My FAVORITE story I've written. Emotional Stein is amazing.

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The echo of the door slamming still rang through her ears like a drone. It continued on, and on. But all she seemed to care at the moment was the fact that after he slammed the door, he had caused a small crack near the doorknob. Her dull eyes stared angrily at it, almost willing for her eyes to make the disfigurement fade away.

Reaching up to swipe at her dry eyes, Marie let out a mournful sigh as her light body dropped to the side of the couch like a rag doll. Her head hit the pillows mounted to one side, having slept down here the night before. Her body hurt too much to move. The deep wound on her head still made her vision swim and darken at the edges. The superficial cuts on her legs hurt as well. It seemed everywhere hurt. It was supposed to be a simple mission.

She could hear him pacing. She knew he was smoking.

Biting worriedly on her bottom lip, Marie sat up on the couch as the door swung back open and the angry face of her husband was directed at her. She moved to stand as he stalked towards her, intent on harming her.

But she was grabbed into a bone crushing hug. She gasped wildly as his hands ran down her back, to her hips, back up to her face, forcing her eyes to look up at him as his mouth hungrily descended on hers. She gasped loudly against his mouth, grabbing his hands as she tried desperately to reciprocate his wild kisses.

A few minutes pass and Stein pulled away from Marie, his green eyes still held that familiar fire in them that only enemies seemed to ignite, as well as Marie when she intentionally defied him.

"Never, and I mean NEVER go on another mission alone. Ever." He spoke the words softly to the blonde woman as she kept her hands on his arms, fully intending on never letting go.

She nodded in response before settling her head against his chest. He sighed deeply as his hands moved to rub up and down her back in a soothing manner. "Damn woman. You could have died."

She cried softly here, her hands grabbing impossibly tighter onto him as he shook with unreleased rage.

"Promise...I love you."