You're all voracious for more, so here's an epilogue. Thanks for the beautiful reviews.
"Well Mr Pearce, I would suspect that if your sight has been constant for the last four hours as you suggest then it should remain so."
Harry smiled and glanced at Ruth.
"What were you doing when it returned?"
"I just woke up and could see."
"And did anything significant happen after that?"
Ruth blushed.
Harry hesitated.
The consultant guessed.
"I meant was there any headache to accompany it?"
"No," said Harry seriously, "definitely not a headache in sight."
"Right," and the consultant nodded and looked away to save any more blushes.
"Can I go back to work?" asked Harry.
"When were you thinking of?"
"Today," he said simply.
Ruth looked at him quickly and then at the consultant for support.
"I can't force you to take more time off but I would advise it."
"Harry, at least have the rest of the day."
"There's things to do, Ruth, I am going to be way behind. And I don't want to be spending every evening in the office." He looked at her, he had plenty more things to do with his time and most of them revolved around her.
She sighed.
The consultant looked on, "I suspect he'll only do what he wants whatever we say," he said to Ruth.
"Oh yes, he's very stubborn."
"Stubborn but right," said Harry standing up and reaching for his coat.
"And self opinionated," added Ruth with a smile.
"Hey, Tariq," Dimitri summoned him over and whispered, "do you think they have, or haven't?"
Tariq followed his gaze from Harry's office to Ruth's desk.
"Haven't," said Tariq.
"Reasoning?" asked Beth.
"Well…." he pondered, "it's Harry and Ruth."
His case rested.
"Fair point," said Dimitri.
"What about you?" Tariq asked.
"I think haven't, Beth thinks has."
Alec walked by shaking his head, "Then Beth is the only decent spook amongst you."
"What's that supposed to mean?" bristled Dimitri.
"Look at them, for god's sake. It's obvious."
Beth looked smug.
"Obvious how?" asked Tariq, confused.
Alec sighed and perched on the edge of the desk.
"They both smell of the same shampoo, Ruth's blouse has one more button undone than usual, Harry hasn't stopped smiling for about an hour and in ten seconds from now Ruth will blush."
All four faces turned surreptitiously to Ruth. Her head was bowed over her computer, her face concentrated.
"Five, four, three, two, one," counted Alec.
A red wave washed over Ruth.
"How did you know?" asked Tariq amazed.
Alec grinned and left.
The team looked to Harry's office, he was gazing at Ruth, one hand still resting on his keyboard. She looked up and he winked. A small smile crept across her reddened face and once more she glanced down to her screen.
I miss you, I need you and I want you. Sleep with me tonight and I promise to make it last all night.. H x
Her smile did not disappear. She didn't think it ever would.