Daniel6 is to thank for the idea for this chapter.
"Do you ever feel possessive of Rosalee?" Nick asks Monroe while they were in the younger man's truck, on their way to check out a recent crime scene in the woods, to see if the blutbad's keen sense of smell could detect if and/or what wesen was involved.
Hank and Wu were at the precinct, allowing Nick to have a personal conversation with his best and only other male friend who was in a committed relationship.
"I know you would even think that she belonged to you," Nick continued, "but do you still ever find yourself…"
"Getting territorial with her?" Monroe finished. "Sometimes. It's hard to keep the instincts always under control. My wife is so beautiful and I can see, when we're out in public, other men think so too. There's a part of me that wants to stake a claim, prove to the whole world that she is taken, and satisfied." He gives Nick an understanding look. "I take it you get that way with Adalind, sometimes."
Nick nods. "She's so beautiful. And I know she works with a lot of men. Some, I am sure, don't put much stock in marriage vows or family values. And like you said, every time we're out in public, I can see all the men staring, and I know that want to make a move. I can't help but wonder what they would try, if I wasn't there, giving them death glares."
"Well, you and I would be considered predators. We're in the category of those that their very nature is one of dominance and aggression. And we're married to women who are in the category of beautiful, clever, cunning, and seductive. I'm sure they understand that from time to time, we won't be able to be perfect gentlemen for them. That sometimes, we'll lose control. But we would never hurt them. I'm sure Rosalee and Adalind would put us in our place real fast, if they felt we were crossing a line. They are both independent and strong minded women. Doubtful they would put up with a barbaric attitude from either on of us."
Nick nodded, and smiled, thinking of how aggressively beautiful his hexenbiest could be. And he knew she had her own possessive side. "We're lucky to have them in our lives. I know know mine is made much better, with Adalind and Rosalee in it. Each in a different way, of course."
Monroe agreed with his friend. "Rosalee is the love of my life, and I am a much better man with her in it. She completes me in ways I had never dared hoped for." Then he says snarkley,"And to think, I wouldn't even have her in my life, if it weren't for a crazy beginner grimm, barreling his way into my life."
Nick shoots his friend a cheeky grin, and decides he would stop worrying about being too jealous. As long as the woman he loved didn't complain, his darker side was fine the way it was.
