to walk over to him to help with the wine since she didn't even try to with anything else. Tony didn't exactly know about her lack of cooking skills and she intended to keep it that way.

She almost didn't realize it when she set her hand down on the scorching stove top. She even surprised herself with the yelp she let out.

"Hey, hey you ok?" he said while carefully examining the wound.

"Yeah it's fine. I think it more surprised me than anything," she said with a small laugh.

She expected him to make some sort of fuss over the whole thing, given that was his nature to protect her. What she didn't expect was for him to draw her finger to his lips, swirling the sweetness from his mouth around the burned flesh. She watched intently as her kissed each of her fingers down to the center of her palm.

The action left her somewhat breathless, standing in the middle of the room while he got her some burn cream from the bathroom, mouth still slightly hanging open.

He came back and soothingly applied the cream. Michelle could almost feel the care through his eyes. The way he was looking at her made her knees go weak, and for a split second, one small moment, she swore she saw love.

"Stay with me tonight?" he asked. She almost didn't hear him; the words snapped her out of her thoughts and made her focus on his words.

"I mean you shouldn't be driving in this weather. I thought maybe we could watch a movie or…" he started just as the power went off in the apartment.

They both couldn't help but laugh at the misfortunes of the night. He moved to find some candles he had lying around for when things like this happened.

"You know, this isn't what I had planned for our first date." he said.

Michelle looked over the room. There were candles laid everywhere, bathing each of them in a warming glow while Tony's strong arms wrapped themselves around her small body.

"I like this." she said, gently resting her head in his chest. He could feel her relax into his body.

"You okay?" He asked.

"Yeah, I'm just really getting sleepy." Michelle said.

He looked down at her tired form and smiled while lightly rocking her back and forth. Holding her brought a calm to him he had never felt. He really liked this to.