Ren nuzzled in closer to Daryl as she woke up, a chill going over her skin as her dream left her. A small smile went across her face as she felt him pull the blankets tighter around her. It was weird to her, how close to two months ago she was sleeping in the same bed as her fiancé, but they barley touched, and now with Daryl, a man she was just sleeping with, she was wrapped up in his arms. She could feel his thumb moving gently over the nape of her neck, and despite the rough texture of his hands, it was such a soft gesture, one that someone wouldn't probably expect from him just by looking at him.

He knew she was awake, he'd been awake for about an hour, he typically woke up before her but now with her always sleeping curled up against him, he couldn't bring himself to get up before she was awake. She was the first person he'd really ever woken up to, most of the time if the girl he was with stayed the night one of them just woke up and went on their day, but since the first time he'd woken up to Ren asleep next to him, he couldn't do anything but stay with her until she woke up. The first morning he'd just stared at her. Watched as her chest moved slowly up and down, as her lips were parted slightly, and her eyes fluttered under her eye lids every now and then. She was stunning in so many ways, even now as he couldn't see her face, since it was against his chest, he used his hand to feel the skin of her back and neck, slowly learning every part of her. Something he didn't understand why he was doing it, but he couldn't stop himself.

Finally, she stretched against him, her naked body sliding against his in the process. When the stretch was done going through every muscle in her body, she looked up at him, "Morning."

"Mornin."

"It's colder than yesterday." She said.

"Mmhmm." He agreed as he pulled the blanket tighter once again, because it also pulled her closer to him.

She put her head back against his chest, her hands by her face so she didn't accidentally put them around his back, "Are you going out today or staying in?"

"Was gonna go out for a bit, check and make sure the wolves ain't moved any." He looked down at her, and thinking she normally didn't ask this, he wondered, "Why?"

"It's getting to cold for how thin your jacket is." She looked back up at him, "Don't want you to freeze."

"Yeah?" He held back a smile.

"Yeah." She leaned up, "Because then how would I stay warm?"

"Then I won't freeze." He said before moving a lock of hair out of her face.

"Good I would hate for frostbite to take the important things." She smirked.

He held back a smile, "Isn't it all important?"

"Well yeah, but if you have to choose, fingers are more important than toes."

"And what's more important than fingers?" His eyes were locked on hers.

"I would say your nose because it rhymes." She whispered before hooking her thigh over his hip. Her nose brushed against his as she said, "But we both know that's not the answer I'm thinking of."

His hand cupped her ass as their lips met. He squeezed the soft skin as he pulled her as close to him as he could get. He paused before he slid his tongue into her mouth, "How much you gotta do today?"

"A lot of downloading, nothing I need to concentrate hard on." She breathed out, her fingers pressing against the back of his neck.

"Then I don need to go out." He replied, his mouth covering hers again, tongue meeting hers as the kiss deepened. Every now and then she would wake up in this mood and he never complained, it wasn't a bad way to start off his day at all, but he still wondered why she wanted him so much sometimes. He figured it was the fact that she seemed to really enjoy the sex, but on days like today, the way her fingers gripped at him, how she pressed her skin against his, how her tongue caressed his own, all in ways no one else had ever done, is when he was really curious.

Ren felt the tightness in her lower stomach and knew she wanted him, she wanted him bad this morning. Her dream hadn't been of him, it'd been of her back home, waking up in her own bed next to Chris. The moment she woke up and realized it wasn't true, she'd felt relieved it had been Daryl's arms she was in. Gently she pushed him on his back as she reached for his bag, grabbing a condom. Daryl was only slightly surprised, she'd never taken charge before, but as he felt her hand sliding down his chest he wasn't going to stop her.

Once she put the condom on him, she held his length, sliding it inside of her, letting a moan out into his mouth. Slowly she ground herself on him, she'd never been on top and she liked how deep he went into her. Breaking their kiss, she sat up, allowing him all the way in as she started to ride him, her hips moving like a wave. Daryl watched as she pushed her hair back out of her face, feeling her hands on his stomach as she moved. His fingers gripped at her thighs, he'd always liked having sex with her, but seeing her like this, sleep still on her face, hair falling over her shoulders, cold air making her nipples hard and creating goosebumps across her skin, he wondered if he'd ever enjoy sex with anyone else, if anyone else would be as radiant as she was in that moment, if anyone would ever make him feel the way she did.

He moved her hips slightly and she gasped at where he hit inside of her now, her fingers pressing against his skin. Part of her felt guilty some days, because she was glad that Chris had been cheating on her, because if she hadn't she wouldn't be having some of the best sex she'd ever had, but it made her wonder if that meant she really was using Daryl. He touched her, and fucked her, in a way no one else ever had. Sometimes she wouldn't even consider it fucking, sometimes he explored her, his mouth finding parts of her body that no one else had ever been, and she never wanted him to stop, sometimes she wanted him to be the only one to find those spots.

Looking down her eyes met his and she felt herself tighten around him, her fingers gripping him as she came. She'd thought she'd spend the rest of her life with Chris and she never thought she'd be glad about waking up naked with someone other than him, but she was, and she wouldn't have it any other way. Veronica could have Chris, she had something better. Ren leaned down over him, her fingers tangling in his hair as she reclaimed his mouth. She didn't stop moving on top of him and he held the back of her neck, keeping her down at his level so he could explore her mouth with his own.

Ren looked at the truck that was twice as full as normal. She'd decided just to knock out both the upgrade and the install for the eighth tower all at once, so the delivery team didn't need to make another trip out there, plus she knew it would give them a few more days. The others would be working on getting all the other stuff to the other towers now that there was a functioning network at them while she was finishing up the last upgrade.

She helped Daryl get everything to the bottom of the tower and her fingers stung from how cold it was getting, but she would have to deal with it since she couldn't wear gloves while working. Honestly, she just hoped it would wait to start snowing until she was done since that might stall her progress until after winter.

Once everything was in the tower Daryl went over and turned the heater on as he watched her blow warm air on her hands. Grabbing a blanket, he then took her arm and pulled her over to the heater. He wrapped the blanket around her shoulders before putting his arms around her waist and pulling her to the ground to sit in front of him as they both warmed up by the heater.

Leaning back, she tucked her head under his chin and curled up into him. Their silence spoke volumes about how the knew their days were numbered, that soon it would no longer be just them in the forest, that he wouldn't even be there at all. Ren nuzzled into him, closing her eyes, the warmth from him and the heater, plus the exhaustion from getting everything to the tower, hitting her all at once. She didn't know how she found him so comfortable, but she did. Sleeping without him in the tower was going to be hard, plus with a ranger in there with her, she probably wouldn't sleep at all.

Daryl could feel her falling sleep in his arms and he didn't mind. He enjoyed just being with her, something he'd never experienced before. He'd been trying to figure out a way to stay out in the forest with her, but he hadn't yet. He was going to help relocate the wolves so he could visit her after that was done, but he was sure that he wouldn't be able to touch her with any of the rangers around, to be able to hold her like this. She probably wouldn't want anyone to know that this had even happened. She would probably forget about him the second he was gone. A smile tugged at his lips, it was a lie he was telling himself, she wasn't the type of person to just forget another human being, she hadn't even forgotten about her fiancé. He had no clue what he was going to do without her, but he'd managed before, he would have to again. Because he knew he couldn't ask her to stay with him.

A/N: I know this one was mostly set up, but this is what came out for some reason when I started writing this chapter and I decided that I wanted to include, so I hope you all enjoy it :) Let me know what you think, loving the reviews so far!