Hey everyone, happy Sunday! Hope you're all doing great.

Well, here is the last chapter of this story, I really hope you like it.

Thank you for reading and reviewing. Your support o this first story was what got me motivated to keep updating and. Writing other stories as well.

I'm most definitely thinking about writing a sequel for this one, but haven't started it yet, I will so you can be expecting that!

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Adam's pov

The first night back at home was good. I managed to convince Kim not to run any arrends, instead I just ordered everything we needed from the grocery store, leaving us time to get comfortable and just cuddle.

She got up from the couch a couple of times to get food, drinks and a blanket that we used to cover ourselves once we decided to watch a movie before bed. Just before we hit the play button I grabbed my phone and snatched a picture of us. She was still hugging me by the waist and her head was resting on my chest. I love it when she does that, the smile shining bright on her face, her eyes squinting, her perfume, everything made me smile too. The picture looked amazing and it was the one that I used to let my friends and family know that I was finally discharged from the hospital. All it took was that file and a caption saying 'we're home' for everyone to reply offering help and asking how I was feeling, lucky for me I had the best nurse I could ask for.

A couple of days had passed and we were really getting good at this living together thing. Kim's clothes were reproducing in my closet and some of her toiletries were as well.

I was feeling much better, still using crutches and the wounds still hurt a little whenever I moved too fast and no, I still wasn't allowed to have sex with my girlfriend which was probably the worst feeling of all.

"Baby, where are you?" Her voice kind of startled me, I wasn't expecting her so soon and although I didn't see her, the noises she was making were giving away the fact that she was holding something in her hands. "Adam? Are you okay?" The tone of her voice was changing, she was starting to get into alert mode and I needed to speak to avoid her from freaking out.

"Bathroom, just took a quick shower."

"What?! You're not supposed to do that alone." So much for not freaking her out. The noise of paper bags against the kitchen counter and then the clicking of her shoes making itself more and more audible was the only thing that I heard for a few seconds, she was gonna appear in the bathroom door any moment now. "What if something ha-" She trailed off a bit. I looked at her face through the mirror. Her eyes fixed on me roaming up and down was the only thing I needed for my face to put on a crooked smile. "ppens to you?" She managed to finish the utterances pronouncing each word taking her time between each one of them."

"What happened to your voice there darlin?" I asked with a cocky chuckle as I turned my head to look at her eyes.

"Um. Nothing. Uh." She was nervous and to be honest it was a bit exhilarating. It was amazing to feel comfortable and at home with her, but knowing that I still was able to make her tingle like the first time was out of this world. Maybe she was right, maybe this could actually be fun. She hooked the collar of her shirt with her index finger and started to move it back and forth trying to get some air in. "It's just… too hot in here."

"Is it? I'm fine." I said keeping my cool and smiling at her.

"Well, you're still covered in water." She swallowed hard. "Your hair is dripping, and you did a crappy job tying that towel around your waist." The words came out quickly and her index finger was now pointing at me.

"Help me?" Her eyes were bigger than even and her head was nervously shaking from side to side. "Come on. I either use my hands to steady myself or to dry off. Can't do both." She still wasn't too convinced. "Babe, please."

"Fine." She grabbed one of the towels from the cabinet and came closer to me. I let go of the bathroom countertop with one hand, moving it up and shifting my body a little, giving her some space to delicately dry the stitches on my abdomen.

The gentle touches of the fabric against my healing wound, and the soft brush of her fingers against my skin made me flinch. "Sorry." She scrunched up her nose feeling completely guilty and immediately started to blow some air trying to soothe me, but actually making goosebumps appear on my skin. Just as she was losing her guard, I put my arm down holding the countertop again and left her trapped right in front of me. Her breath was picking up speed.

"Hi. I missed you." I whispered to the shell of her ear.

"Hey."

Her reply was soft as I felt the towel she was once holding hit my feet and her hand found its way to grab my shoulder possessively. I looked at her face carefully and I could see the desire on it, her mouth was slightly open and I couldn't control myself any more. I needed to have those lips.

She kissed me back instantly, grabbing my neck with the other hand.

We hadn't kissed like that since before our fight. We couldn't let go, and we completely let our tongues run wild rediscovering each other's mouths.

I did my best to hold myself up straight so that I didn't have to rely on both my hands for support, and with the one I managed to let free I went directly to the buttons of her shirt to undo them as fast as possible and reveal her white bra. My mouth left her temporarily and began to kiss down her neck until it finally reached her chest. The rapid rising and falling and her delicate gasping was doing nothing but turning me on, and by the way she was letting me work myself around her body, I knew she was as turned on as I was.

"Adam." The moaning when she felt my hand massage her breast made her stop mid sentence.

"What is darlin'?" I didn't want to ignore her, I wanted to satisfy her every need.

"Babe, we need to stop right now."

"No we don't."

"Yeah. We do." She was trying to be the voice of reason.

"Let me. I can take care of you."

"Oh honey, I'm certain you can." Her eyes were closed and the whispering sound of her voice told me how much she was enjoying my touch.

"Ok, so let me. Unless you don't want to."

"Baby, believe me there's nothing I want more right now. I want you so bad, Adam." There was the moaning again, this woman was going to kill me. "But I want both of us to fully enjoy it, not only me."

"Kim, I enjoy pleasuring you." Her hand was now on my cheek, trying to calm both of us down.

"I know. But we've been a while without sex and want us both to have it all when you're fully up to it. This is for both of us. Gosh what am I sayin?" She asked, sounding a bit desperate which made me laugh a little. "Not funny."

"Hey, you were the one who said this could be fun."

"We'll I was wrong. This was supposed to be easy for me." I could tell she was mad at herself for actually thinking that.

"I like it though."

"What? No sex?"

"No! Not that." She looked at me trying to figure out what I was saying. "I like the fact that you still want me like it was the first time."

"No babe. I want you so much more now." She kissed my lips softly and did her best to step away.

Cooling off was a bit of a challenge for both of us, but we accomplished the mission. A few minutes later we were having the Italian take out that Kim had brought for dinner.

"So when's your next doctor's appointment?"

"In four days. I'm hoping at least he will let me go back to work."

"Me too, I kinda miss you around the bullpen." Her comment was sweet and cute, making me blow a kiss over the table.

"I miss Kev." Although I said that to play with her, I really did miss Kevin. Kim scrunched up the napkin and threw it right in the middle of my face and burst into laughter making me laugh too.

"Nice shot. You should definitely try the sniper."

"Maybe I will."

"Babe, I was thinking. I'm feeling way better, and you really need to get everything ready before your lease expires. So why don't we start deciding which of my things we want to keep and which ones are leaving. Only to have the space ready to move your stuff in."

I knew she was scared and to be honest I was a bit scared too, because change is scary. But I also knew that she was as invested as I was in this new adventure and the glimmering in her eyes was the proof that confirmed my thoughts.

"Yeah? You're up for that?" She asked with a smile.

"Totally. The real question is if you are up for that."

"Pah-leeze honey. I already have a mental list of everything I want to bring. And most importantly what I want gone."

"Of course you do."

After dinner we moved to the couch and started brainstorming. Kim brought over her notepad, pens and highlighters. She was having the time of her life organizing all of this and I was going with the flow and loving every second of her overflowing excitement.

She was biting her lower lip and scribbling some things on her paper. A strand of hair loose in front of her face and I was completely lost in her.

"You're the woman of my dreams."

"What?" She looked at me over the top of her eyes. "Where did that come from?"

"From here." I said as I placed my hand on my chest. "I don't know. I guess I don't tell you that enough." She smiled shyly and left the papers on the coffee table as she leant close to me and just crashed her lips on mine.

"I love you, so fucking much."

"Me too darlin'."

Kim's pov

I was pretty busy at the district which usually doesn't bother me at all, but today it did. It was Adam's appointment today and he insisted I didn't ask for the time off to go with him, that he would text me afterwards. I wasn't really happy about it, but here I was, working and waiting for my boyfriend to let me know how it went.

"Any news about Ruzek?" Erin asked.

"Nothing yet." I looked at my watch before continuing talking. "It's still a bit early I guess."

"And how's the moving going?"

"We still have a lot to do. At least we know what we're keeping and most of my clothes are already there."

"You seem happy."

"I am. I'm not going to lie though, I was scared shitless at first and sometimes I still am, but living together has been amazing."

"I feel you sister. It can get a bit overwhelming at times, but in the end, coming home together or to him waiting for you, it's all worth it." I smiled and took a deep breath. She was so right.

"It is. God, I never thought I could be so in love. With Adam." The pause I made before saying his name made Erin laugh.

"It's funny how we all saw how in love both of you were with each other, though."

"I'm just really glad we figured it out." Erin came close to hug me.

"I'm glad, too."

The buzzing of my phone interrupted our moment. I excused myself and grabbed my phone to look at the text message.

"It's Adam! Hopefully it's good views." I told Erin before putting all my attention on the message I received.

Mind driving me to work on Monday?

I'd love to.

Desk duty tho

It won't be for long babe. You'll be out on the field in no time. Are you feeling ok?

I am, everything's good. They're probably pulling out the stitches next week.

That's great! Babe, I'm going over to my place tonight to pick up a few things and then I head home, ok?

Love the fact you're calling it home. No prob, I'll be waiting.

It is home. See you later, love.

Work was hectic. I just wanted to leave and like Erin said earlier, go home to Adam.

I got to my place to pick up some things I wanted to take to Adam's. As soon as I opened the door I was shocked.

"What the hell?"

"Not quite the reaction I was hoping for."

I couldn't believe my eyes. He was standing there, jeans, black v neck and the red flannel shirt I love. The lights of the living room were off, there were candles lit on the coffee table and two glasses of wine. Did I mention he was holding a beautiful white rose? Just like the one he got for me the time we went skiing. This man has me completely under his spell.

"What's this?" I dropped my bag on the floor and walked towards him with a smile. "No crutches." I finally realized he wasn't using them to help him hold the whole weight of his body.

"No crutches." He replied, raising his eyebrows. "I don't have to use them all the time now." He looked down to the rose and then looked right back at me. "This is for you."

"Why thank you, kind sir." I grabbed the flower from his hand and hooked both my arms around his neck before pressing three kisses into his lips. "Care to tell me what's going on?"

"Well, I guess that now that I'm ready to go back to work, we can officially start moving your furniture. And I don't know, this is the first place we were together." He pushed a strand of hair behind my ear and kissed the corner of my mouth before speaking again. "I thought we could give it a proper goodbye. The wine's ready, dinner is being heated up as we speak and your favorite ice cream is waiting for us in the freezer." I felt how my mouth hurt from all the smiling.

"You are incredible, Ruzek. I can't believe you thought of all this."

"Hey, you're not the only one who thinks ahead. Besides, I know how important this is for you, for us, and I wanted to try to make it special."

"Adam, everything is special when we're together." I knew I was playing with fire, but I really couldn't hold myself down. I held on to his neck and kissed him, hard. Like that time in the bathroom. How could I have thought that it wasn't going to be that hard for me to wait, when I know I can't keep my hands to myself when he's around. He responded to that kiss in the blink of an eye, but then again he always did. His hands were firm on my hips until they slowly started to move up and down my back. Even the contact of his hand through the fabric of my clothes was able to send shivers down my spine. We were both moving closer into each other, there wasn't even space for the air to stand between us. Nothing could break us apart.

Our breathing was beginning to pick up speed, I knew we needed to stop this right now.

"Wait, wait, wait."

"What?"

"You know what."

"No. I do not." I slowly moved my head back to look at him with a puzzled expression on my face. "I'm all cleared to help move your things, to go to the gym, to…" I didn't even let him finish, I attacked his lips ferociously. In fact I think I almost bit into his teeth due to my enthusiasm, to which we both laughed. I moved my hands and pulled off his flannel right before I started to kiss his neck and the growl that came out of his throat was music to my ears. "But you might be right." He was finding it difficult to speak. "We should stop and have dinner first."

"Nah. We can heat that up later. I'm in the mood for something else right now." That lopsided grin invaded his face and I just couldn't help it.

"Yeah? What's that?"

"You."

We were both on our backs lying on my bed. My room was somewhat empty, but the basics were all there. Adam rolled a little and propped himself on his elbow.

"That was amazing." I smiled and turned my face to look at him.

"That was the first thing you said after the first time we were together." He smiled and nodded. "It was amazing then and it was just as amazing right now. I missed being this close to you."

"Me too. You have no idea.

We never had dinner that night. We had each other instead, and it was a million times better.

Emptying my apartment and handing in the keys was bittersweet, I felt like I was in the last episode of Friends and just when a few tears started to roll down my cheeks, Adam's arm wrapped my shoulders and pressed me close to him.

Don't get me wrong, I truly was excited about this new chapter of our lives, but saying goodbye, even if it was just to an apartment, was never one of my strengths.

That fear I used to have of things not working out between us, or screwing everything up once we move in together was slowly fading away, because he was helping me overcome that without even knowing like he always did.

Adam was completely oblivious to the fact that I was a better woman thanks to him, that I was able to find confidence and strength within me because he helped me see that.

Many things can happen after we officially move into his place, it can be wonderful or it can be a mess, but one thing I was sure about, I only wanted to do this with him. He is the only man that I see myself with, the one I want a future with, the one I want to grow old with.

"Are you ok darling?" His voice was gentle as he held me towards him. I looked up with my watery eyes to find his face and smiled before standing on my toes and reaching for his lips.

"I am. I'm just a little emotional, but everytime you hold me like this you make me feel so much better." I paused for a second and spoke again. "Let's hand in the keys and go home."

"You got it babe."

Adam's pov

Home. Everytime she called my place, well, our place home, this unfamiliar yet incredible feeling invaded my soul.

When I was with Wendy I thought I knew what I wanted, I thought what we had was what being in a relationship was all about, until I started to have feelings for Kim and that's when everything changed.

At first I thought that I was just confused, that I was spending too much time with her and that the nature of our jobs, us looking out for each other every single day was what kept Kim wrapped in my head all time.

I started to pay attention to the little things, the details, the way she listened to me and had my back and supported me through it all, her beautiful honey eyes and the way she squinted when she smiled too hard. I hated to see her around Sean and when I started to miss her when we were not together, I just knew.

I wanted her. I wanted her then and I want her forever.

I never dreamed of having what we have right now, feeling what I feel right now and I don't want to think of a future without her.

The love I feel for Kim, I never felt for anyone. That closeness that we developed over this time was one of a kind and that's exactly what made living together so natural.

Although I was cleared, the guys all helped us do the moving, it was faster and much more fun. That first night we all had dinner together and when everyone left Kim and I were just too tired to function.

"We did it." She said as she climbed into our bed and curled up next to me.

"We did." I hugged her as she lightly placed her head on my chest. "And it feels great, exhausting, but great."

Kim chuckled lightly.

"You can say that again. I'm drained. I know we said that we would find a new place when this lease expires, but I don't think I want to go through this again. Too many boxes and things left to unpack." Now it was both of us laughing.

"We can do that for now, but we'll have to find a new place eventually. I was thinking maybe three rooms, a yard for Adam junior and baby Kim to play with the dog."

"What?" She sat up instantly after I said that. "Kids?"

"Well," I placed both my hands under my head and looked at her calmly. "Not right now or anything, but in the future I'd love to have kids with you. If you want to, of course." She didn't say anything, she just leaned down and kissed me.

"I'd really like to." She smiled and kissed me again. "But in the future. I want to enjoy this right now, just us, doing what we want, having fun."

"Agh, I thought you were going to say having sex."

"Obviously that too. A lot of it." She giggled.

"I can work with that." My smile matched hers.

"Oh, and one more thing."

"What's that?"

"We're not naming our son Adam Junior." I cracked up and her face was dead serious. "I'm not joking."

"I know. We won't name him that, we'll think of better names when the time comes. Now, you come here with me" I tapped on the mattress asking her to come back and she did with a smile and hugging me by the waist. "I love you Kim, so much."

"I love you too"

Being like this, together in bed on our first official day living together was incredible. "And babe? Thank you."

"What for?"

"For going into that boxing gym, telling me I was perfect for you and kissing me even though I looked like crap."

"You looked beautiful, you always do." I interrupted and she smiled softly, but she had more to say.

"But mostly, thank you for all the times you believed in me, and when you were brave for the both of us. You changed my life Adam, you flipped it over in the most beautiful and perfect way."

"I would do it all over again darlin', going after you that night was one of the best decisions I made." I rubbed her back and kissed the top of her face. "I want to thank you too, my life changed as well and for the better. Thank you for supporting me, and taking care of me and loving me like you do. We're awesome together."

"We are and I'm really looking forward to our next chapter together. Can't wait to see what the future holds."

"Me too." She lifted her head up and I met her halfway to capture her lips. After a few minutes I felt her muscles relax and her breathing pattern change.

Having her sleeping safely in my arms was soothing. As I kissed the top of her head, I knew this was the perfect beginning to the rest of our lives.