Title: Mad Scientist
Category: CSI: NY
Rating: K+
Genre: Romance
Pairing: Don Flack/Lindsay Monroe
Prompt: Wax
Word Count: 408
Summary: Don wants to sleep but Lindsay's got more pressing matters on her mind...

Mad Scientist
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Don startled awake and found his formerly sleeping companion trying to climb out of bed. With a tired groan, he reached over, wrapped his arm around her waist and dragged her back next to him. Her bare back pressed against his chest and he snuggled his face into her hair as he lifted his leg, his knee sliding between her thighs.

"G'ba'sleep..." he mumbled.

With a light chuckle, she shook her head. "I'll only be a minute..."

With a sigh, he opened one eye. "Where you going?"

"Living room... I remembered we left the candles burning..."

He frowned. "So? They'll burn out..."

"Exactly... There's a lot of wax probably soaking into the carpet and drying on the TV stand right now... They leave stains, Don..."

He grinned slightly. "Lindsay... Forget about the wax and go to sleep..."

"But the longer I let it sit, the more the stain will show. And do you have any idea how hard it is to get wax out of carpet? There's a mix of chemicals I can use to get it out, but there's a small window. Otherwise the wax forms in between the threads of the carpet and-"

"You keep talkin' and I'm gonna fall asleep with you right where you are..." With a loud yawn, he tightened his grip around her. "It's cold, it's late, and if you go to sleep right now, I will personally take care of whatever wax problems you find in the morning, all right?" His brows rose as his eyes closed and he breathed in the scent of her hair.

With a sigh, she relaxed into his arms. "Fine... But I'll hold you to that."

"Mm..." he mumbled.

"You're only doing this because you don't like sleeping without me... You can admit it..." she teased.

He smiled to himself. "G'sleep..."

Rubbing his arm, she lightly trailed her nails back and forth across the top of his forearm.

Nuzzling her hair out of the way, he kissed her shoulder. Right then, he didn't even care that tomorrow was going to be come science experiment where she showed him various different ways to get wax out of things. So long as he could fall asleep with her right there, he was willing to agree to just about anything. Thankfully, she wasn't the kind to take advantage. He'd play Mad Scientist with her any day so long as his nights involved her warm body in his bed.