Kate can feel his eyes on her and for once isn't annoyed she's waking up at what probably is 4am. They went to bed earlier than usual, their case had been tough but once they solved it they both relaxed and went to bed early. Carefully she opens her eyes, meets his blue ones, and smile at the tenderness they show.
"Hey," she whispers and he smiles back.
"Hey," he whispers back, his fingers coming up to stroke her cheeks.
She closes her eyes at the tingles shooting into her skin. She's almost falling asleep again but the knowledge he's still stroking and still watching her stops her.
"You know," she whispers hoarsely. "Even if we're married, staring is still creepy."
He chuckles at that and glancing at him through her eyelids she can see he's still watching her. With a sigh she tries to cover herself by pulling the covers over her face, but before it can land he's pushing it off again.
"No, don't hide," he mumbles before he leans in to peck her lips.
She hums her content, can't help but love his love. Love him. "Don't you get tired of watching me?" she questions anyway, even though she knows she could never get tired of watching him either.
"No," he answers truthfully. "I'll never tire. You're too beautiful."
She huffs at that, rolling her eyes too, and takes his fingers in hers to pull them to her lips. She kisses his hand once before pulling his arm around her and snuggling closer to him.
"I love you," she whispers the declaration as she stares into his blue ocean eyes.
"I love you too," he says back before he leans closer to kiss her lips.
"You know," she says against his lips, her fingers sneakily going under the shirt he's put on to bed. "I'm not that tired anymore."
His hands land on her ass, his thigh moving between hers to rub her just the right way. "Me neither," he smirks before pinning her down and claiming her lips.
This is going to be a long early morning. Good thing they have the day off.
THE END