Just a short update.

Sitting at her desk, Ruth had managed to get sucked into her work again after about half an hour. She hadn't realised that Harry's eyes were permanently on the CCTV watching her. And he had noticed that more of her skin was on show. Five pm came and went and slowly everyone filed out of the grid. Ruth waited until everyone had left except Harry. With her heart beating rather faster than usual she headed into Harry's office.

"I think I'm going to go home," Ruth said carefully, watching for his reaction. "Unless there's anything else you need me to do?" she asked, her voice holding just the hint of a question. Harry's brain was running fast, trying to find an excuse to make her stay on the grid a little longer. He couldn't think of anything to say so instead he got up from his chair and walked closer to her.

"No, there's nothing for you to do here," Harry said quietly.

"Oh," she replied feeling disappointed.

"Ruth?" he said in a tone of voice that almost stopped her heart.

"Yes?" she said wondering what on earth was going to happen next. And more than a little excited to find out. His hand rose to her face before he could control it, his thumb caressing her skin. Their eyes were locked together and neither could break the connection.

"Ruth," he repeated not really needing an answer. He had only ever spoken her name in that tone once before. At Havensworth, years before when she had been too scared to find out what could happen. But she wasn't scared anymore. She could see what was going to happen a second before it did. He leaned in towards her and kissed her. It had taken so many years to get here that Harry took his time, to make sure she was enjoying it just as much as he was. She was responding under his touch enthusiastically which thrilled him no end.

He backed away from her for a second, surprised to find his hands on the small of her back, feeling the heat of her skin through the thin fabric of her blouse. He was even more surprised to feel her hands under his jacket pulling him closer to her. And pleased. He didn't pause for any longer after he realised that her fingertips were still moving slowly against his back. He tightened his arms around her to bring her close and pressed his lips against hers again.

Ruth felt a shock go through her body as her back suddenly hit the office wall. She hadn't even realised Harry was pushing her there but that was fine with her. As she was kissing him passionately she felt a hand drift down her face and move slowly down her neck. His fingertips had reached down to the point where her shirt was still buttoned. He stopped kissing her and looked deeply into her eyes as his hand slowly began unbuttoning her blouse. She wasn't going to say anything to stop him. She actually felt incapable of forming words at all.

His eyes were burning into hers, the desire clear to see as another button came undone. He made sure he was touching her newly revealed skin as he drew her in for another kiss. A long, passionate, intense, knee weakening kiss. Ruth stopped him by simply turning her head. She saw a look of confusion quickly followed by an expression of pain and rejection on his face. Ruth felt guilty after seeing his reaction and put a comforting palm to his face.

"Just not here," she murmured, pressing her lips against his softly and reassuringly. "I would rather continue this somewhere else. Somewhere where I'm not reminded of terrorist threats."

"Continue?" he couldn't resist questioning. She smiled and blushed at the same time.

"Yes," she said simply. "Continue." She felt her face go even hotter when Harry's gaze went down to her almost completely unbuttoned shirt and stayed there, studying her bare skin for several long seconds.

"Okay," Harry said, his eyes staring at hers again. "But just before we go…" he said tailing off as his lips found hers yet again. Ruth thought that was a very good idea and allowed herself to enjoy his mouth on hers.

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