The next morning, Val woke up with a blissful sigh. Her head was resting on Luke's chest and her arm was draped lazily across his stomach. The night before was absolutely amazing. They had practically run into the bedroom and Luke barely managed to shut and lock the door as Val began to strip. Luke all but tackled her onto the bed. He seemed to completely surround her as he slammed into her.
She couldn't even remember how many times that she had orgasmed. She begged him for different things to which he happily gave her. He had flipped her and turned her and bent her in all ways she could imagine. He had her screaming so loud at times that her throat was going hoarse. She was certain the others had heard them, but she didn't care. What they had done the night before was incredible.
They had went at it for what felt like hours non stop. There were times to where it had felt like they had fused together and had become one entity. When Luke had finally reached his own climax, he grabbed her hair and jerked her head back roughly. He growled out a curse and there was just something about what he had done that ripped one last orgasm from her body. She didn't even know she had one left in her. She held him against her while they panted for air.
She began to run her fingers across his skin letting out another sigh. She felt Luke's arm lift and wrap around her waist. She finally lifted her head and rested her chin on his chest. Luke laid with his eyes closed with a small, content grin on his lips. She lifted her hand from his chest and ran her fingertips across his cheek. She stopped along the edge of his beard then ran her finger along the edge of it. She could feel the stubble underneath her fingers. She grinned remembering how she felt it against her neck as he bit and sucked at her skin.
She let her finger trace down to his neck. She bit her lip when she saw teeth marks embedded into the skin on his shoulder. The bites had left his skin slightly purple. She let her fingers run down to his chest and she traced them along the lines of his tattoo. She snuggled into his side a little more and slid her leg over his. She let out a slight grunt feeling soreness in her thigh, but the pain went away as soon as she relaxed her leg. She nearly giggled at the thought of having to stretch before she had sex with Luke to avoid getting sore. She lifted her head and began leaving light kisses across his skin. She felt his fingers begin to rub the skin on her lower back. She lifted her eyes up to him as she continued to kissed his skin and found him watching her.
She grinned up at him then got back to work kissing his skin. His skin tasted a little salty from all the sweating they had done the night before, but that didn't matter to Val. She loved the way his skin tasted. She ran her fingers down to his stomach and tickled his skin. She felt his body twitch under her touch, but he made no motion as if it bothered him. He raised his free arm and placed it behind his head. Val took the opportunity to run her fingers up his side knowing how it would effect him. She felt him slightly jerk away from her touch, but not enough to break contact. She felt him take a deep breath as if to calm himself.
"Didn't you have enough last night?" he asked. Val's response was a giggle. Val felt Luke begin to roll on his side to face her. She looked up at him and smiled. He wrapped his arm around her. She didn't move as she stared at his handsome face. His brown eyes, though they still looked tired, were beautiful in the sunlight that flooded the room. He had a strong jaw and a prominent nose. Her favorite time to touch his cheeks was early morning before he shaved for the day. The scruff that managed to show overnight darkened his jaw line slightly and the roughness of it always secretly drove her crazy. His lips were unbelievably kissable. They were incredibly soft and gentle as they kissed her all over.
She loved his broad shoulders and masculine chest and his big arms as they held her against him. She loved the way he smelled he showered, but nothing beat the natural scent of him after a night of making love. She began to kiss at his skin again as she felt his fingers trace circles and various other shapes on her back.
"Just to be fair," she said between kisses. "I don't think I could ever get enough of you." Luke chuckled as he let his hand run lower on her back. She hissed when a sharp pain shot through her rear and up to her head when Luke gripped her right cheek. She twisted as she pulled down the blankets to see what was causing the pain, but another sharp pain shot through her lower abdomen. She grunted as her body automatically reacted by curling up.
"What the fuck?" she grumbled once the pain went away. She stretched back out slowly and pushed the blankets down farther. She tried to raise up enough to see the source of the pain, but she wasn't able to lift herself up enough without the pain hitting her. Instead, Luke raised up to see what it was.
"Oh, man," was all that he said. He reached his hand out and ran his it down her rear gently. Val finally managed to find a position to where she could sit up and remain somewhat comfortable so she could see what Luke was looking at. She gasped when she saw the culprit of her pain. On the right cheek of her rear was a large purple bruise that looked eerily similar to Luke's large hand.
She looked to Luke who was still staring at the bruise before his gaze met hers. She wondered if he could remember when he gave her the bruise. He had her on all fours slamming into her from behind when she felt his hand spank her. She gasped at the sensation that shot through her body then turned to look back at him before telling him to do it again. And he did. Again and again.
She glanced back down at her body noticing the smaller, fainter bruises the size of Luke's fingertips all around her hips and waist.
"I guess we got a little carried away last night," Val stated as she leaned into Luke. It didn't last long since she felt the same dull pain shoot through her lower extremities. She fell back onto the bed and laid on her back. She took a nice, deep breath leaving her hand to rest on her lower body.
"I guess it's safe to assume that your team heard pretty much everything last night, huh?" Val asked glancing up at him. No sooner than she said that, Luke's phone buzzed on the nightstand. Val couldn't remember Luke bringing in his phone, but then again the last thing she was worried about the night before was his phone. He picked it up and checked the message. He grinned shaking his head then handed the phone to Val. Val read the message and laughed handing Luke's phone back to him. Hank and sent him a message stating that he wasn't sure if he was going to be having his therapist bill Luke or if he was wanting some pointers on how to do things like that to his wife. Val rolled back on her side and snuggled into Luke.
She could remember at one point, Mia, Letty, and Val had been out at lunch and were talking about random things when Letty, of all people, asked Val to tell them something that Luke did. At first, Val had no idea what she had meant by the extremely vague question, but she had figured out that she wanted to know something about Luke that they didn't know. Something that they wouldn't think of him doing. When Val had told them that he was a cuddler, Mia had nearly fell out of her seat she swooned so much.
There was still a lot of things they didn't know about Luke Hobbs. He was a completely different person around her compared to who he was around other people. He was relaxed with her whenever they were alone, but as soon as they stepped foot through the threshold to the outside world, he was always on alert. As if the boogey man himself was hanging out just around the corner to ambush them. Even when he was around her family, he seemed to put up walls that only Val was able to get through. Even Dom had asked her once how she was able to put up with someone who seemed to have a ten foot stick shoved up their ass, but that simply just wasn't the case. She wasn't sure exactly as to why Luke did that whenever he was around her family and when she asked him about it all he did was shrug.
But behind closed doors, he was such a different man. He laughed. He joked. There were times that he was even playful, though most of the time that led to them in bed together. He was an excellent father. Seeing him with Samantha opened up an entirely new world with Luke. Seeing how he played with her and talked with her was surreal. It shocked her even more when Samantha started asking question about the mission Luke had when he was sent to take them down. Luke hid nothing from his daughter.
She frowned at the thought. He hid nothing from Samantha and yet Val was always left in the dark about what went on in his missions. All she was ever told was if he captured his target or not. She wondered if Samantha knew about the fact that Natalya would sell him weapons. She raised her head to look at Luke in the eye.
"Why didn't you tell me about Natalya?" Luke frowned looking down at her. He sat up a little in bed so he didn't have to raise his head to look at her.
"What does it matter?" Val sighed.
"Because it does. I literally spent the entire night thinking that you two were ex lovers and thought you were cheating on me when I heard you guys in here talking. And for that matter, why haven't you told me anything about your team? And for that matter why haven't you told anyone about me?" Luke stared at her as if she had gone crazy. By the end of her little rant, she was sitting up with her arms crossed. She tried to ignore the dull throb in her lower body and her rear as best as she could.
"You know that she's married," he defended.
"And I would have known that a lot sooner if you would have told me. Instead, I had to go and make a complete fool of myself and come busting in here trying to catch you two together." Luke sat up more and pulled his knee up to rest his elbow on it.
"Where is this coming from? This has never been an issue before." Val clicked her tongue at him.
"Well, it is. And I want to know why you never tell me anything or talk about me to anyone." Luke shook his head with a sigh.
"Val…" he started, but Val interrupted him.
"No, Luke, I want to know." He rubbed the back of his neck and it was clear in his eyes that he was trying to keep his cool.
"If you would let me talk, I'll tell you." Val stared at him without saying a thing to show him she was allowing him to continue. "Everything is for your protection." Val rolled her eyes.
"Oh give me a break. You didn't even tell Brenda about me. How is that for my protection?" Luke let out a quick breath and looked away from her for a split second.
"She knew more about you than what she was letting on. Of course I talk about you to other people, it's just not that often."
"Why? Is it because I used to be one of your targets? Because you know better than either of us that it wasn't my fault that I was labeled a criminal." Rage flew through his eyes.
"That has nothing to do with it, Val. If I was so worried that you were one of my targets I would have never called you called you." Val felt her anger being to rise. She couldn't help herself. Maybe she was being irrational, but she wasn't thinking about that.
She slid to the edge of the bed, cringing at the pain that went through her body.
"Oh, I see. So, then you must be ashamed to tell people about me. Wouldn't want anyone to know that your woman used to be a professional thief with a pill addiction." She stood from the edge of the bed and made her way to the dresser to pull out some clothes. She dressed as quickly as her sore body would allow her.
"Where is this coming from? Where in the hell did you get the idea that I'm ashamed of you?" he snapped.
"Well, why else wouldn't you tell anyone about me? And don't give me that shit that it's for my protection." She turned to find Luke had put on the pants that he had on the night before and was standing at the foot of the bed. She hadn't even heard him move. How the hell did he do that?
"It is, Val."
"How could it possibly be for my own protection? That's the stupidest excuse I've ever heard." She stepped towards him, praying that he would move out of her way so she could leave the room, but he stood strong.
"Listen, Val, this may come to a surprise to you, but I don't have many people in my life. I have my mother, Samantha, you, my team, and Brenda and Carl. That's literally a list of people I trust in my life. My own team didn't know about Samantha until a year after they were assigned to me." Luke sighed again and lowered his eyes. He flopped down on the foot of the bed and stared at the floor. Val stood there, once again, feeling stupid. It still made no sense as to why hardly anyone knew about her, but why would he go to such lengths to keep the existence of Samantha from his own team for so long.
"It took me years to build the team I had in Brazil," Luke started. "We were the top team in DSS. We trusted each other." He paused for a moment as if searching for his words. "We were a family." Val felt her heart break at how broken his words came out. He had never talked about his team. "Now my team is small and incomplete, but we are building trust and becoming a family. I didn't tell them about Samantha or you for so long because what would happen if they were a mole? What if there was a leak in the department? What if…" he paused again and he slumped over some more. "What if someone came after you two because I told them about you thinking I could trust them? I would never be able to forgive myself." She reached her hand out and touched his cheek to guide his face to look at her. "I didn't tell you about Natalya because you left this kind of life behind. I don't want it to seem like I'm dragging you back in." Val narrowed her eyes at him.
"So it was illegal what you were doing in here last night." Luke shrugged.
"Depends on who you ask."
"Why didn't you ask me?" Luke sighed again.
"I don't know." Val shook her head. She wasn't going to push the matter. She was glad that he was opening up to her. She leaned against him and grabbed his hand.
"Actually, it makes me feel better knowing that you have access to all that kind of weaponry. I know you try to find bad people, with the exception of me and my family, and it's hard to tell what kind of arsenal those people have when you go after them. It's just good to know that you have the option of going in with something more than standard issue." Luke wrapped an arm around her waist careful of her bruises.
"I could never be ashamed of you, Val. Even with your wild imagination." Val chuckled. "You coming into my life is one of the best things that has ever happened to me." Val lifted her head from his shoulder and looked at him. His revelation sent a sharp twang straight to her heart. Her mind immediately went back to the night before when Hank had mentioned love. He watched her out of the corner of his eye. She smiled and leaned forward to kiss his lips, but she stopped and leaned back when the dull throb came back.
"You better hope that this goes away by the time Samantha gets here," Val snapped as she stood from the bed. She kept a hand on her stomach as if it would help the pain. Luke stood with her.
"I'd be more worried about that," he said vaguely. Val gave him a curious look. Luke reached out and touched her neck. "Go look." He turned his back on her and Val gasped. What had she done to him? There were scratches all over his back. There were even some so deep that there was dried blood around them. Luke turned back to look at her upon hearing her gasp.
"You, uh, you may want to put a shirt on. Just saying." Luke tried to look at his back, but he couldn't. He took her advice and put on a shirt while Val walked out of the room and into the bathroom. She flicked on the light and stood in front of the mirror. Her eyes widened as her fingers shot to her neck.
"What are we, in high school?" she called out as she leaned closer to the mirror to observe the dark hickey that Luke had left on her. He had never left a mark on her before and after one night of drunken sex, he had left bruises all over her and left a very dark hickey on her neck. Granted she had left teeth marks on his shoulder and nearly scratched off the entire top layer of skin on his back, but at least he was able to cover it all up with a t-shirt. She wouldn't even be able to cover her hickey up with make-up.
Luke stepped into the bathroom ignoring her question and wrapped his arms around her. Val covered his hands with her own and stared at him in the mirror.
"I'm sorry I got mad at you, Luke. I overreacted." Luke left a light kiss on her hickey causing her to giggle. "What would you like for breakfast?" Luke grinned.
"Ben and Natalya are still here," he said and Val rolled her eyes. Of course they were still there. Now she had to walk out there with a hickey on her neck. It was worse than the walk of shame. She turned back to the mirror and reached for her make-up bag so she could at least attempt to cover the discoloration on her neck. She wasn't really in the mood to hear any type of ridicule for the mark.
"I'll be out in a second. I'm going to try to do something with this." Luke's hand touched her cheek and pulled her face to where she was looking at him. He kissed her lips slowly. Val felt as if he had literally stolen her breath. He broke the kiss slowly and smirked upon seeing Val breathless. She watched him as he left the bathroom. She bit her lip and shook her head as she faced the mirror once more.
She opened her make-up bag and pulled out her concealer to try to cover the hickey. She leaned closer to the mirror and started working away at trying to cover it as much as possible. No matter how much makeup she put on it, there was still a faint hint that it was still there. She wasn't sure if it was just where she was aware of its presence or if it was still showing enough to be noticed by people.
"You know," Natalya said from the threshold that separated the bathroom from the rest of the cabin. "I have known Hobbs for long time." Val stood up straight and turned to her. "He always was good man, but he was always serious. Never smiled. Never joke. Never showed any kind of affection." Val turned back to the mirror to see if the hickey was still showing while she talked. Sure enough, it was still noticeable. "It is nice to see that he can smile. And it's all because of you." She stepped into the bathroom as she reached into her pocket. Val turned to her again curious on what she was doing.
Natalya removed a piece of paper from her pocket and handed it to Val. Val took it from her and looked at it. It was a number.
"If you need anything, please, give me call. But for now, I must return to husband and perform wifely duties." Val smiled at her and nodded. She wondered what her husband looked like. She was curious about the man who would have been able to catch the attention of a woman like her. Natalya went to leave the bathroom, but stopped. "I'm surprised you're walking today." Val rolled her eyes looking into the mirror. She heard Natalya leave the bathroom and Val put on one more layer of concealer before deciding that it was all it was going to do.
She popped a couple aspirin to combat the pain in her lower abdomen. She stepped out into the living room and nearly laughed at the sight before her. Ben was sitting at the dining room table with his head resting on his arms. He was groaning. Luke was standing in the kitchen. He leaned against the counter next to the coffee pot. His arms were crossed and he shook his head in disappointment at his rookie member. Val went to Luke who lowered his arms so Val could lean into him. She wrapped her arms around his waist and leaned her head against his chest. They looked who Ben who groaned from the table.
"Is he going to make it?" she asked.
"No," Ben said without raising his head. Luke chuckled.
"He just can't keep up with the big dogs," Luke teased. Val grinned when Ben picked up his hand to give Luke the finger. Val stepped away from Luke to make herself a cup of coffee. She took a sip then sat it on the counter. She started rummaging through cabinets to find pots and pans that she was going to need for cooking breakfast. She felt the dull throb in her lower body starting to get worse and worse until she just wasn't able to handle it anymore. She felt like she was cramping. It was more annoying than anything and she felt like she was going to be a little crabby because of it.
She felt Luke's hand on her lower back catching her attention.
"I'll make breakfast. You go rest." She grinned shaking her head. She kissed his lips gently and made her way into the living room with her coffee. She flipped on the television and found a movie to watch. Ben stayed in the kitchen groaning over his hangover.
After breakfast was made and Ben had been fed, he said he was well enough to go ahead and head back home to his woman and kid finally leaving Luke and Val alone. She had made her way into the bathroom to take a shower. She was certain she smelled like a prostitute after a busy night. It wasn't long before Luke had joined her. She washed his back and made sure all the scratches were nice and clean before she started leaving light kisses all over his skin.
Luke's hands rested on her hips lightly as he massaged her skin lightly.
"You need to stop. I'm going to hurt you even worse," he said in a low, husky voice. She glanced down to find that he was standing at full attention and just for her. She groaned wishing that she would be able to go another round with him, but he was right. She was already way too sore to go another round. She grinned and bit her lip as an idea flashed through her head. Luke narrowed his eyes in curiosity then he smirked when she started getting down on her knees.
After their shower, Val was hating herself. She was supporting a sore rear, a sore vagina, and now she had a sore jaw. She sat on the couch reading a little on her book when Luke called for her from the kitchen. She glanced over at him to see him with a some sort of black case. She stood and took her place next to him.
"I bought you something," he said sliding the case over to her. She flicked the locks on the case and opened it slowly. She frowned looking at Luke. Inside was a pistol tucked perfectly away in a crease. There were three clips in their own creases next to it.
"Why did you get me this?" she asked. She didn't like guns. She had never even held one. They made her nervous. She had pulled bullets out of too many people in her life time to feel comfortable with them. She had seen too many times what kind of damage they could do in the wrong hands. Luke's hand touched her cheek as if it would ease her worry.
"I want you to be able to protect yourself when I'm gone." Val glanced down at the gun then brought her eyes back up to Luke.
"Why are you obsessing over my protection all of the sudden? What's going on?" Luke chuckled.
"Nothing is going on. I just want you to be able to protect yourself just in case." Val grinned. She looked back down at the gun and ran her fingers across the cold steel.
"I don't know how to use one of these."
"I'll teach you." Val sighed running her hand through her hair.
"I don't know how I feel about this, Luke." She reached into the case and pulled the gun out to look it over. She turned it over in her hands taking in all the little details.
"You don't have to shoot it just yet. I want you to be comfortable with it before that happens. I'll teach you how to take care of it." Val swallowed the nervous lump that was forming in her throat before placing the gun back in its spot in the case. She still wasn't all that convinced that Luke would have to go to such a drastic measure as to getting her a gun and teaching her how to use it, but she was going to trust him and his judgement. If he felt that she would need to protect herself, then she was going to learn how to protect herself. Even if she didn't quite agree with it.
He had told her that there were just a couple times in his career with DSS that someone had threatened his family and they had put Samantha and Shana into protection until the target was captured. There had been no signs of the target even trying to come after them so the protection was just an extra precaution. Val never really dwelled on the dangers Luke always worried about. They had been together for nearly a year and he had been on multiple missions during that time. None of them had tried to come after her or Samantha. Luke was always so careful to leave his personal life out of his missions that Val never had to worry.
Or so she thought.
"Do I really have something to worry about when you're away?" She asked because she worried enough about him while he was away, she didn't want to worry about herself wondering if there was going to be a masked bad guy that was going to snatch her up just because she was Luke Hobbs' woman.
"No. This is for me," he said leaning back in his chair. Val gave him a strange look. "When I'm away there is always this voice in the back of my head saying that you're vulnerable and that something bad could happen to you and there would be nothing I could do about it." He put his hand on top of the case. "This gives me peace of mind." Val grinned and nodded in agreement. Luke watched her as she stood from the table and moved over to him to sit on his lap. She was careful of her bruise. She wrapped her arms around his neck to help keep her on his lap.
She kissed his lips gently then rested her forehead against his. Hank had mentioned love. Maybe Luke did love her. Maybe he was getting there. It was hard to say. All she knew was that when he finally said it, she would be the happiest woman in the world. Because she could no longer deny the fact that she loved him. Of the time they had spent together, he had managed to work his way into her heart and lodged himself in there. Every morning she woke up with a smile on her face because he was laying next to her. Every night she fell asleep with a smile on her face because she was wrapped up in his arms. She had never been so happy in her life and it was all because of Luke.
Author's Note: Alright guys, another chapter is up. Hope you liked it. Val admitted, at least to herself, her feelings for Luke. Next chapter Samantha will finally be there so be prepared for some bonding time with Val and Samantha.
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