"Mmm…I hate mornings." Leo groaned, stroking Piper's long dark hair.

"Me too." She agreed, glancing at the wall clock. She nudged his shoulder. "But you do have to get up soon. I do too." She admitted, as an afterthought, tracing her hand along the forest green sheets.

"Can't we just stay here a little longer?" Leo begged, knowing the inevitable. "You know, we could have breakfast in bed. I won't drop eggs on the sheets, I swear."

She laughed. "Sweetie, we gotta get up." Piper patted his bare thigh. "Up, up, up. Otherwise, I'm getting in the shower first." She jumped up, wrapping the sheet around her naked body. But not before giving Leo a peep show. He smiled.

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"I'm surprised you even like me in the morning." Piper was saying, as she padded around the small kitchen. "I mean, I'm crabby, I'm grouchy and if you get on my nerves, I'm subject to poison you. Here you go, Honey." She finished, putting a cup of coffee down in front of him.

Despite her previous words, Leo took a sip of the warm, brown liquid. "You know just how I like my coffee, babe. Poisoned."

She laughed, pulling her brunette hair up in a ponytail. Then she did something he'd watched her do everyday for almost two years. She went over a mental checklist, thinking about everything she had to do that day. "Hon, are you gonna be home for dinner?"

Leo winced then smiled his best smile at her above the coffee cup. "About that…See, Mr. Johansen wants me to meet him for dinner. Something about the market being unsteady."

For a moment, he watched as she twisted her mouth to the side in thought. Then she smiled. "Don't they understand? It's not that hard. By low and sell high." He downed the rest of the coffee.

"That's my girl!" he said, kissing her on the lips. He picked up his briefcase and made his way to the door. Before he knew what was going on, she grabbed him by his Armani and pulled him down for another kiss. This one was longer, made him wonder if he'd end up late for work.

She pulled away with a moan. "Hurry home, kay?"

He nodded. "Don't I always?"

Piper smiled. "Mmm…Dinner'll be ready, but come to the back when you're ready for dessert."

Leo grinned, growling at her playfully. "Will do. Bye, Babe."

"See you later, Hon."

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Leo opened the door to the apartment. The San Francisco loft to be exact. His shoes clicked on the polished hardwood floors and he rolled his eyes. It was roughly 10:30 and she wasn't even home yet. Geez, she was more of a workaholic than he was. What had gotten her caught up? Oh well, she'd be home soon.

Leo dropped his briefcase on the couch and loosened his tie, throwing it to the counter.

He kicked his shoes off in the hallway as he made his way to the bedroom. He threw himself backwards across the bed, whereupon he fell asleep.

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At 11:40, Piper walked through the door to the loft. "Leo!" she called, locking the door one handedly, due to the bag of deli food in her hand. "I know I said dinner would be ready, but I got busy, and…" She trailed off, turning to face the room. For a brief moment, she suspected he was gone. But upon seeing his briefcase on the couch, his tie on the counter and the heel of his shoe at the entrance to the hallway, she smiled.

She shook her head and picked up his briefcase and his tie, and kicked his shoes ahead of her to the bedroom.

"Le—" Piper stopped and smiled at her boyfriend. He was sprawled across the bed, still I his suit, sound as sleep, his chest rising and falling gently. She kicked off her shoes and walked over to him, straddling him.

After a moment he awoke, mumbling sleepily about "sell now" and "I can't control the market".

"Mmm…" she said, leaning down, creating a screen with her hair. She ran her fingertips from either side of his bellybutton, up to his shoulders. "Is work all you think about, Mr. Stockbroker?"

Leo smiled, moving his hands to her red clad hips. "No…I think about you…and—"

She cut her off with her lips. He felt the mix of love and sexual urge he felt everytime he kissed her. He felt her hands moving to unbutton his blue pinstriped shirt, nuzzling her face in his neck. He moved his hands to her backside and squeezed. He heard her give a sexy grunt, before moving to kiss him on the lips.

Finally, she had his shirt undone and was showering kisses down his abdomen. When he mouth reached his belt buckle, she smiled and kissed her way back up. She met his lips again.

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Piper and Leo lay next to one another, she tracing a symbol, a triquetra, onto the sheet, him running his hand lightly and absentmindedly over her nipple.

"Mmm…" she said contentedly, "Do we ever get any sleep?" he moved his idle hand to her shoulder, rubbing it up and down.

"No, not really."

"I'd like to stay like this…for a long time. Forever…Maybe. I wonder what your mother would say." She said with an evil laugh.

Leo smiled and chuckled nervously. "Hum…Funny you should say that…"

Piper sat up out of his loving embrace, clutching the green sheets over her body. "Oh my God."

He could swear she was starting to wheeze. "Pippy, calm down."

"Oh," Wheeze. "my" Wheeze. "God…Are you going to say something about your mom? She scares the shit outta me. Oh God…" She let out sort of a chocked, disgruntled moan and stood up, pulling the bed sheet with her. He watched her walk to the bathroom.

The door shut and he could hear her moaning and groaning, like a terrible illness struck her. Leo would have laughed. He put a hand to his forehead and sighed.