What Wasn't Fine

He'd never really thought about stopping by her house for a late night visit. There'd never been a problem before that made him even question the fact that six out of seven nights he found his way to her house after most people were long asleep. Never mind the fact that he knew he loved her, suspected he was more than half in love with her.

Most nights he'd find her still awake. On her computer, or maybe reading a book with her headphones in so that she could enjoy some soothing background music. Some nights he would find her asleep, and more than once he'd gently moved her to her bed to save her an aching neck from falling asleep over her keyboard. Most visits they would talk, about homework, which he always needed help with, or anything that came to mind, because he loved the sound of her voice.

The rest he would sit silently soaking in her presence; content to just be with her.

But tonight… Tonight made Danny rethink the intelligence of dropping by unexpectedly when all good little halfa's should have been in bed and trying to sleep, or flying the friendly skies looking for the latest ghostly disturbance. Tonight Sam was buried beneath the sheet and blanket and even the thick comforter on her bed. Which was fine.

What wasn't fine were the breathy moans that came from beneath it.

What wasn't fine was the way the slender figure moved beneath the masses of linen, writhing and twisting in the most devastatingly erotic ways.

What wasn't fine was the faint whir of a small battery powered motor.

What wasn't fine was how he had to go home and spend an hours in the shower, shivering beneath cold water because he still heard the way she'd moaned. Or that he hadn't slept at all because wondering who she had fantasized about made him sick to his stomach.

Or the fact that he'd wanted to be the one making her do those things.

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Danny couldn't look Sam in the eyes for weeks after that, and he curtailed his late night visits. But he did figure out that he wasn't just half in love with her.

No. He was in all the way.