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Happily Ever After
Catherine curls against Warrick's body on his king size bed. Her head rests on his shoulder and she lets out a shuddering sigh. It was a tough case, but then any case involving a child was difficult more so when abuse is involved. He is the only who gets to see this side of her- vulnerable and open. Unlike the rest of the world and especially herself she has nothing to prove to him.
She's hard from years spent under the Nevada sun. Her skin is thick and her eyes can be as cold as ice, reducing more than one man to a stuttering mess. But at home, in his bed she is just his Catherine, just a woman who's seen too much, done too much. She asks him to tell her fairy tales with happy endings because she's tired of living in a Greek tragedy.
He tells her stories, makes them up at the top of his head. He tells her of a woman with the sun in her hair and the sky in her eyes. She is not royalty but she carries herself like a queen. He tells of how she battles demons, both his and hers and anyone else's who is lucky enough to come under her protection. And she slays the dragons that hunt children.
At the end of every story he kisses her fore head and tells her, she lives happily ever after- mustn't ever forget that.
Afterwards they sleep in each other's arms in a comforting manner. Tomorrow they will wake up, don their rusty armor and battle the dragons that reside in Las Vegas. Until then they will enjoy the temporary bliss of their own happily ever after.
the end