The rest of their journey back to Jubal's apartment was spent in a comfortable silence, both were thinking about the day that they had just spent together and how much both had really enjoyed it. When they got inside Jubal's apartment Maggie realised that she was starting to get used to spending her night with Jubal and especially at his place, they had formed a small routine already, Jubal taking their guns and putting them away in his safe, Maggie getting changed into comfortable clothes usually his hoodie or t-shirt and then them just relaxing. Maggie shook her head as she thought about how comfortable their routine had gotten
"I don't know about you but I could really just crawl in to bed rather than relaxing on the couch tonight?"
Maggie leaned against the counter as she watched Jubal closing his safe and he turned to face her "It has been a long case and today has certainly been eventful so bed right now sounds good, why don't you go on ahead and I'll join you in a few minutes"
Jubal walked towards Maggie as he was talking and when he finished talking he leaned down kissing her softly drawing a soft hum from Maggie's lips as she smiled after the kiss and lay her hand on his chest
"Sounds perfect I'll see you in a few minutes"
Maggie ran her hand along Jubal's arm and squeezed his hand gently before letting go as she walked past him and headed towards his bedroom. When she got inside the bedroom she changed into her shorts and one of Jubal's T-shirt's and she climbed in to the side of the bed that had slowly become hers, she checked her phone as she hadn't checked it the whole time she had been with Jubal's kids. Jubal had locked up his apartment and he grabbed a bottle of water and headed towards his bedroom, he stopped himself at the door to his room, seeing Maggie laying in his bed on her phone brought a large smile to his face. This was something he wanted to get used to seeing. He stripped down to his boxers and he climbed in to the bed and let out a groan as he relaxed his body in to the bed closing his eyes
Maggie was still on her phone when Jubal slid in to the bed beside her, she raised her eyebrow chuckling when she heard his groan "You okay there old man?" She teased playfully looking at him laying beside her
He opened his eyes hearing her, looking over at her as he poked her side gently "Hey, I am not that much older than you, it just feels like it's been days from I've actually lay in bed"
Maggie ran her fingers through Jubal's hair slowly as he moved closer to her laying his head almost on her pillow by her side as she was sitting up against the headboard "You are still older though" she chuckled as she leaned over kissing his head "We haven't really been able to relax until we seen Kristen for ourselves today, so I don't really think you can call what we were all doing the last few nights sleeping"
Jubal had closed his eyes feeling Maggie's fingers in his hair, he was thankful for such short hair as it meant her fingertips were running along his scalp slowly and that was relaxing him even more. He knew that if anyone seen them right now they would not believe that he was almost using Maggie as a pillow and cuddling with her, he couldn't explain it, there was just something about her that brought out this side of him
"Hmm that's true. I hope Stuey is actually getting some rest, have you heard from any of them?"
Maggie was smiling as she watched Jubal basically snuggle in closer to her, but that just made her heart fill with more love for him as she knew that he was like this with her because he completely trusted her and that meant so much to her. She moved her hand that was holding the phone to rest on her stomach so that Jubal could see her screen as well, she was still running her fingers along his scalp as she could feel him relaxing more against her
"I had a few messages from Stuart, a few too many for someone who is apparently just Kristen's partner" Maggie laughed softly "and Kristen checked in before falling asleep, she is hoping that they let her home tomorrow, so I told her to let me know when she got home and I would come visit her"
"Seeing someone you care about getting hurt like that will bring your feelings to the surface, I'm not sure how much longer he will be able to hide them, I also want him to know to not be afraid to act on those feelings. I would say tell Kristen if she needs anything to just let any of us know but that might give away that your currently in bed beside me"
Maggie didn't have to see Jubal's face to know that he was smirking as she could actually hear it in his voice, she set her phone screen down on her stomach "Yeah I'm not sure Kristen wants to know that her boss, our boss, is laying half naked, using me as a pillow right now" Now Maggie also had a smirk on her face
Jubal tilted his head a little looking up at her "I'm not sure she would believe you even if you did tell her" he laughed softly
"You don't think they would believe me if I told them that the man who can shout out orders in the JOC can be really sweet and affectionate at home?" The smirked hadn't left Maggie's face as she leaned down kissing Jubal softly
Jubal was about to respond when he felt Maggie's lips against his, he gently pulled her down the bed so that she was laying beside him rather than sitting up. He broke the kiss when the need for air became too much, he had moved so that he was laying on his side and Maggie was on her side facing him as he brushed her hair from her face
"I'm not sure they would believe you and I also know you wouldn't want to tell them because you want to keep it to yourself, same way that I want to keep to myself the fact that you seem to really like wearing my clothes" He whispered against her lips as he ran his hand along her side pulling her closer to him
"Hmm… That's true, I do like that I get to be the only one that sees this side of you" She smiled as she ran her hand along his arm to his neck, letting her thumb brush lazily along his jawline "And I do really enjoy wearing your clothes, their comfortable and they smell of you" Maggie lay her forehead gently against Jubal's as she closed her eyes just enjoying getting to be this close to him, her thumb still brushing along his jawline "You planning on talking to Stuart about having feelings for a co-worker since you've been there?"
To anyone else it may seem strange that they were laying this close to each other, so intimately but still talking about their friends. Jubal loved when he got to see Maggie unguarded like this, he noticed that he got to see it a lot when she got really tired, he pulled the covers up around them, keeping his forehead pressed lightly against hers as he ran his hand along her back slowly
"Well his feelings are for his partner, mine are for one of my agents, slightly different" he joked lightly as he pressed a soft almost lazy kiss to Maggie's lips "You think he would actually talk to me though? Considering I'm his boss, which means I'm the one they would have to officially disclose to if anything did happen between them"
Maggie was really starting to love the time that her and Jubal got just laying like this, being close, neither wanting to take their hands off each other, the lazy kisses, to her it was showing how much they trusted and cared for each other "You know that we respect you as a boss and always will, but I know that Stuart, Kristen and OA see you as more than just a boss. If something was to happen between them would you make them disclose straight away, you know considering we haven't disclosed yet to Isobel?"
Jubal smiled hearing Maggie's words, they meant a lot to him because he considered OA, Kristen and Stuey friends and not just work colleagues and he shook his head gently causing their noses to brush against each other as he heard her question about disclosing "I wouldn't make them disclose until they were sure they had something to disclose. That's why I want to talk to Stuey, I know he doesn't have a lot of people here in New York other than his sister.. Speaking of us disclosing, we might have to do that soon, I think Isobel has a hunch that something is going on between us"
Maggie was surprised to hear Jubal's words about Isobel, she could feel that he was a little nervous telling her and she totally understood that because he had no idea how she was going to react "Then I think you should talk to Stuart, you both seem to have a lot of time for each other and I'm sure that he would appreciate having a male to talk to about this kind of thing….And what make's you think Isobel has a hunch about us?" She pulled her head back a little so that she could look into his eyes, as her thumb ran along his jawline again
"I'll try to talk to Stuey in a situation that he knows it's not about work" When he felt Maggie pull her head back from him Jubal wasn't sure what to expect, he opened his eyes to find brown eyes watching him "She has been watching me really closely this case, and I could feel her watching me especially if you were in the JOC"
"Like when you went quiet over coms when OA couldn't find me so Isobel had to step in?" Jubal nodded his head hearing Maggie's question, he should have known that Maggie would have known exactly why Isobel had to step in "Well I don't want you getting in trouble with Isobel or anything stopping us from working together, so if you think we should disclose to Isobel then that's what we will do"
Jubal had proven today by introducing Maggie to his kids and Sam that he was all in, and the fact that Maggie had agreed to meet them and wanted to tell her sister he knew that was her way of showing that she was all in. But disclosing to work was different it wasn't something that either of them had to do before, but she had surprised Jubal with how quickly she committed to whatever meant he wouldn't be compromised at work with his boss
"So you would disclose that easily just to keep me from being compromised at work?" Maggie nodded and Jubal leaned in kissing her slowly but passionately only breaking the kiss when air was required "We can wait another few days to see if Isobel does know because we can tell her that we were waiting until we got serious. And we are serious I know we are, I just want to keep this to us for any other bit longer without being watched at work"
Jubal didn't want Maggie to think that he wasn't ready to disclose or that he didn't think they were serious, he was just really enjoying that they were able to sneak in brief moments at work when they needed or wanted, but once they disclose they will be getting watched that little bit closer. Maggie smiled softly watching Jubal and she leaned up pressing her lips to his forehead leaving them there for a few minutes
"I get it, I know why you want to wait even a few more days. We can wait until we see if Isobel does know anything about us and then we can disclose. Until then we can still steal our moments together at work without people watching"
Jubal rolled on to his back taking Maggie with him gently as she snuggled in to his side, laying her hand on his chest after she had fixed the covers over them and she pressed a soft kiss to his neck. Jubal ran his fingers through Maggie's hair slowly as he held her as close to him as possible and he kissed her head
"That sounds like the perfect plan to me"
It didn't take Maggie long to fall asleep, they had really only been coming home for naps during this case but their case was closed, Kristen was doing good and was getting home tomorrow and she had spent the day with the man who she was sure had no idea that she was in love with him and she got to meet his kids, it had been a long but great day. She felt safe and comfortable in Jubal's embrace, the heat from his body and feeling his heartbeat under her hand had her falling asleep before she could even reply to him.
