"I could really get used to this." Punk admitted, lying in bed the next morning with AJ cuddled into his torso, his arm around her as she left fingertip traces over his tattoos. It had been another night of being intimate after is painful session of opening up to her. She took care of him last night, like he took care of her.
He loved exploring her perfect body, seeing what she liked… seeing what she really liked. He got so much pleasure from her pleasure. He couldn't get enough of her, all day, all night.
"What? The sex? Or the sun?" She looked up at him, hearing him chuckle.
"Both." Punk smiled to himself, "It's so nice." He said as he shut his eyes. It felt amazing to be laid here, naked with the one woman he loved, the sun and light sea breeze coming through the window. It was the perfect way to start his and AJ's relationship.
"I know."AJ agreed, shutting her eyes and laying her head on his chest, "It's so peaceful, calm and…" AJ was cut off as a loud bang started to occur on their room door.
"You two! Get up." Seth knocked at the door, Dean and Roman there also.
"Quiet." AJ growled, finishing her sentence as Punk sighed.
"Do you think if we ignore them they'll just go away?" Punk asked AJ.
"Brooks, we heard that. The walls aren't made of steel you know." Dean said, tapping his crutches off the wooden door.
Punk just rolled his eyes and parted from AJ, swinging his legs round and grabbing his boxers, sliding them on and waiting for AJ to put her clothes on, once she did, he headed to the door and opened it, all three of them standing like vultures.
"Can I help you?" Punk asked.
"Oh sorry. Were we… interrupting anything?" Dean smirked to Punk who just stared at them all.
"Yeah actually, you were. What is it?" He asked them curiously.
"We were going down to the beach. Wondered if you and Mendez wanted to come, since you ditched us last night." Roman added, folding his arms.
"Alright, fine." Punk shook his head, "We'll get you down there in then minutes." Punk said.
"Good. Now turn that frown, upside down." Dean said, taking his crutches, about to touch Punks face with them and make a smile on his mouth when Punk grabbed them off him and threw them down the corridor.
"Go fetch." Punk smiled as Dean hopped on his non broken leg, glaring at his friend as Punk laughed watching him hop down the corridor.
Later that day…
It was yet another scorching day and all five of them spent the full day at the beach. Seth and Punk messed around in the water like children, Dean rested up whilst checking out the woman in their bikinis, with the help of Roman of course, and AJ done what she done best when the sun was out. Tan herself and shut her eyes.
"So you and Punk huh?" Dean turned to AJ as Roman went off to get more drinks, watching AJ open her eyes and turn to him.
"C'mon. Don't tell me you're surprised." AJ chuckled.
"I'm not… I'm just, what makes things so different now? What made you be like oh yeah I'll date him now?" Dean asked curiously.
"I think the crash put things into perspective. You know how risky our job is. I love him… I don't want to waste anymore time pretending I don't." She said, turning around and watching Seth and Punk heading back to their spot on the beach.
"I'm happy for you. Both of you. Just… don't go too fast. I would hate to see you both fall apart." Dean said as AJ smiled.
"We won't fall apart." AJ promised Dean just as Punk and Seth arrived back, their shorts dripping as they grabbed their towels.
"Feels great out there." Seth said, sitting down on one of the sun beds, wrapping the towel round his shoulders.
"I'm good here." AJ smiled, closing her eyes back over as Punk watched looked perfect just lying there, her skin tanning in the sun, a smile on her face, so much relaxation brought to her features.
"You sure?" Punk asked her with a smirk.
"Posit…" AJ was cut off as Punk picked her up from the sun bed, putting her over his shoulder as she yelled and screamed, chuckling at the same time as she looked back at all of the boys laughing.
Dean, Seth and Roman watched as Punk and AJ splashed each other, AJ jumped on Punks back, Punk attempted to jump on her back but of course nearly sunk her to the bottom of the ocean. They both looked so happy and Dean, Seth and Roman were glad of it.
"Man, they look happy." Seth smiled, watching Punk and AJ eventually be nice to each other, watching them kiss with a smile.
"They do." Dean agreed.
"It only took them nine years." Roman said as they laughed.
It was nice from their perspective to see Punk and AJ together after all this time. It totally made sense and it felt right even for them. They were Mr and Mrs Alpha. No one could deny it.
Later that night…
They had all decided to have a night in the hotel and just order room service. The boys were feeling a little fed up of alcohol for drinking so much the first few nights that they just wanted a quiet night in with their friends.
It was nice to be together. They sat outside on the balcony around a table, AJ sat on Punks lap while the rest of the boys gathered around.
"When do you think we'll be back out there with our guns?" Dean asked them all, chugging on his pepsi.
"I don't know. Whenever the next bad guy comes along." Seth said.
"Sometimes I think we're getting too old for this shit." Roman added, watching as they all looked at him, "I mean we've been doing this for nearly ten years. Ambrose is crutched up, Mendez forgot who she was for three weeks, Punk was close to death a few times with Harvey… don't you guys think we should be thinking about toning it down a little?" Roman said.
"I agree with Roman." AJ said as Punk looked up at her in shock.
"What?" Punk shook his head. He would have thought AJ would be the last person to pull out of their job.
"We're older now. We have our many. The US government has practically been funding us on thousands for the past ten years. Maybe it's time we say goodbye to the guns and hello to new girlfriends…" She looked across specifically at Dean, Roman and Seth, "I mean, don't you guys want to get married one day." She looked at them all as they nodded unconvinced, "Whoever they poor women will be, they're out there." She said as they chuckled.
"You mean lucky women." Seth smiled as AJ nodded with sarcasm.
"You really want to give it all up?" Punk asked her, holding her around the waist as she continued to sit on his lap comfortably.
"I don't want to. But I also don't want to die before I reach the age of thirty." She admitted with a small smile, feeling him stroke her legs up and down softly, "Just because I shoot people and punch bad guys in the face doesn't mean I don't want to get married, and have kids and grow old with someone I love." She looked down at Punk into his eyes as he smiled.
"By someone you love… you mean all of us right?" Dean smiled to her as she nodded and said, "Of course, Dean." She smiled to him, speaking to him like he was an infant.
Seth spoke up, tossing his empty can of pepsi forward, "Well it's sort of a team decision. If one of us goes. We all go. We're a team, we're only good because we have each other."
"It's not like we can never come back to it." Dean shrugged, "It's always there if we get bored." He said as they all nodded in agreement.
They all looked at each other for a few awkward minutes, no one knowing what to say just yet. It wasn't easy, but it was right. They barely made it out of Kevins reach, they were all too young to die, they'd had their fun for ten years, they'd caught their fair share of bad guys… and like Dean said, if they ever got bored, they could always go back for one last ride.
Punk budged AJ off him lightly so he could stand up, walking into the room and pulling out his suitcase from under the bed, grabbing the gun from it and walked back out to the balcony, AJ standing behind him as he held the gun in his hand.
Everyone watched as he threw the gun on the table, sitting back down and running his hands through his hair. AJ smiled, watching Dean take his gun from his back pocket. All of them carried guns with them everywhere, just incase they ran into trouble. Dean held the gun in his hand and smiled to it, throwing it on the table with Punks. Seth and Roman followed, their guns slamming down against Punk and Deans.
They all looked to AJ who rolled her eyes, walking into the room and grabbing her gun from her suitcase, walking back out, tracing her fingertips along the metal weapon. It was sad, growing up was sad. They weren't those twenty year olds anymore going out looking for a war. They were growing up, fitting into the normal routine that everyone else had.
AJ kissed the gun and threw it on the table with the four other matching ones, taking a seat back on Punks lap as they sat in silence, her head resting in against him as she frowned.
"I guess it's time to move on." Seth rubbed his palms together with a frown.
"Yeah." Roman nodded as they looked at each other.
It was something they had all thought about from time to time, but they never really thought they would have to face the music. Bullets were all they knew, it was hard. But like AJ said, they couldn't do this forever, they had other things to achieve in life other than taking down bad guys. They'd made a name for themselves, they'd saved a lot of people, survived a lot of obstacles they shouldn't have. There was nothing they wanted to change about the past nine years. It couldn't have been better. And not because they got to have fun using guns, or travel to different countries, but because they were together, throughout everything. All five of them. They entered this crazy world together and they wanted to leave it together.
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