"So, how are you really doing, Dave?" Kate asked as she let her hand come to rest on Dave's shoulder, the music liltingly sweet in the background.

"I'm getting better every day. I still find myself dreaming about Erin, thinking I hear her voice in the corridor when I'm already lost in thought. It's been somewhat easier, since you joined the team, and I don't see Blake all the time. There was just something about her that reminded me too much of Erin in the last few months that she was with us."

She nodded before closing the distance between them, resting her head on his chest and listening to his heart beat. There was something so sweet about this moment in time, as if it were just the two of them, dancing to a music that only they could hear. And so, she didn't recoil when he lifted her chin and captured her lips in a sweet kiss. "Now I know how you got your reputation," she breathlessly teased as the kiss ended.

Dave chuckled a little before shaking his head. "I only ever kissed two women in the BAU. You and Erin. It seems like you have three failed marriages, everyone assumes the worst of you."

"Oh, I never thought that it was a bad thing, Dave. I always thought that you used that persona to keep people at arm's length. It is a rather effective technique."

"Hey, we don't profile our own," he gently reminded her, and she nodded before leaning up and kissing him once more. "Kate?"

"I know. I just like to find out how my fellow teammates keep the public at bay. There's only so much hurt a person can experience before they shut down or come up with a coping mechanism." She gave him a tender smile before stroking his goatee gently. "You know, we could always head up to my room and find a little comfort in each other's arms. I'm certain half the team thinks we've slept together already."

"If they do, I haven't heard anything about it. Believe me, Hotch would tell me if those rumors had reached his ears. But what they don't know, won't hurt them. After all, Erin and I were able to keep things under wraps until the morning of the bank heist."

She nodded and slipped her hand in her pocket, feeling the smooth edge of her plastic key card. "All right then, let's go make some happy memories." Kate slid her hand down his arm to clasp his hand, leading him over to the elevators. As they waited, she looked back to see that Penelope was slow dancing with another woman, their embrace quite intimate.

"Kitten was always good at finding someone who was drawn to her like a moth. I just wonder who has been drawn close to her flame this time?" Dave whispered in her ear, nipping at the shell as the doors opened.

"Would that we could go and find out. However, we are going to scratch an itch that has sprung up between us. Let's focus on that. If it's really something lasting, I'm certain we'll all hear about it in the morning." Kate pressed the button for her floor and then snuggled up close to his side once more.

From the way that he gripped her hips, she knew that she was in for a night of unrivaled pleasure. Turning around, Kate plastered herself against him, feeling dwarfed even in high heels. And then his hands were cupping her ass, lifting her up against his torso. Instinctively, she wrapped her legs around his waist, drawing him ever closer to her core. "You are a feisty woman, aren't you?" he asked roughly before lowering his head to cleavage, his facile tongue slipping beneath the fabric of her gown to lap at the lace of her bra, using the friction to irritate her nipple to a stiff peak.

"And you are going to devour me alive," she replied, throwing her head back as she offered her breasts up to him. He growled a little, his hands starting to fumble with the zipper in her gown, when the doors opened up on her floor. "Pause. Hit pause for just one minute."

Her gasps and moans sounded so loud to her ears as she lowered herself to the ground and pulled out her key. Taking hold of his hand once more, Kate dragged him down to her room and swiftly unlocked it, giggling a little as she felt his hands find their way once more to her zipper as she pushed open the door. "You are delectable," he groaned as the dress pooled on the floor, revealing her matching peach panties and bra.

"Good," she growled out as she threw the deadbolt and stalked over to the bed. "I want to ride you like a cowgirl rides an unbroken mustang. Do you think that you have enough stamina to meet my desires?"

"I rather think that you'll be the one hard pressed to keep up with me," he replied, making short work of his outfit, letting it fall to the floor next to her gown. Kate couldn't keep from licking her lips as he shucked his boxers, revealing just how aroused he already was.

"Oh, my. No wonder Penelope calls you a stallion," she stammered out as he closed the distance between them, his eyes never leaving hers.

He chuckled, and the very sound of it thrilled her to no end. "Caroline always did say I was hung like a horse," he said lowly as he knelt before her, running his hands up and down her thighs as he kept his gaze locked on her. Desire filled her veins as she felt her breathing hitch in her throat. And then, his thumbs were hooking in the lace of her panties, drawing them down her legs, and she began to take shallower breaths as her nipples tightened to hard peaks. "You look delectable, Katie. I could just eat you up."

With those words, he leaned in and began to eat her out. Kate felt her eyes roll up to the top of her head as she reached down and buried one hand in Dave's thick hair, holding him close as her other hand cupped one of her breasts, her fingers closing around her nipple to pinch and stroke in the same rhythm that Dave was flicking her clit with.

Kate barely had time to acknowledge her orgasm, as Dave thrust into her, setting a fast pace for them, and sending her off into a second orgasm. She panted a little as she launched herself up, wrapping her arms around his neck as he settled his hands around her ass. Their lips crashed together as he picked her up and carried her over to the wall. She gasped a little as his thrusts began to become jerky, his own orgasm fast approaching.

She instinctively searched for purchase as they shared a mutual orgasm, and she slid down the wall to collapse in a sprawl on the floor. "Holy fuck, Dave. That was amazing," she panted, her eyes feeling impossibly heavy.

"You were just as amazing, Katie." He reached out and stroked her hair gently before leaning in and capturing her lips in a tender kiss.

"No wonder those rumors about you started circulating." With unsteady legs, she pushed herself to standing, making her way over to the bed and flopping down on it, staring at the ceiling.

He joined her moments later, his breathing still harsh and ragged in her ears. "Erin never complained about our sex life. I think she also talked to Penelope about it, since there were days I would get the weirdest looks from her."

"Do you think about her often?" Kate asked as she turned on her side and snuggled up close to him, hooking her chin over his shoulder, letting his arms circle her waist, pulling her close to him.

"When I do these days, I remember everything good that we had. I think I'll always miss our relationship, and what might have been, but tonight showed me that it's time that I moved on. Hopefully, we can explore where this is going."

"I rather like the sound of that," she whispered before turning her head and placing a blind kiss to the line of his jaw. A wide yawn split her face and she rubbed her cheek against the crook of his neck. "I hope that one of us wakes up early tomorrow morning."

"Why's that?"

"So that we can have morning sex before we have to check out, of course!" she said as she closed her eyes. The last thing she heard before she fell asleep was his deep chuckle, and she smiled, feeling lucky for having this moment.