The next few months were pretty rough. Gail moved back into her and Holly's apartment, but not back into their bedroom. She had forgiven Holly, but they still had a lot to work though, both as a couple and individually. Holly had made amazing progress, the nightmares had stopped, sparing an occasional one here and there, but nothing in comparison to the nightly terrors she used to face. She had been working with a psychiatrist and had quit drinking completely. Gail had gone back to full duty and was doing well at work. Oliver had made a quick recovery. Celery had freaked out the first time he went back to work, even if it was just desk duty. He had been busting his ass and had passed his first physical back with flying colors. He kept joking to anyone that would listen that it was because he was a cyborg. Gail suspected that Oliver's refusal to take a permanent desk job and get off the streets had pushed him to the recovery he had surprised everyone with. Gail and Holly had recently started couple's therapy. They were doing great and Gail had even agreed that it was about time for her and Holly to move back into the same room together at the suggestion of their therapist.
"So, moving day?" Gail suggested over brunch. They had just finished a jog together, something they had started doing recently, a way for them to vent their frustrations while still spending time together.
Holly took a bite of her toast and smiled back at the blonde. "What, tonight?"
"Why not? I think it is about time. I miss you at night." Gail said quietly, trying to hide her blush.
"Ok then, it is settled, because I miss you too. Tonight." Holly whispered back. Gail grinned unabashedly at her and started back in on her waffles.
They finished their food and then parted ways. Holly walked towards a bookstore she was meeting Celery at. They had become pretty close while Gail was undercover with Oliver. Gail made her way to her apartment that Oliver was meeting her at.
Oliver was waiting outside for her when she arrived. "Peck, what took you so long?"
"Calm down old man." He snorted in response and followed her inside. He flopped down on the couch and took the offered coffee from Gail. "So I have news."
"Oh do share. What's going on Peck?"
Gail couldn't help but laugh. "You sound like a teenage girl Ollie."
He just shrugged his shoulders and urged her to spill.
"Okay, okay. So Holly and I are doing really well and our therapist thinks we are at a place where we can move back in together."
"Uh not to be a buzzkill, but don't you already live together…?"
"Yeah, but we haven't been sleeping in the same room since everything happened." Oliver didn't know everything that had gone down between them, but he knew enough to understand they had come a long way in their relationship since the operation.
"Wait, so how do you guys like…I mean that's got to be awkward after right?"
Gail rolled her eyes at him. "Yeah, it would be, if we were having sex."
He shot straight up eyes wide. "Wait, you two aren't having sex?"
"No. We haven't had sex since right before I left for the U.C. op. We had a lot to work through and it just hasn't happened." She sighed and put her head down in her hands, mumbling the rest of her response. "So tonight I am moving back into our bedroom with Holly and I am super nervous. What if she expects us to have sex tonight, or worse, what if she doesn't and I can't keep my hands to myself? Do you know how hard it has been to control myself so far?"
"Gail, calm down. First of all I'm sure Holly is probably just as nervous as you are. She is probably having this very same conversation with Celery right now actually. I doubt she expects anything either way. She loves you though, so I am sure that whatever the case it, you will both be fine. Don't stress about it and things will happen in their own time. And if not, I can lend you my porn that Celery won't let me keep in the house."
"Oh my god. You did not just say that."
"What? If you don't want it, just say so. I was just offering."
Gail couldn't help but laugh. "You do realize this is the 21st century right? You can get whatever you want online for free."
Oliver just chucked a pillow at Gail in response. They spent the rest of the afternoon watching TV and eating junk food. Around dinner time Holly and Celery showed up at the apartment and Oliver and Celery went home, leaving just Gail and Holly.
"Have fun with Celery today babe?" Gail asked greeting Holly with a kiss.
"Yeah, you?" Holly asked, sliding her bags onto the coffee table.
"Mmhm. So what is for dinner?"
Holly went into the kitchen searching for something to cook. "How about we just order in tonight? We can watch some movies or something?"
Gail wandered into the kitchen after the brunette. She slipped her arms around Holly's waist and pulled her into a tight embrace. "Sounds perfect."
They ordered Chinese and spent the evening curled up together on the couch, the movie long forgotten in the background. Gail lay beneath Holly, trying hard to control her desires as the woman above her nipped at her neck eagerly. What had started as innocent teasing had quickly spiraled into a heavy make out session. Gail felt her breath hitch as Holly moaned above her.
"Mmm, babe, you can't do that to me." Gail gasped.
Holly shifted up a bit, so she could look at Gail. "Oh, and why is that?"
"Because you are seriously going to make me come if you keep doing that, and we haven't even made it to our bedroom."
Holly's eyes darkened in response, and before Gail could second guess her admission, Holly had jumped off of the couch and was dragging Gail towards the bedroom.