The more time she spent with Nick, the more Adalind realized how sweet and wonderful he was. She had never met anyone like him. Not once did he show any resentment for their situation. And he seemed to genuinely want to protect and care for her and their son.

Wanting to do something extra special for him, she decided on making lasagna from scratch. Making the pasta and bolognese herself, as well as getting fresh tomatoes and spinach.

Unfortunately, while she was dicing the tomatoes, Kelly became very fussy. Distracted, Adalind licked her fingers to remove the juice on them.

In a matter of minutes, angry red splotches formed all over her body. She was in pain and terribly itchy. Adalind knew there was no way she was going to be able to get herself to Rosalee for rash ointment. She was worried about how safe her son would be in the car with someone who was too uncomfortable to strive and may cause an accident.

Seeing no other choice, she called Nick for help.

He couldn't help chuckling at her predicament, much to her annoyance, but he promised to get some rash ointment from Rosalee and head home to her as soon as he could.

"I'm sorry dinner's ruined."

"It's alright. Don't worry about it. I'll pick up some Chinese on my way home."

The moment he hung up with Adalind, he called Rosalee and explained the situation. The fuchsbau promised to have the ointment ready for him when he came by. Nick then called a takeout order for Chinese.

Hank and Wu, overhearing Nick's phone calls, understood the detective would need to be leaving early that day and promised to cover for him.

When Nick got home, he saw Adalind close to tears due to how miserable she was. He immediately took Kelly and handed her one of the bottles Rosalee had given him.

"Rosalee said to take a hot shower and use this like body wash. It has oatmeal and lavender in it and will take away the burn and itch. The ointment is supposed to be massaged into your skin to relieve the rest of the pain and to help heal your rash. I'll get Kelly settled, and clean up the kitchen while you're showering, then I'll help you with the ointment." NIck offered.

Giving him a grateful smile, Adalind hurried into the bathroom.

When she emerged, she already felt so much better. Her body was no longer torturing her and she felt added relief at seeing that Nick had cleaned the kitchen.

Towel wrapped around her body because she had been in too much of a hurry to get some relief that she had forgotten to get a change of clothes, Adalind walked into the bedroom and saw Nick laying a spare sheet down on the bed.

"To keep any ointment from dripping on the bed." He explained.

Adalind got on the bed and laid down on her front. She shifted the towel so it was no longer wrapped around her and instead only covered her butt.

With Kelly settled in his crib. Nick was able to give his full attention to applying the ointment to Adalind's skin.

Now, Nick was a warm blooded, perfectly healthy, heterosexual male in his early thirties with a set of working eyes.

Adalind was a warm blooded, perfectly healthy woman and she was laid out in front of him with barely anything blocking his view of her body.

And Adalind had a beautiful body. A beautiful body that Nick was given permission to run his hands all over.

He was sure no one would blame him for the very natural reaction his body had to seeing a feeling the body of the woman beneath him.

The red patches on her skin did nothing to deter Nick's thoughts. No matter how hard he tried to stop it, his brain felt the need to supply him with all of the things he could do with the beautiful blonde.

His growing interest was further enticed by the soft gasps and quiet moans escaping from Adalind's perfect pink lips.

"That feels really good." She praised with a sigh. "Would you mind doing my front, too. Since you already have the ointment."

Adalind turned over and repositioned the towel along the length of her body. One end spread over her breasts, then was scrunched as it trailed down to cover her intimate area while leaving her hips and thighs exposed.

Nick wondered if she knew what she was doing to him. The Adalind of a few years ago would certainly have been capable of manipulating things for her advantage. She would have had no qualms about poisoning herself in order to get something she wanted.

But Nick pushed that thought aside. There was no reason for Adalind to scheme. If she needed or wanted anything, all she had to do was ask. Nick was sure he had proven he would give her anything he was capable of.

And in that moment, if she were to ask him to make love to her, he would have done so without a second's hesitation.

He slipped his hand beneath the towel to rub some ointment on her belly.

She was so soft. So smooth. Distracted, Nick nearly moved his hand between her thighs with the purpose of feeling her, pleasuring her. But he caught himself just in time and finished his task.

It was painful to move away from her but Nick forced himself to do it. Adalind was completely dependent on him and he was not going to take advantage of her.

If they were to be intimate in the fullest way, Nick needed to be sure it was because Adalind wanted him and not because she was grateful to him.

Nick allowed himself one more long look over Adalind's form, before letting her know she could get dressed and excusing himself to wash his hands.

While in the bathroom, Nick took the time to take care of his own discomfort. The memory of the feel of Adalind skin in his mind the entire time.

Sated for the moment, he cleaned himself up then joined Adalind in reheating the take out Chinese he had brought home.

"I really am sorry about the lasagna." She said with regret. "You've been so great. I wanted to do something special for you."

"There's really no need. Everything I've done I wanted to do. And you already did something really special when you gave birth to our son. I'm pretty sure nothing I could ever do will top making an actual human being." He informed her with a cheeky grin.

She rolled her eyes, shook her head and smiled at him.

Nick didn't think it was the right time to say out loud, but he thought Adalind had done something very nice for him that evening by letting him see and caress her body.

He hoped that one day, she would allow him much more. That they would be much more to one another.