Leo was busy attempting to cook, ten minutes before Piper was due to be
arriving. It was only fair to admit that he WAS a good cook. He could whip
up a Spaghetti Bolognese as well as a top chef, but he wasn't a patch on
Piper.
Just as he was lighting the candles that he'd set out skilfully and symmetrically around the kitchen and at the perfectly set table, the doorbell rang. Leo quickly jazzed around the room, hiding anything that made the place look untidy. He bolted over to the front door, regained his composure and pulled heavily on the oak door. "Hey" He acknowledged Piper, once again flashing his heartbreaking smile.
"Hey yourself." She returned with a broad smile of her own. She pulled her hand out from behind her back, containing a bottle. "I bought wine." She said. "You can NEVER have enough wine on such a gorgeous night."
"Wow...Little Miss Thoughtful aren't we?" He teased. He pulled the door right open and reached for her hand. "Well...come on in. It might seem a little...messier... than it used to be. I've been busy at the people's home lately."
Piper smiled thankfully and handed her coat to Leo, looking around the flat. "What are you talking about Leo? It's spotless!"
"Really?" he asked, wandering over to check the food, turning back to look at the beautiful woman sat on his couch every now and then. "I didn't think so. It's like living with pigs some of the time and I live by myself. I don't know how yours and Prue's place stays so immaculate."
"Because I'm there." She returned, chuckling. "I'm a regular neat freak...you know that." She paused and continued to look around the room. "Wow...for some reason it feels strange to be here again, like I'm shy. I don't get why...I couldn't count the number of nights I've stayed here on a millipede's legs."
Leo laughed and shook his head. There just had to be a witty comeback for everything, most of the time it was a funny one. "Well... I don't understand it either. You practically lived here." He said, after a pause, he decided to continue. "And you still do...I mean...that's if you want to." He added when she turned quickly to look at him.
Piper's shocked expression rapidly turned to one of happiness and warmth. "Yeah...of course I do." She walked over to join Leo at the kitchen. "I know that it's going to be hard to get things to the way they were, but I want things to be as near to that as possible. I loved you...I DO love you, that sort of thing doesn't change overnight." She mumbled, glancing away embarrassedly.
Leo lifted her chin up with his finger. "Piper, I love you too. I don't think I'll ever stop loving you. You're everything I've ever wanted, everything I ever will want. I can't imagine my life without you." He saw Piper close her eyes and smile, clearly happy that he hadn't given up on them. He took the opportunity to lean down and plant a soft, tender kiss on her lips. It only lasted a few seconds, but in that slim amount of time he felt sparks fly, and he was pretty sure she did too.
Leo moved his hand off of her cheek and squeezed her hand, smiling as she opened her eyes. "Come on...let's eat." He whispered when she returned his grin.
As Leo turned around to tend to the food, Piper bit her lip and stroked the spot on her face where his hand had just been resting. She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but Leo's kisses felt so much more loving, and definitely much more special. He meant the world to her, so she wasn't surprised when she mindlessly stepped forward and wrapped her arm around his waist. "Thank you Leo." She whispered, leaning her head against the muscles of his upper arms.
Leo turned around and pulled her gently into his arms. He kissed her forehead and rested his chin on the top of her head. "For what?" He questioned.
"For proving what a mistake I made in ending this. For helping me realise how much I love you and how much I need you." She wrapped her arms tighter around his waist and breathed in the smell of his aftershave. She could feel a stir of happiness roam through her veins, mixing with her blood. It felt good to be in his arms like this again, to know that when the going got tough, Leo would come running.
"Honey... I wouldn't have let you go anyway. I would have given you a week to think things through and have your own space, and I'd have been on your doorstep, begging for you to come back to me. I love you that much." He closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. It had been so close; he had so nearly lost the gorgeous brunette that he was holding now.
Piper smiled and closed her eyes, feeling protected and loved. She wanted this moment to last forever. A moment of joy and happiness with the man she loved.
An hour later, Piper and Leo were finishing tidying up. Despite Leo's pleas to try and get Piper to sit back and relax, she'd insisted on helping him with the dishes. "Well then" Leo said, placing the final dish back in it's rightful cupboard. "The rest of the evening is ours... I think we've given the dishes enough attention."
Piper chuckled. It was funny the way Leo treated everything like it had feelings. He cared so much for everything around him, living or non. He was her angel, there was no doubting that when you saw the way she looked at him. The beautiful twinkle in her eye ignited when he was within ten feet, it was like magic. "Well then...let's not leave the wine waiting."
"Miss Piper." Leo exclaimed, feigning a British accent. "Are you trying to get me drunk so that you can seduce me?"
Piper raised an eyebrow and nodded. "Mais oui Monsieur Leo." She squealed as Leo picked her up. "No...Leo.." she giggled. "Put me down...stop it!!" He tickled her as he went to place her on the couch carefully. "No" She giggled furiously, "Please...don't...please!!"
Leo chuckled and sat down next to her, squeezing her hand. "Sorry...old habit" He smirked, reaching for the two glasses that were on the table, already full with the red liquid that was lethal when overused. "Here's to us." He said, raising his own glass as he handed Piper hers.
"To us.." she returned. "And may there be many more years worth of us."
"Exactly." He replied, taking a sip. He could feel his heart aching to be nearer to Piper. Just looking at her drove him insane. It was ok for him to kiss her now...right? He felt himself leaning towards her, and saw her moving nearer. He tried to fight back a small smile at the same time she did. He pulled her slowly into his arms and kissed her softly. Her hair brushed against his cheek, the way it always did. Piper returned the kiss, and soon after, the wine glasses were left forgotten on the table as the two kissed tenderly.
AN: Was that fluffy enough for ya? Trust me...I don't think I can get much fluffier!! I'm no good at it...I would've done the whole dinner...but that would have been boring and I'm sure you guys only want the fic for it's P/L scenes!! So I thought...what's they point...it'll only take the limelight away from the stars of the chapter...and every chapter come to think of it...PIPER AND LEO!!! ( btw...anyone else hating Kern for keeping them apart? R&R PLZ!!!
Just as he was lighting the candles that he'd set out skilfully and symmetrically around the kitchen and at the perfectly set table, the doorbell rang. Leo quickly jazzed around the room, hiding anything that made the place look untidy. He bolted over to the front door, regained his composure and pulled heavily on the oak door. "Hey" He acknowledged Piper, once again flashing his heartbreaking smile.
"Hey yourself." She returned with a broad smile of her own. She pulled her hand out from behind her back, containing a bottle. "I bought wine." She said. "You can NEVER have enough wine on such a gorgeous night."
"Wow...Little Miss Thoughtful aren't we?" He teased. He pulled the door right open and reached for her hand. "Well...come on in. It might seem a little...messier... than it used to be. I've been busy at the people's home lately."
Piper smiled thankfully and handed her coat to Leo, looking around the flat. "What are you talking about Leo? It's spotless!"
"Really?" he asked, wandering over to check the food, turning back to look at the beautiful woman sat on his couch every now and then. "I didn't think so. It's like living with pigs some of the time and I live by myself. I don't know how yours and Prue's place stays so immaculate."
"Because I'm there." She returned, chuckling. "I'm a regular neat freak...you know that." She paused and continued to look around the room. "Wow...for some reason it feels strange to be here again, like I'm shy. I don't get why...I couldn't count the number of nights I've stayed here on a millipede's legs."
Leo laughed and shook his head. There just had to be a witty comeback for everything, most of the time it was a funny one. "Well... I don't understand it either. You practically lived here." He said, after a pause, he decided to continue. "And you still do...I mean...that's if you want to." He added when she turned quickly to look at him.
Piper's shocked expression rapidly turned to one of happiness and warmth. "Yeah...of course I do." She walked over to join Leo at the kitchen. "I know that it's going to be hard to get things to the way they were, but I want things to be as near to that as possible. I loved you...I DO love you, that sort of thing doesn't change overnight." She mumbled, glancing away embarrassedly.
Leo lifted her chin up with his finger. "Piper, I love you too. I don't think I'll ever stop loving you. You're everything I've ever wanted, everything I ever will want. I can't imagine my life without you." He saw Piper close her eyes and smile, clearly happy that he hadn't given up on them. He took the opportunity to lean down and plant a soft, tender kiss on her lips. It only lasted a few seconds, but in that slim amount of time he felt sparks fly, and he was pretty sure she did too.
Leo moved his hand off of her cheek and squeezed her hand, smiling as she opened her eyes. "Come on...let's eat." He whispered when she returned his grin.
As Leo turned around to tend to the food, Piper bit her lip and stroked the spot on her face where his hand had just been resting. She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but Leo's kisses felt so much more loving, and definitely much more special. He meant the world to her, so she wasn't surprised when she mindlessly stepped forward and wrapped her arm around his waist. "Thank you Leo." She whispered, leaning her head against the muscles of his upper arms.
Leo turned around and pulled her gently into his arms. He kissed her forehead and rested his chin on the top of her head. "For what?" He questioned.
"For proving what a mistake I made in ending this. For helping me realise how much I love you and how much I need you." She wrapped her arms tighter around his waist and breathed in the smell of his aftershave. She could feel a stir of happiness roam through her veins, mixing with her blood. It felt good to be in his arms like this again, to know that when the going got tough, Leo would come running.
"Honey... I wouldn't have let you go anyway. I would have given you a week to think things through and have your own space, and I'd have been on your doorstep, begging for you to come back to me. I love you that much." He closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. It had been so close; he had so nearly lost the gorgeous brunette that he was holding now.
Piper smiled and closed her eyes, feeling protected and loved. She wanted this moment to last forever. A moment of joy and happiness with the man she loved.
An hour later, Piper and Leo were finishing tidying up. Despite Leo's pleas to try and get Piper to sit back and relax, she'd insisted on helping him with the dishes. "Well then" Leo said, placing the final dish back in it's rightful cupboard. "The rest of the evening is ours... I think we've given the dishes enough attention."
Piper chuckled. It was funny the way Leo treated everything like it had feelings. He cared so much for everything around him, living or non. He was her angel, there was no doubting that when you saw the way she looked at him. The beautiful twinkle in her eye ignited when he was within ten feet, it was like magic. "Well then...let's not leave the wine waiting."
"Miss Piper." Leo exclaimed, feigning a British accent. "Are you trying to get me drunk so that you can seduce me?"
Piper raised an eyebrow and nodded. "Mais oui Monsieur Leo." She squealed as Leo picked her up. "No...Leo.." she giggled. "Put me down...stop it!!" He tickled her as he went to place her on the couch carefully. "No" She giggled furiously, "Please...don't...please!!"
Leo chuckled and sat down next to her, squeezing her hand. "Sorry...old habit" He smirked, reaching for the two glasses that were on the table, already full with the red liquid that was lethal when overused. "Here's to us." He said, raising his own glass as he handed Piper hers.
"To us.." she returned. "And may there be many more years worth of us."
"Exactly." He replied, taking a sip. He could feel his heart aching to be nearer to Piper. Just looking at her drove him insane. It was ok for him to kiss her now...right? He felt himself leaning towards her, and saw her moving nearer. He tried to fight back a small smile at the same time she did. He pulled her slowly into his arms and kissed her softly. Her hair brushed against his cheek, the way it always did. Piper returned the kiss, and soon after, the wine glasses were left forgotten on the table as the two kissed tenderly.
AN: Was that fluffy enough for ya? Trust me...I don't think I can get much fluffier!! I'm no good at it...I would've done the whole dinner...but that would have been boring and I'm sure you guys only want the fic for it's P/L scenes!! So I thought...what's they point...it'll only take the limelight away from the stars of the chapter...and every chapter come to think of it...PIPER AND LEO!!! ( btw...anyone else hating Kern for keeping them apart? R&R PLZ!!!