A/N: Our ladies will finally talk things out, after some fun...enjoy!

Jane was enjoying the rhythmic sound of her feet pounding on the pavement as she was jogging down the road that led to La Jolla Cove. She often ran down this way when she needed to think, which had been almost every day while Maura was gone.

The view was breathtaking but that's not why Jane came this way. She had started jogging this path because once she got down to the cove, Jane could usually spot one of their aircraft carriers out in the ocean, not Maura's of course, but seeing a familiar ship somehow made Jane feel like she was closer to her wife. Today, thankfully, there was no carrier out in the water, at least not visibly, and it allowed Jane to lose herself in the routine of running by the ocean that usually had such a calming effect on her.

And that's what she needed most right now, to be calm. Maura had tried to fix a wrong with another wrong and it had made Jane furious. So furious in fact that she had yelled at Maura. Not once since they'd been together had Jane yelled at Maura. Well not outside of their bedroom activities but that was an entirely different scenario.

Jane couldn't help the sly smirk that came to her lips at the thoughts of all the times she had yelled because of Maura's skills at lovemaking. God how was it just yesterday that they had been having amazing sex and now they could barely look at each other. This wasn't right and as Jane's steps turned to make their way back home, Jane resolved that she would do whatever it took to make things right.

~R&I~

When Jane came into the house after her long run, she was tired but also invigorated. The run had done exactly what she'd hoped which was give her a new perspective on things and calm her down enough to be able to speak to Maura in a respectful way, the only way Maura deserved to be treated.

As she took off her shoes at the door and returned them to their place on the rack that was there for that purpose, Jane was met by a vision. She blinked several times to make sure she wasn't hallucinating, perhaps the heat from the sun having baked her brain during her run.

Standing in the living room holding a box of pizza from her favorite place in town in one hand and a six pack of her favorite beer in the other, was Maura, dressed in Jane's favorite Red Sox jersey, the buttons straining against Maura's more endowed bossoms, her legs looking long and toned in some very, very short white shorts. Jane felt her whole body tingle at the sight of her wife looking like a sports fan's wet dream.

"Welcome home, Jane," Maura purred as she walked slowly, swaying her hips toward Jane. Jane was speechless, her lust addled brain not being able to function enough to form words. Maura just giggled at Jane standing there, taking in the stunned image of her wife.

"Baby," Maura cooed when she finally was within Jane's reach, "come join me for the Sox game. I got all your favorite things…" Maura winked as she turned and sashayed back toward the living room and disappeared from Jane's view as she sat down on their couch. Jane whimpered at the inability to see her wife in all her glory.

At Maura's laugh at her whining, Jane scurried over to the couch and hopped over the back, landing almost on top of the surprised aviator. Jane immediately wrapped the giggling women in her arms so she could better cover her with kisses.

"Jane!" Maura admonished, trying to push Jane away, but not really trying too hard. "You are all sweaty from your run! At least go take a shower before you womanhandle me like this," Maura giggled, Jane now resorting to tickling her and trying to lay her sticky body against the struggling woman.

"But Maur, I thought you liked it when I was all nice and sweaty for you," Jane teased, continuing to use her length to cover Maura with her sweat soaked body.

At those words, Maura stopped squirming and grabbed Jane, pulling her completely on top of her smaller body and kissed Jane hard, teeth and tongue mixing with lips. Jane groaned at the sudden change and returned the heated kiss just as passionately. When both needed air, they broke the kiss, gasping as Jane moved her face to nuzzle Maura's neck, inhaling the fresh scent of her wife.

"I love how you feel. How you smell. I love you Maura," Jane rasped, enjoying their closeness after their quarrel earlier. It was times like this that Jane knew that no matter what the couple fought about, they could always come back together and be each other's safe places.

Maura hummed in response and squeezed Jane tightly. "I love you too, my odorous wife," Maura said while tickling Jane's ribs, causing Jane to squirm against her gorgeous wife.

"Ok, ok, I get it, Ice. Sheesh, I'm sorry for wanting to hug my irresistible wife," Jane replied cheekily. She pushed herself up and watched as Maura's eyes dilated further as Jane's well muscled body flexed with the effort.

"Would you like to join be, Mrs. Isles?" Jane asked wagging her eyebrows suggestively as Maura licked her lips, her eyes focused on Jane's flexed abs. When Maura just nodded dumbly, never taking her eyes off of Jane's abs, Jane laughed and climbed off the hypnotized pilot.

Extending her hand to her wife, Jane looked Maura right in the eye as she pulled her up from the couch and growled, "Come along, love, let's get wet." Maura moaned as her eyes rolled back in her head as she closed them, lost in desire, as she whispered, "already there baby."

Jane just chuckled as she picked Maura up bridal style and carried her into their ensuite. "I'm sure I can help with that, Maur." And with that, Jane whisked them away to spend the next hour cleaning each other only to get dirty again; wash, rinse, and repeat.

~R&I~

Once they were sufficiently satiated and pruny from spending so much time in their decadent shower, the couple made their way to the couch where they dined on cold pizza and warm beer, watching the remainder of the Red Sox game. They only exchanged words that related to the game and food, avoiding the elephant in the room, wanting to bask in their recent session of lovemaking. Once they had finished eating, they had naturally gravitated toward one another, finding a comfortable position intertwined in each others arms. When the game eventually ended, Maura grabbed the remote, turning the TV off and removing herself the tangle of limbs that they had created.

"Jane, can we please talk now?" Maura asked timidly, not look at Jane. Jane didn't like when her love was this timid, knowing what it took to make the usually confident badass turn into this shy mouse. Jane adjusted herself so that she was mirroring Maura's position, sitting upright on the couch, knees touching. Jane grabbed Maura's hand and tugged gently, turning her wife to face her.

"Maura, can you please let me say a few things, uninterrupted? There has been a lot that has happened in the last day and I really haven't had a chance to express my opinions," Jane paused at the quirked eyebrow she received from Maura at that last part, continuing quickly with, "in a calm, respectful manner. You deserve respect Maura and I am sorry that I have not been giving it to you by yelling and shouting."

Maura's face relaxed minisculely at this and she squeezed her hand within Jane's, making a silent pact to let Jane voice her concerns. Jane smiled at her sweetly, kissing the back of her hand before steeling herself for what she was about to say.

"I know that when you made the series of decisions that you did," Jane started, looking deep into the hazel eyes that she adored, needing Maura to understand where she was coming from, "you were only thinking of coming home, of being with me. I do appreciate that, I really do, love, but I hope you understand that by leaving me out of those decisions, by taking autonomous actions, you hurt me." Jane stopped to swallow, emotion tickling her throat. Jane knew that those words would hurt Maura, her wife always declaring how she never wanted to hurt Jane, but she had to be honest if they were going to get through this, as she knew they both wanted.

"It hurt to know that you didn't once think to inform me of any of this. You have been gone for months, babe, and not once did you tell me ust how badly you were doing with the separation, especially when I opened up to you about how much I was struggling. You put up your guard and Iceman came out and you gave me the impression that, while you missed me, you were okay." Jane paused again to let her words sink in. She knew her wife's big brain was processing everything in record speed but that it tended to go off in all directions, trying to solve a hundred different things in a second.

"I married you Maura because I wanted a partner in my life. An equal. From the very beginning, we have been so in sync with each other, well minus a few blips," Jane joked, wanting to see Maura smile even at her own expense. Maura did give her a small sly grin as they both remembered the misunderstanding that Charlie had caused and Maura's own overreaction.

"We have managed to navigate being friends, lovers, partners, and even colleagues all this time that it never even occurred to me that you would leave me out when making decisions that would make such a huge impact in our lives. That is why I got so upset. That is why I said the things I did. That is why I yelled and shouted. Not the fact that you're going to be my boss or that I might get reassigned. That stuff happens and we will deal with it. It was the process that got us to that point."

Jane felt proud of herself for managing to express herself in this way. Jane of a year ago never could of done this and it was a testament to her relationship with Maura that she could. Maura made her better, made her want to be better, there was no doubting that.

Jane kissed Maura's hand again, allowing the ensuing silence, knowing her wife needed time to organize her thoughts before she responded, especially after Jane had done so well to remain calm and articulate throughout her statement.

After several minutes, Maura looked up at Jane through her lashes and gave her a watery smile, tears glistening in the corners of her eyes. She didn't look sad per se, just resigned to accept her part in all this. Jane hated to see this look but was grateful that Maura understood her.

"I'm so sorry Jane. For making you feel that way, and for not communicating with you," Maura choked out through her throat that had tightened from all the emotions swirling there. Jane smiled at this, encouraging Maura to continue.

"I have told you before how you unravel me. I don't know if I have ever made it clear just how much. You brought down all my defenses that I had built up over decades so quickly that I am just so unnerved about all the things I feel for you."

Maura paused to wipe her eyes with the hand that Jane wasn't holding. Jane used her unoccupied hand to help her, caressing her cheek in the process. Jane couldn't help sigh at just how stunning the woman who agreed to be hers forever was. Maura was breathtaking to Jane, even now, even like this. Maura leaned into Jane's touch before continuing.

"Part of the unnerving is that I am so discombobulated that my usual decision making process is askew. Jane, you know how much I pride myself at looking at all angles of an obstacle, measuring, planning, measuring again. But when it comes to you, my love, all that seems to go right out the window and I just react with my base instincts, my lizard brain dominating other other aspects of me. I missed you, I wanted you, I needed you, and so my amygdala decided this was the best solution, without any thought other than I had to get to you." Maura finished with a shrug and an apprehensive smile.

Jane couldn't stop the giant smile that eclipsed her face at her genius wife. Even when expressing something so illogical as her emotions, Maura demonstrated such intelligence and sophistication. Jane internally swooned.

"Also," Maura said quietly, "you have turned me into a sex addict. I cannot think properly when you have not allowed me to come at least three times a day." Maura allowed a wicked grin to accompany her words, a twinkle in her eye. Jane barked out a laugh, tackling her cheeky love back onto the couch, tickling her until the smaller woman squealed her surrender.

"Just for that I should deny you," Jane husked, letting her voice drop an octave knowing what that did to her wife. At the resulting whimper, Jane amended, "hmm, maybe just twice a day then. I gotta have some advantage because you're so much smarter than me." They both laughed at this for awhile before suddenly turning serious.

Maura ran her fingers through Jane's hair, scratching her scalp just the way Jane liked it, causing Jane to practically purr at the contact. Jane snuggled down more on top of Maura, dropping her head to her love's chest, enjoying the closeness after so much turmoil.

"What are we going to do, Jane?" came Maura's worried voice, although she did not stop her rhythmic stroking and scratching of Jane's hair and scalp.

"Well, I think for starters, I should make an appointment to talk to Korsak and find out for sure what the policy is. If you being in my chain of command is a problem, I want to hear it from him and voice my concerns to him professionally. That way we can have all the information before we make any more decisions." Jane accentuated her last point by playfully nipping at Maura's breast that was just inches from where she was lounging on her love.

Maura giggled and then let out a low moan at the contact, Jane's nibbles always sparking her arousal. Jane knew what she was doing. They had had so many emotional moments since Maura got home and Jane wanted to reassure her wife that despite it all, they were ok. Jane wanted Maura, needed her. Not just physically, but it was the easiest thing for Jane to show.

"That sounds like a very logical, well thought out plan." Maura replied seriously. Then she tilted her head and pulled Jane's up slightly by her hair and asked playfully, "Who are you and what have you done with my wife?" Her dimples immediately popped out when Jane pouted at her after squeaking, "hey!" They dissolved into giggles as they tickled each other, stopping only when their lips met in a slow, lingering kiss, tongues lightly exploring, probing, drinking each other in.

"You might be rubbing off on me," Jane rasped in between kisses. Maura smiled against her lips and gave her a soft peck on her kiss swollen lips before replying, "hmm, maybe I should try harder, you know, rubbing off on you."

Her words were partnered with a roll of her hips, creating friction on Jane's sensitive nub. She forgot how insatiable they were around each other and her body was starting to feel the effects of being out of practice.

"Baby," Jane whined, making her eyes big and lips pouty, "I don't think I can take much more rubbing." Maura started to pout as well and Jane could only imagine how ridiculous they would look to an outsider right now, lost in each other's eyes, pouting.

Jane's pout transformed into a cocky smirk as she said, salciously, "but I am pretty sure fucking is still on the table…" With that she smacked her lips against Maura's fading pout and popped up from the couch running to their bedroom.

"Jane?! Jane, where are you going?" Maura whined loudly, her voice trailing off as Jane began rummaging in their 'special' drawer. Finding what she wanted, she gave a shout of victory and called to her wife.

"Baby, I'm getting ready to be fucked...are you coming?" Jane shouted back as she climbed up on their bed, effecting what she felt was a sexy pose, her prize dangling from one hand. Jane thought she heard grumbles coming from the living room that started to grow louder as Maura made her way to the bedroom, a "I thought I was" being thrown out right before Maura stopped abruptly in their bedroom doorway, jaw dropping at the sight of Jane.

"I thought since we don't know how much time we have together that you might want to make sure I remember you when you leave," Jane said, feigning innocence. Maura continued to gape at her, her jaw still dangling as her pupils retracted, indicating the level of her arousal.

"So, what do you think, baby?" Jane asked, spreading her legs to give Maura the perfect view of what she was offering. Maura continued to drag her eyes all over Jane's bare flesh, finally closing her mouth only to trap her lower lip between her teeth. Jane felt her own arousal pooling between her legs at the lascivious look from her wife.

Just when Jane thought she was going to have to literally go get Maura and bring her to bed, Maura flew into action, snapping Jane's prize from her hand and quickly inserting it, letting out a loud moan as the end settled within her. Jane clenched her core as Maura stalked to her, hunting her prey, her new appendage swaying with every step.

"I think, Mav, that I am going to fuck you so hard that you won't be able to walk for a week after I'm gone," Maura growled, crawling on top of Jane on her hands and knees. Jane didn't get a chance to respond when Maura grabbed her wrists and pinned them above her head against the pillows, kissing her hard, possessing her mouth with every thrust of her tongue. Jane felt the toy trapped between their bodies, rubbing oh so close to where she needed.

When Maura relented on the all consuming kiss, Jane was able to choke out, "promises, promises," purposely poking the bear that her wife turned into when she was wearing her new appendage. Maura just growled and wasted no time guiding the dildo right against Jane's entrance and pushing inside, not slowly but still gently enough to allow Jane to adjust to the new intrusion. They both let out a moan of satisfaction at the feeling, one because of being filled, the other for filling her love.

"Are you ready my love?" Maura asked as she began to slowly pull out of Jane, teasing her. Jane couldn't formulate words because she was being tortured as Maura slide smoothly back into Jane, her arousal so great that there was a splashing sound when Maura bottomed out. Jane grunted her permission and Maura began a fast pace, her thrusts getting harder and harder as she established a rhythm, each stroke going deeper and filling Jane further.

Jane was in heaven. She had missed being thoroughly taken by her dominant wife. Yes, Jane loved to fuck Maura, especially with this particular toy but when Maura wore it, it was like she became possessed and the things she did to Jane were just indescribable.

Losing herself in Maura and her never ending stamina, Jane allowed herself to be claimed and owned by the only person she would ever want to be. And as Jane climaxed for the third time, Maura finally relenting as she peaked as well, Jane's only thought as she lost consciousness was that she never wanted this to end.

A/N: So some resolution there and of course I had to reward everyone, including our ladies, with some sexy times for all the angst we have been going through over these last few chapters. :-) Stay tuned for Jane having it out with Korsak...

P.S. When I was a kid, I was lucky if I got many presents for Christmas. We didn't have a lot and a lot of my gifts were handmade things that my grandmother would craft together; books she had written with stories just for me, hand sewn clothes or stuffed animals. Maybe I would get one store bought toy, but that was a rarity. I treasured those gifts because someone had painstakingly made it to show that they loved me. I still have many of those today, decades later, and cannot remember the store bought toys to save my life. My point is, I learned from a very young age it was the quality, not quantity, that mattered. That's all I'm going to say about that. Until next time...