Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters or M/C, but if I did, this is what would happen.
A/N: There's an obvious time jump (about three months) in this chapter. I decided it might be a good idea for the flow of the story. Hope you enjoy this chapter!
Chapter 3: Moving Closer
It had now been about three months since Sharon and Andy had started dating. It wasn't always easy to find time to go out on dates with the unpredictability of their work schedules, but they both agreed to make the effort to have at least one date a week, whether it was going out somewhere or enjoying a quiet night in at Andy's house or Sharon's condo. They were making it work and even Rusty had gotten used to the idea of Sharon and Andy dating and now just saw it as a normal thing that was happening.
Things were better than ever between Sharon and Andy. They enjoyed the time they got to spend together outside of work and tried to do so as often as work and life made it possible.
On this particular night, they had just wrapped up a particularly difficult case, especially for Sharon. She couldn't explain it, but for some reason, there were certain cases that affected her more than others, and Andy could see that this had been one of those particular instances for her.
So, he knocked on the door frame of her office, and when she looked up at him, he asked her, "You almost done here?"
"Yeah. Why? Did you have something particular in mind?" she asked as she smiled weakly at him, the toll of the case beginning to catch up with her.
"Well, if you're up for it, I was planning on asking if you'd like to come over and I'd cook you dinner," Andy replied.
"Mmhmm. Sound's amazing. What are you planning on cooking?" Sharon asked.
"Well…I know you love that pasta dish I make with the tomatoes and mushrooms and the garlic and basil sauce. So, if you want…" Andy trailed off.
"You read my mind, Andy Flynn. I'm in. Comfort food is just what I need after a day like today," Sharon replied.
"I know. Well, if I'm going to make that, I'm gonna have to swing by the store real quick and pick a few things up. So, why don't you take this and I'll meet you over at my place when I'm done. I shouldn't be too long," said Andy as he slid his house key across Sharon's desk.
"Okay. Are you leaving now?" Sharon asked him as she took the key.
"Yeah, in a minute," Andy replied.
"Okay. I'll walk out with you," said Sharon as she grabbed her bag and they walked out of her office and shut the door.
Andy grabbed his stuff and then they headed for the parking garage before parting ways in their separate cars.
Sharon arrived at Andy's house about fifteen minutes later. She made sure to text Rusty when she got there and let him know that she would be eating dinner over at Andy's house tonight and made sure that he had eaten.
After that, she slid her heels off and made herself comfortable on Andy's couch, knowing that he wouldn't be too much longer.
Sure enough, about fifteen minutes later, Andy came walking through the front door with a couple of grocery bags in his hands which he dropped off on the counter as Sharon followed him into the kitchen. He began to unload them.
"Anything I can do to help?" she asked him.
"Nope. I'm cooking you dinner, remember? What you can do though is take this back there into the bathroom and have a soak in the tub," said Andy as he pulled a bottle of Sharon's favorite lavender bubble bath out of one of the bags.
"Andy Flynn, you sure know how to make a woman feel special," Sharon told him.
"I do my best. Now, go relax in the tub and when you're done, dinner should be ready," said Andy as he smiled at her.
Sharon smiled back at him before kissing his lips briefly and then making her way towards Andy's bathroom.
About 30 minutes later, Sharon emerged from the bathroom. She had decided that changing into the workout clothes from her gym bag was a better alternative than staying in her work clothes and had grabbed the bag out of her car before getting into the tub. What she discovered after she got out though, was that she had somehow forgotten to put her workout shirt back in the bag after she had washed it the last time, which left her with just workout leggings and a sports bra. She thought about just putting the shirt that she had worn to work back on, when suddenly she came up with an even better idea.
As Andy heard Sharon walking towards the kitchen from the hallway, he said to her, "Dinner should be ready in a couple minutes."
"Okay," said Sharon as she made her way towards the kitchen, where Andy was busy working away on dinner.
As he heard Sharon walk towards him, he began to ask how her bath was before he stopped midsentence after seeing what she was wearing.
"I hope you don't mind. I forgot to put my shirt back in my bag after I washed it," said Sharon as she stood there in workout leggings and one of Andy's white button up dress shirts over her sports bra.
"No. I like it a lot better on you anyways," Andy managed to say as he smiled at Sharon and reached for her hand to pull her towards him as he kissed her.
The kiss lingered for more than a minute before Sharon broke the kiss and moved to check the pasta while glancing back at Andy and smiling at him.
Andy moved over to the stove, as Sharon moved towards the sink to drain the pasta in the colander. Once the pasta was drained, she handed it to Andy so that he could toss the pasta into a pan with the rest of the ingredients and the sauce. After that, he turned off the stove and tossed the pasta into a large bowl before they moved to sit down at the table.
They each scooped a helping of pasta into a bowl before Andy said, "Scoot closer and put your feet up here on my lap. I'll massage your feet while you eat."
Sharon scooted her chair closer to Andy and set her feet up on his lap, before saying, "Not that I don't appreciate this, but how are you supposed to eat and massage my feet at the same time?"
"Like this," Andy replied as he massaged her foot with one hand while twirling pasta onto his fork with the other hand before taking a bite.
Sharon looked at Andy and smiled at him over her bowl of pasta as she took another bite. They continued like that until they were both finished eating their pasta. Andy then began massaging both of Sharon's feet as she smiled lazily at him. A couple minutes later, Sharon put her feet down and got up out of her chair.
"What are you doing?" Andy asked mischievously.
"Moving closer to you," Sharon replied as she went to sit on his lap and began kissing him.
They sat there like that for a few minutes lazily making out before their kissing began to turn more passionate.
It wasn't long after that when they broke apart and Sharon said, "Maybe we should take this somewhere a bit more comfortable."
"What did you have in mind?" Andy asked.
"I was thinking your bed," Sharon replied.
"Are you sure? I don't want you to feel like you have to just because we're doing what we're doing right now," said Andy.
"Andy Flynn, I'm asking you to take me to bed and I'm asking because I want you to," Sharon replied.
That was all the confirmation Andy needed before they both stood up and began kissing passionately as they made their way down the hall towards Andy's bedroom.
Once they got there, they both began unbuttoning the others shirts until the back of Sharon's knees hit the end of the bed and she fell onto it laughing. Andy stood in front of Sharon staring at her for a moment, just admiring her as she sat there laughing in his half unbuttoned dress shirt before she said, "Not exactly the sexiest thing in the world, but it'll do."
"I disagree. I don't think I've ever seen a more beautiful sight in my life," Andy replied as he looked at her, put his hands on either side of her cheeks, and captured her lips with his as they made their way further onto the bed, both intent on showing each other just how much they cared about one another.
They ended up making love a few times that night. It was now around six a.m. Andy was the first to wake up. He smiled as he continued holding Sharon in his arms and marveled at the sight before him. He couldn't believe what had ended up transpiring last night and the thought of it made him smile even wider.
Since they both had to be at work in a couple of hours, and Andy didn't know if Sharon was planning on going home before that, he decided that now might be a good time to wake her up. So, he leaned towards her and began kissing her. First on the lips, then the edge of her jaw line, before he began making his way down her neck, towards her collar bone, and finally placed a kiss on her shoulder before she opened her eyes and said, "You better watch out, I could get used to waking up like that."
"And that would be a bad thing, how?" Andy asked her.
"It wouldn't be a bad thing at all," Sharon said as she leaned over to kiss Andy and said, "Good morning."
"It is a good morning, isn't it?" Andy asked.
"Definitely. Not a bad night, either," Sharon replied as she smiled at him.
"Not at all," Andy replied as he smiled back at her.
"What time is it?" Sharon asked.
"A little after six. I thought I'd wake you up. I wasn't sure if you were planning on going back to your place before work or not," said Andy.
"Huh. Well, I do have an extra set of work clothes in the trunk of my car, but I could go home to take a shower and do my hair," Sharon said.
"Or you could stay here and take a shower with me and forget about your hair. It's not like it ever looks bad or anything," said Andy.
"I doubt that, but you're sweet for saying it. Huh. Well, I might just be able to make that work. Plus, I wouldn't have to deal with the whole sneaking back into the condo thing," Sharon replied.
"He's going to know either way, Sharon. You came over here for dinner last night and you never came home. He can put two and two together. Hell, I'd be surprised if he hasn't already called Ricky and Emily and told them that you never came home last night. Like I said, Rusty's perceptive as hell," said Andy.
"Yes, to a fault sometimes. Well, I vote for putting that off as long as possible and going with your idea," Sharon told him.
"I knew you'd see it my way," Andy replied.
"Well, it's not like it took a lot of convincing," Sharon replied.
"No. Plus, it means we get to stay in bed a little longer," said Andy as he leaned over and kissed Sharon's lips.
A moment later, Sharon began to chuckle.
"What's so funny?" Andy asked her.
"I was just thinking about how this was so not my intention when I came over here last night, and yet somehow it just sort of organically happened, you know?" said Sharon.
"That's the best kind. When you're just sitting there with someone you really l-um someone you really care a lot about and you're just having a lazy night and then suddenly you feel this force drawing you towards that someone and you can't help but follow it wherever it takes you and that other person is feeling the same way and it just sort of happens. It's difficult to explain. I don't think I've ever felt that way before," said Andy.
"Me either. All I know is that I'm glad it happened and that whatever it was, it was electrifying," said Sharon as she continued smiling at Andy.
"Electrifying, huh? Well, since you're so good with words, tell me, what's another word for amazing? Cause amazing seems like such an understatement for what happened last night," said Andy.
"Incredible?" Sharon asked.
"Uh huh. What else?" Andy asked as he began kissing Sharon.
"Astonishing?" asked Sharon.
"Your beauty was definitely astonishing. Especially sitting there in my shirt," said Andy as he began kissing Sharon's neck.
"So, you liked that, huh?" Sharon asked.
"Uh huh," said Andy as he kissed Sharon's shoulder.
"Oh, I know. Mind-blowing," said Sharon.
"Ooh. A woman who's smart and confident…and also entirely right," said Andy as he smiled at Sharon.
"As much as I would like to lay here with you all day and continue this, we'd better get up before we end up being late for work," said Sharon as she got out of bed and headed towards the bathroom, Andy right behind her.
After they finished showering, Sharon went in search of her clothes from the night before so she could go out to her car and grab her extra set of work clothes. She got most of them on, minus buttoning the shirt when Andy snuck up behind her.
"I think you had a plan when you put on that shirt last night," said Andy as he pulled one side of the shirt down slightly so he could kiss Sharon's now exposed shoulder.
"Maybe. I definitely wasn't expecting this kind of reaction though," said Sharon as she turned around in Andy's arms and kissed him for a moment before walking away and buttoning her shirt before going outside to get her work clothes from her car.
About twenty minutes later, both Sharon and Andy were dressed and ready for work.
"Do you wanna take your car or mine?" Andy asked Sharon.
"We can take mine. Who knows? Maybe I'll even decide to let you come over tonight after work," said Sharon as she smiled at him.
A/N: So, I'd like some input from you guys for the next chapter. Do you guys want to see a chapter about Andy coming over to the condo after they're done working that night (as alluded to at the end of this chapter) or would you guys rather I move on to something else in the story? Either way, I have some ideas. I just want to know where you guys would like the story to go next. As always, feedback is much appreciated!