Kim suddenly felt out of breath. Adam opened the door shirtless and by the look of him he had just crawled out of bed and had barely managed to button up his jeans. "Good Morning." She almost choked on the words. One thing Adam had done while he had been away was learn that exercise was a release and a time when he could slip into his old self and it showed. Right now, Kim could appreciate that he had Abs that she had never seen before and it made her weak at the knees. Another surprise was that he now had a tattoo down his left side, running from just above his hip to under his arm and her fingers tingled at the thought of touching it.

"It is now." He roughly ran his hand through his hair before taking the hastily proffered coffee. Kim almost dropped it when his hand brushed against hers. She was flustered. He leant out the door and looked up the hallway. "Where's Ollie?" He wasn't expecting to see her quite so early and they hadn't made hard and fast plans for the day but he knew that at some point they would meet up. The weekends when Daisy was away they always spent together with Oliver.

"Rock climbing with Jay." He stepped aside and let her in. Kim had been here a few times. Once before he moved in when he had asked her to come and look at it. He wanted her to like it if Oliver would be spending time here. She'd been at work that day and only had a few minutes and since he'd leased the place they had been over a few times for dinner or Kim had picked up Ollie or dropped him off but they had never really spent any time here alone.

"That would have been cool."

"Ollie loves it, you should take him one day." Kim, having regained her composure dropped a bag on the kitchen bench. "I bought you breakfast." He watched her, completely infatuated as she shrugged out of her coat. She smiled as she looked at his fridge, right beside the photos of Adam and Ollie was a photo of him and Daisy and the picture she promised to make him after Christmas and the one she had given him the night of the hockey game. He had taken a photo of it on his fridge and sent it to Kim to show Daisy just so she knew that he got it. That had made her day.

His eyes roamed up and down her body and he took in loose mid thigh dress and her favourite biker boots; Kim had never been one to dress up unless it was for a reason. She liked to be comfortable and he found that very addictive and he was now thinking how quickly he could get that off. Probably the exact reason she was wearing it, or that's what he liked to think as they were way past playing with fire with the flirting, it was out and out raw sexual tension now. Some may call it foreplay.

Suddenly Kim felt him standing behind her and when she turned around to face him he took a step closer and pushed her up against the bench with his hips. "Thanks for breakfast." He reached past her and grabbed the bag and whistled as he pulled out a breakfast burrito.

He could see that he was definitely having an effect on her; her breathing started to deepen as his half naked body pressed against her and she had no idea what to do with her hands so they just gripped the edge of the bench to steady herself. "I thought you might have a hangover. How was the party?"

"I couldn't stop thinking about you." He took a bite of his burrito and offered her one, which she refused and he dropped it back onto the bench. He brushed his hand up her leg, stopping just underneath the hem of her dress and she jumped a little. "What time do we have to get Ollie?"

"Tomorrow."

He was suddenly quiet and that unnerved her but he didn't move away. Running one hand up his left side she tried to move a little so she could see what the tattoo said but that bought about some friction between their bodies that was undeniable, Kim could feel it and Adam was doing his best to endure it. It was just words but she couldn't make it out. "What does it say?" she asked, touching it. She never really liked tattoos and could never understand why people covered themselves in ink. This, she thought at least wasn't offensive or in your face and it was on his body and that body was beautiful.

"It says Is a dream a lie if it don't come true." He looked down at Kim's hand running up and down his side. "The full line is 'Is a dream a lie if it don't come true or is it something worse.' He wasn't sure if it was the touch of her hand on his skin or sharing those words with her that was making him feel so at sea. That tattoo, he'd got that not long after he was ripped out of his life and the words meant a lot at the time. Because he dreamt of her and it never came true and that was definitely worse than a lie.

"That's nice."

"Lucky my dreams have come true now." His fingers were still running lightly up and down her thigh and Kim found it hard to focus.

"What did you dream about?"

"Seeing you one more time."

She slipped her hand down his back and ran her fingers along the inner edge of the waistband of his jeans and suddenly he was breathing as heavy as she was. His skin was on fire where she was touching him. "I'm scared." His voice was so quiet.

"Of what?"

"That it won't be the same, that for all this time I've imagined what it would be like and that I'll disappoint you."

"Adam."

"I'm scared that you'll realise that you don't love me anymore. That what we had is gone." Adam buried his head into her chest and she could feel years of anticipation and desire trying to fight it's way free, he wrapped his arms tightly around her waist and held on for dear life. Kim ran her hands up and down his back and they stood quietly for a moment.

"Adam, baby. Look at me." She waited until he lifted his head and the pain in his eyes took her breath away. "When are you going to realise that I never stopped loving you, not once?"

She kissed him; when he didn't look like he was going to do anything she grabbed hold of his face and kissed him. Long and slow. "Adam, we need to decide, right now what we are. Are we just going to be Oliver's parents or are we going to have it all? I can't do this dance anymore. I want it all." Kim ran her hand along his tattoo. "All or nothing Adam. The dream or the lie."

"You, I want you. I want it all." He smashed his lips into hers; shocking them both with the intensity before puling away just as suddenly and taking her by the hand he silently led her down the small hallway to his bedroom. He had dreamt of this moment for nine long years and craved it for the last six months. He wanted her right now before anyone or anything had the chance to take it away from him again but he wanted it to last all day and to savour every single second.

Kneeling down before her he unbuckled her boots and then kissed his way up her legs as she kicked them off while his hands ran up her legs and under her dress as he lifted it over her head and dropped it on the floor. Finally feeling her skin against his as he pulled her in for a long deep kiss made all his muscles sing.

"Oh God Baby." He was muttering against her skin in between kisses. Kim pushed him back onto the bed and tugged off his jeans while his eyes never left her face. "I've missed you."

"Adam. Show me why I could never shake you. Love me." He pulled her down on top of him and let go of everything. The only thing that existed right now was them together, finally completely and totally.

Kim was lying on her stomach, her head turned towards Adam who was propped up on one elbow watching her. He was running his hand up and down her back, letting his fingers work their magic, feeling every dip and bump and curve. "You know I used to bargain with myself that if I could have you one more time I would be happy. I could walk away."

Tears pricked at Kim's eyes and she closed them so he wouldn't see. Was he really doing this? Was this enough for him? It couldn't be, not after that. She felt him shift and he was now lying down, his face just inches from hers. "Hey." Kim slowly opened her eyes and was surprised to see the tears in his. "I was lying to myself. One more time was never going to be enough."

"I don't want this to be all we have." All the emotion finally spilled out. Adam pulled her against his chest.

"It's not Baby, Kim it's not. Please don't cry." He was kissing her, pulling her tighter into him. "This is just the beginning. It's our turn, it's our time."

"Do you really think so?"

"I do, I want this to be our turn and I know we can get it right."

"This is complicated isn't it?"

"Well, right here and now nothing is complicated. It's just you and me together, thankfully and finally naked in a blissful post coital haze." He liked that he made her smile through her tears. "Outside these walls, yes things are a little complicated but not insurmountable, we've dealt with bigger."

"And that doesn't scare you?"

"No. I hope we are smart enough to realise that we've done all that other shit. We've been together and apart. When were you happiest?" Adam had propped himself up on one elbow again and now his fingers were drifting over her collarbone. "Honestly."

"My kids make me happy, they are my whole world but that is a different kind of happy." Kim never averted her eyes; she never needed to do that with him. She had always been able to handle his intensity. "But in my heart I was happy those few years I was with you, right up until I convinced myself I wasn't happy."

He put a finger on her lips to stop her talking. "We were happy then, we were never unhappy. Its time we lived that life again."

"I'd like that." Kim pushed on his hip and climbed on top as he rolled onto his back.

"We're back Baby, Burzek is back."

"Burzek?" Kim cocked her head to one side, both her hands resting on his bare chest. The feeling of his skin beneath her hands was intoxicating and she couldn't stop them moving even if she wanted to. It was time for her to explore every inch of him again and she enjoyed feeling his body respond to the proximity of hers. They just fit together; no one else had ever fitted her like Adam did, emotionally or physically.

"You know Burgess and Ruzek, kinda like Brangelina but with a few less children and a much, much better ending."

"Ha, you're an idiot."

"Yes, yes I am but you love me right?" Every so often his vulnerability pushed through his bravado and she found it endearing and utterly heartbreaking. He was chewing on the corner of his lip waiting for her to say something. Kim leant forward, sucking on that lower lip that was shaking just a little.

"I love you so much Adam. You are so deep within my soul, you always have been."

"I feel real again." And he did, he felt like he was complete again, that this long painful journey was almost over.

"I do have one disappointment though." Kim smiled down at him as his hands were exploring her, making her tingle with anticipation again. Adam looked a little hurt; it flitted across his face. "We shouldn't have waited so long. We've wasted six months. I should have jumped your bones that day in the Café."

He flipped her over onto her back and she yelped. "If I'd known that I would have so hit on you months ago."

They eventually rolled out of bed, not that it was easy. They did make it into the shower briefly and then ended back in bed again. Hunger eventually got them up. Adam hunted around in the fridge for something to eat and Kim was surprised when he came out with an armful of food and proceeded to cook her bacon, eggs and tomato's. "You need the protein for energy."

He looked over at her wearing his t-shirt and a pair of his boxers, sitting at the table flicking through a bike magazine on his table. "You look good here." Today he felt good, he felt like he belonged in this world again.

"You look good in the kitchen making me lunch."

Adam picked up her phone when it rang as she disappeared into the bathroom. "Hey Bud. How was rock climbing?"

"Good. I beat Jay to the top."

"You are my champion."

"Where's Mom?" Erin smiled when she heard Ollie ask that question. She hoped that meant that they were together, finally.

"She's coming. We are just having some lunch."

Kim was surprised to see him talking on her phone when she came back. A flutter of panic rippled through her. They hadn't talked about this yet, what they were going to tell the kids, tell Oliver or even their friends and of course Steve. That discussion had yet to be had, Adam had asked that they put that off just for today. He wanted to enjoy this day and tomorrow they would face the reality of the situation they were in. "Here she is, I'll talk to you later okay."

He handed Kim her phone and listened as she chatted away to Oliver. "How about I get your Dad to come and get you tomorrow and we can do something?"

"Tomorrow?" He sounded disappointed.

"Yeah, you can stay with Jay and Erin tonight?" Kim reassured him "Dad's got a few things on today."

"So, I've got a few things on?" Adam smirked as he bought her over her plate. She had to admit it smelt good and she was absolutely starving despite initially protesting about getting out of bed.

"I hope so."

Leaning over her shoulder to look at the magazine he slipped the thin material of the T-shirt aside and kissed her neck. "You know I would love to see you on that." He pointed to the picture of the bike in the magazine she was still flicking through. "Wearing just that lingerie you had on earlier. That would get my motor running."

"Not sure you need any help in that department."

"True." He tapped the photo. "You would look hot though."

"I doubt you even remember what I was wearing."

"Green lace and it was very sexy." Tickling her neck with his fingers before he sat down.

Kim was surprised; he'd taken very little time to get them off her. "I'm impressed."

"Must be those long forgotten Detective skills, it's all in the details Darlin'." He shoved a piece of bacon in his mouth as he winked at her. He had called her Darlin', for the first time in years and Kim's heart melted.

"Sadly for you it will always remain a fantasy."

They ate in comfortable silence until Adam pushed his plate away and declared. "I want to take you out for dinner. I think it's time for our date."

"Really?"

"Yep, I want to you get all dressed up all hot and sexy as hell. I want to wine you and dine you and flirt with you until you can barely breathe and then come back here and do something that I have dreamt of doing for years."

"Such as?" A few well-chosen words had her heart racing again. Pushing himself up out of his seat he bought his face close to her ear, he could feel her breathing start to deepen and he whispered quietly.

"I want to wake up in the morning with you naked in my bed, safely in my arms. Where you have always belonged."

"Oh." It came out as a small contented sigh as he pressed his lips to the tender spot just behind her ear. He pulled her up out of the chair, picked her up and carried her back to the bedroom. He may have wanted to take her out tonight but they had all day to get through first.

Even when Kim tried to leave to go home and get dressed for dinner, at Adam's insistence it took two attempts to get out the door. And as soon as she left he sat down and tried to organise his thoughts. This was what he wanted, from the moment he saw her again he wanted this and so far it had been perfect.

What awaited them when they faced the real world again was yet to be seen. They had a lot to talk about but not tonight. Tonight was all about loving her again.

He waited, nervously. He checked his phone again and again hoping that he wasn't about to get a message that she wasn't coming, that she had changed her mind or that the reality of what they were doing scared her.

Then he saw her and it took his breath away. Her dress left little to the imagination although he didn't have to try and remember anymore as he had spent most of the day getting reacquainted with every inch of her body. He wasn't disappointed, not in the slightest.

"Hey, Wow." He held out his hand for her to take and let his eyes roam up and down her body. The tight red dress that clung to every single curve, her lean legs elongated by her delicate high heeled shoes and her hair tied up away from her face. While her shoulders were bare, around her neck was the necklace he had bought her for Christmas, but it wasn't that though that took his breath away. It was her smile; it reached the very corners of her eyes and lit up her whole soul. "You look spectacular."

'Why thank you kind Sir." She curtseyed as he held her hand. "You look pretty spectacular yourself."

Pulling her flush against his body he crushed his mouth to hers in a short but passionate kiss letting her go as quickly as the kiss started. Kim was breathless and the nerves that had infiltrated her on the Uber ride over evaporated instantly. "You have no idea what's going on inside me right now?"

"Butterflies." He whispered against the soft skin of her cheek.

"Butterflies." She nodded.

He kissed her again softly, not giving a damn who was watching. "Let's get a drink before dinner. I think we have something to celebrate."

Adam ushered her towards the bar, his hand pressed into the small of her back and she felt it's warmth spreading throughout her. You'd think she would be over that by now, now that they had just spent the day together in bed, in the shower, in the kitchen. She had blushed at little at the memory of that while she was getting ready.

"Here's to us, where we've been and were we are going." Adam held up a glass of champagne and clinked her glass. When he draped his arm around the back of her chair and Kim leant into him the familiarity had returned, their body language was in sync again and neither of them could think straight.

After finishing off the champagne Kim smiled at him while she started loosening his tie. He sucked in a deep breath as her fingers brushed his throat. "What are you doing?"

"You look better without this." She slid it off from around his neck, undid the top two buttons on his shirt and folded the tie up and put it in her bag. "That's better."

"Hmmm, are you really undressing me at the bar?"

"Yes."

Adam grabbed her hand and helped her off the stool. Before he stood up he whispered in her ear. "I have an itch that I need you to scratch soon." Kim's legs wobbled and he kissed her cheek, looped his arm through hers and led her through to the restaurant.

Kim kept herself together until dessert arrived. Sitting on the edge of her plate was a Gummy Bear. Adam had arrived early and explained some of the story to the Maître'd and asked that it be added to whatever dessert she ordered. The smile on her face was priceless.

Kim ate half her dessert and shared the rest with Adam, leaving the Gummy Bear until last. She popped it in her mouth and reached over and grabbed his hand "We need to leave." Motioning to the waiter for the bill. "Now."

A/N: So Burzek is back….Are you all happy now? J