Warning: Chapter contains sexual content

Another three weeks had passed by miserably slow for Luke and his team. He had tried again and again to get his team some time off, but every time they came close to getting the approval for two weeks off, something would happen and they would need to head to the next country to follow a lead. However, there was a little bit of a silver lining in the ordeal. Luke had managed to close down the ring. The ring was ran by an entire family with children destined to pick up the legacy. The thought made Luke sick to his stomach. The family was conditioning the next generation to the underground world. Making sure they knew all the ends and outs. The main boss of the ring was a woman. She had three children, two girls and a boy, with her husband who was her right hand. She had two younger brothers who served as a form of security for her. Those two had five children between them. The children under the age of eighteen were simply thrown into the system while everyone else was thrown into prison.

Now he was allowed to go home and he was hoping it was going to be for quite some time. He had already put in for a couple weeks off so he could go up to his cabin in the northern California. He had bought the cabin many years before when he was still a simple cop. He found that going to the cabin after a long mission was the perfect way to unwind. The cabin was on a lake with a forest surrounding it. There was no one around for miles and Luke was able to just forget the real world. It was always enough to bring him back. He had been approved for the time off and was set to leave three days after he returned to LA. It gave him enough time to get home, pack, and get Val to come with him.

He swore the closer and closer he to got back home the faster and faster his heart rate rose. He was anxious to get back home so he could see Samantha and Val again. It felt like it had been years since he had seen either of them. He wondered if there was anything that had changed about either of them. Would they even be recognizable? Would they even recognize him?

He hated the missions that lasted for longer than he had anticipated for. He always anticipated whether or not home would still be standing when he returned. It was an odd habit, but he couldn't help himself.

When he pulled up in Val's driveway, he saw her inside her garage working on something under the hood of an old Challenger. But it wasn't the car or what she was doing that had his attention. It was on her bent over the car with coveralls on, but they were pulled off her shoulders and the arms tied around her waist to keep them up. She wore a white cammi. The fabric was pushed up a little on her waist because of her natural curves.

She didn't make any type of move to where she knew Luke had pulled in. He hopped out of his truck and grinned. She had some Motley Crue blasting through unseen speakers. A bomb could have went off right next to her and she wouldn't have known. Luke moved towards her slowly trying not to let her know that he was there. He wanted to watch her just as she was for as long as he could.

He stood right behind her and watched as the muscles in her body contracted with each movement that she made. He wanted to reach out and touch her skin, but he had a much better idea.

He gripped her shoulder and forced her to stand up straight. He spun her around and he held his hand up to block her swing of the tool in her hand. As soon as her eyes met his, she gasped.

"I've been gone all this time, and this is how you say hello?"

Val felt sudden tears of joy sting her eyes upon seeing Luke. She felt her heart skip a beat and her breath hitch. She let the tool fall from her hand as she threw her arms around his neck. Their lips crashed together roughly. She broke the kiss placing her hands on the sides of his face. She placed her forehead against his smiling.

"I missed you," she whispered. Luke's response is another kiss to her lips. Val tilts her head so she can deepen the kiss. She felt his arms tighten around her waist. She broke the kiss running her hands down over his shoulders then down his chest. His hands rested lightly on her hips. She stepped forward burying her head in his chest and wrapped her arms around him. They stood there for a moment before Val pulled away slightly. Her hands began to roam his body slowly and Luke shook his head. He grabbed her hands gently to stop her recalling how she had searched his body before for wounds.

"I'm fine, Val. Not even a scratch." Val frowned as if she didn't believe him. He lifted his hand as if he was swearing on a bible in court. "I promise." The smile returned to Val's face.

"Did you catch the bad guy?" Luke nodded. Val giggled stepping into him once more. She rested her head on his chest. "My hero." Luke chuckled wrapping his arms around her. He buried his face in the top of her head and breathed her in. The smell of grease overpowered her natural scent, but he found it sexy. Just like he found the grease stains on her hands sexy. Just like he found the grease on her clothes sexy.

"Well, well, well, look who found their way home," Dom said somewhere behind him. Luke looked back at him over his shoulder as Val stepped slightly away from him. Dom carried a couple white paper bags filled with most likely some kind of fast food and a drink tray. Luke shrugged innocently.

"Yeah, I almost forgot where to go." Dom hummed as he walked into the garage and sat the bags down on a free space on a workbench. It was then that Luke noticed the boxes and oddly shaped parcels still covered in paper that littered the garage. He assumed it was car parts considering the half completed car that currently occupied the space that once had housed the Barracuda. He hadn't noticed them before since he was so entranced by Val.

"So, what's going on in here?" Luke asked as Val stepped away from him to start digging around in the bags. Dom slapped her hands away and pointed outside. Val huffed and grabbed a bottle of Gojo juice before heading outside. Luke heard water begin to run to the ground.

"I bought us a project car. Me and Val like to stay busy." Dom at this point was digging through the bags of food. He pulled out what looked like a burger then opened it to check its contents. He sat it down on the workbench next to the drink tray then dug out a thing of fries. "I would have picked you up something, but I Val didn't let me know you were home."

"That's fine, I'm not hungry," Luke stated watching as Dom rolled up the paper bags then threw them up on top of one of the cabinets well out of reach. Dom had a triumphant smirk plastered across his face as Val walked back into the garage. She looked on the workbench for her food then frowned upon seeing a missing bag. She glanced up on top of the cabinet then her hands immediately went to her hips and she lightly stomped her foot.

"Real mature, Dominic." Dom shrugged his shoulders taking a bite of his burger. She looked to Luke. "Kick his ass for me, will you?" Luke gave her an amused look.

"And what's in it for me?" he asked clearly teasing her. She clicked her tongue at him crossing her hands across her chest.

"You should already know what's in it for you," she said with a knowing tone. Luke's eyebrow raised slightly as a smirk touched his lips.

"Oh, come on, Val. I'm trying to eat," Dom groaned with a mouth full of hamburger. She walked to where her food was that was sitting on top of the cabinet and went to reach for it, but she was too short to reach it. She groaned in frustration. Dom chuckled and took a sip from his drink. Val sent a glare to him.

"What are we teenagers again? I thought you grew out of this." Dom shrugged again reaching for some of his fries. Val sighed rubbing her temple as she felt a slight headache starting to come on. Back in their younger years, Dom's growth spurt seemed to happen overnight. Once it happened, he delighted in putting everything that Val wanted just out of reach just to get her worked up. It was hard to tell how many times she had tried to beat him up because he would put her dinner plate on top of the refrigerator.

"I thought I did too. Then I remembered how much fun I used to have doing this to you." Val groaned again, then turned back to Luke.

"Can you reach it for me?" Luke made a humming sound as if he was thinking about it.

"No." Val narrowed her eyes at him then made her way out of the garage without making any further comment. Dom and Luke gave each other calculating looks. "Why do I feel like I need to be worried about this?"

"Because you should be," Val said from behind him. As soon as Luke turned, cold water sprayed all over his back. She had hooked up her water hose and began to spray the both of them down. Dom and Luke both yelled at her to stop, but she was too busy laughing at the two of them as they tried to shield themselves as best they could from the water.

Luke laid back on the couch while Val snuggled in next to him. They had decided to go to Luke's since it had been so long that Luke had been there. It seemed to be a place that he had only seen in his dreams. The smells seemed to be something from so long ago.

Dom had decided to leave once he and Val had finished eating their food so she and Luke could have some much needed alone time. Luke wasn't sure how he had managed to drive the rest of the way to his home without falling asleep at the wheel. He felt like hadn't slept in over a year. He had fallen asleep on the couch, only to wake up when Val slid in beside him and wrapped her arms around him.

He told her of all the different places he had been to and all he had done on his last mission. Val listened to every word he said. Even the parts she really didn't want to hear about. He wanted to tell her about how it still bothered him that some of the girls that he had saved from the sex ring were barely older than Samantha, but he wasn't sure how to go about it.

He watched her as she ran her fingertips across his chest slowly.

"I'm so glad you're home now, Luke, but I'm also glad that you were gone long enough to take these people down. I just hope that they're treated the way they deserve." Once his job was done, he hardly ever heard what happened to the people. It wasn't any of his business afterwards. All he was there to do was catch the bad guys and be on his merry little way. He didn't care what happened to the criminals afterwards. That part wasn't in his job description.

His attention was pulled towards Val once he felt her lips touch the skin on his neck. They were light kisses, but it was enough to make his pulse quicken. He couldn't believe that such a simple touch from her was enough to set him off.

"What are you doing?" he asked even though he really didn't have to ask. Val chuckled.

"What do you think I'm doing?" she whispered as her fingers tickled his skin. Luke groaned lightly as he reach over to grab her. He pulled her to where she was straddling his waist then rested his hands on her hips. Her hands rested gently on his shoulders as she kissed him.

Val couldn't deny the fact that it had taken everything in her power not to jump him as soon as she laid eyes on him. He had been gone for so long that part of her was beginning to think that maybe everything that had happened between them was just apart of her crazy imagination. It wasn't fun waking up in the dead of night from a very heated dream about one's man without him actually being there. She had her so worked up that Mia had began telling her that she would have to go buy herself a toy to hold her over while he was away. It was going all fine and dandy until Mia started talking about all the different kinds that were out there and how they functioned. Then it only got worse when she started talking about which ones were her favorites.

Luke tightened his grip on her hips as Val arched into him a little more. She deepened the kiss letting out a light whimper. Her fingers began to tickle the skin on the back of his neck. Luke's hands trailed up her body pulling her closer to him. His tongue brushed against her lips. Val parted hers letting her tongue meet his. Val felt herself release a sigh as she melted into him. Their lips moved so slowly over each other as if trying to memorize every little detail.

Luke groaned when she dug her hips into his. Val felt him start to lift up her shirt slowly. Val broke their kiss so she could sit up. She hooked her fingers into the hem of the shirt and lifted it over her head. She threw it to the floor as Luke sat up wrapping his arms around her waist. He started kissing her collarbone then moved down to her still covered breasts. She wore a simple white sports bra, but Luke couldn't help but think about how sexy it looked on her.

Luke felt himself being pulled up to where he was sitting before he met Val's eyes again. She grinned as she began to pull his shirt up. Luke allowed her to pull it off. She tossed it aside without giving it much thought. Her arms wrapped around his neck as she pressed her lips to his again.

He turned them onto the couch to where he was sitting with her straddling his lap. Luke wrapped an arm around her to secure her as he pushed them up off the couch. Val gasped at the sensation of being lifted, but that didn't stop her from running her fingertips over his skin as he made his way back through his house to his bedroom.

He laid her gently across the mattress. She took no more time to lift her bra over her head and threw it across the room. As she did that, Luke was undoing his belt. He watched her as she scooted herself up to the pillows so she could be a little more comfortable. Luke took his belt off and undone his button before crawling onto the bed and to Val who watched every little move he made.

He pressed his body against hers as his lips found hers again. Luke reached over to his nightstand so he could grab one of the condoms inside, but Val's delicate hand stopped him. He broke the kiss giving her a questioning look. She gave him a reassuring smile to let him know that there was nothing wrong. He noticed a slight pink touching her cheeks, but he wasn't sure if it was the heat of the moment or if it was embarrassment.

"I figured it would be a good idea that I get started on birth control. An implant. I've been on it since a few weeks after you left. You can use a condom if you want, but you don't have to." Luke grinned and kissed her lips lightly as he withdrew his hand from his nightstand.

Soon enough, both were shed of the remainder of the clothing. Luke slid into her slowly taking in the new sensation of having her without protection. She felt like she had encased him in the finest of silks. He moved within her slowly wanting to savor every inch of her body. He watched her as she squirmed under him. He listened as her breath shuddered as he worked her closer and closer to the edge.

When they had both reached the point of their release, Luke had found himself so tired that he couldn't find the strength to roll off Val. Instead he had rested his head against her chest and fell off into a sleep in a matter of minutes.

Author's Note: Alright guys, so... last chapter I got 1 review. Just one tiny review. So, shout out to Nekokitten1123 for leaving that review. I didn't even as much get a review from my regulars so that kinda made me sad. It's okay, though. Here's another chapter though it is a pretty short one. I'm already working on the next chapter so hopefully I will have it up in the next couple days depending. With all this awesome weather here lately, it's hard to stay indoors. Anyhow, leave a review tell me what you guys think and if you have any ideas or tidbits or anything that you would like to see in this story feel free to let me know via PM or whatever.

Much Love Readers!

Aven.