Kim had woken up first. It was never her intention to stay all night but when she had crept downstairs to thank him for his letter and she found him watching the video they had made for him she couldn't leave. Of course she needed to tell him about the morning but she didn't want to ruin his first Christmas with Oliver and she was looking for any excuse not to tell him and she found it.

They hadn't done anything but it was nice to just be here with him. He had kissed her softly, but only briefly and held her hand and that was it. Was it enough? Not even close, but she knew this was going to be a long process and they may never actually get there. These moments gave her hope though.

He felt her move and slowly opened his eyes and smiled. "Good Morning."

"Good Morning. Guess we fell asleep huh?" Honestly she was hoping to sneak out before anyone caught them together. She was acting like a teenager but she wasn't ready for the questions from her sister. Amanda had always been an Adam supporter, she could see through Kim's bullshit story about why they broke up and often referred to Roman as the 'Predator.' At the time Kim had scoffed at her but Amanda had told him to back off when he started turning up again after Adam left and it dawned on Kim what it must have looked like to Adam, not that there was anything she could do about it, or so she thought. He was never supposed to come back from the dead.

Amanda had asked her if she had heard from the 'Predator' when they had a few moments alone after dinner. "Not since he called when he heard that Adam was back." Amanda always joked that the only reason he kept calling was to check that she hadn't changed her mind.

"He must have been devastated." Amanda had added sarcastically. "He'll have to find someone else to prey on now."

"You do know he's married?"

"Poor woman." Amanda topped up their wine glasses. "So what does Adam think about that?"

"Well, he was unimpressed to say the least." Kim didn't love her sister's interrogation but Amanda had never been backwards in coming forward. "No love lost there, that's for sure."

"How awesome would an Adam smack down be?" she mused out loud. "I'd pay money to see that." And when Kim rolled her eyes Amanda just shrugged her shoulders and looked at her innocently "What? It would be hot." Just as she said that Adam walked into the room and Kim slapped her sister's arm and blushed. Adam and Amanda just smiled at each other; Amanda had already cornered him and told him exactly what she thought he should be doing and Adam was left with little doubt what Kim's sister thought about the whole situation.

Kim wondered if perhaps now wasn't the best time to talk to him. They seemed to be in such a good place. Perhaps they could wait? Find something else to fill the time? But that was just being cowardly. "I need to tell you something."

"What is it?"

"Yesterday. The morning, things got a little bit out of control."

It was no surprise, Daisy had told him that Steve was angry but Kim had refused to talk about it so for the time being he was going to let it slide. Even when he asked Oliver he said nothing. "I figured. What happened?"

"Steve didn't want me to take Daisy with me to lunch and grabbed her as we were about to leave. Daisy was really upset and he was scaring her and when I went to try and take her Steve pushed me away."

"He hurt you?"

"No, Oliver stood between us. He turned on Oliver."

'What the fuck Kim." Adam sat bolt upright and Kim sat up also. She rested a hand on his shoulder but he shrugged it off.

"George stopped him. He didn't touch Oliver." Kim buried her head in her hands. "I'm sorry Adam. I never would have insisted he come to his Grandparents house if I'd known he would be like this."

"Enough. I've had enough." He swung his legs out of bed and Kim could see this knuckles tense as he gripped the edge of the mattress.

"I know. That's it, I swear to god Adam. That's it."

Turning to glare at her he had lost the ability to mask his emotions. "You better believe that's it. I've told you I don't want him near Oliver."

"He wasn't alone with him. That's what we agreed."

"Just stop." He was angry and Kim couldn't blame him and she hated it when he was angry. He didn't deserve this; he had sucked it up when Kim told him that Oliver would be spending Christmas morning with Steve. Kim knew he didn't like it, he was honest about that but he had gritted his teeth and agreed with her against his better judgement. "Why? Why do you keep trying to keep him happy?"

"Because he's Daisy's father and he's making my life hell."

"So you are willing to put Oliver at risk to make things easier for you?" Adam wished he hadn't said that, but it was out there now and taking it back wasn't an option and because that is exactly what he felt like was happening. This was all about keeping Steve happy and as far as he was concerned it should be about Oliver.

"No." Kim scuttled down the bed but Adam wasn't letting her go until they had finished. He grabbed her hand, he wasn't holding her tightly but he made it quite clear that she wasn't getting out of this conversation easily.

"Don't you dare leave yet. We need to sort this out."

"What do you want me to say? Huh?" Kim eventually pulled her hand away and once Adam was certain that she wasn't going to just leave he let her go. "I'm sorry okay. I thought I was doing the right thing trying to keep everyone happy but I am not. I am failing as a mother, I get it."

"Kim, you are not failing as a mother."

"He scared Daisy, he tried to hurt Oliver." Even biting the inside of her cheek couldn't stop her from blurting out the rest. "He asked me to sleep with him, he tried to get into bed with me."

That bought about a painful little look on Adam's face, it was fleeting but she caught it. "Fucking hell Kim." He was jealous and she'd certainly seen that look before and she didn't like it back then. Now though, it wasn't so bad because it obviously meant that he cared, jealousy was rarely his thing, he had always trusted her. "What did you do?" He had no right to ask but he couldn't stop himself. "Did you sleep with him?"

"No. Not that it is any of your business."

"If you didn't care or think it was any of my business you wouldn't have bought it up." She could have just neglected to add that last bit. He didn't need to know; he didn't really want to think about her sleeping with someone else, particularly her ex-husband. "But I am glad you said No." The corner of his mouth tweaked into a smile.

"I bet you are."

"So what are we going to do?"

"I've got some ideas." She added a little suggestively. Why couldn't they stop the flirting, it was getting out of control and neither of them seemed willing to do anything about it or make the first move. They were stuck in this weird cycle of pulling closer together and pushing each other away.

While he did laugh, Adam shook his head. It was his turn to push her away. "Not that, not right now." It wasn't the time or the place to be thinking about that. They had much bigger issues to deal with right now.

"Right, about Oliver." Kim was a little flustered.

"It's not just about Oliver, you know that right? I don't want you or Daisy to get hurt either."

"I know."

"I know you asked me to always be in Oliver's corner and I am, 100% but Kim I am on your side too and Daisy's. Never forget that." Adam looked at her seriously. "But if he ever touches my son again I will lay him out."

"That's not helpful."

"I don't care. I will do whatever I have to do to protect him. You are lucky I don't carry a weapon any more."

"Adam."

"I'm serious Kim. He hurts Oliver or you or Daisy it'll be the last thing he does."

"I'm serious too Adam, don't get involved."

"I am involved, like it or not. We've had this discussion before, I'm all in."

Daisy wandered into the kitchen. "Did Mommy have to go to work?" She asked her Aunt, still rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

"No, maybe she's still asleep?"

"She's not in her room."

"Try the basement sweetie. Go down and ask Mom and Adam if they want a coffee." Amanda hoped like hell that they had finally got all their shit in one pile although she doubted it. For all her rash decisions suddenly her sister had developed feet of clay. She could never understand how she pushed away a man like Adam, who clearly adored her. From the first time Amanda met him she could see that. Kim willingness to look for trouble in her relationship with Adam was ridiculous and then she found out why. Sean Roman was a piece of shit and when they had hooked up briefly Amanda refused to even acknowledge him.

Sure, Adam hadn't made things easy with the wedding, he was more than happy to go with the flow but Kim hadn't been honest with him either. They both had been stupid and childish and then she announced that she was pregnant with his child just weeks after he 'died' and Amanda's heart broke for her sister. As time passed she looked at Oliver and was grateful that she had that part of Adam because despite her subsequent marriage, and Steve was a good guy initially and they were happy, Adam was always going to be the love of her life. Now he was back and they were dancing around each other again and it was bloody frustrating to watch. "Knock first." She called after Daisy, because if they did finally do the deed Daisy probably didn't need to see the aftermath.

"Mommy." At least Daisy's thumping footsteps alerted them to the upcoming interruption.

"In here sweetie." Currently she was sitting on the end of the bed and Adam had leapt up when they heard Daisy coming and was trying to put as much distance between them as the small room allowed and appear completely at ease.

"You want coffee?" Daisy came and leant on Kim's leg and waved at Adam. Kim and Adam were more freaked out about being caught together than Daisy was. She couldn't care less.

"So?" Amanda raised one eyebrow at her sister as she appeared from the basement. Daisy had decided to stay downstairs with Adam for the moment. She really did think he was the bee's knees. Oliver had rebelled a little, he got a little jealous and possessive of Adam and they couldn't blame him. He had been pushed aside for his sister once before and didn't want it to happen again but he had settled down when he realised that he was still getting a lot of time and attention from Adam, they always did something together on weekends, just the two of them and he called him everyday.

"Well I can tell you Steve may have just slipped below Roman on Adam's most hated list." And it was true; Kim had no idea who Adam disliked more. They were both pretty low on the pecking order and he'd made it quite clear that he wouldn't piss on either of them if they were on fire. Kim couldn't help it, having someone get a little alpha male over you gave her a bit of a thrill, as bad as that was to admit. It had been a long time since she felt that anyone was willing to fight for her.

"So I might get a Steve and Roman smack down? A double header? My money's on that Ruzek guy, the hot one always wins."

Her sister wasn't helping.

A/N: Guess you were hoping for a little more 'action'…sorry about that ;)