Needy, clingy

The gun had become a part of him, when he heard someone kick his front door in he was on his feet and heading towards the living room. Huck turned on the lights and saw Quinn standing there, her eyes were red and she looked distraught. He looked down at her jeans and saw blood and it was on her hands too. What happened?

"Quinn, what's wrong?"

"He killed them." She said and continued to say it again and again while pacing back and forth.

"He who? Who killed who, Quinn?" Huck asked but could see she was stuck in her own little world. He put away his gun and walked over to her slowly, he didn't know what weapons she had. He reached out his hand and grabbed her, and shoved her against the wall and grabbed her wrists as she fought against him. "What. Happened."

"Charlie… he killed them...Emily… and David…" Huck released her wrists and stared down at her body. "It's my fault… I shouldn't have…"

"It is not your fault."

"Yes it is! I caused this, he found out about my family and I couldn't protect them." Quinn yelled, more tears poured down her cheeks as she slid down the wall. Huck took a few steps back, he could always call Olivia, but that wouldn't help. It would make things worse, right now he just needed to get her to calm down.

"Quinn, it's not your fault. He knew about your family long before you met him." Huck walked over to her and held out his hand. "We have to get you cleaned up." Her hands shook as she reached out, he helped her off the floor and led her to the bathroom. Quinn stood before him shaking and covered in blood, he hoped she would never come to him in such a broken condition. He had to take care of her, she was a gladiator and she needed him. It wasn't that Quinn couldn't handle a murder scene, it was different when that was your family, he understood that more than anyone else. "I'm going to have to take off your clothes and burn them."

She sniffled and nodded her head. He tugged off the leather jacket and tossed it onto the plastic he placed on the floor, and it was followed by her soiled flannel shirt, boots and jeans. He turned on the water and sighed, he stood up and she stepped in front of the warm spray of the water. He washed away the blood on her skin watching as the pink swirled at her feet and disappeared down the drain. He turned off the water and she snapped out of her daze, he allowed her to step out of the tub and he dried her body.

She hadn't looked so scared and broken since… well… Him.

He had tortured her and she looked just as broken and frightened, it brought forth bad memories and to know Charlie caused it all was worse.

"Thank you."

"You don't have to thank me." He said and wrapped the towel around her body and lead her into his bedroom. "You can sleep in here and I'll…"

"Please don't leave, what if he…. what if he comes back and…" Her bottom lip trembled and Huck saw that far away look in her eyes again. He hated it, he hated himself and Charlie in this moment.

"I'll stay, just put this on." He handed her a large t-shirt and she removed the towel and put it on. It was long enough to cover her thighs. Moments later they were lying beside each other in the dark bedroom, Huck noticed how Quinn inched closer and closer to him. He was halfway tempted to go find Charlie himself and kill him but snapped out of it when he felt her hands brush against his own.

"Huck…"

"Yeah…"

"It hurts."

"I know."

"I've killed people before, and it didn't hurt like this." Huck turned his head and looked at her, they had never discussed her first time killing someone. "Is it because I knew them?"

"No, that's not why." Huck looked down at the small gap between them before meeting her eyes, "It's because you loved them, they were your family. He killed your family and if it didn't hurt, I'd be worried." Quinn closed the gap between them and intertwined her fingers with his own and looked down at his hands. He could tell by the way she started at his hands in the darkness that she was struggling with a different set of thoughts.

"You're strange but you always know what to say," She brought their intertwined fingers to her mouth and kissed his knuckles gently. He allowed her to kiss his knuckles, it was so gentle and kind. He had almost forgotten how it felt to be touched that way, nothing was inherently sexual about the act itself but it was sweet.

Sweet like Quinn. Quinn was such an odd mix of oddities, brashness, darkness and innocence. He wondered if this moment would break her, he prayed it wouldn't. She was strong, sometimes too strong for her own good, but it was something that attracted him to her and made him envy her sometimes.

"You would never have killed my family."

"I'm not Charlie, he doesn't understand love or family, or loyalty. I'd never kill your family and it's not because I gave them to you." He moved his thumb over her knuckles, it didn't feel odd or wrong, it felt right for once. Laying beside her in bed felt right, he hadn't technically laid beside ever. "I'm sorry."

"Why?"

"I should have killed him a long time ago." Huck said, he meant every word. There were so many chances he had to kill him and he had given up each time, he could have killed him after he tortured him. "Maybe he wouldn't have hurt you…"

"Yeah, maybe…" Quinn said and released his hand, he placed his hand on his chest. "Will you hold me?" Huck didn't want to hold her, he didn't want to make things worse or odder between them. But she was asking she sounded like the young woman he knew before, he wrapped his arms around her pulling her closer. She rested her head against his chest and wrapped her arms around him. He froze when he felt her leg curl around his hip.

"What are you doing?" He asked, she was pressed against him and remembered he had given her just a shirt and hadn't had any underwear to give her. No, this wasn't good. This couldn't happen again, they couldn't happen again.

"I want this, Huck, I need this…"

"Quinn, you don't-"

"You know I love you." Huck gasped as she spoke into his chest, yes he remembered her words of declaration. The past few months the words had been backed up, she hadn't pushed him into anything. He moved one of his arms from around her and placed his hand on her thigh to push her away.. "Everything hurts and maybe…" Huck rolled her onto her back and slid between her thighs.

"This is not going to bring them back."

"I know." She looked away, tears forming in her eyes. "I just need to feel something with one of the few people I love before he kills you too."

"He's not going to kill me and he's not going to hurt you again." Huck dipped his head and kissed her, she pulled him down against her as her lips moved over his own. She kissed back and she wanted him.

"Promise?"

"I promise." He reached down and grabbed the hem of the shirt and pulled it over her head and tossed it over the side of the bed. He knew tonight was about her, making her feel good even if it was just for the moment. She at least deserved that much.

He kneeled between her legs alternating between kissing, licking and sucking. He could hear the way she moaned and called out his name. At one point in time she pushed his head away from her but he held he kept her thighs spread apart.

"Huck! Stop! I can't-" She screamed as he sucked on her clit. He was growing hard from tasting her, he wanted more and hadn't had her in what felt like an eternity. "Huck…" He kissed his way up her body and pressed his lips against hers allowing her to taste herself. "I need more…" He tugged down his boxers and felt her legs wrap around his waist. He pushed inside of her and felt her bite down on his shoulder, he knew she had broken the skin but that only seemed to add to his arousal. He slammed into her body and it never seemed to be too rough, she cried out his name and her nails tore into his back.

His lips moved against her own as her hips met his with each thrust. He had missed this, craved it and bit down on her bottom lip until he recognized the familiar copper taste. She hadn't pulled back in disgust but kissed her and hissed as his tongue moved over it. She didn't object to .his methods and only seemed to enjoy them. She orgasmed before he did and he rolled off of her feeling the sweat cool and looked over at her to find her fast asleep.

He wanted to sleep. He wanted to partake in this moment but he had business to handle. He had to find Charlie first.

Quinn Perkins was use to waking up alone, but she looked around the room and saw Huck was nowhere to be found. She stretched and moved to stand up when all the memories from last night came back. Charlie had killed her family and she had come here looking for help, Huck consoled her the way she asked. Where was he now?

When she stepped from the shower she heard footsteps coming towards the door.

"You're awake? I got you a coffee. I thought you would still be sleep." Quinn looked at the red toolbox in his hand and then the steaming cup of black coffee.

"Where have you been?"

"I had to stage the scene, you left a mess." Quinn nodded and looked at the red toolbox that he dropped on the floor near the closet. "I didn't find Charlie, he's gone now but you better stay here to be safe." Quinn was surprised, she hadn't expected him to go after Charlie so soon. All those words last night had been true. It was real, this was finally happening.

"I didn't plan on leaving anyway." Quinn said and he graced her with a lopsided grin, she dropped the towel and walked over to him and saw him smile from ear to ear. It was rare, she liked seeing him happy and was glad for once that she could be the one to make him happy. "This isn't just sex, is it?"

"No, it's not." He sat the cup of coffee down, "I'm worried about you." She hopped into his arms, he caught her and she wrapped her legs around his waist.

"Let's not worry today." Quinn said and expected him to give her an excuse, maybe even going as far as saying that they needed to go into work today. But instead he just nodded his head and walked her over to his bed.

Author's Note: It was supposed to be Needy/Clingy sex and I had to find a reason to get them together. Also, I wish we would have seen Quinn actually going to see her family a few times, that would have been cool.