A/N – Just a bit of pwp to see if I can write anything that isn't work related these days. The characters you know and love aren't mine – but you knew that.

Chapter 10

"Just hold me for a minute. The cuddling is a pretty good part too."

Logan wrapped his arms around Veronica. Her breath calmed into an even rhythm. He slowed the motion of his hands on her back, pulled the blanket up over them both.

He heard her mumble, "Logan, stay with me." Or maybe he imagined that was what she was saying. He didn't know for sure, he just knew he wasn't going anywhere now that he found her. His arm stretched out and flipped the bed side lamp off, the clock read 12:01.

Logan couldn't sleep, the weight of Veronica pressed against his full length was exquisite. He still didn't really know what to make of the events of the night. To think, I have been hiding on base, trying to stay out of her town. His eyes strained to focus on her face in the meager light from the plug in. Her orbit is more like it. And here I am sucked right back in. One set of false assumptions, a bar fight, and earth shaking orgasms, and I am ready to sign away the world, just to stay in it. I am pretty sure a therapist would have a field day with me. Logan listened as Veronica started to softly snore, he smiled, knowing she would deny it if he ever said anything about it.

He gently moved her hair out of her face, and continued to think about what had just happened. Seriously, who falls in love when they are 12, only to utterly destroy each other so often, and then enforce a radio silence that both of them knew was a sham. For ten years he hadn't seen her, did his best to avoid mention of her. And yet, he always managed to know where she was, wheedling information out of Dick, that he in turn had gotten from Mac. She was in his thoughts daily. She was why he had joined the Navy. He hurt so much knowing everything that he had done to hurt her in the past, not this time Veronica, this time is forever, and I will let you know, every day, if you let me, how much I love you.

He forced his breathing to even out, Saturday was going to be a big day. Logan closed his eyes and willed himself to sleep. One hand clasped gently in Veronica's, Logan did just that.

Veronica rolled over in her sleep. She started awake when she hit something warm. Her eyes fluttered open in confusion. No one slept in Veronica's bed, except Veronica. His smell was the first thing to register, before her eyes could focus in the dim light. Logan. She smiled, curled tighter into the side of his body and went back to sleep.

Chet's nose hooked over the side of the bed. Her large head still. The dog sighed and moved to a dog bed at the far side of the room. There was simply no room for her to jump up, but her mistress seemed at ease.

~~~Meanwhile~~~

Macy led Jamie into her small apartment, a mirror image of his own. If he was surprised at its modest furnishings, and the bookcases overflowing with text books and sci-fi novels, he didn't say anything. Macy tossed her small handbag onto a chair in the corner and kicked off her high heels. "Would you like a drink?" She was suddenly, nervous. She turned towards the galley kitchen, so he couldn't see her confused frown. She didn't get nervous around men. She took a deep breath, put a bag of popcorn in the microwave, and grabbed two beers from the fridge.

Jamie had moved to her television set and was working his way into her Netflix queue. He stopped at Marvel's Daredevil. "Have you watched these yet?"

Macy's eyebrows rose, not a traditional choice for Netflix and chill, but she had wanted to watch them. "No, go ahead and load them up." She sat next to him on the battered sofa and handed him a beer. He looked at her a moment, his impossibly long eyelashes blinked. He let his arm drape over her shoulders and hit play.

~~Meanwhile~~

Sandeep finished typing what he thought was a suitably apologetic text to Veronica. He really didn't know what she thought she had seen though, she shouldn't have been in a bar anyway. What did she think she was doing, spying on him? The more he let himself think on this path, the more irritated he became. He picked up the phone again, he was going to send her another text, let her know that all of the drama of the evening was her fault, and that he was generous, he loved her, and therefore he would forgive her.

A key rattled in the door and he was distracted. The blonde from the front desk came tentatively into the dimly lit room. "Mr. Jass, are you awake?"

He smirked at her use of the ridiculous pseudonym, she would never know who he really was, and he was okay with that. Sandeep stood, letting the sheet fall off his naked body. His smile broaden at her gasp, and his cock twitched in anticipation. A quick step and he closed the gap to where she stood in the doorway, a flip of his wrist and the door closed on the hallway, another and the privacy bolt was engaged.

She looked so nervous, so innocent. Sandeep's sneer was concealed by his possessive kiss, dominating her soft lips. If she was so innocent, she would never have come to his hotel room, she would be like his Veronica. The blonde whimpered, and he pulled back so she could breathe. Looking deep into her eyes, he wondered what games she would let him play. He pulled her to the bed, "Let me set some rules for the night, first, you don't talk. I don't want to hear you say anything. You talk without my express permission, and I kick you out. Second, just do what I say, and I promise you, you will have a good time. If you understand the rules for our evening, just nod." His eyes burned into hers, and she nodded as if in a trance. "Good" he gave her a genuine smile, "now take off your clothes and turn around."

~~~Meanwhile~~~

Mac rolled off Dick a satisfied smile on her face. "I love you."

Dick smiled adoringly back at her, "I know."

The surfer and the computer geek, cuddled into one perfect unit as they drifted back to sleep.