Letting Go

"Why are you mad with me right now?" Punk questioned, walking into his apartment, following AJ as she walked into the living room where Dean was sat, "Dean, give us a minute."

"This is literally my apartment." Dean looked at them both.

"Dean." Punk shook his head as Dean huffed and stood up.

"I'm going for a drink. Amelia's in bed." Dean stood up.

"Thank you, Dean." AJ nodded to him as he walked out of the room and headed out of the apartment, "What do you mean why am I mad? You can't act out like that-"

"He was saying shit about her right to her face, treating her like a piece of garbage. I'm supposed to just sit there and nod?" Punk questioned.

"You can still be intimidating and tell him to leave without putting your hands on him." AJ said, "What if… what if you've scared her off?" AJ asked, "Huh? What if she doesn't wanna see us again because you can't keep your hands to yourself?"

"I was trying to defend her." Punk said, "I don't understand why that's a bad thing?"

"Because you look reckless." AJ said, "You can still tell that little prick off without beating on him-"

"I barely touched him." Punk scoffed.

"You were choking him, in the middle of a diner, with children and families around." AJ shook her head.

"So what? He comes at my daughter like that then I'm gonna come back ten full. You know me. You know this is who I am." Punk said.

"I'm just trying to help you. I don't want you to do anything that will spook Reylissa. Seeing you get all violent might put her off and that's the last thing I want for you." She said.

"Put off like you were put off?" Punk asked her as AJ shook her head.

"I was never put off. I just hated that you had to get so aggressive." AJ said, "It's not fun to watch."

"Well here's some news for you, I don't do it deliberately." Punk said, "Odds are if I snap like that it's for good reasoning."

"Oh like when you snapped on Tom when we were younger when he wasn't doing anything wrong?" AJ questioned.

"Uh well I think I had that guy sussed out from the get go. I rest my case since you've been lodging at my place because you can't stand to go back to him." Punk nodded as AJ rolled her eyes, "I was letting her know I got her back. Maybe if I'm around that little shit won't annoy her." Punk shrugged.

"Or you've just scared her off." AJ said.

"She's a big girl, I'm sure she's fine." Punk shook his head, "She works in Hooters, she's not gonna be foreign to fighting."

"I don't want it to be something she has to get used to. I don't want her to see that in you." AJ said, "I want her to see you. The real you. The man I fell in love with."

"I'm still that guy. But I'm not gonna change who I am or how I feel about the people I care about." Punk said, "If someone comes at her like that, I'm coming back at them. Same if it was you." He said as AJ looked at him.

"Why me?" AJ shook her head as Punk looked across at her, "I don't need your protection anymore." She made clear.

"Oh, really?" Punk nodded.

"Yeah, really." AJ nodded, "I know you're just trying to be protective. I get it. I know who you are. But really? On the first time we actually sit down and talk to our daughter? It was going so well. It was actually going great." AJ said.

"Yeah and it was that little shit who came in and ruined it. Not me." Punk said, "I'm not fighting with you over this. You don't get to be mad at me for doing shit like that." He said.

"You're still my daughter's father. I can get mad." AJ nodded.

"Well I'm not gonna change so… you're wasting your breath." Punk said, sitting down on the couch as AJ sighed, "Why do you care so much anyway?" He stood back up, not wanting to let it go just yet, "Huh? What is it to you?"

"I still care about you. Obviously I get worried-"

"Really? You get worried about me? If you were that worried you wouldn't waited nineteen years to see me again." Punk nodded.

"I still worried about you. I still care about you and love you." AJ nodded, "I think that's fairly obvious." She said as Punk looked across at her, "I know it's who you are, I just don't want it to ruin anything with Reylissa. It was going great and maybe… maybe we can actually get to know our daughter and be in her life." AJ said, "But not if you're acting like a lunatic."

"If you still cared about me all this time then why didn't you ever come back?" Punk asked her.

"What?" AJ shook her head.

"You could have come back." Punk said, "At any time."

"You were the one who broke up with me. I got the message and I left." AJ said, "I… I got married, I had another kid. I thought you would have moved on too. I didn't want to come back and revisit all of this and realise how much I still loved you and wanted you." She said as he looked across at her, "Because it hurts. It hurts to know how much time we lost. How we aren't kids anymore who have time to be together. Life went on and we missed out. That hurts me."

"Well what are we gonna do about it?" Punk asked her, "Fight about it the entire time?" He asked her.

"I don't know." AJ exclaimed, "All I know is I haven't felt more at home than I have this past week, being here. I had a home with my husband, it was warm, it was beautiful but it… it didn't have love. Not proper love. Not like what we had." She shook her head as he stared at her, "I want things to work out with Reylissa but with that comes… spending time with you again and realising what could have been and that kills me." She shook her head, placing her hand on her forehead as Punk sighed.

"Yeah well it kills me too-"

"You were the one who gave up on this." AJ said.

"I did it for the right reasons." Punk said, "We were unhealthy. We fought all the time. You were going off to college. I just wanted you to… go be happy."

"I was happy with you." AJ cried as he flinched a little, "I was happy with you. And after all this time… I still am." She shook her head, "How the hell is that possible? I don't see you for nineteen years and you still have the same effects on me." She shook her head as he sighed, looking over at her, walking towards her a little.

"This sounds like this problem is more about us than it is about Reylissa." Punk looked down at her.

"Well maybe it is." AJ shrugged, looking up at him as he suddenly leaned down and pressed his lips against hers. Hearing how emotional and upset she was just told him how much she actually still cared, how much they actually needed this more than they realised.

"What are you doing?" AJ pulled back at first and pushed him a little as Punk looked at her, gulping a little as she stared up at him. But she realised in that moment, she was done trying to be perfect, trying to resist. She wanted him.

She grabbed his face and pressed her lips against his as he stumbled back a little, picking her up as her legs circled around his waist, deepening their kiss as he pushed her against the wall, kissing her passionately.

AJ pulled at his t-shirt, yanking it over his head and tossing it behind him as he smiled, going back to her lips, moving from the wall and collapsing down onto the couch with her, taking her t-shirt off and kissing her neck as she rolled her head back.

"Fuck." AJ gasped, feeling his kisses move down her neck, feeling his hands behind her unclasping her bra.

He took his time undressing her, working his way down her body, kissing every visible part of her skin as she moaned to herself. She hadn't been taken care of properly in such a long time that she'd almost forgotten just how good he was capable of making her feel.

Punk took his time kissing down her body, having almost forgotten just how beautiful she was and how much he had missed being able to love her. He could tell by the way her body curved up into his that she wanted this badly and that she hadn't been taken care of properly in a while.

He put his hands inside her panties, finding her clit as he began stroking it, kissing her neck as her body buckled up against his hand, rolling her head back and moaning.

"Oh my God." She moaned, biting her lip as she clutched at his skin, looking into his eyes as he smirked, smiling to herself as she rolled her head back again, feeling him kiss her neck and down to her breasts whilst adding two digits inside of her, "Fuck, baby." AJ whispered.

"Yeah, you like that?" Punk whispered, nudging her neck affectionately, "You miss that?" He whispered as she moaned. He had no idea just how much she had missed this.

"Please." AJ moaned, undoing his jeans and trying to push them down as he smirked, "I need you." She nodded. She knew once they went here, there was no going back, it would be a completely refresher of how amazing it felt to be with one another, how they gave each other everything they needed.

Punk pushed down his jeans and boxers, pushing her panties to the side and lining himself up with her, pushing inside her as she moaned out in bliss, curving her legs around him as he moaned to himself and placed his hands by her head.

"Fuck, April." Punk moaned, closing his eyes and taking in the feeling of her, the best feeling.

He began moving inside of her, pacing himself in and out as he leaned down and captured her lips as she kissed back breathlessly, caressing his neck and running her hands down and back up his beck.

"Oh my God." AJ moaned blissfully whilst he kissed her neck, her hand cupping the back of his head whilst he moved in and out of her, finding that perfect rhythm together as they finally gave into one another after all this time.