It's with a large yawn that Zed wakes up the next morning. He's almost certain that what happend last night was a dream. His muscles are aching, so it makes up his mind that it did indeed happen and he stretches his arms up as high up above his head as he can do to relieve them. It also helps that Addison is there next to him, still sound asleep, curled up against his side and one arm is thrown over his stomach. He's really desperate to have a wee, and the way Addison's arm is weighing on him isn't helping it. Slowly, he lifts her arms up and scoots out to then lay it down gently on his spot that is nice and warm. He climbs out and literally sprints to the guest toilet located in the hall. He would have gone into Addison's own one but he's too worried he may wake her so he doesn't.

When she wakes up it's with a grimace as she twists around, her lower region is throbbing and her legs are deadweight. She reaches out an arm and moves it around, searchingly. When it comes up with nothing she turns her head to have a look. Zed is no longer next to her and she's about to worry that it's like one one of those movies she's watched where one will disappear by morning. A typical one night stand. Zed wouldn't do that to her would he?

Her worries are cut short as Zed appears by the doorway.

"Where were you?" She demands, she can't help it, she was so worried that she's in need to know where the zombie had gone.

"Only toilet Addy, I didn't want to wake you up so I went to the one in the hall." He says calmly. "How are you this morning?" He continues as he crawls up next to her, kissing her temple sweetly. Of course Zed would never do that to me.

"Little sore." His smile drops instantly at her words. Was he too rough on her last night? Had he hurt her?

"Stop it! I can tell what you're thinking Zed and no, you didn't hurt me." She stops him reassuringly, lifting her hand up to caress his cheek. "Mum told me about, you know... sex, when I was 16. She told me that it'll hurt the next day, I may do the draggy leg." She grinned at her own joke, relieved when Zed cracks a small smile as well. "But I would gladly go through this again, it's so much worth it."

"If you would excuse me, I think it's my turn to head to the ladies." She sits herself up at the edge and sticks her legs out, shivering when her feet comes in contact with the cold wooden floor. As she sits there to gather the courage to stand she's a little nervous to fall. She doesn't say anything to Zed, the guy is already nervous and guilty enough as it is.

Brushing it all aside, she moves to stand, one hand securely holding onto her bedside table for good measure. She's happy Zed can't see her face from where he's laying behind her when she winches, but she knows he is watching her. She was right to hold onto it something for support, but it's not enough to keep her up as her knees give out underneath, too weak from yesterday to hold her weight. She braces herself for the impact but Zed is quick to react and before she hits the floor he has pushed himself to the edge and catches her.

"I'm so sorry Addy, I was too-"

"Do you regret it then?" She's not looking at him, just holding onto him as he lifts her up enough to sit on his lap. He turns her head gently, his hands on her cheeks. When she does turn her gaze to him she can see the guilt swimming in his eyes.

"Absolutely not. What we did yesterday was extraordinary, like us and I wouldn't change it." She relaxes in his hold slightly, happy to know that he had enjoyed it as much as she had and that it was special to him too. The guilt continues to stay in his eyes isn't enough to calm her down enough, knowing there's more to it.

"I just wish I had held myself back a little better, more self control and you wouldn't have been as bad as you are this morning." She's never seen Zed cry before and when she spots a lone tear escape the corner of his eye, it breaks her heart. She can see the war breaking out in his eyes, a swirl of emotions raging in his brown orbs. She always loved to look to in his eyes, they were so dazzling and deep to her but now it was painful to watch them. He's blaming himself for something she had found beautiful.

It's her turn to lift her hands up and cradle his cheeks in-between them, stretching herself up in his hold to kiss down along the trail the tear had gone.

"You are" kiss "so amazing" kiss "and yet" kiss "so stupid" kiss. She can feel the corner of his mouth wants to twists upwards into a smile at her words but she can also feel the strain in his cheekbones that he's fighting it.

"You are right. Yesterday was incredible, way better than I would ever have imagined and I'm so grateful I got to share it with you. You are my soulmate Zed, I just know it. The connection we have is so strong that I can't deny it. If I could, I would spend every single waking moment with you and every sleeping moment cuddled up to you. It pains me that you think you have hurt me. You have not, this is natural and nothing we could have avoided other than not have done it, and I wouldn't defiantly not change what we did together. You may see this as me hurting, but I see it is a beautiful reminder of what we shared. It won't be like this every time you know, and you were absolutely perfect to me. Always have been, always will be."

Another tear escapes him, and this time she is crying too, but none of the tears are from blame, hurt or sadness this time. This time their from the happiness they've found in each other that they can't hold back. His arms tighten around her and he pulls her against his chest. She puts her head in the crock that she finds between his neck and shoulder blade and wraps her arms around his back. He kisses the top of hair before he rests his chin gently on top of her head, letting out a shaky breath of air he had been holding.

They stay in that embrace, holding onto each other tight and Addison remaining on his lap, none of them bothering to move, comfortable in each other's arms.

"Always Addy." He promises.

A promise of always.

Of forever.

And Addison has long ago forgotten she needed to pee.

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