Partnered

by:

JJS4 and A.K. Hunter

Chapter Twenty

Alexis had never slept better than she did when she was with Kevin. It didn't matter if they were at her place or his, just as long as his arms were around her, holding her, making her feel completely safe. She fell asleep quickly and woke up either by Kevin watching her or to him bringing her coffee. She liked seeing that side of him—the side that she never thought he had in him. He couldn't have been born that way, pushing people away, being so cynical about everything. There had to be more to the story. What made him turn into the man he was when she first met him?

Those thoughts were quickly removed from her focus.

This particular morning she was being woke up in a way that she always loved. Being with Kevin had so many upsides, but the one that always stuck out was his sexual appetite. He was almost always ready to give her anything she wanted. Sometimes she didn't even need to ask for it at all. It was like he just knew what she wanted.

She squirmed slightly when she felt his hands tighten on her hips as he left a trail of kisses up her thigh. Then he paid the same attention to her other leg, making her shivers appear across her skin. She smiled and reached under the blanket, running her hand through his hair.

No words were shared; there didn't need to be any. All she wanted was being done and she didn't need to ask for it. He knew.

His tongue ran up her thigh to her hip bone. He sucked the flesh into his mouth and she gasped. A flame had been lit inside of her, just from his simple touch. She needed more and he knew it. Before she could even think to ask, Kevin's tongue was at her entrance and moving gently towards her cli. She tightened the grip she had on his hair with one hand, while the other was on her hip where his was holding her down against the mattress. Their fingers laced together as he lightly sucked on her clit.

She was no longer just breathing. She was panting, trying to fight against his hold so she could buck her hips, but Kevin wouldn't allow it. He just held her down as teased her.

Having a sexual relationship with Kevin granted Alexis a way of seeing different sides of him. She only had one memory of him in that regard and it wasn't exactly a memory she treasured. However, she would be lying if she said that she hadn't thought about it at all. She remembered certain parts of it. Kevin holding her tightly, making her body move into whatever position he wanted her to be in.

The circumstances of that situation were terrible, but she had wondered from time to time how much of that was the real Kevin or just the alcohol. She knew he had to be talented in bed, seeing as how his past was filled with him taking random girls home for the night, but was it just because of the alcohol?

She got her answer not too long after they started dating.

Sex with Kevin was great and she wasn't going to complain about it at all, but sometimes she felt like she was dating two different men. There was the Kevin that was romantic, gentle, soft, and sweet. She loved that guy, but then there was a different part of him that came out from time to time. The Kevin that wasn't afraid to get a little rough with her, who wasn't afraid to push her up against a wall, to fuck her in the shower, or leave bite marks on her skin. She loved that guy as well. He was more possessive, sometimes talking dirty, telling her that she was his. It only made the sex that much better.

She didn't know what provoked him to be sweet one time and a complete animal the next, but each time she found herself excited to see which Kevin she would get.

The Kevin who wasn't as sweet and gentle was out to play at that particular time and Alexis was more than happy to see him.

Two fingers entered her as Kevin's tongue flicked her clit. She let out a struggled moan and once again tried to move her hips, but she couldn't. She tossed her head back when Kevin set an eager pace, his finger turning inside of her, hitting her g-spot. She closed her eyes and bit her lip, knowing she'd be coming at any moment.

Kevin going down on her was always good. He knew exactly where to touch her, how to touch her, and when to touch her. He was perfect, but she was craving more.

An idea popped into her head and she pulled Kevin's hair a little. "Kev, stop."

Soon his head was coming out from under the sheet, while his fingers stayed inside of her. It was her first time seeing him since she woke up and he looked gorgeous. His lips were red, but coated in her juice. He licked his lips. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing is wrong with that, but I don't want to come on your fingers or tongue. I want to come with you inside me. Please."

His eyes widened, before he nodded. "I think that could be arranged."

She smiled before moving her hand inside of his boxers. She grabbed him tightly at his base and she saw his body tense above her. He bent down, his forehead touching hers. She loved knowing that she could make him look so content, just with a simple touch. Their eyes met for a second, before Kevin crashed his lips to her and she started moving her hand up and down along his length.

His phone buzzed on the nightstand, ruining the moment. She broke kiss and looked at him. They stared at each other for a few seconds, before Kevin pulled her face back to his. She smiled into the kiss and returned to making more the sexiest noises leave his mouth.

Almost right after his phone stopped ringing, hers began. She knew that it wasn't just a coincidence, and she reluctantly removed her hand from his boxers and sighed. This couldn't have been a worse time. She was soaking wet and Kevin was hard as a nail.

They looked at each for a few moments before moving to grab their phones. Nothing killed the mood more than getting called into work.

"So much for a morning quickie, huh?" Kevin said, grabbing pants from his closet, along with a blue button up shirt and tie.

"Yeah, I should have just stayed quiet and let you finish what you started. I feel like I'm going to spontaneously combust."

Kevin let out a short laugh. "Don't worry, Princess. Tonight I will make it worth the wait." He winked at her. He put on his pants as she worked on getting her clothes ready. Thankfully, she had packed an outfit, just in case she got called in.

"Oh really?" She was definitely intrigued to know what he had planned. Which Kevin would she experience? She slipped on her blouse as she waited for his reply.

"Yeah, but you gotta wait." He walked past her, but stopped and then turned so he was right behind her. "Think you can do that?" His breath tickled her neck and she squirmed a little.

"Not if you keep doing that."

"Well then, it's gonna be a long day for you, Princess."

With those words he left, phone in his hand, probably calling Javi.

She thought about his words carefully. What did he mean? Was he serious? Was he really going to make the whole day a living hell for her?

When she walked out of his room, fully dressed, the last thing she expected was to be pushed up against the wall and Kevin lips savagely attacking hers. His body was pressed against her keeping her pinned. After the initial shock wore off, Alexis sank into the kiss and soon enough she moaning as he grind his hips against hers. She was panting, almost reaching her peak when Kevin pulled away. Her head had been spinning from all the sensations and emotions working through her body.

"You ready to go, Princess?" he asked, in a casual tone, although she knew how he must been feeling. She had felt how hard he was when he his body was against hers. How was he able to just pull away and act like everything was okay? Had he done this before?

They decided it would be best to show up at the precinct at separate times to avoid anyone making assumptions. Especially Javi. Kevin was very clear that they couldn't let Javi know that was going on between them. It didn't make a lot of sense to Alexis, but she went along with it.

"See you in there," Kevin said before disappearing inside the building.

Alexis stayed outside of the precinct for exactly ten minutes, using that time to mentally prepare herself to work with her boyfriend. She had a job to do, and her and Kev's relationship needed to stay separate from that job. Alexis took a deep breath and walked into the precinct.

To say that the last 10 hours were the most frustrating of her life couldn't have been more of an understatement. Throughout the day it became more than obvious that Kevin had experience in torture. Sweet and slow torture. She'd lost count how many times through out the day she had felt Kevi'sn hand on the small of her back, or his breath on the back of her neck. Each time he was near her, her senses heightened. She swore she could feel heat radiating off him whenever they stood close to each other, and she couldn't be sure if it was just her, but the scent of his cologne seemed to be stronger as well, making it hard for her to not imagine what it would feel like to pull him into the supply closet and kiss him until they both couldn't breathe.

As if her imagination wasn't cruel enough, Kevin certainly didn't help. At one point they were on the elevator together all alone. As soon as the doors shut, Kevin was kissing her neck while his hands moved between her legs to tease her. She was done with the teasing. It was definitely starting to make her ache.

Kevin told her would make it worth her that night, but she was seriously thinking of taking care of it for herself. "It's worth it, Princess." He breathed against her ear as his thumb stroked near her clit. "I promise I'll make you feel so good." She nearly whimpered. Kevin pulled away just in time for the elevator doors to open. A frown was stuck to her face as the day progressed. The ache inside of her made it hard for her to enjoy anything.

Sitting her at desk, she had to squeeze her thighs together. The ache was too unbearable. How could Kevin stand it? Was he in pain too? Or had he taken care of himself earlier in the day? Was that how he was able to keep the game going?

He'd left her alone for a whole two hours and she thought that she was going to get lucky and he would just allow her to work and not fantasize about him fucking her into oblivion. She watched as Kevin went on with his work, not once looking up to meet her gaze. She should've been happy that he was leaving her alone, giving her body a chance to recover from the torment he had put her through, but a part of her missed the attention she'd been receiving from him.

"See you tomorrow, Alexis," Javi called out to her, making her snap back to the present.

"Uh, yeah, I'll see you."

"You alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, just a little tired."

"Well if you want to slack just push your work onto Kevin's desk."

She slightly smiled. "I'll keep that in my mind."

"See you later, bro."

"Bye, Javi," Kevin called out from his desk only glancing at the man for second before his dropped back down to his desk.

Twenty minutes after Javi left, everyone else started filing out, leaving Kevin and Alexis alone. Well, alone for the most part. The bullpen was only occupied by the two of them. Other officers were on the first floor. A weird silence had settled over them and it was driving Alexis insane. How could he be all over he most of the day and then ignore her? What was going on?

Ten minutes later, she sucked back into her work in front her. Kevin was only a thought in the back of her head until she noticed he was approaching her desk. She looked up at him and was met with a pair of dark eyes. Kevin watch her wordlessly with a hungry expression on his face. She gulped as his eyes continued to hold hers captive.

He held out his hand and in an instant she grabbed ahold. He pulled her out of her chair, without saying a word and pulled her against his body. The contact was enough to make her want more. He moved her hair out of her face before kissing her, soft and slow, building desire within her. He moved them around grabbed her waist, sitting on her the edge of her desk. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders before deepening the kiss.

Their tongues battled for dominance as the kiss sped up and became more rough. Kevin won the battle, but she could already tell they were both going to win the war. He slipped one hand up her blouse, rubbing her nipple through the lace material of her bra. It hardened almost immediately and she felt Kevin smile into the kiss. His free hand moved down her hips to her thighs, sliding underneath her skirt. The pad of his finger grazed her mound. Her let out a small groan upon feeling her.

"Still so wet."

"Kevin," she panted as his lips moved against her neck. "I can't take the teasing anymore. I need you."

"Need me to do what?"

"You know what I need."

"Want to hear you say it." His voice was so harsh, but sexy all the same. She gripped his shoulders when he pressed two fingers to her clit, rubbing in circular motions.

"Please."

"Please what?"

"Make me come."

His fingers stopped and she whined. The fire was almost agonizing as it built and built. "You can do better than that. Come on, tell me what you really want." He licked and nipped at her pulse point. "Tell me."

"Fuck me! Please, Kevin, fuck me!"

"That's better." He pulled away from her and she almost fell forward. She gripped the side of her desk to keep herself from falling. She growled at him. "What? If I'm gonna fuck you, I need to lose some clothes."

As he unzipped his slacks, she looked around, almost shocked when she took in her surroundings. They were at work. "Kev-"

"I know, but do you really want to wait until we get back to my place or do you want me to fuck you senseless right here on your desk?" He pressed two fingers back to her aching clit and she pulled him forward with a moan. He lightly chuckled. "I'll take that as a yes. Lift your hips, Princess," he ordered pushing up her skirt and tugging down her panties. The desk felt cold under her, but that didn't bother her all that much, not when Kevin raised her legs so she could wrap them around his waist.

Their lips collided, tongues fighting each others, hands touching, grabbing at each other. He sucked harshly on her throat and held her hips firmly as he lined himself up with her entrance. "Are you really ready or not?"

"Kevin!" She whined, moving herself closer. "Please,"

"I love when you beg." He whispered against her skin. With a jerk of his hips he was in her, filling her quickly with his cock. They both whined at the sensation. "God, you feel better than I imagined. So wet."

"Kev, move, please."

"If you keep begging like that I won't last long."

"Kev, I-"

She was cut off as he began thrusting into her. They were in the precinct, but they may as well bed in Kevin's bed, because Alexis didn't care about where she was as she clutched her hands on Kevin shoulders, back, ass, anything she could grab a hold of as Kevin pushed deeply into her.

Her moans came out breathy, but loud. Kevin's grunts were almost feral. "So close," she moaned in his ear. She was on fire.

"You feel so fucking good."

She wanted to tell him how good he felt buried inside her, but she wasn't able to speak, not as Kevin continued to thrust deeply into her.

"Fuck," Kevin said, when Alexis cried out as his thumb brushed her clit. "Come for me."

With a slight increase of pressure on her clit, Alexis bit her lip to hold in a scream and clamped down on Kevin's throbbing cock. White spots lit up behind her eye lids as the most intense orgasm she had ever had washed over her. She was only vaguely aware when Kevin reached his own release.

She stayed seated on the edge of her desk, clinging to Kevin, for a long time. She had no sense of time. She didn't care. She felt too good, too free, to care about anything else.

"Did I make you feel good?" Kevin whispered.

"Good isn't the right word."

"What is?"

"Don't know. Can't think."

Her breathing even out and Kevin backed away from her with a small laugh. "Happy I decided to tease you all day?"

"If that's the reward you can do it again sometime." She slid off the desk and was surprised her legs were able to hold her up steadily. She pulled up her panties up and adjusted her skirt, noticing a smirk on Kevin's face. "What?"

"Again?"

"Yeah."

"That good?"

"Best orgasm of my life." She wasn't lying. She'd never came that fast or hard in her life.

"I guess next time I'll have to try and beat my personal best." He winked, buckling his pants.

"Yeah, you definitely should, but next time can you try on your bed? As hot as it was having sex on my desk where anyone could find us, your bed is more much comfortable."

"I should hope so."

Once they were dressed and looked presentable they grabbed their things before heading to the elevators. "Coming over tonight?" Alexis asked.

"Where else would I go?"

"Your place."

"True, but your place has something mine doesn't."

"What's that?"

"You."

"Well when we get there, I'll let you see a lot more of me." She smiled as they entered her the elevator hand in hand.

Alexis spent the next morning as distracted as she'd been the day before. She couldn't get the events of the previous night out of her head. Kevin had been so sexy, sexier than she ever thought he could be, and she thanked the universe for allowing her to have him.

She always knew that he was more experienced than her when it came to sex. It used to bother her, before they were together, but now Alexis wanted nothing more than for Kevin to teach her more enjoyable ways of having sex.

Javi entered the precinct calling out Alexis and Kevin's names. Alexis' head snapped up and immediately tried to focused all of her attention to Javi and not the events that occurred the night prior. Just thinking about it made her blush.

It didn't work well. Just thinking about not thinking about Kevin and the night before was making her squirm in her seat as images of Kevin began to flood her mind.

Kevin was going to be the death of her at some point. He made it impossible for her to work in close quarters with him, especially in the precinct. Especially when he stood up and leaned casually against her desk, the same desk he fucked her on the night before.

Butterflies were in her stomach, her cheeks were burning, her panties were damp, and to top it off she hadn't heard a single word of what Javi had said. All she knew was that she, Kevin, and Javi were leaving.

She stood up and followed along, figuring she'd play catch up along the way.

"So, Amber Collins is currently employed at the same company the vic worked?" Alexis asked, from the back seat of Kevin's cruiser. She grabbed the file from Javi before the got into the car.

"Yeah, we're thinking that their jobs somehow intersected..." Javi turned to look at her. "Were you not paying attention when I was talking before?"

"Sorry, my mind was somewhere else."

"Well, get it back in the job. Can't have you being distracted again, okay?"

She nodded. Javi continued, "Okay, so maybe there was some bad blood between them. She had called him three times the night prior to his death. If anyone has answers, it's her."

"Sounds plausible. Where does she live?" ahe asked, closing the file in her hands.

"Three blocks from the scene of the crime."

She nodded. Right. She had read that in the file. She shook her head at herself and tried to pay as much attention as she could.

"Bro, turn left up here and we should be there."

Kevin nodded.

"Why are you so quiet?" Javi asked.

He shrugged. "Just thinking."

"Well you better get out of that head of yours. We're going to need you to present, not in the back of your mind. You both having problems or something?"

"No. I was just thinking about the case, that's all, bro." Kevin answered for them both. Alexis tried to look casual as Kevin covered for her. It didn't help that Kevin was already nervous about Javi finding out about them. "I'm focused, I promise."

They pulled up to the building and got out of the car. "What floor?" Kevin asked as they made it inside in front of the elevator banks.

"Seventh," Javi answered.

The elevator pinged and they entered the elevator. Kevin stood as far from Alexis as he could. She didn't take it personally; she knew he was paranoid with them being close. They never were before, so it made sense. That didn't stop her from catching him looking at her legs though. She was wearing a skirt again, so she knew that he would be looking. He always did. Their eyes met and he quickly looked to Javi and then to the floor. As soon as the door opened, Kevin quickly exited.

"This way, bro." Javi pointed down the hall passing him up. Javi stopped in front of the door and knocked a few times. Alexis stood behind Javi and Kevin behind her, leaning against the wall. She took a sneak glance behind her and saw Kevin looking at her ass. Apparently he was having the same trouble she was having with focusing. He looked up and met her eyes, before giving her a smirk.

She playfully rolled her eyes, before turning back around. Javi sighed and knocked again. "Wonder if she's even here." Javi said, turning to Alexis.

"Javi," Kevin said in a low voice. Alexis followed Kevin's gaze. She then noticed the woman, she must have just gotten off the elevators.

"Hey, are you Amber Collins?" Javi asked, flashing his badge and just like that their suspect made a run for it. Alexis didn't think twice, she just ran down the hall after her, just like they had planned back in the cruiser if Amber decided to take off.

The plan was simple, they all knew what to do, as soon as Amber exited the building and ran down the alley, since that was likely her route for trying to ditch them, Kevin and Javi were going to cut her off while Alexis chased after her down. It was simple. At least she had thought it was.

As soon as Alexis ran down the alleyway she heard footsteps behind her. She wanted to look, but didn't. She couldn't lose sight of Amber.

The girl was fast, but her energy was draining, and Alexis saw it as her stride slowed. She drew her weapon and moved forward. "Show me your hands!"

She raised her hands slowly and Alexis grabbed her wrist, before lowering her gun. When Alexis reached for her cuffs that was when she noticed Kevin's presence. "What are you—" Quickly Amber shot up, knocking Alexis to the ground and disarming her.

Kevin jumped into action. "Put the gun down now!" he ordered.

Amber locked eyes with Kevin, shortly, before firing two shots at him. He was knocked on his back.

"Kevin! Kevin!" Alexis all but screamed. She quickly moved over to him, Amber being the furthest thing from her mind. She took her hands and cupped his face. "Kevin, look at me! Are you okay?"

He nodded, but looked like he was in pain.

"What the hell?" Another voice appeared. Alexis looked over to see Javi coming up.

Kevin tried to sit up, but Alexis wouldn't allow it. "Stay down. I'll get help."

She left with a million questions running through her head. What was Kevin thinking? That wasn't part of the plan. Where was Amber? Was Kevin going to be okay? What would Beckett say? What would Javi think? How could he have made such a rookie mistake?

Alexis called for an ambulance and turned to see Javi and Kevin. Javi was helping him up, but it didn't go unnoticed by Alexis that Javi was visibly angry and with good reason. She couldn't hear what Javi was saying, but she figured she already knew. Kevin ditched him. He was supposed to have his partner's back. All she could do without jumping to Kevin's defense and raising even more suspicion was to hope that they worked through it.

The ride in the back of the ambulance was silent. Alexis was holding Kevin's hand, but she never spoke. She was still mad at him and she didn't want to scream at him while he was already in pain. He went to the hospital and let the doctor check him out, Alexis hadn't given him any other choice on the matter. He had some bruising over his chest, but other than that he was fine. Thankfully they had all been wearing their vests.

Javi didn't go to the hospital and Alexis knew that Javi wasn't going to let this go. Since Kevin ran after her and left Javi's side, did that mean that Javi had figured out what was going on between them? She sighed and rubbed her temples. What was going to happen next?

Alexis drove Kevin back to his place and tried to think of what she was going to say to him. He told her on the drive back that he didn't need her to stay, that he would be okay, but she was stubborn and wouldn't give in. He should've known that.

Once inside his apartment, she helped him over to the couch, before grabbing her purse and pulling out the pain pills his doctor prescribed him. Kevin was insistent that he didn't need any pills, that all he needed was sleep and that he would be fine in the morning. Alexis knew better. Kevin hated being treated like a child, so he wasn't going to make easy for her.

"No," Kevin said, when he saw what she had in her hand.

"How about you just let me take care of you? It's your fault that this whole thing happened in the first place." She knew her words had affected him, but she couldn't lie to him. She couldn't let him think that she was okay with the stupid decision he had made. She stood up from the couch to get a glass of water for him.

They definitely needed to have a talk.

She came back with the glass and handed it to him, before pulled the pill bottle out of the bag and handed him a pill. "Alexis—"

"Kevin," She cut off his protest. "Just take the pill. We both know I won't give in until you take it, so stop prolonging the inevitable."

He looked at her for a moment, before sighing. "Fine." He muttered taking the pill out of her hand and popping it into his mouth. "Happy?" He asked after chasing the pill down with a big gulp of water.

"Hardly."

"Why not?"

"Are you kidding me? Look at you. You got shot."

"I know, but I was wearing a vest."

"What if she had shot you in the head, Kevin?" Just saying the words made the hairs on the back of her neck stand.

Kevin sat back against the couch cushions and closed his eyes. She wasn't letting him get off that easy though. "What happened to the plan we all discussed? Why didn't you follow Javi?"

Kevin shook his head. "I don't know."

"I'm not buying that, so just tell me the truth. Why did you almost get yourself killed?"

"I was worried, okay? I was worried about you," he said, before releasing a sigh. "I was worried."

"About me? Why?"

"You were going after her alone. She could have just as easily shot you too, you know?"

"But she shot you, Kev."

"Look, you had already been hurt on the job once because I wasn't there to help. I wasn't going to let it happen again, so that's why I didn't follow the plan."

She put her head down before returning her eyes to him. "You can't do that."

"Do what?"

"Let your personal feelings interfere when we're at work. Obviously it isn't safe. You should have trusted me."

"I do trust you, I just didn't trust the situation. Like I said, you could have been shot too and I wouldn't have been there."

"Kev, you do know that I could be shot at any moment of any day, right? It's the world we live in."

"Then why are you mad at me?"

"Because you made it so easy for you to get shot, because you ditched Javi and he could have been hurt because of it. I'm mad because you didn't think things through; you just acted and now look at you."

"I'm alive and well."

"You're not well. Kevin, if I tried to pull that stunt on you, would you be taking it easy on me right now, or would you be pissed off?"

He sighed. "I'm sorry, okay. I shouldn't have done what I did. I should have stayed by Javi's side, but I didn't. I can't apologize for worry about you though and I'm not going to."

"You can't always be there to protect me."

"Not going to stop me from trying," he told her, his eyes starting to glaze over.

The whole day had been disastrous. Kevin didn't want to accept it, but he could have been really hurt from his mistake. She definitely didn't want to be the cause of him getting hurt. She hated thinking it, but maybe she needed to pull back. Maybe they couldn't make this work. "Maybe we shouldn't be doing this."

"Doing what?"

"This. Us."

"What?"

"It's already gotten you hurt, Kev. I mean is what we have worth getting one of us hurt or killed?"

He sat up, grimacing through the pain. "We're not breaking up. We're not. So you need to get that out of your head right now. Even if we did break up, it wouldn't stop me from trying to protect you. It's my job. I mean, you're my partner. I'm supposed to be there for you."

"Javi is your partner too, you know."

"I know." He sighed. "I made a mistake and I'm sorry that I did, but I can't go back and change it. All I can do is learn from my mistake and try my best not to do it again."

"You think you can do that?"

"I'm going to try my hardest, but—" He laced his hand through hers. "It's going to be hard to let you walk into dangerous situations without me having your back."

"I'm a trained detective, and I've grown and learned a lot from when I was attacked. You need to let me take care of myself from time to time, especially when we're at work."

He closed his eyes and nodded. "I know, I'm going to try, I promise."

She nodded and squeezed his hand with her own. She watched over him as he dozed on the couch, her fingers still entwined with Kevin's. She brought his hand to her lips and kissed his palm, whispering, "I'm afraid to lose you, too."

Author's Note: It's always a roller coaster with these two. What do you think?