Darkness Falls.
Bohemian babe
Mutant x.
Archiving welcome with my permission
Pg-13.
A year earlier
Shalimar stepped into the rec area of New Sanctuary with her wet hair still dripping from her shower. It was hard for her to believe that they had managed to rebuild their entire lives in just a few months. Their new home reminded her so much of the old one, yet it was different. She couldn't quite put her finger on where the lines blurred, between the past and the present.
She heard the sounds of Brennan and Jesse involved in a game of one-on-one over on the basket ball court. She followed the noise and stood wordlessly watching them.
The boys were so wrapped up in their game that it wasn't until the ball rolled off the court and stopped at her feet that they noticed her. Brennan jogged over to retrieve both the ball and a kiss from the woman.
"You wanna play, Shal?" Jesse asked as he caught the ball Brennan threw to him. "Lexa said she might come and join us in a while."
Shalimar looked down at her outfit, more specifically at the short skirt she was wearing. "Thanks, Jess, but I think I'll pass this time. I've got a book I wanted to read anyways."
"Some other time then." Jesse agreed. He gave her a quick smile and then the two men returned to their game.
Shalimar watched them for a moment longer and then went to her room to retrieve the mystery novel that she had been working on before their last mission. With the day stretching out before her she was looking forward to finishing the novel, and maybe spending some time that evening with Brennan.
Book in hand, Shalimar headed off to find a quite space in which she could read.
Later that afternoon.
Brennan and Lexa stood in front of the jewelry counter in one of the department stores at the mall.
"Would you just hurry up and pick one already? We're going to be late getting back in." Lexa complained.
"If it was your ring Jess was picking out you'd want him to be thinking as he chose it."
"Well its not my ring and it will never be my ring."
Brennan smirked as he watched the woman suddenly become interested in looking at the display of wedding bands. "This is the one." he pointed to a two carat princess cut diamond ring. "It is the perfect ring."
Lexa looked at the ring he was pointing to. "You can really afford to get her that ring?"
"We have an installment plan if it is needed." a saleswoman walked over with her false helpful smile.
"It wont be needed." Brennan said quickly. He pulled out his wallet. "Could you get the ring for me please?"
"Of course." the woman gave him a slightly snobbish look, but pulled the ring out of the display case and rang up the price.
That evening.
Brennan set the ring box on his dresser and then took off the t-shirt he had been wearing. He dug around in his dresser for a minute before deciding to go shower off before dressing for his dinner date with Shalimar.
After his shower Brennan pulled on a pair of black dress pants and a soft deep red dress shirt. As he went to go out the door he hesitated for a moment, considering taking the ring with him and giving it to Shalimar then. Finally deciding to stick with his original plan to give it to her the next week on her birthday he walked out of the room and headed down the hall to her room.
Shalimar smiled as she opened the door to her room and found Brennan waiting on her. "I suppose I should be ready for a fun evening?"
"Hon, with our lives you should be ready for anything." he leaned in and softly kissed her. "But hopefully things will be quiet enough for you and me to enjoy a nice evening together."
Shalimar's smile brightened even further as they walked down the hall to the kitchen.
In the kitchen Brennan had set a table for two, red roses, and candles. He lit the candles, poured them each a glass of white wine and served up the meal of herb roasted chicken and pasta he had talked Jesse into making for them.
With supper on the table, Brennan pulled out Shalimar's chair for her and seated her.
He walked around the table and sat in his own chair. For a moment silence filled the room as they looked at each other, the light of the candles reflecting in their eyes.
"Supper looks wonderful." Shalimar said when the silence got to be too much for her.
"Jesse cooked it. I don't think I could have boiled the water for the noodles properly."
"Who chose the menu?"
"That part I could do. I knew that this was one fo your favorite things to eat."
An awkward silence fell on the table.
"You know this is normally about the time we get interrupted by some big emergency that we have to go in and fix." Brennan laughed.
"I hate when that happens. I don't think you and I have managed to have five full dates in the last several months."
"Well hopefully this one will make it all the way."
Later that night.
Brennan and Shalimar collapsed onto her bed. The sheer intensity of their emotions throwing both of them into a deep need for each other. It took little time for their clothes to come off and them to begin making love.