Heaven
From the moment he saw the look on her face, he'd known that something was wrong. Her words had confirmed it, and yet instead of being happy that she was single again, his heart had ached for her. So he'd begged off of work and offered to take her to the Diner. Coffee might not exactly be chicken soup, but it was good for the soul and he wanted to be there for her.
Hurrying, he'd caught up and they'd started talking. It was going well, he thought, and he was glad that he'd come after her. As he'd suspected she didn't really want to talk about what had just happened, but he listened to her anyway, figuring that if their roles were reversed she'd do the same for him. He was just congratulating himself for doing the right thing by her and not pressuring her into anything more than what she was willing to give him when she suddenly whirled around.
The next thing he knew, lips were crashing, hands roving, as she pulled him close. A part of him knew that this was all just reactionary- but he didn't care. This was something he'd been waiting for for what had seemed like an endless eternity and he wasn't about to look a gift horse in the mouth.
They'd just barely made it to the Egyptian exhibit before losing their clothes, though their lab coats had been shed somewhere along the way. As their bodies touched for the first time in months he gasped and drank deeper of the sweet nectar that was her mouth. She responded in kind and from there things went where they always had.
An hour later it was over. They had rested together, just enjoying the afterglow from their lovemaking. She'd gone on about moments and he'd assured her that he'd always be there for her. Then she'd gotten up, ready to go back to business as usual whether he was or not so he'd let her go. Even when they had been together he did not have what it took to stop her when he saw it was what she truly wanted.
Clutching the lost earring in his palm he sighed, "You've got it bad, Jack."
Maybe so, but Angela was his Heaven and today had given him hope that one day she would come back to him, and all would be right in his world once more.
