***SMK*****SMK *****SMK *****SMK*****SMK*****SMK*****SMK*****SMK***

The TAG Collection

#2 – Codename

Highlights from the Original Story

This was a post-wedding story. Each post had to include a potential codename suggestion. Also important to note, in this FFF Lee asked Amanda to marry him in front of family and friends – though their marriage is still a secret, their feelings aren't.


TAG

The next night...

Amanda stood at the kitchen sink comfy in her flannel PJs and panda slippers, her hands mindlessly cleaning the last of the supper dishes while her brain raced with the standard pre-bed Mom thoughts - Jamie knows his spelling words, I checked Phillip's geography homework, their backpacks are packed and ready for the morning, lunch prep has been done, I paid all the bills last night, the grocery list and dry cleaning receipt are by my purse so I won't forget them in the morning, the towels still need to be folded, the last load is in the dryer, the boys are asleep, and mother won't be home for another hour or so (she finally found a friend to go with her to the sexy Richard Gere movie)... Tomorrow night I need to...

A soft rap on her back door interrupted her mental planning ramble. Smiling, she dried off her hands and slipped her shiny 'new' engagement ring back on. As Lee stole through the back door, she couldn't help but notice how rugged and sexy he looked in his hiking boots, tight faded jeans, black T-shirt and black leather jacket.

"Come in, the boys are asleep," she whispered. "Is everything okay?"

"Everything's fine, my soon to be Mrs. Stetson-again," he whispered back, sauntering slowly towards her. Amanda inched backwards as he approached until she was cornered, wedged between him and the kitchen counter. Lee's hands ran down her arms, and settled possessively around her lower back, resting under her shirttail just above her waistband. "People kept calling me so I thought I'd come over and see if things were quieter here..."

"They are..." she mumbled, inches away from his lips. Her hands moved possessively up his chest to his shoulders.

"Nice slippers...", "sexy jacket, covert operation?", and "I wish it was an undercover one..." were muttered in between zealous welcome kisses.

As Lee's hands began wandering slowly up her back, Amanda half-heartedly inquired as she arched towards him, "So, who's been calling you?"

Having a hard time focusing with Amanda running her nails down his neck, "Well, Leatherneck called four times..."

Pulling him closer as she started a line of light kisses up his neck, she asked, "Did he have any good suggestions for my codename?"

He held her tightly with both hands flat against the middle of her back. "Well, actually he did have a few, but it really doesn't matter now..."

Her fingers ran through his hair. "Why?"

His lips assailed her lower lip. "Billy called too..."

"Billy called?" As that tidbit registered, she pulled away slightly. "What did he say?"

Although it was just millimeters, Lee was disgruntled at the distance she put between them. He pulled her closer with his answer. "Seems he decided on your official codename."

Amanda cradled his cheeks in her hands and asked with obvious excitement in her voice, "Lee, my codename? What is it?"

Not finished with his game, he smiled. "It's need to know."

"Lee, tell me!"

"Persuade me..." He dared her with droopy eyelids and a very, very low sexy tenor.

She couldn't resist that look or his challenge so she began with a long, deep passionate kiss. She whispered in his ear while her hands moved strategically, "How was that for persuasion? Do you need more? How about this… and this… or this…"

"Ouch! A-man-da!"

"Stetson, spill it."

"Okay, already. Your new codename is..."


[Cut to commercial...]


Darn that PAX!