Thankfully, the report wrote up quite easily, and it felt good to know that the only thing he'd have to do when he arrived at work Monday morning would be to add the other reports to what he had already written. Letting out a satisfied breath of air, he saved the report on his hard drive and his cloud, knowing that Penelope would yell at him if he didn't take such precautions. Finally, he made his way over to the elevators, his go bag slung over his shoulder. No one else was there, which suited him just fine, as he didn't want to make small talk in that moment.

The drive home passed by quickly, and then he was home, parking in the garage before grabbing his bag. His first stop was the laundry room, where he dumped his dirty clothes into the washing machine before making his way upstairs, expecting to find Erin in their room. There was no one there, and he dropped the bag on top of the trunk before crossing the hall and checking in on Jack. He was still fast asleep, his stuffed dog clutched tightly to his chest, and Aaron smiled as he went to his son's side, crouching down and pressing a tender kiss to his forehead before pulling the covers up a little higher around his body before leaving to look for Erin.

He knocked softly on the guest room door, smiling a little to hear Jessica groggily answer him. Turning the handle, he peeked his head inside. "Hey, Jess. Where's Erin?"

She glanced over at him over her book. "If she's not in your bedroom, she probably is still in the living room. She told me that she wanted to get a little more cut out before heading up to bed. Did the case end well?"

"As well as cases can. I always want to catch the unsub before he hurts another person, but this time, we were unsuccessful in rescuing the last victim." Aaron let out a long sigh. "I'm going to go down to the living room. Are you planning on staying the weekend?"

"No, I'll head home after breakfast tomorrow. You need some alone time with Erin and Jack."

"Do you think I'm moving too quickly?" he asked, suddenly wanting her opinion on where things were heading.

"No. I don't know how many times I can tell you this, Aaron, but hearts are fragile, funny, things, and if you can find happiness and love again, after what happened to my sister, I won't begrudge you that. Especially not when Erin so thoroughly adores Jack, too. She's good for us."

"Thanks, Jess. See you in the morning."

She nodded, and he backed out of the room, closing the door behind him before turning around and heading back downstairs. It didn't take long for him to reach the living room, and a low chuckle spilled from his lips to see that the coffee table had been turned into a fabric store. Then he glanced over to see that Erin had fallen asleep on the sofa, a pair of scissors in her hands, and he smiled as he crossed over to her side, kneeling down and gently removing the heavy shears from her hand and setting them atop the fabric piles before leaning in and kissing her tenderly.

"Oh, you're home! I guess I was more tired than I thought. I've been piecing together Jack's quilt, after Jessica and Penelope brought me to the fabric store Tuesday. The fabrics that they had there! And the new tools. I tried not to spend too much, but Penelope told me not to worry about cost, that this was her gift to me. Aaron, she's already bought me new clothes, and now this. Why is she so kind to someone she doesn't really know?"

He helped her to sit up so that he could take a seat next to her, stroking her hair lightly as he took a deep breath. "Penelope is one of the kindest women I have ever met in my life. She loves large and easily, and I think that there is a part of her that sees you as her project, along with a part of her that looks to you like a mother figure. She lost both her parents when she was Tabitha's age at the onset of the curse, so she may be seeking to help heal that wound in your heart."

"That is probably the sweetest thing I've ever heard. Would you take me to bed now, though? I find myself growing quickly tired once more, and want nothing more than to be in your arms right now. I hope that you don't mind the mess, but I'm not to the point of being able to clean up yet."

"This is fine, Erin. Come, let's to bed." She giggled a little as she nodded, getting to her feet at the same time he did and clasping his hand as they went over to the staircase and made their way up. "I missed you while I was gone."

"I missed you, too. I'm still getting used to calling you, and being able to hear your voice, even though you're so far away. And I am far from comfortable with the internet, even though Jessica has tried to give me so many pointers. It just feels too much for me, I'd rather write a letter or read a physical book. Maybe that will change with time, but for right now, I don't foresee that changing."

"There's nothing wrong with that, Erin. There are even some people who were born in the last two decades that prefer physical books, too." She nodded as they stepped into their bedroom, and he smiled as she stepped away from him to quickly undress, noticing for the first time that she wasn't wearing her corset, but a modern bra and panty set. "That's new."

"A gift from Jessica. Since it would be a little awkward to ask her to help me with the corset, and she's not here all the time. I hope you don't mind if I wear my corset when you're home to help me, though. I find that I prefer that over these, since there's so little to cover me."

He nodded as he watched her unclasp the bra, the move looking awkward to him, though those thoughts were soon pushed to the back of his mind as he took in her breasts, seeing the way her nipples were tightening beneath his gaze. "There's something to be said about both types of undergarments."

"You just like the fact that these are quick to get out of. Is that why they were invented?"

There was a teasing, though imperious, tone to her voice, and he shrugged as quickly undressed, stopping once he was down to his boxers. "I think that I read somewhere that women invented them because they were less confining than a corset. But seeing the way that you move so easily in one, I am inclined to think that that is not the truth." A wide yawn caught him off guard, and he knew then that the most they'd be doing that evening was sleeping, but that was all right, since they had two other nights to be more intimate, and he went over to the dresser and pulled out a pair of sweat pants, puling them on before heading back to the bed. Erin frowned a little as she went over and pulled out her own nightgown. "If we relax now, we can wake up early and welcome in a new day."

A slow smile crept over her face as she nodded. "I rather like the sound of that, Aaron," she said as she smoothed the nightgown down over her legs before crawling into bed next to him. "Because I have missed being close to you." He nodded before kissing her deeply as she pulled the sheets up around their shoulders, hooking her arm around his waist as they fell asleep exchanging sweet kisses.