Scarecrow and Mrs. King is copyrighted to Warner Brothers and Shoot the Moon Production. The characters are theirs, the story is mine. I thought the characters needed some air.
Author: Microdotty
Time frame: Summer after 4th season.
Rating: PG-13, contains some supernatural elements.
Notes: Marriage is still a secret. This story is a Scarecrow and Mrs. King crossover with Dark Shadows. For the purposes of the story, I have rewritten some established Dark Shadows history.
Service in the Dark Shadows
Officium in Umbris
Prologue: Q Bureau
Was There Ever Any Doubt?
Lee Stetson was hard at work at his desk in the Q Bureau, finishing up his report. As he dotted the last i and crossed the last t, he looked up to watch Amanda at her desk, also hard at work. He rested his chin on his fist and gazed at the beautiful woman who shared his life. A tender smile flickered across his lips and he felt the tension of the week leave his body. She was everything to him and he felt so lucky to have her as his wife.
Amanda, feeling his eyes on her, looked up and smiled shyly, as she often did when she caught him staring at her.
'She has such a wonderful smile,' Lee thought. Then he glanced at his watch and said, "You know, Amanda, it's nearly quitting time. How are you coming along with that report?"
"I just put on the finishing touches, sweetheart. How about yours?"
"Complete. So I was thinking, what do you want to do tonight? How about we grab some take-out, rent a video and spend a quiet evening at the apartment?"
"Lee Stetson, you promised me an evening out. I thought we were going out to dinner and you said you were getting us tickets to the symphony."
Lee pushed his chair back and stood up, and walked over to Amanda's desk. He perched himself on the edge of the desk and softly grazed her cheek with his fingertips. "Amanda, honey, do you really want to spend an evening sitting with a stuffy crowd?" He leaned forward and murmured in her ear, "Wouldn't you rather be alone with me, snuggled up on the couch, watching a movie?"
Amanda chuckled and shook her head. "Lee, you do realize, don't you, that since we've been married, we have yet to see the end of any video we've started?"
"Is that a complaint, Mrs. Stetson?"
"Oh, no, just an observation."
"Uh huh. And fair warning, Amanda, I don't plan on spoiling our record tonight either," he replied smugly. "So, what will it be? Symphony, or me?" He winked at her playfully.
"You play dirty, Stetson."
"Yeah," he breathed out softly.
Amanda raised her eyebrows and sighed theatrically, "OK. Video it is." Then she teased, "Just rent something I really don't want to see."
Lee chuckled. "Yes, ma'am." He stood up and helped her from her chair. "Let's get out of here, Amanda. The sooner we get home, the sooner we don't have to see the end of the movie."
Amanda looked at him, shook her head and laughed as the two exited the office hand in hand.