Well, several of you asked for a sequel... so here is a little piece that takes place post Dead Man's Hand.

At this point I will neither confirm; nor deny that other chapters are possibly in the works.


Sharon Raydor stands at her counter and pours a second glass of wine, removing her glasses to give her eyes a rest after the long day. Hearing the key in her lock, she tilts her head back, rolling her eyes to the ceiling, and groans as Lieutenant Andy Flynn enters her condo.

"I really need to remember to take that key away from you." She downs half of the contents of her glass in one gulp.

An upturned eyebrow and his signature smirk are what greets her when she turns herself to face him. He is lounging against the wall in the entry to her kitchen, like it's the most normal thing in the world for him to be in her condo. His hands in his pockets as he rocks back on the balls of his feet.

"You could do that." He steps closer, his nose brushing her hair and tracing the outer shell of her ear. "But where would the fun in that be?"

Sharon rolls her eyes at the involuntary shiver that makes its way down her spine. "I'm really not in the mood tonight."

Andy clucks in her ear and she rolls her eyes again. "Actually, I think you're very much in the mood tonight. Just for something a little different." His fingers trail a path from just behind her ear, over the curves of her neck and shoulder and down her arm. The skin erupting in goose flesh as his fingers pass.

Her eyebrow quirks in question, but instead of giving her any kind of answer he takes her hand, presses an object against her palm and curls her fingers around it. He squeezes her closed fist for a moment before kissing the sensitive skin just below her ear. "Take all the time you need. I'll be here."

He backs away, ignoring her questioning look and turns down her hallway, presumably to enter her bedroom. Sharon shakes her head and takes another mouthful of wine before looking at the object in her hand. At first the key makes her mind swirl with questions, wondering just what he has in mind. When she holds it up closer to her face and the realization finally clicks that the object is, in fact, a handcuff key, she swallows hard.

What they have is not a relationship. It's a casual dalliance between two people whose tempers and passions seem to burn along the same thread. And they're able to keep it away from the office. Neither one of them needs this coming to light and they've both always been very good at distinguishing between what goes on between them during their trysts and what happens at the PAB. There has been some crossover, but nothing that would give indication to others of what goes on.

The fact that he would show up tonight is not a huge surprise - and despite her earlier statement, he is not completely unwelcome. The key, the implication for what it means, gives her pause.

She finishes her glass of wine and refills it, taking a moment before resealing the bottle and placing it back in the fridge. She grabs the glass and a coaster before she goes about her routine of turning off the lights and making her way down the hall.

Sharon pauses when her bedroom first comes into view. She can tell that the overhead light is off and her nightstand lamp is casting a soft glow around the room. The room is silent but for the occasional scratch of movement against the sheets. She can't see him on the bed, but she knows that must be where he is and she takes a moment before inhaling deeply and entering the room.

She falters slightly as the full view of all that is before her is processed, and she catches herself in the doorway. Flynn grins as he looks to her and waggles his eyebrows. "Like what you see?"

She opens her mouth to respond before promptly snapping it shut again. Several quips run through her mind, but there is not much of a response that she can conjure to the image of Lieutenant Andrew Flynn of Major Crimes, lying in her bed, naked except for his boxers with his wrists handcuffed together around a rung of her headboard.

Moving across the room to her dresser, she carefully places the coaster and her glass there, contemplating taking another sip of wine before attempting to formulate words. Flynn's eyes are practically burning a hole into her back and she knows that if she doesn't open her mouth soon, the situation will reach a completely new level of awkward for them. "I can absolutely guarantee you that this is not something I ever expected to see." The light laugh that follows has a nervous tenor to it.

Turning from the dresser she moves over to the side of the bed closest to her and takes in the sight of him again. Her arms crossing over her chest as she slowly tracks her gaze from his hands, down his arms, across his chest. She lingers momentarily over his abdomen, almost nervous to allow her gaze to travel further, though she can clearly tell that he's aroused.

Again, she feels the intensity of his gaze on her and she feels heat rushing across her chest and face. "You're serious about this?" She feels like an idiot as soon as the words are out of her mouth and hugs herself a little bit tighter while he leans up slightly and looks at his position. "You need to ask?"

Sharon shrugs slightly and attempts to act casual - or at least as casually as one can when there is a half-naked man handcuffed to your headboard - as she leans down and places the key on the night stand. "Just making sure." She whispers in his ear before she stands and surveys the room. "Because a few adjustments need to be made if I'm really going to do this."

"Oh?" Andy shifts back down into a more relaxed position. "Now you have me intrigued."

Sharon laughs nervously and shakes her head as she moves toward the en suite and closes the door. She leans back against the solid wood and lets out a shaky breath. There are times when her life seems entirely too surreal.

Pushing away from the door she moves over to the sink and begins her normal nightly routine. It's the only thing she can think of to help calm the nerves bubbling up. She wants to laugh, wants to let the giggles erupt and not stop until she is done, but that will only humiliate her even more than the stumble upon seeing Andy in her bed had.

She scrubs her face and changes into her normal satin nightgown, deciding that it's as good as anything else she could wear. She smoothes the fabric over her form and looks herself over in the mirror. Her skin is showing a healthy flush and she's fairly certain it is more from the blush than it is from her facial scrub or anything else. She opts to forego the satin shorts that go with the top and braces her hands against the counter.

The eyes that stare back at her are hardly the ones she's used to seeing. Tonight her reflection is filled with doubt and unease, she's showing her vulnerabilities. Ally Moore had been more than just a detective under her command. She considered her team to be family and Ally had been apart of that. Ally had also used the closeness and intimate knowledge of her unit to push the buttons that she knew would get Sharon on her side. She had manipulated her and if it hadn't been for Brenda Leigh Johnson and Major Crimes, she very well might have gotten away with murder because of it. More than anything, it sets Sharon's blood to boil that it was Major Crimes that had uncovered the deception.

And yet, here Andy is, showing up at her place and putting on a ridiculous show to help her gain some semblance of control back. They don't have a relationship, they have an arrangement, but the more she goes over that in her head the more she wonders who she's trying to convince. Her eyes are her weakness, and the more she thinks about what she's about to do the more she is convinced that she cannot go through with this if Andy can watch her and look her in the eye through it all.

Taking a final deep breath, Sharon stands up straight and brushes her hair off of her shoulders as she squares them. She closes her eyes briefly and puts herself in the same mindset that she does when she is about to walk into an interrogation with an antagonistic officer - the one where no matter what happens, she is in charge and in control, she holds the upper hand.

Opening the door she smirks as she notices Andy's casual pose; hands lounging above his head on the pillow, legs crossed at the ankles. "Comfy?"

He lifts his head and his eyes trail down her form in the doorway. She can feel the blush increasing under the intensity of his gaze. "Definitely."

Sharon scans the room, she's not entirely sure of her decision, but she knows she cannot have him staring her down during this. She's just not there, yet. Noticing the silk scarf on her dresser that she wore a few days before, she moves over to it and allows the fabric to slip through her fingers before picking it up and carrying it over to Andy. She folds it carefully and avoids looking at his face as she takes care in how the fabric will sit and hold. Sharon sits on the edge of the bed and notices Andy's upturned eyebrow as he watches her hands work.

He doesn't say anything but she notices the slight smile that crosses his features as she takes the folded scarf and places it over his eyes. He lifts his head to accommodate her movements and places it back as she ties the scarf into a secure but gentle knot at his right temple. "I take it this is one of the 'adjustments' you were referring to?"

She laughs lightly as he speaks almost directly into her ear and she lets her head fall forward into his neck. "This is definitely one of those 'adjustments'."

His lips purse together and he nods his head as she leans back away from him. "Carry on."

She raises an eyebrow and snickers. "Oh? I have your permission? Are you in a position to say no?"

His lips form a thin line as he appears to contemplate his response. "Probably not. Should I be asking for a safe word?"

Sharon shakes her head as her finger absently trails it's way across his chest. "Do you feel like you need one?" Her voice has gotten deeper, almost huskier, even to her own ears.

"I'm literally placing myself at the whims of Darth Raydor. I just might."

Sharon can't help the laugh that bubbles forth, but it's not the nervous giggles or laughter she'd felt earlier. This is more casual, more relaxed. "Let's see… what would a good one be…." Her fingers blaze a path up his arm, her nails detecting the slight twitch of his arm as the muscles flex beneath her touch. "'Pain in the ass' would be too long…."

Flynn's entire upper body jumps and moves away from her touch as her nails continue the trail back down his arm before teasing the muscles of his side and abdomen. "You're ass is fine though." He huffs out as he clenches his teeth.

She laughs, as she watches him respond to her touch. The fact that his eyes are no longer following her every move, can no longer see things that are best not shared between the two of them, she feels herself relax. She feels much more in control. The fact that this is exactly what Andy hoped to accomplish does not escape her and on some level she is grateful, on another, she resents the fact that he was right. She hums. "That might be true, but I'm thinking 'Hardass' is more apropos for you."

Sharon braces herself on his shoulders and moves onto the bed. Her legs straddle him as she rests herself over his stomach. She leans back and watches him for a few moments. It's a rare opportunity that she has to just observe him when he's not at work. Truth is, generally when they are together outside of work things are very succinct. They're often hurried, frantic, and sometimes rough.

The idea that she can sit here and just watch him, look at him, memorize the dips and curves in the lines of his body, and not have anyone - including him - observe the scrutiny that she puts into the action, is rather liberating. She leans forward and kisses him, her lips lazily moving against his as she explore the contours of his mouth.

His chest arches up into her and the contrast between the satin of her top and the coarse hair of his chest has her nipples forming hard peaks. She moans into his mouth and her legs tighten their stance at his side. His hips push up, causing his stomach to press against her center and she moans again. She presses her hands against his shoulders and shoves herself away from his lips, putting just enough distance between them so that he cannot close it on his own.

"You're rather impatient, aren't you?"

Andy groans and shifts beneath her, his erection pressing against her rear. Sharon leans back and presses into him, causing him to groan again, louder this time. She lets her hips rotate against his lower abdomen while she leans forward and nips at his lips, trailing down to nip lightly at the tip of his chin. His head tilts back as he groans low in his throat, his muscles straining against his restraints as she runs her tongue along the edge of his jaw and down the line of his neck.

Her teeth run along the skin at his pulse point and he hisses sharply, shifting away abruptly and causing her to leave a mark. She pulls back to examine the spot and feels the heat rush into her face. "That...might be a little hard to explain away."

"Really? Damnit, Sharon!" Andy's head flops back to the pillow in a rather dejected manner, which only causes her to giggle more.

"Sorry. Want me to kiss it and make it better?"

He shifts beneath her and she feels him plant his feet against the mattress seconds before he raises his knees and pushes her forward, her face moving to the hollow of his neck as she laughs and his mouth nips, licks and blindly explores the expanse of her chest within his reach. "I would like for you to do something besides tease." His words are muffled as his lips find purchase on a nipple.

Sharon pushes herself up, her fingers gripping his hair to prevent his head from following her movements, while her back rests against the front of his thighs as she reclines slightly. "I thought you wanted me to feel in control? Thought this whole thing was an exercise for you?" She draws upon techniques that she uses at work to keep her voice steady, keep it authoritative despite however much she wants to bust out laughing. She taps a hand against his thigh as she shifts her body off of him. "This… just won't do."

He scrunches his face up as he listens to her move around the room, and it doesn't take someone who's known him the years that she has to understand that not being able to see her is driving him slightly mad. She lets her fingers explore again, cherishing the time to play the lines and contours of his chest and abdomen - the few moments that they don't normally allow themselves to get better acquainted. Sharon's fingers catch on the elastic of his boxers and she gently snaps the band, causing him to jump and groan at her.

Moving back onto the bed, this time positioning herself between his legs she slowly and carefully pulls the boxers down, fully exposing him to her gaze. Despite the fact that she cannot see his eyes she can feel him concentrating in her direction. She just knows that he's calculating what he knows of her and attempting to predict her next course of action. This has already gone so far off the rails in a direction that she never would have considered for them that she barely hesitates when the idea strikes her to take it just that much further.

She steps away from the bed and moves to her dresser, opening two drawers before she locates what she needs. Her fingers play with the soft, cool fabric before she wraps the satin around her hands and moves to the foot of the bed. She quickly takes care of the knots there before she repositions herself on the bed.

"Sharon?"

She smiles at the hesitant, almost nervous tone to his voice. It should say something that tonight is probably the most that he's ever used her first name in any encounter that the two of them have had. She runs her hands over his legs, watching as he relaxes under her touch. He stretches his legs and she has no issue with getting him to place one of his feet in her lap as she massages the tension from his calf and along the sole of his foot. "Still feel like I'm teasing?"

His toes point toward her as he groans under her ministrations, and she smiles as she wraps his ankle in the soft satin before tying it tightly.

"What the…."

Sharon leans up and kisses the skin of his knee, smiling as he twitches under her touch. "Relax, Andy." His first name feels slightly foreign on her tongue and she rolls her eyes at the irony. "You did want me to gain back my sense of control. I think it's only fitting."

Andy snorts as he flexes his bound ankle, testing the restraint.

"Too tight?" Sharon's nails tickle the skin of his ankle before she moves to the other foot.

"Not bad actually." He swallows audibly when she wraps the satin around his other foot, pinning him in place.

Looking up from her position at the bottom of the bed, Sharon can tell that as much as her actions might have Andy slightly apprehensive, they were also, most definitely having another effect. A grin breaks out as she crawls up the bed, pausing to nip on his inner thigh when she gets even with it. Andy squirms against the bed sheets and she is overcome with the scent of him. Reaching for the final object she had taken out of the drawer, she carefully opens the condom and removes it from the package. He groans as she slowly rolls it down his length.

Sharon rests her hands against his shoulders and straddles him again. Her own arousal is evident the moment her skin touches his and she can hear the predatory growl that starts low in Andy's throat. A part of her wants to be appalled by the action, wants to throw the Neanderthal chauvinistic gesture in his face; but another part of her is currently delighting in the fact that she is the one eliciting such a response from him.

She slides her hips along his length several times. Each time watching as his jaw clenches, his breath catches, and the hands caught in the cuffs near the headboard ball into fists. Every muscle in his body feels like a tightly wound chord ready to snap under her touch. As she rotates her hips against him one more time, he thrusts his hips up the bit that he can manage given the restraints, it's not successful in what she presumes to be his ultimate goal, but it's enough to throw her off her rhythm. Her breath catches in her throat for a second before she decides that she's had enough of her own game.

Sharon adjusts her position, reaches between them and lowers herself down on him with an excruciating slowness. She stills herself and releases a slow breath as she takes a moment to adjust. She watches the array of emotions as they cross Andy's face and for a moment she almost wishes she could see his eyes.

Bracing a hand against Andy's chest she sets a slow, steady rhythm. She bends forward, changing the angle and a gasp escapes her as her rhythm falters and the warm tendrils start low in her belly. He squirms beneath her, shifting his hips the best that he can, and Sharon closes her eyes as her hips rub against his pubic bone creating the perfect amount of friction.

Andy groans as she continues with her slow and steady pace, preferring the slow build to a more frantic one. As she continues, she notices several differences, several things thats she's missing from their previous couplings. The feel of his fingers on her hips, digging slightly into her hipbone; the way he likes to caress her breasts, squeezing them together and twisting her nipples slightly as she approaches her climax. She closes her eyes and leans back, bracing one arm against his knee while she lifts the other hand to her chest.

Andy groans at the same time that she cries out as a tendril of pleasure shoots through her core, between the added pressure on her breast and the new angle as she rocks her hips against his she can feel her arousal building quickly. Her pace quickens, her nails digging into the skin of her breast and his knee equally as she strives toward her release. She wants him to touch her, wants to feel his fingers as they slide between their bodies and seek out her core; wants to feel his hand as he grips her ass and pulls her closer. Until this very moment she's never considered how much she has come to crave his touch these last several months.

Her rhythm falters, her hand slips, and the difference in angle is all that it takes. Her fingers dig into the flesh at his thigh as she convulses around him and her breath catches in her throat before she lowers herself to cover his chest. Her pulse is still pounding in her ears and her breathing is still rapid when she blinks open her eyes and looks at his profile.

Andy's muscles are taut, his jaw clenched when she leans over to kiss just under his ear. She shifts her body slightly and quivers as her muscles respond to the jolt of sensitivity along her nerves. Her eyes blink a few times before the reality of the situation fully dawns on her and she grins when she realizes just how selfish she's been.

"Andy?"

His clipped response almost makes her want to laugh. "Sharon."

She carefully pushes herself back up and watches as his fingers alternate between flexing and fisting. His legs are strained to the point where she knows he will be paying for this tomorrow. Reaching down, she pulls the tails of the slip knots and releases his legs from their binds. Leaning forward again, she runs her hands along the planes of his chest one more time before dipping down and kissing him deeply as her hips rotate in a slow, lazy motion. Grabbing his bottom lip between her teeth she slowly pulls back until it slips from her grasp. Without moving off of him or stopping the slow motion of her hips she leans over to the nightstand and picks up her wine glass. Finishing the contents in a single swallow, she licks her lips and places the glass back on its coaster, grabbing the key and turning it over in her fingers.

Leaning forward, she hears him moan as her breasts come within reach and he is able to take one nipple between his lips. Her hips jerked in response to his actions and she very nearly drops the key she is holding. Using one hand to brace against the headboard herself, she takes the key and carefully releases one of Andy's wrists from the cuffs.

Before she can truly register what is happening she is on her back. Andy hooks a hand under her knee and raises it up as high as her flexibility is willing to go. He rocks his hips against her in a hurried manner, craving the release that she denied him a few moments before. She wraps her hand around his neck pulling him in for a bruising kiss. As much as she wanted to see his eyes before, she's almost afraid to now, but that doesn't stop her from pushing the smooth silk over his head and claiming his mouth with her own.

The kiss is only broken when her head snaps back against the pillow, her nails digging into the skin of his neck and shoulder as the ripples of a second impending orgasm spread across her abdomen. She feels the telltale twitch of his hips that lets her know he's close and constricts her muscles around him just before his fingers sink into her hip and pull her against him. His teeth sink into the tender flesh of her shoulder as he groans out his release and the contrasting sensations is enough to push her over the edge a second time.

He collapses against her chest for a moment, his muscles protesting the strained state that they'd been in for too long, and she holds him and runs her hands along the muscles of his back as she slowly regains control of her own breathing. She relaxes to the point where she starts to doze despite the weight of him pressing down on her, and is slightly startled by his movement.

He extricates himself from the bed and she shifts to pull the sheet up from the bottom of the bed. "I'm, uh… going to…." He hooks his finger toward the bathroom and she smiles and nods.

This thing between them has been changing over time and she feels like he is just as thrown by it as she is. She moves to sit on the edge of her bed and looks around the room. Her satin scarves are still tied to the foot of the bed and she feels the heat rush to her cheeks just reflecting back on it. She's far from a prude - though she's sure the popular opinion is quite the opposite - but this is something very new for her and she's slightly put off by how easily she fell into the role.

She grabs the robe draped on the chaise at the foot of her bed and meets him halfway as he exits the bathroom and she moves toward the door herself. He stops her with a hand on her elbow and a gentle, unexpected kiss.

"I'm going to grab my things and head out."

She glances at the bedside clock and rolls her eyes when she sees the late hour. She might not have an early alarm in the morning but she's not accustomed to staying up quite this late without copious amounts of caffeine the next day. "It's ridiculously late, Andy, just stay."

The look of shock that passes over his face has her dipping her head and taking a step closer to the bathroom. She's not entirely sure why she made the offer. No man other than her husband had ever spent a night in her bed and it had been a good number of years since his company has been welcomed.

Andy gently grasps at her elbow. "Sharon, are you sure?"

This is putting this thing between them into a whole new territory. Sharon rolls her eyes and meets his. His hands raise up at his side while he smiles shyly. "Okay, I know. You wouldn't say it if you weren't sure."

She gives him a small smile and ducks into the bathroom. When she exits he's sitting on the chaise at the foot of her bed, looking slightly out of place.

"I wasn't sure if you had a preference on side of anything."

Sharon smiles and shakes her head. "This doesn't need to be awkward, Flynn."

He raises an eyebrow as she reverts to his last name. She steps toward him, takes his hand and pulls him with her to the bed. She pulls down the covers that he had straightened while she was in the bathroom and crawls into bed, making sure to leave enough room for him to follow.

"I'll forewarn you that I'm not used to sharing the bed, so this may be at your own risk."

Andy follows her and pulls her in to his side, curling an arm around her waist. "I'll take my chances."