When they arrived home after sitting for RJ earlier than anticipated, Daniel could tell his babe was going to bed but most definitely not to sleep. After spending the night teasing each other on the couch while minding RJ, and after Andrea was certain she'd finished with her morning sickness for the day, he was more than a little ready to get his bride-to-be naked.

He went into the bedroom to find Andrea in the pearl-grey lingerie she'd gotten at Christmas. She was sitting with her back against the head board, her long legs out in front of her.

'Hello, sailor,' she purred at him, and because she was feeling particularly saucy tonight, uncrossed her legs a la Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct to let him see she'd left off the matching panties.

'You are feisty, my sweet,' he purred back, stripping out of his clothes so that when they were lost in each other, there would be no stopping for something as pedestrian as getting naked. 'You look so hot, like...fiery mists on a rolling green hill in County Claire.'

'Mercy me.'

Andrea moved so she was kneeling in the middle of the bed, wrapping her arms around him. The breadth of his shoulders never failed to make her feel like a soft, delicate vine wrapping herself around a sturdy marble pillar and she indulged herself tonight by tracing her fingertips there.

Daniel groaned at her butterfly touch. It was that touch he'd fallen for - they'd been working in a sex-related and genital injury sensitivity seminar and he'd had to play the patient who had been camping and received a snake-bite to the junk, and Andrea was demonstrating to the new nurses in the triage unit appropriate techniques for handling the patient without embarrassing him. He'd been the one to end up hot under the collar at the feeling Andrea's hands on his body, and had had more than one sweaty dream about her really touching him, like she was now.

Her lips were sweet, soft beneath his and Daniel nudged them open with his tongue to find hers; he moaned into her mouth as his hands fumbled on her back to find a clasp so he could free those beautiful breasts into his hands. He made a little noise of confusion in his throat and pulled away from her only a moment.

'Isn't there a hook on the back of this thing?'

'Nope.' Andrea nipped at his lower lip. 'You gotta peel it off...very...slowly.'

'Oh, baby,' was all he could manage. Daniel fastened his mouth to hers once again, then let it roam over her jaw, the curve of her neck as his solid, sturdy hands slipped the soft pearl-grey straps down her delicately strong shoulders. With one finger, he traced a design over the swells of her breasts, heard her suck in a breath. The wispy fabric slipped further down her body as Daniel tugged at it to reveal those curves in all their natural glory. 'Here, lie back, baby,' he murmured, carefully laying her back in the bed.

Andrea looked up at him, let her eyes wander over him; he had amazing shoulders and was solid as granite in the torso, down to his hips, down to where her eyes widened in appreciation for him. As she'd once said to Honey-Milk, that name Brick suited him all over. He was like a golden-Irish god and the look on his face, that look he saved only for her, overwhelmed her. As quickly as she felt the lust body-slam her system, the tears sprang into her eyes and she gave a little sniffle.

'Andrea?' It didn't go unnoticed by Daniel that his fiancee's eyes had filled up and were threatening to spill over. 'Baby, what's wrong, are you in pain?'

'No, not all, just my stupid hormones, I'm okay, really.'

He pressed his body gently into hers rubbed his thumb over her cheek when little droplets coursed out of the corners of her eyes. 'Andrea Darcy Hermione, my love, you are so strong, and so brave.'

'I love you so much, Daniel. I...you're the best thing that's ever happened to me.'

'You are too, this-' he picked up her hand with her ring on it '-and this-' he pressed their joined hands over the lower part of her belly '-these are the miracles of my life.'

With careful fingers, he bunched up her negligee, pulled it over her head so she was naked with him, and because he knew what she needed right now, he whispered in her ear naughty little compliments that had her breath catching in her chest. When his hand drifted up to cover one of those gorgeous, juicy breasts of hers that were one-hundred percent God-given, Daniel groaned in frustrated pleasure at the feel of her rock-hard nipple under his fingertips. 'That is so sexy, Andrea.'

'Yeah? Even better than this?'

She thrust her hips upward against his, let herself glide against him and Andrea felt the power only a woman seducing her lover could feel when she saw his eyes glaze over. The sensation of him, hot and hard against her body made her catch her lip in her teeth. Then she was crying out his name as he scraped his thumbs over the heated points of her breasts and lowered his mouth to the softly-scented valley between them.

'Daniel!'

Spurred on by the sound of his name on her lips, moaned with such passion, Daniel gently kissed the undercurve of once breast before moving to its centre where he nipped and suckled and teased his fiancee. She did have the most amazing breasts and he'd felt like a god the first time he'd gotten to touch them and taste them. Her thighs squeezed against his hips in reflex as she moved lightly against him.

'Daniel, baby, inside me, I want you inside me,' she sighed to him, the feel of his tongue on her nipple driving her mad for him.

'Whatever you want, my love.' But Daniel would take his time on her tonight, and gripping her hips, lifting her up ever so slightly he sank himself inside her slowly, listening to her moan as he filled her up. Her back arched off the bed and he streaked a hand from her chin down to her navel as he began to move inside her, making her gasp and tremble for him.

Andrea writhed beneath her fiance, making no effort to stay quiet as the tremors wracked her body so sweetly. He was moving slowly inside her tonight, making it last as long as he could for her.

'Daniel.' She put her palm to his face, keeping her eyes on his as they moved together. Then, the soft, sweetness of their lovemaking became frantic and desperate for each other, but not once did his eyes leave her face. 'Oh...oh, god...Daniel...oh!'

He watched the orgasm tumble through her as she called out to him, her hips moving fast and furiously against his as he drove her up. While most were self-conscious of their orgasm-face, Andrea just let herself feel everything her body was experiencing. The look of her, the way she shudder because of him and how he made her feel, had him speaking through gritted teeth.

'Say it, Andrea,' he demanded softly of her in her ear. 'I wanna hear you say it so badly, baby.'

She stiffened beneath him and choked out on a gasping breath, 'I'm coming, Daniel, I'm coming.'

'I'm with you, my love, right...there.'

He went blind for a moment as his body let go and he emptied himself inside her, then laid on top of her as he tried to right her world once more. Nestling against her, he breathed deeply while listening to her heart thundering under her ribs.

'I get it now,' he murmured dreamily. 'Javier was right.'

'Javi was right about what?' Andrea returned in just as dreamy a tone, her foot sliding over the back of Daniel's leg.

'I'm listening to your heart thundering away, and he said that when you get to be about five or six months pregnant, the baby will probably give you what for when we're having sex since I've got your heart-rate going.'

'You don't think I'll...no. No, I'm not going down that route. Obviously, you'll still find me attractive when I'm that big.'

Daniel grinned at her. 'Andrea my sweetheart, you are one smart lady, and I love you so much.'

'I love you too, Daniel.' But even as she smiled, she could feel the tears starting up again, and this time Andrea felt him wrap his arms around her; he rolled so they were lying side-by-side on the bed and his big hand was stroking over her hair.

'It's alright, sweetie, just let it out.'

Once her crying jag was done Andrea swiped at her eyes, gave a little laugh. 'Guess it's pretty handy that you're a nurse who deals with pregnant women on a regular basis, huh?'

'Just like you know how to handle little kids in a crisis, so if our little Seamus or Julianna takes a tumble you'll know what to do without overreacting like some parents might.'

'Seamus or Julianna?' she giggled. 'Are we picking names already?'

'Those were my grandparents names. Very Irish.'

'I'll say. I've always liked Sinead for a girl. Like the singer, you know? She kinda looks like a baby with her shaved head and those big doe-like eyes.'

'Well, then lets take a vote.' Daniel moved back just enough to put his hand on her belly. 'Hey in there, what do you think of being called Julianna Sinead Hennessey Brick? You'll think on it? Okay. That's all I ask.'

'You're ridiculously adorable, Nurse Brick,' Andrea laughed. 'And it makes me want to marry you even more.'

'Well, if you're free on the twenty-first around one-thirty, I think I've got a place in mind,' he teased back. 'What do you say?'

'I say it's a date. Mmf. I'm hungry again.'

'Again? Again, she says? What do you feel like?'

'Chicken club sandwich, extra lite mayo, with those spicy jalapeno chips on the side. Oh, and a Diet Coke.'

'No, no diet anything. Regular Coke if you want it, or nothing at all,' he told her firmly. 'I don't want our baby coming out so he'll glow in the dark.'

Andrea smiled, then popped up when she saw him starting to dress. 'What are you doing?'

'It's about eleven-thirty, Gennaro's is open until midnight. You stay here and rest, I'll get us a snack.'

'Aren't you so sweet.'

'I have my cell if I need you for anything, okay? Daniel leaned in, gave her a kiss. 'Love you.'

'Love you too.'

Andrea watched him go, heard the front door to the apartment lock and let out a snorting giggle. Reaching for her phone, she dialed Honey-Milk; her friend was on nights tonight since it was Friday and she didn't have to worry about getting her son up for school in the morning.

'Nurse Ryan.'

'Hey it's Andrea.'

'Hey, mama, how's it going?'

'This is too cute, I had to share. Daniel is going on his first midnight cravings run as a proud daddy to be.'

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