I hope you all enjoy this chapter because I had fun with this one! Thank you so much for your reviews on the last chapter. Love ya'll!


Monday morning, Tobias sits next to Tris at the common room table after they grab a plate of breakfast.

"I love it when you have cooking duty, Everyone else is a horrible cook," Tobias grins as he takes a bite of the chocolate chip pancakes Tris had made. Tris loved cooking, so she had already swapped cooking duties with Harrison, Fernando, and Shauna that month in exchange for them cleaning the rig for her.

"I heard that!" Shauna yells from her seat at the other end of the table causing everyone to chuckle. She was a terrible cook and everyone knew it.

"My pleasure, I swear if I hadn't become a firefighter, I might have decided to open a restaurant," She says with a big smile.

"You should do it Prior!" Fernando proclaims from his seat as he takes another bite.

"How? When would I have time?" Tris says with an eye roll.

"If Pedrad can own a bar, why can't you own a restaurant?" Harrison reasons as he gets up to make his second plate.

Tris nods her head, as much as she loved to cook, a restaurant would be a lot to handle. Cooking for everyone at the firehouse was good enough for her.

"I had fun at the game Saturday," Tobias tells her as they go back to their meal.

"I did too, now that I know you like basketball as much as I do, I'll let you know when I have an extra ticket since Caleb and I split our season tickets. Whenever I take Dawson she has no idea what's going on"

Christina sits down in front of her and sticks her tongue out at Tris who laughs.

Just then the bells go off signaling a call and everyone in the common room groans and chairs scrape the floor as people stuff one more bite of their food before running to the apparatus floor.

Ambulance 61, Truck 81, Squad 3, Vehicle Accident 23 Drayton Ave

Everyone hops up, Tobias takes in two extra bites as do Fernando and Zeke. Harrison grabs a piece of bacon and stuffs it in his mouth, leaving their plates half-eaten on the table as they head to hop in their designated vehicle. Today looked like it was going to be a long day.


Tris rolls her neck in the shower letting the hot water roll over her body. It had been a rough shift after they responded to a window cleaner being trapped which resulted in Tobias having to repel off the side of the building to rescue him, the vehicle accident which ended up being worse than they could have imagined, and then a house fire, followed by a hotel kitchen fire.

Tris was frustrated after the vehicle accident, she hated losing anyone even though she knew it wasn't realistic. People died, but that multiple car wreck with a tractor-trailer had been rough. A 10-year-old and her pregnant mother had both died and the 16-year-old son was still in the hospital at Med. She couldn't imagine the pain the father was going through. One of the things she loved about 51 was how much they cared for the community they served. Amar had already started a boot for everyone to fill up donations for the family. She had drug herself home after shift and gotten into bed to take a nap but she was still tense. She needed to let off some steam that evening and she wanted to get out of the house.

She throws on a pair of jeans and a tshirt and feels her mood deflate when she sees Christina throwing clothes in an overnight bag.

"Don't you want to hang out tonight? We could go dancing, we haven't done that in forever"

"Sorry Bestie, I got plans" Christina smiles as she grabs a pair of socks from her drawer and then tosses them in.

"Come on Chris, please?" Tris begs as she stands in the doorway to Christina's bedroom.

"Oh no ma'am, I haven't seen Uriah in an entire week other than on a supply run because of our schedules! His shift in the ER is over at 6 and you will not see me until we report to shift again" Christina explains as she throws a few items in her overnight bag.

Uriah and Christina had decided to spend a weekend at a spa downtown pretending they were on a vacation since they weren't able to go away on a real vacation. They had massages at the spa planned, room service, and Christina had two new sexy sets of lingerie she was going to surprise him with.

"Ugh okay, I get it. I would totally be doing the same thing if I had someone" Tris pouts.

"Where's Vega tonight, she could be your wing-woman or Preston?"

"Preston has a date with that nurse at Med and Vega is cuddled up with my brother. Apparently, they have reservations at some fancy restaurant" Tris whines as she flops on Christina's bed.

"Ohhhhh, I can't believe those two are really, like, in love. I would have never thought to put them together."

"Me either but they both seem happy…Well, have fun for me…See you on Sunday morning" Tris says with a dramatic sigh. She was happy for Chris. Uriah was a good guy and they seemed to be a perfect fit for each other.

Christina grins as she grabs her bag to head out the door.

"Don't get into too much trouble," she yells.

"Who Me? Never!" Tris yells back with a laugh just as the door shuts.

After watching a few episodes of Insecure she swaps out her T-shirt for a sweater and wraps up to head to Dauntless for a drink. The wind was piercing and it was starting to snow. She walks quickly from her car to the door of the bar wishing she had brought her mittens.

"Hey Prior, How's it going?" Tori calls from behind the bar when she sees Tris plop on a stool and shrug out of her coat rubbing her hands together to warm them up.

"Hey, Girl, Just wanted to get out of the house" Tris looks around, many of the regulars were there. She gave a wave to Johanna from Chicago Med who was at the other end of the bar.

"I just got this new bourbon in, I've been waiting for someone with good taste to come in before I opened it"

"Well I'm your girl" Tris grins as she settles on the barstool and removes her scarf.

She watches the Bulls game on the TV while slowly sipping the bourbon which was quite good. She glances at the door at the sound of someone entering the bar and Tobias steps in, shaking off the snow from his coat.

Tris bites her lip, he was so handsome. It made her clench her thighs together. They were maintaining that they were friends but the sexual tension between them was definitely there. She had only had two hook-ups since she had been in Chicago and it was nothing like what she experienced with Tobias. She was craving that intense feeling she had when they made love, it was like a drug she needed a hit of. Part of her had been wondering if she should test the waters with him, just to make sure she wasn't out of her mind that it really was that good when they had been together.

"Well isn't this perfect" Tori comments, just quiet enough for only Tris to hear her with a smirk as she sets down another low ball glass of bourbon in front of Tris on a napkin.

"Hey Tori," Tobias calls as he grabs the bar stool next to Tris after taking his coat off.

"Hey, Eaton, You want a beer?" Tori tells him as she throws her bar towel over her shoulder.

"Yeah, that would be great, Thanks Tori"

"Hey," Tris says trying to seem nonchalant but in reality, she was excited it was just the two of them that evening.

"You flying solo tonight?" Tobias asks looking around.

"Yeah, you too? Where's Pedrad?"

"Ms. Hana went to visit her sister so he has Dallas tonight since Tori is working"

Tris nods and gives him a grin before taking a sip of her drink.

"Hmmm, so it's just you and me tonight…. " Tobias says with a low husky voice.

She looked so good with her jeans hugging her hips, and her sweater crisscrossed in the back exposing the skin of her lower back. Tobias starts to imagine what it would be like to have his lips on her again. He doesn't miss the flicker of fire in her eyes at his words and how she watches him, knowing she could tell he was checking her out.

"What are you drinking?" He asks, clearing his throat and trying to calm himself down.

"A new bourbon Tori just got…you want a taste?" Tris says never taking her eyes off his as she takes a sip from her lowball glass reminiscent of the first night they met.

Tobias runs his tongue over his bottom lip as he takes the glass from her, wondering where her head was at but he could hear the innuendo. Sure they flirted a little bit, it was hard not to but her body language and tone were every bit as bold as the first night they met.

She passes the glass to him, licking her lips. He decides to see how far she was willing to take things.

"This is nice, reminds me of something I've had before that was very good"

She gives him a sexy smile at his reference. She decides the hell with it, he was what she wanted tonight and she was going to enjoy it.

"You know shift was so stressful….Don't you just ever feel like you need to let off some steam when you have a tough call like that tractor-trailer accident?"

"Hmmm, since we're just friends, do people who are just friends let off steam…. Together?" Tobias asks noticing the way her eyes kept moving between looking him in the eye and then his lips.

"Well, the way I see it, we're friends who know each other really well and have previously engaged in friends with benefits activities. I really think there should be some leeway here… you know to engage in friends with benefits type privileges for the sake of letting off steam after a tough shift"

"Ahh, so this is kind of like a redo, it doesn't really count..is that what this is?"

"Redo…I like the sound of that" Tris runs a finger down the front of his shirt and grins excitement running through her veins at the thought of his lips and hands on her again.

"Did you have something in mind?" He didn't have the energy to fight his feelings for her anymore and the way she was looking at him, licking her lips, was enough to pull her into the bathroom and have his way with her.

"How about we get out of here and I'll show you"

Tobias grins, that was all the invitation he needed and he signals Tori to pay the tab. He follows her to her and Christina's apartment, feeling like a kid on Christmas knowing what he was about to experience.

As soon as he hops out of the car, he runs to her and she excitedly pulls his hand up the steps of the building. She pushes him against the wall of the elevator as soon as it opens and he groans at her aggressiveness. Tobias lowers his lips to her, hovering not moving to kiss her as they both breathe heavily. When the elevator dings, Tris playfully pulls him to the door and Tobias kisses her neck while she unlocks the door, wanting to be rid of their clothing to feel her skin.

Tris turns and walks back into the apartment pulling her shirt over her head with a smile as Tobias closes the door behind him, shedding his coat. Tris attaches her lips to his and they pull apart as she tugs at his shirt to help him pull it over his head. They grin at each other as they tear off their clothing in her bedroom. Tris runs her tongue over her back teeth as she watches Tobias lose his jeans and boxers. His body was perfection and the way he was looking at her was sending shivers all over her body. Tobias grabs her as he practically leaps onto the bed. She giggles as he pulls her to straddle his face and he hooks his arms around her legs. Tris moans in appreciation as Tobias moves his mouth against her, creating a motion that causes her to shiver the way he moves his lips against her.

"You taste better than I remember" he breathes pulling away for a second but going back to work as she gasps.

She begins to tremble and she soon finds herself grinding against him letting out high-pitched moans as she gripped her breasts and threw her head back. She shudders against him calling out his name when she climaxes.

Tobias feels like he wants to bang on his chest with manly pride at the sound of her calling his name. Even though she was still breathing hard, she wasted no time sliding down his body. She grabs his manhood and grins when he hisses in pleasure. She pumps him a few times, enjoying the feel of him hot and heavy in her hand. He grabs her hips signaling he was ready for her, wanting to feel her sheathed around him.

"Hang on a sec," she tells him grinning at his eagerness. She leans over to the nightstand to grab a condom.

He watches her, enjoying how confident she was but realizing she made him want to be reckless. He bows back when she sinks down and he squeezes her hips hard.

"Fuck, Tris"

"You feel so good, Papi" Tris pants as she moves up and down, feeling him deep inside.

She braces her hands on the wall above the headboard as she rides him fast and hard. Tobias grabs her hips pulling a nipple into his mouth since she was at the perfect angle leaned over him.

Tris squeals with laughter when suddenly wraps his arms around her waist he flips them over.

"I love hearing you laugh, Tris"

"And I love hearing you say my name" She whispers against his ear, then pulls his ear lobe with her teeth, happy with the moan he lets out.

In response, Tobias grabs her arms and pins her arms above her head by holding her wrists down. She squirms but spreads her legs wider to make room for him.

"Did you miss this?" He whispered looking down at her. She wanted him to move but he held steady as she continued to squirm.

"Oh God, Yes, Papi" She moans as she arches her back.

He moves so that he uses both his hands to hold her wrists down.

"Tell me how much" he demands giving her a hard thrust.

"So fucking much" She gasps. It wasn't a lie, she did miss this, and she was cursing herself for denying the pleasure she was experiencing now.

"Harder" she demands as she continued to squirm against him. He was driving her crazy, but it felt so good.

Tobias obliges as he begins to pound into her causing her to cry out with pleasure at every thrust. Tobias wasn't sure how much longer he could hold out so he decides to do the thing he had been dreaming about for the past year.

He pulls out and she flips on her stomach thinking she knew what he wanted but he gives her a tap on her ass.

"Here," he tells her moving to stand on the side of the bed.

Tris grins as she climbs off the bed. She gasps in surprise when he bends her over while still standing up. She positions herself like a tripod placing her hands on the floor with her legs spread.

"Ummmm, You are so wet, Baby, I've been dreaming about taking you just like this," Tobias gives her a smack on the ass again and enters her loving the groan she gave.

Tris takes all his thrusts, this position making him feel even bigger than he already was. Tobias was having so much fun with her, that he didn't let himself get too far gone before he pulls her up to run his hands all over her body, squeezing her breasts enjoying every moan and gasp he draws from her. Both of them are sweaty and breathing hard, but having the time of their life.

Before Tobias can move her into another position she turns around grabbing him and kissing him hungrily. This time she takes control and pushes him back onto the bed. She turns around to straddle him in reverse.

"Fuck yeah" Tobias praises as she gets into position and he holds himself at the base of his shaft and rubs up and down her opening before she rocks backward to take him inside.

"Aye…Dios…mío" She groans as she begins to rock back onto him, taking all of him when she does. Tobias is in heaven, as he watches himself disappear inside her. He holds her hips to thrust into her. He feels himself about to let go when Tris clenches around him and grips his legs as she cries out spewing gibberish in a mix of Spanish and English. Tobias grips her hips hard and thrusts upward hard and fast as he lets go too. Tris cries out as he does stroke after stroke until he falls back against the pillows smiling from ear to ear.

"That was….wow" Tris admits as she sits up still catching her breath, and her body still tingling.

"Yeah wow is right," Tobias runs his hands up her back still admiring the view of her straddled backward.

After she rolls off to lay on her back and prop herself up on her elbows, she smiles as she watches him get up to deal with the condom. He was so unbelievably gorgeous.

"I swear that was better than the first time," Tris says as he crawls back into her bed and she rolls on her side to prop herself up on her elbow and holds her head in hand.

"Ummmm, I would have to agree " He smiles as he caresses her lips with his thumb as he cups her face before leaning in for a kiss.

"Soooo, you think we can keep this to ourselves…" Tris puts out there after a few moments of light kisses.

Part of him wanted to argue against it but he didn't want to scare her off. Even if it wasn't breaking any rules, it still complicated things with them being in the same firehouse.

"Yeah…" He wished he sounded more confident but part of him was still conflicted about how he felt. He wanted more and this made it real that she didn't want more.

Tris can sense the hesitation in his voice. She didn't want to hurt him but she didn't want to stay away from him either.

"But maybe we could do this again?" She kept her tone hopeful and she sees his eyes light up with surprise at her words.

"You mean keep seeing each other?"

"You know nothing serious, help each other let off steam" Tris waggles her eyebrows as he throws his head back in a laugh.

Tobias pulls her to settle on top of him and pulls her down for a kiss. He just needed more time with her, to convince her to give them a real try.


It had been a month since Tris and Tobias started sleeping together again and they could barely keep their hands off of each other. When they left shift, as soon as either of them had their apartment to themselves they took full advantage of the clandestine moments, savoring every touch. The problem with sneaking around was it was never enough time and it was driving both of them crazy. That Friday when they get off shift, Tris comes up with a plan to make sure they were able to see each other since everyone was planning to hang out at Dauntless.

"What time are you coming by Dauntless tonight?" Christina asks as she grabs her keys and jacket before she heads out for her bartending shift.

"I think I'm just going to hang here and finish binging The Last Kingdom on Netflix," Tris says from the couch. "I feel kind of tired, I hope I'm not coming down with something" She gives a weak cough and pulls the blanket up over her shoulder.

"Awe, Well order some soup and drink plenty of fluids" Christina instructs and Tris nods as she flips the TV to Netflix.

"Say hi to everyone for me" Tris sniffles.

As soon as the door closes, Tris throws the cover off of her and grabs her phone off of the coffee table.

Tris: Coast is clear!

Tobias: As soon as Shauna leaves I'll be on my way.

Tris: Well don't take too long, Chris will be home around 2

Tobias: Gotta make the most of my time then

Tris: I hope you took a nap

Tobias: Famous last words

Tris grins and she practically skips to her room. She starts her shower and quickly rids herself of the lounge clothes she was wearing. She makes sure she shaves and lotions up her body well. She pulls her hair down from the messy bun it was in and fluffs it around her shoulders. She digs in the back of her closet and smiles as she pulls out the shirt she was looking for.

Tobias: In the clear, be there soon

She grins like a fool. She had just seen him that morning when they left shift and it had only been three days since the last time they made love, why was she this excited? She double-checks her room puts on a sexy playlist to get her in the mood and goes to grab a tumbler of bourbon from the kitchen. She sips it slowly and the anticipation she felt as she waited for Tobias was high.

The knock on the door comes sooner than she expects.

Tobias feels his mouth fall open when Tris opens the door with a low ball glass of bourbon in her hand wearing nothing but a men's button-down shirt that hung off her body. She backs up slowly allowing him to enter, enjoying the look of desire on his face.

"Like what you see?" she teases as she takes a sip of her drink.

A lightbulb goes off in his head. She was wearing the shirt she had worn home over her dress the morning they parted ways when they first met. He had forgotten all about it until this moment.

"I do believe that shirt belongs to me"

His voice was gruff and full of want as his eyes traveled up her legs to the hem of the shirt. It was only buttoned at her navel, the swell of her breasts exposed as the shirt barely covered her nipples.

"Are you sure about that?" She challenges with a wink.

He smirks at her as he takes the glass from her, drinking deeply, finishing off the bourbon, and feeling the burn of the liquor as it goes down. He enjoys the way she bites her lip as she watches him swallow.

He sets the glass on the coffee table and pulls Tris to him, lowering his lips to hers. She grabs his hands, placing them on her hips.

"Fuck, you aren't wearing any panties" He groans following her hands with his own. He picks her up by the back of her thighs.

Tris kisses him aggressively as she wraps her legs around his waist. Tobias gives her a smack on the ass as he carries her to her bedroom before tossing her onto her bed. He quickly rids himself of his clothes.

They keep their eyes locked on each other while he strips and she bites her lip while gently rubbing her clit. As soon as Tobias is free of his clothes he quickly covers her body with his as she grabs his face to kiss him passionately.

If they only had a few hours, he was going to enjoy every minute of it.


Tris sighs with delight as she strokes Tobias' hair while he lays across her stomach looking up at the ceiling.

"I needed that, I was about to drag you off into the locker room every time we weren't on a call yesterday"

"You should have," he says absentmindedly, feeling himself being lulled to sleep as she scratches his scalp.

"How many times have you had sex at 51?" Tris asks, wondering why he responded that way.

"Who says I have?" He chuckles and turns his head to look at her.

"You sly dog, who was she?" Tris moves to sit up so she can look at him fully.

Tobias groans and laughs moving to sit up against the headboard next to her.

"Oh don't get shy now, spill it, Eaton"

"She was one of the Deputy District Chief's daughters, Emily Robinson"

"Was she blonde?" Tris asks with an eye roll having heard around 51 about the type of women Tobias usually went for.

"Yes" Tobias chuckles "But it was just sex, she was engaged, I think I was the bad boy firefighter who her father warned her to stay away from, a rebellion before she settled down and became a soccer mom"

"Hmmm, and where did this little tryst of yours happen?"

"In the turnout room…" He says looking to see if he could read what she was thinking and why she wanted to know about his escapades with another woman.

"Ummm…Kinky,…Do you think anyone saw you?"

"Ummm I don't think so…" He contemplates trying to remember that night.

"Where else have you had sex in public?" She presses, as she rolls him on his back and straddles him.

Tobias chuckles as he moves his hands to hold her hips.

"Well there was the one woman I took up on the Ferris wheel at Navy Pier"

Tris grins and leans down to kiss him, feeling him stir to life against her leg.

"Thinking about becoming an exhibitionist?" He probes with a groan as she grinds against him.

"No, I want you all to myself" she murmurs leaning down to kiss him.

"Good" he sighs as he reaches over to the nightstand to grab another condom. He wanted her all to himself, and he finally felt like he was on the right track to getting what he wanted.


"That'll be $12," Christina tells the customer she was taking care of with a smile. It was Friday night and Dauntless was crazy busy with the Bulls game on.

"Hey Dawson, Where's Prior? It's so packed in here, I haven't seen her" Marlene asks as she and Shauna grab a seat when a space finally opens up at the bar.

"Prior's at home said she wasn't feeling well"

"Oh realllllly….." Shauna drawls in a suspicious tone drawing out the last word.

"What's that about?" Christina asks as she makes a drink for the next customer after grabbing Shauna and Marlene an IPA.

"Eaton suddenly said he wasn't feeling well when I was leaving to come over here"

"Oh, those two aren't slick at all! Who do they think they are fooling!" Christina narrows her eyes and puts her hands on her hips as Marlene laughs.