Nightlight

Disclaimer: I own nothing associated with the Fast and Furious franchise, I'm just a fan.

That night

"Hurry up girls." Dom paced the living room floor watching Vince, Leon, and Jesse playing video games. Dom was getting impatient, he wanted to get behind the wheel of his baby, he had waited two years and now he was sick of waiting. What took woman so long to get changed anyway?

"Dom you know you should never tell those two what to do. Actually you should never tell Letty what to do she'll just kick your ass, right Vince?" Leon said while smirking at Vince. Vince just blushed, Dom wasn't watching though, he watched as Letty and Mia ascended the stairs. First thing he saw was Mia; she was wearing a tight fitting red halter-top and some skinny jeans that don't leave much to the imagination. Dom was angry but that anger disappeared when he saw Letty. She was wearing a black mini-skirt with a see through black tank top and black bra. Dom didn't have much time to ogle at Letty though.

"Kay everybody let's go, time for Dom to reclaim his title of King." Letty smirked and got in her new car she'd been fixing up for the past two years, and it was finally in racing condition. Dom watched her every move in the dark, how her hands moved to open the new polished door, how her skirt rode up a few inches as she hopped into the driver seat. She was the most gorgeous girl he'd ever seen. He snapped out of his daze though when he saw his car. His Mazda, his baby, she was gorgeous and he couldn't wait to get behind the wheel. He rushed over to it, he opened the door, put the keys in the ignition that Vince had given him, and listened to her purr, he felt every part of the car working, he heard her beautiful engine come to life. He missed this, he missed all of this the street and the cars, racing. It was probably overrun by people who don't know what the hell they're doing. Dom revved the engine; tonight he was going to change all of that.

The race

"Yo, yo, yo! Dom's outta the slammer." Hector said rushing up to Dom to give him a high-five man hug.

"How you 'doin man? It's been a while." Dom replied smiling, feeling at home here.

"Yo Dom you gonna make a challenge for me brotha?" Edwin asked as he walked up to the team, Letty and Vince were standing next to Vince, Mia was leaning against Leon's car, with Leon and Jess standing beside her, glaring at any guys who looked at her.

"You bet man, I'm here to reclaim my territory."

"Is that right? Speaking of territory, how you 'doin Letty?" Edwin asked stepping up to the 16 year old. Letty just rolled her eyes at him and let him give her a chaste kiss on her lips. He then put his arm around her. "See ya at the races brotha." As they walked away Dom heard Letty say,

"I'm not your goddamn property so stop treating me like it."

"I'm sorry baby." Edwin replied as he stooped down to give her a little bit deeper kiss. After they were a foot away Letty turned around and looked sadly at Dom, but turned her head around quickly so Edwin couldn't notice. Dom was not happy, his eyes were bulging, his hands were rolled up into fists, his eyes were menacing, and he was pissed. Vince looked over at him and smirked.

"You ok brotha you look a little bit unhappy." Dom just slammed his fist into the wall beside him, he knew it was bleeding and it must of hurt but he didn't notice, he was watching Edwin with his arms around her waist kissing her, like he had a right to. Dom hated Edwin in that moment, he was going to beat Edwin and win his dream back. Dom looked over at Hector.

"What's the buy in?"

The race scene

Dom was staring straight ahead all he saw was the finish line. He took a glance to the side where he saw Edwin. Edwin was staring at some skanks waving at him, he smiled flirting with them. Dom was disgusted if he had Letty he'd treat her with respect. He looked to his other side and saw Letty leaning against her car, he was expecting to see her glaring at Edwin, but he noticed her staring right at him. They locked eyes and she smiled at him, she then mouthed, kick his ass. Dom smiled back then looked back at the finish line, he revved his engine, oh yeah it was good to be back.

The after-party at the Toretto's

"Hey Dom nice win tonight." Monica said to Dominic smiling at him and running her hand up and down Dom's arm inappropriately. Dom just nodded and mumbled out a thanks and walked away, he saw Edwin and Letty making out on the couch. This just made Dom angry, he needed to get away. He walked upstairs with corona in hand and walked into his bedroom. He was confused; all he saw was Vince's stuff in it.

"Hey brotha I got your room when you were gone, you belong in your dad's old room Letty's orders." Vince said as he walked past Dom heading downstairs. Dom looked at Vince's retreating form and sighed. He didn't want to do this but he knew he had to. Dom walked into the familiar yet unfamiliar room, it wasn't as bad as he thought, but it was still incredibly hard. Dom walked over to the bed and laid down on it. Every moment of that horrible day played over and over again in his brain, he didn't even realize he had started to cry. The suddenly he felt a tapping on his shoulder he turned around. Letty was lying down on the bed too with her head resting on her hand. Dom rubbed his hand against his nose, trying to be tough. Man is she light; he didn't even feel her climb onto the bed.

"What do you want Letty?" Dom asked still trying to hold onto his pride in front of her.

"You know Dom, when I was eleven my dad died and I couldn't handle it. I started distancing myself from people, starving myself, punishing myself for killing him. I didn't care about anything going on around me, all I did was think of him and every memory I had of him. Then one day this little brat came over to my house. He gave me this dumbass nightlight saying it'd help me. I thought the kid was crazy so I told him to leave me alone; he was really really stubborn so he plugged it into my wall. After he did that I felt better than I had for a month, I started to live again." Letty held her palm out to Dom revealing a star nightlight. "You need it more than I do." Letty smiled, and that's what did it, Dom forgot everything, every consequence every bad thing in this world and he just saw Letty. He pulled her to him and kissed her with a deep deep passion. She didn't fight him in fact she kissed him back matching his passion. Dom flipped her over and felt her every part of her. He was ready to finally get to know her. An hour later Letty was sleeping next to Dom as he watched her. He eventually stood up very quietly and walked to the other side of the room and plugged the star nightlight into their wall, he smiled and walked back to the bed. As he slid in he felt Letty cuddle up on top of him, he felt her legs tangle with his. "Don't leave me Dom." Letty said it so quietly Dom could barely hear her. He looked at her and frowned her eyes were closed and she was softly snoring, she was more beautiful than anything he'd ever seen. He knew he loved her, and he would never hurt her. He'd go back to Lompoc before that happened.

"I love you Leticia Ortiz." Dominic said as he kissed her head. He saw her smile in her sleep and he knew everything was going to be ok as long as she was by his side. With that thought Dom fell asleep for the first as a free man, and boy did it feel good.