Alex Vartan was tired and extremely cranky; after nearly two weeks sitting at the hospital with Sophia, he had been told that since Sophia was now home and recuperating that he needed to either take a leave of absence or get his ass back to work if he wanted to continue being a detective for the Las Vegas Police Department. It was a very reluctant man that left her alone as he'd gone off to work; only the fact that she'd told him that Tina Brown was going to stop by and check on her made him feel marginally better about leaving her alone even though she'd insisted that she would be perfectly fine. He knew that she was right, but he'd almost lost her and he couldn't help but worry the entire shift to the point that Vega asked him if his head was on the case. Fortunately, it had been a quiet shift and he was looking forward to doing nothing but going home and taking Sophia to bed with him.

As he pulled into the driveway of the condo they shared, he turned off the ignition and leaned back in his seat for a moment and smiled. It had only been a few weeks before the shooting that they'd decided to move in together; consolidating two households into one and for the first few days he wondered if he had made the biggest mistake of his life. But then they had sort of fallen into a syncopated rhythm and it felt so natural to be together that he couldn't imagine wanting to be anywhere but with her. He chided himself for a moment for not thinking of stopping for flowers on the way home to let her know how much he'd missed her, but then she probably would just roll her eyes and tell him he was being too sentimental, even though he knew she would have loved it in spite of her protests.

He let himself in; frowning as he found just the light above the stove in the kitchen on and Sophia nowhere in sight. He reasoned that she must be in bed and at the moment that seemed to him to be a very good place to be. As he shrugged off his suit jacket, hanging it on the back of one of the dining room chairs, he noticed something on the carpet. His immediate reaction was fear that something had happened to Sophia and that this just might be some crucial piece of evidence; and then he took another step and realized that there appeared to be a trail of something leading down the hallway towards their bedroom. It took him another second to realize that the trail of something were rose petals and that made his heart quicken, but for a very good reason.

He grinned as he loosened his tie and slipped off his shoes making his way down the hallway, glancing over at the light on over the stove and only then noticing a pair of champagne glasses and what appeared to be a note. His grin widened as he picked up the note and read it.

Alex,

Look in the refrigerator and then come join me in the bedroom. I've missed you.

Love,

Sophia

He quirked an eyebrow as he stepped over to the fridge and glanced inside; a chilled bottle of sparking cider, which would definitely not interact with her pain medication, had a red ribbon tied around it. He gathered it up along with the two champagne glasses and softly made his way towards the bedroom. He paused outside the door for just a moment, setting down the bottle and glasses on the hardwood floor long enough to tug his socks off and hang his uncooperative tie on the doorknob.

As he opened the door he sucked in his breath in surprise.

Sophia glanced up and smiled. "You're right on time." Her voice was soft and sultry and the votives she'd lit around the room illuminated the soft blue lingerie she had on. "But definitely over dressed." Tina Brown had indeed stopped by earlier, but it wasn't just to check in on Sophia, it was to help her execute her plan to seduce Alex when he got home to let him know that the doctor had given her the ok to resume all of her normal activities, as long as she didn't overexert herself.

"You look so beautiful." Alex set the glasses down on the nightstand along with the bottle; he wasn't particularly thirsty for anything but Sophia just then and from the look in her eyes, he would have ventured to guess that she wasn't very thirsty either. Maybe later that might come in handy, but right now he just wanted to touch her and he slid onto the bed next to her.

"I've been thinking about you all day..." She reached over and began to slowly unbutton his shirt, smiling as he leaned in and kissed her neck. She could tell that he had definitely missed her as much as she'd missed him.

"I've been thinking about you." He'd had more than a difficult time thinking about anything but her the entire shift. If he had any doubt before; he was completely sure that he was hopelessly in love with Sophia and for the first time since they'd become engaged it seemed he would be able to show her exactly how much.

"I can see." Sophia had managed to get his shirt unbuttoned and she slid her hand up his chest, thankful that there were no nurses or doctors that could walk in and interrupt.

Alex continued to nuzzle her neck, his hand coming to rest on her silken clad hip as he slid her fractionally closer to him. He felt Sophia trailing her fingers down his chest until she reached his belt and began to unfasten it. He stopped kissing her neck and a grin spread across his face as he pulled back to look into her eyes. "Someone is a little eager." But then, she wasn't the only one; he was pretty damn eager himself.

She smirked at him with a single brow arched. "Get your pants off now." She was all for foreplay most of the time, but she hadn't been with the man for a while now and she didn't have the patience for too much of it. Later on there would be plenty of time for taking things nice and slow; now was not that time.

Alex let out a deep laugh and then leaned in and kissed her long and deep, only pulling away when she pushed against his chest and gave him a stern look.

"Either you take them off yourself, or I'll do it for you." She had meant to sound firm, the way she would talk to a particularly surly suspect, but it had come out sounding rather sultry instead and by the look on his face, he wasn't complaining.

Alex looked at her for a long moment and then rolled onto his back with a sexy grin on his face, his eyes never leaving hers. "I'm all yours."

"I like the sound of that." The edges of Sophia's mouth pulled up into a smile as she slid over towards him; her fingers toying with his zipper. She pulled herself astride his lap as she leaned down for a long kiss before she slid his zipper down and mumbled against his lips. "I get to be on top."