Jameson came by late the next day to check in with them. Riley opened the door to him and he followed her through to the living room where she slumped down next to Gabriel on the sofa and pulled the quilt from the bed around her.

"Blanket hogger." Muttered Gabriel and tugged the quilt over towards him a bit more.

"Are you sick?" asked Jameson.

Riley shook her head "It's like, minus 10 degrees in here."

He noticed that she was wearing a sweater that was obviously Gabriel's. "Will I turn up the heat?"

"Doesn't work." Gabriel grumbled. "Bit like everything else around here."

Jameson sat in the armchair and wrapped his coat around himself tighter. "Lillian thinks it should be safe for you to come home in the next few days."

Gabriel visibly brightened at those words "Really?"

"Yeah."

They fell into a comfortable silence as Gabriel and Riley tried to stay warm and Jameson looked around the house.

"What's this?" he asked, trailing his fingers over a large white bag.

Riley smiled and turned her head slightly in to Gabriel.

"See for yourself." he muttered but Jameson noticed how he wrapped his arm around his partner. He pulled open the bag and lifted out a large canvas with a picture of Riley and Gabriel on it. Riley was on Gabriel's back, laughing while having a tug-of-war over a slice of pizza.

"When was this taken?"

"Yesterday. We went into town to get a few things and got snapped when we were coming home. The guy asked if we wanted a copy and brought it over earlier."

"He overdid himself. But uh, why are you carrying Riley?"

"Because I pushed her into a bush so she made me."

"Why did you push her into a bush?"

"Because she punched me."

"Why.. No nevermind. I don't want to know."

The partners shared a smirk and Jameson made a mental note to tell Nelson all of this when he got back.

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"I'm freezing." Moaned Riley.

Gabriel pulled her closer and wrapped the blanket around them tighter. It had started to snow a few hours ago and was now falling thick and fast.

"At least we get to go home soon." He told her.

"Yeah. Back to work and early mornings instead of sleeping in until lunch and movie days."

"Not to mention the pigging out on junk food."

"And midday naps."

"Dinner at a reasonable hour."

"Breakfast for dinner."

"24 hour bad movie marathons."

They laughed as they realised just how much fun they had had since being sent to the safe house.

"We should really try and do this more often."

Riley turned round in surprise "Really?"

"Yeah. I don't mean get in life-threatening danger; I mean actually spend time together without worrying about work. I might even take you on holiday if you're lucky."

"You would be the lucky one." Snorted Riley but she laid her head on Gabriel's shoulder and intertwined their fingers.

She soon drifted off and Gabriel carried her into bed without wakening her. He got in beside her and smiled as she automatically rolled over to lay her head on his chest.

"Nanight." She mumbled sleepily.

"Night."

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"Gabriel." Sang Riley softly "Wake upp!"

He opened his eyes slowly to see her sitting cross legged on the bed beside him. She offered him a mug of coffee and he sat up before taking it.

"What times it?" he asked groggily, his voice thick with sleep.

"Just after 12. You missed our visitors."

Gabriel looked up in confusion "Are you okay?" he asked, panicked.

Riley laughed "Relax, Lillian sent up someone to fix the heating."

He noticed that he wasn't cold anymore and Riley's lips were back to their delicate shade of pink instead of the purplish blue they had been last night.

"Thank god." He sighed and took a gulp of coffee.

Riley lifted the blanket and slid her legs back under it.

"And you told me to get up." Gabriel smirked.

"I told you to wake up." She corrected then lifted a tray off the floor beside her and settled it across their laps.

"Bacon sandwiches? I'm keeping you around."

They both tucked in and Gabriel turned on the small tv at the bottom of the bed.

"I don't think I watched as much tv in my entire life as I have since we came here." Said Riley.

"That's what happens when you're bored." Replied Gabriel.

They finished the sandwiches and Riley put the tray back on the floor before crawling onto Gabriels lap and closing her eyes.

"Or slept as much."

"Why not?" asked Gabriel.

She kept her eyes closed as she answered "Nightmares."

"Every night?"

"Pretty much. But I haven't had them since the first night here."

"My magical arms." Teased Gabriel but he wrapped his arms tighter around her and rested his chin on her head.

"Nelson called earlier."

"Mmm."

"We can go back the day after tomorrow."

"Okay."

"Is something wrong?"

"Why would it be?"

"You don't sound as happy as I thought you would."

"Let's just say I'm going to miss this place."

AN: I know this chapter was really short but it's kinda just a stepping stone to the next one. And I have a question for you all. They go home in the next chapter so do you want me to continue it or will I end it? I have a few ideas but some of them are very OOC and others are just runts in the litter off my mind but I can feed them up if you want. So, opinions? And thank you to all my fabulous reviewers and followers.