The new parents managed to tear themselves away from their baby but not before Meredeth put Tessi to bed herself in the overnight bassinet set up in Lanie and Dave's room. It would be moved into the boathouse the next day, but for tonight, it was there to give the new parents a little romantic privacy.

'I liked that they weren't stubborn about us kissing Tessi goodnight. Makes it feel like the walk from the boathouse to the main house is just an extended hallway,' Esposito said as he and Meredeth entered their own quarters.

'Well, it helps they're all parents too.' Meredeth slipped off her sandals and went over to the bed, sat down. She watched as her husband found a box of matches and lit some of the candles they'd brought with them and set out, to give the open space some ambiance. A few minutes later, there was soft music on the stereo with one of Meredeth's favourite songs - Touch Me from Spring Awakening, a somehow perfectly appropriate song for tonight.

Esposito looked at his wife, who watched him with nervous anticipation. He understood her nerves; her body had changed since giving birth and he knew she was worried about how she would feel to him. But for the detective, being able to make love with his wife was the prize tonight and anything else was bonus. He went over to her, pulling her to her feet.

'Meredeth Dakkars, I love you.'

'I love you too, Javier Jimeno.'

'Let me show you.'

He kissed her, softly, deeply, the kind meant to stir the juices just to the point of arousal so that every added touch would bring her body to life even more for him. He ran his hands under her shirt, around to her stomach which was still the same silky-smooth texture he'd loved from the first time he'd touched it. With careful hands, he flipped open each button then slid it off her shoulders, tossed it aside. He saw the sturdy black nursing bra she was wearing and though he knew her breasts were still somewhat out of bounds, he could still touch and squeeze them. When he slid one strap down, then the other, he felt her stiffen in apprehension.

'You know there's a chance I might leak, right?'

'I know. I don't care. I want to be naked with you.'

Touched by his passionate conviction, Meredeth reached behind her back and flipped the hook and eyes on her bra, let it fall away. 'You make me feel so beautiful, Javi,' she murmured. 'I love you.'

'Love you too.'

Then their bodies were close once again, as Meredeth tugged his shirt over his head and she ran her hands over that gorgeous body, so tough and disciplined; it occasionally made her wonder how someone with her figure turned him on, but this was not one of those times. All she could register was the feel of his muscles, the pound of his heart under her hands as she kissed him again and this time shoved at his shorts so he stood naked in front of her, already beginning to harden. He tugged on the draw-strings of her skirt and slipped it over her hips, followed by her panties so they were, as both wanted to be, naked and caressing one another.

'Mere,' Esposito murmured, 'we've got all night. This first time I want it nice and slow.'

'Me too.'

Their lips met once more and when they tumbled to the bed with her underneath him Meredeth shifted her thighs apart, thrill erupting in bubbles under her skin as she felt him there, his hard against her softness. His hands were everywhere on her body, her hips, her torso, up to her breasts which he squeezed gently; because she was nursing, he couldn't use his tongue as liberally as he usually did so instead traced it in a long line in the valley between her breasts while he gently squeezed and massaged them. Meredeth arched her back off the bed, into his touch, her hips thrusting against his in a way so he groaned in pleasure. He knew her body, even with the changes it was still experiencing, and a touch here, a kiss there, was as amazing as it was the first time he'd touched and tasted her.

Esposito closed his eyes as Meredeth moved beneath him, each little wriggle and shudder making him want her more and more. Skin so smooth and tasty, her beautiful breasts, her long legs, there wasn't an ounce of her he didn't love. He smiled, stroked her face as he rolled her on top of him before he remembered what was in his shaving kit - the travel-sized bottle of Glide in the lime-basil scent. Esposito had been told by both Ryan and Dave a little booster like that might be necessary, but once more, all he cared about was being intimate with his wife. Now, he cursed inwardly in frustration as he remembered where it was.

'Mere, I need to grab something out of my bag.'

'You mean this?' She held up the bottle and smiled at him. 'I already unpacked it.'

'This is why we're such a great pair.' Esposito grinned as he rolled her once more, flipped open the top for the cool gel, then gently as a man seducing his virgin bride, slipped the moistened fingers between her thighs and began to stroke her. His blood sang as he heard her strangled sigh and he slipped one inside her; she made his head swim madly when she whimpered in delight as he pleasured her, finding her trigger and running the pad of his finger over it. Stars cartwheeled inside Meredeth's skull as he did so, he could tell from the glaze in her eyes. It still thrilled and humbled him that so fine a woman let him love her so sweetly and intimately.

'Javi, now.' She moaned it, sliding a hand down his chest to find him hot and hard as granite for her. Taking him in her hand, she positioned him above her slick entrance. 'Please, my love, now.'

'Yes, my love.' With the feel of her breath on his cheek, Esposito slipped inside her; when she made that glorious little 'oh', he kissed her fiercely as he began to move inside her and she matched him with each thrust of her hips.

'Mere,' he groaned, 'you feel so fuckin' good.'

The dirty words coming out of his mouth made her even hotter for him, if that were somehow possible. She dug her fingernails into his back to pull him close. 'Don't stop, Javi, just like that.'

She was making no effort to stay quiet and neither was he now. Each stroke they grew louder and louder, as Meredeth felt that beautiful friction build inside, the energy coiling tighter and tighter until she was certain she'd explode from the tension when it blew through her like a thunderstorm, making her shudder as she cried out for him.

'Javi.' It was part plea for more, part pledge to him. 'Yes.'

Such simple words nearly made Esposito lose his mind and follow her over, but he kept his pace constant as he kissed her deeply, holding her close as he drove her up again, and this time she all but sobbed it out that she was coming as she wrapped her legs around his hips.

'Love you, Mere,' he managed to get out.

'Love you too, Javi.'

It was the last conscious thought he had before his body trembled and exploded into oblivion.

Chests heaving and backs dewed with sweat, Esposito collapsed on top of his wife with a satisfied, 'Oh yeah, Mere, that's the stuff,' making her laugh.

'You're telling me.'

He turned his face so he kissed her shoulder, her neck, then rolled to his side with his hand on her hip so she faced him on her side as well. 'I didn't...you know, hurt you?'

'No.' Meredeth put her hand to his cheek in reassurance. 'It was nothing but hell yeah.'

'Hell yeah?'

'Hell...yeah.' She snuggled closer to him, hooked her leg over his hip; it was such a comfortable position for her. 'Hell fuckin' yeah.'

Esposito grinned; he loved when his Meredeth got in touch with that naughty side he knew she had in spades. 'So that was round one tonight. What else do you think we can get up to tonight?'

'Why don't we take a nice warm shower together? Clean up a little?'

'Clean up?'

She pointed to her breasts. 'I leaked a little bit, but you didn't exactly notice.' Then, she made him feel like a god when she leaned in and whispered in his ear, 'When you're inside me, baby, I can't even remember my own name.'

'Uhh...' was all his lust-for-his-Danish-angel-addled brain could come up with, but thankfully Meredeth kissed him so sweetly, it somehow kick-started it for him. 'So if this is going to be a regular occurrence for us when you have an orgasm while you're nursing, what is a solution we can come up with?'

'For this weekend, I can wear my bikini top, it's designed to handle moisture well.'

'Good idea. Plus,' he added using the same she had, 'Not being completely naked makes me want to hear you scream for me even more.'

Now it was Meredeth's brain to be lust-fried. 'Come on big boy, why don't we go get cleaned up and then get dirty again?'

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