AJ was discharged from the hospital a few days later after being finally examined. She of course was on supervised rest, but unfortunately Punk had to stay behind at the hospital. AJ's swelling in her brain had went down tremendously after surgery, and she was healing really well, but Punk was still finding it tough. He had his own injuries to his head, as well as his limbs being shot up.
"Momma missed you, oh, she missed you so much." AJ squeezed little Caleb tightly once getting home from the hospital, which Sean had picked her up from, "And my princess..." She walked over to Harleen who was sitting on her mat, "How is your ear, baby?" She cupped her daughters cheeks, "Oh, mommy's missed you so much. So so much." She sighed as they looked up at her.
"They've been great." Kerry smiled, "Harleen's ear infection has cleared up well, she's as good as new." She smiled, "I think they've missed their mommy and daddy though." Kerry nodded.
"Oh, I've missed them." She sighed, "How are you feeling?" AJ asked Kerry who nodded from side to side.
"I'm alright. I've taken a few weeks off work. Once they heard what happened they made sure I wasn't pushing myself to come in." She said, "I'm just a little shaken up now." She said as AJ nodded.
"I think we all are." AJ said, "And listen, you guys can stay here for as long as you need. Phil said he's gonna talk to some guys at work, he reckons he could get you a claim for a new house somewhere. Nothing is definite, but he's doing his best." She said as Kerry smiled.
"Thanks." She said, "We'll sleep down here tonight. You should be in your bed resting." Kerry said.
"No… no, there's only one of me. I'll be fine on the couch." She said.
"Are you sure?" Kerry asked.
"Positive." She nodded.
"When is Phil getting out?" Kerry asked.
"In a few days. I guess we could both use your help with the twins. He's not to be lifting anything or doing anything strenuous, and I'm working with a broken wrist. I don't know how we're gonna be able to look after the twins." She sighed with fear.
"Hey, we'll be here." Kerry smiled, "Until you're both better." She nodded.
"Thank you." AJ smiled, looking over to the twins and smiling. She was grateful to be here, with good health. She'd missed the twins so much, and it was so good to finally see heir little faces again.
"So what's going on with you and Phil now?" Sean asked AJ, both in the kitchen, putting away the pizza box with left overs in it. No one was really in the mood to cook, it was easy just to order take out for the time being.
"What do you mean?" AJ asked.
"Well… are you two on good terms again?" He asked.
"You could say that, yeah." She nodded, "I don't know what I was thinking, pushing him away like that. I want to be with him. It's always been him..." She shook her head at how stupid she'd been, "It only took for me to see him nearly dying to realise it." She rolled her eyes.
"So… you're gonna let him back in?" He asked, "Only, I think he's going to leave the force." Sean said.
"What?" AJ turned to him with shock.
"I overheard him talking to another cop a few days ago. Said he was just fed up of the people he loved getting hurt. He sounded real serious." Sean said.
"But if he leaves, what is he gonna do?" AJ asked, "He loves his job."
"I think he's just fed up." Sean admitted, "He loved his job when he had no one else. Nothing to lose. He has people who he loves now. It's not the same I guess." He shrugged, "Maybe he'll work in a quieter part of the department. Or maybe he'll have a change of career." He said, "That's what you wanted right?"
"Well..." AJ shrugged, "I never wanted to put him in the position where he had to choose. I guess it's good that he's realised it on his own. But I know how much he loves being a cop." She sighed, feeling like it was her fault.
"He's deciding it on his own. Which is good." Sean said, "Maybe it'd be good for everyone if he did leave. A new start if you like." He shrugged.
"I just don't want him to be unhappy."
"AJ, I don't think his job is making him happy anymore. You and the twins are what makes him happy. I know him. I know what he's thinking. I grew up with him. He's leaving the force." He said as AJ leaned back against the kitchen counter.
"Then I'll support him in whatever he wants to do." She said. It did feel good that there would be no more danger for them. She'd have her perfect family, and hopefully her husband could find something else he loved to do, "It does seem like the right thing to do." She nodded.
"It is." Sean said, "I'm sure he'll talk to you when he gets home. I just thought I'd let you know." He said as she nodded.
"Yeah… thanks." She smiled.
"I'm gonna go put TJ to bed. He normally zones out after pizza." Sean announced as AJ smiled, watching walk out of the kitchen.
"I got it… I got it." Punk moaned like a child whilst crutching himself up the stairs, practically trying to kick down the front door with his healthier foot.
"No. You don't got it. You're a cripple." AJ told him as he rolled his eyes.
"Stop calling me that." He scoffed as she smiled, opening the door for him as he hobbled.
He had eventually been discharged from the hospital, a few days after AJ, and was glad to be home where he could finally see the twins.
"Hey guys." Punk smiled as the twins heads turned immediately at the sound of their fathers voice.
"Da… da da." Harleen squealed with excitement as Punk smiled.
"Hi, princess." He smiled, crutching himself over to the couch, "Let me just… sit down." He said whilst slowly planking himself down on the couch, finding that Caleb had already crawled himself over to him.
"You've not to lift things. Remember." AJ kept him right, lifting up Caleb and sitting him on Punks lap as he kissed the little boys head, but that only caused an immediate uproar of cries from Harleen who hadn't reached Punk in time to get dibs on cuddles first.
"Oh, baby." AJ sighed, lifting her crying daughter up and sitting down beside Punk who was amazed at how much he was missed by his children. It melted him.
"I'm here, baby girl." He cupped her cheek, stroking it softly as her cries faded and she smiled again, "Daddy missed you. He missed you both." He turned to Caleb who was touching his sling that was holding his arm up from his shot shoulder.
"Daddy is hurt, so we gotta be extra careful with him. Don't we?" AJ said.
It was the first time since he got back where he actually felt he had his family again. He had AJ by his side again, just like before, and he had his children who he had already grown an unbreakable bond with, despite missing the majority of their first year of being here.
"Da da da da..." Harleen babbled non stop, giggling to herself whilst chewing her stuffed rhino, looking over at Punk with a smile as she sat on her mothers lap.
"Is that your new favourite word?" Punk smiled, "I see that ear infection is all cleared up." He said as AJ nodded.
"She was a brave girl, weren't you?" AJ smiled, "Finished all her medicine for Uncle Sean." She said as Punk smiled.
"Well, baby you're gonna have to teach me because I hate taking my medicine." Punk looked to Harleen as AJ chuckled.
"They go down ok?" Punk asked, later on that night, sitting up on the couch whilst AJ came back through the living room from being upstairs. Sean and Kerry had gone out for the night whilst TJ was upstairs sleeping under his uncle and aunts supervision.
"Yeah." AJ nodded, "How you feeling?" She asked, sinking down on the couch beside him.
"Better." Punk nodded, "I think I feel better just from being in my own home again." He admitted, "And seeing the twins again. I'm glad everyone is ok." He nodded as AJ agreed.
"Me too." She said, not being able to wait to question him, "Sean said you are leaving the force." She said as Punk turned to her and immediately nodded.
"Yeah." He said.
"Is that what you want?" She asked him, "I know you love your job." She sighed.
"I loved my job when I had nothing to lose. I have a family to take care of now." He told her, "Look at us, April. We're two invalids." He said as she laughed, "I'm not putting my body through it anymore, and I'm not putting anyone else through it." He said, "My mind is made up."
"What will you do?" She asked him.
"I don't know. Maybe I'll find a different position in the department where I don't need to do much or get involved in anything. Or maybe I'll just find something else to do." He shrugged, "All I want to do now, is be with my family. Be with my kids and the woman I love." He looked her in the eye, "That's all I really need."
"At least we'll all be safe." She pointed out. She was secretly glad that Punk had decided he was finished with the force. It meant that their family would no longer be in danger.
"We'll always be safe now." He said, "It's all over." He smiled to her as she nodded, leaning in and kissing him softly, cupping his cheeks, not applying any pressure into his body, although she wanted to. She felt his hand snake up past her ass and up her back.
"You're way too hurt." She whispered as he kissed against her cheek and in at her neck.
"You'd be surprised." He whispered back, "Who said I had to move."
"Oh, so you want me to do all the work." She looked down at him as he grinned, "It's a good job I don't mind." She said, climbing off of the couch, lifting her t-shirt over her had, as well as sliding her sweats down as he sat up with a smile on his face.
They hadn't been together like this since before he went into Witness Protection. Or what he thought was Witness Protection.
"I've been waiting so long for this." Punk groaned already. Although barely being able to move, he wasn't going to let it hold him back.
She leaned over, her breasts seeping out of her bra right in front of his eyes as she lifted his t-shirt off, slowly helping him take it over his head and down through his arm. He was all bandaged up, ribs included, but it only motivated her more to help him feel just that little bit better.
She shimmied his basketball shorts down along with his boxers, kneeling down in front of him as she wrapped her hand around his length which hardened just at her touch. She stroked him up and down for a few minutes, watching him roll his head back, eventually licking his shaft all the way from the tip to the base.
"Shit, April." Punk groaned, "I fucking can't wait to get better. I missed this." He sighed. He only wished he could have thrown her around like a rag doll like he used to, but for now, lucky for him, he could just sit and let her do whatever she wanted, "Fuck, baby just like that." He moaned, grabbing a handful of her hair with one hand, watching her take his entire length into her mouth, sucking up and down, sometimes pausing to deep throat him which only encouraged him.
"Yeah, just hold it… just like that." He moaned, watching her eyes fill with water from the tip of his length hitting the back of her throat, "Shit, April that feels so good." He moaned as she continued to suck him off, using her saliva as lubricant to stroke him up and down with.
"Feel good, babe?" AJ looked up at him as he nodded.
"So good." Punk groaned, watching her stand up, straddling over his hips as she pulled her panties to the side, placing her hand down and stroking herself as he watched.
"You're nasty." He shook his head as she grinned to herself, taking his length in her hand and guiding it towards her entrance, sinking down upon it as she shuddered, placing her hands on the couch behind him as he wrapped his arm around her back.
"Oh, God… I've missed you." She whispered, pressing a kiss at the crook of his neck, slowly moving her hips up and down as he whispered her name in her ear. Despite their injuries, it worked out fine, they weren't hurting, in fact, they were healing one another without even realising.