A/N: Thanks to everyone who's reading. I hope you enjoy the new chapter. Please let me know what you think with a comment/review.

Also for those of you that haven't noticed, I did start another shorter story. It's called Dangerous Curves Ahead. Thought I'd put a quick plug here for that too.

Disclaimer: As always, characters belong to Rob Thomas.

Chapter 9 - Interrogation

Veronica was standing in front of the fridge when she heard the garage door open and heard Logan come in. "Hey honey, how was your day?" Veronica said in a sing-song playful voice.

"Well I didn't have a rendezvous with one of my ex's at the beach, so perhaps not as great as your day." He flatly replied.

She wasn't surprised that Dick had called him, but she was a little caught off guard by his reaction. "Logan you know it was for a case." She quickly replied with a bit of defensiveness in her voice.

"Of course I know it was for a case, and I know who that case likely involves." He paused for a moment then continued. "Dick also said it was just you, without any backup. We just talked about this yesterday and you said you wouldn't go do anything potentially dangerous without backup." Logan closed his eyes and took a deep breath. She could see his jaw tighten and noticed he was gripping his keys tightly in his hand.

"Logan, Troy is an undercover agent," she said calmly, trying to get him to reassure him that everything was fine. "He's not a criminal that I need backup to talk to." Definitely not going to mention possibly running into the suspect outside of Troy's apartment yet.

Logan sighed and ran one of his hands through his hair. "I'm sorry, I just had a bad day with things at work, and then got the call from Dick on my way home and I may have overreacted a little… a lot. I should at least have given you the opportunity to explain what was going on before I snapped at you."

Not sure my explanation is going to give him any warm fuzzies anytime soon. She gave him a sympathetic smile and nodded at him.

"I'm going upstairs to take a shower, and then I'll come back down and you can explain to me why you were meeting with him and what's going on. Okay?"

She nodded again and watched him turn to head up the stairs. Okay Veronica you have fifteen minutes tops to figure out how to spin this that isn't going to cause him to totally freak out. Well freak out again… Freak out more… this is not going to be a good evening is it?

Veronica sat on the couch waiting for Logan to come back down after his shower. She knew she had to just go with as much of the truth as she could, even if he didn't like it. She was nervously biting at her lower lip and fidgeting with the end of her shirt sleeve as she imagined all the ways the conversation might go. When he finally came back down dressed in shorts and a t-shirt, he didn't really look much calmer than before.

"Can we start over?" She asked in a gentle tone.

He nodded and went over to sit next to her on the couch. He turned so he could watch her and put his hands in his lap, nervously scraping the thumbnail on one hand with the thumbnail on the other hand. She watched him fidget for a minute before looking back up into his troubled gaze. She hadn't noticed before when he came in how tired he looked. She'd forgotten that he hadn't slept well the night before due to his nightmares. He'd seemed to be doing better with nightmares until they'd talked about Gory last night.

"So, tell me what happened today," he said in as calm a tone as he could muster.

"It started with a missing person call." She watched his expression become a bit more concerned. "The woman looked unbelievably like Debbie and the last place she was seen was The Clover." She paused for a moment to see if he wanted to say anything but only noticed his jaws clenching down harder. "I of course thought it may have had something to do with Debbie and Liam and wanted to talk to Troy about it." She paused again to give him a chance to talk.

"Did Leo arrange for you to meet him at the beach?" He asked after a moment of silence.

She cringed slightly and shook her head. "No, Leo was in San Diego all day so he wasn't around. I went to Troy's apartment first and he asked me to meet him later at the beach." If I don't mention Tommy, I know it will undoubtedly come up later. "Tommy and one of his cousins were stopping by Troy's and he of course didn't want them to see me there." She hesitated a moment before continuing.

He'd caught the look she'd made when she mentioned Tommy and his cousin and knew there was something she hadn't said yet. "And? Did they see you?"

It's amazing how well he can read me even after all these years. She sighed before she answered him. "They didn't see me at his apartment specifically but out front at the car. I'd circled down to the beach and came back up from a neighboring complex."

Logan blew out a frustrated breath. "Who was with Tommy?"

"Gavin?" She looked at him with a questioning expression. "Do you know him?"

Logan shrugged his shoulders. "He's been at the gym with Tommy a couple times. He's actually Liam's half brother. He doesn't seem like a raving lunatic like Liam, but I think he's been involved with some of Liam's illegal deals. Leo's busted him a few times for possession but nothing bigger than that."

"So here's my dilemma," Veronica continued on, hoping if she involved him in the solution maybe he'd be more willing to not freak out and go along with her. "I think there's a strong possibility that Gavin may have been the guy that the missing girl was last seen with, but it's just a hunch. One of her friends was with her at The Clover, but then left her with a guy matching his description, but she didn't know the guy's name. It's way too circumstantial to have any reason to accuse him at this point though. So I was hoping that if I had the friend go back to The Clover with me and he was there, that she might be able to identify him. Or if it's not him, we might get lucky and she'd see the guy that she was with. Unfortunately I found out from Molly that they don't keep surveillance footage long enough at The Clover to look through any of that."

"Did you go to The Clover today too?" Logan asked in an increasingly irritated tone.

"Yes, but with Norris, so you don't have to get upset about that." Veronica replied a bit more curtly than she intended.

He unfortunately picked up on her tone. She could tell he was about to snap at her again, but instead he took a deep breath and moved his arms down to his knees so he could rest his head against his hands and rubbed his temples.

"No," he finally said after a moment.

"No, what?" She asked with confusion in her voice.

"No, you're not going back to The Clover with her to try to find a potential murderer." His tone was right on the edge of sounding angry with just a touch too much over protection mixed in.

"You don't get to tell me how to do my job, Logan," she replied back defensively.

"No, I don't, but Leo does, and I'm guessing you didn't run this little plan by him did you?" He had lifted his head back up and was watching her carefully to see her reaction. "You can't go off and do your own little missions anymore, Veronica, without getting approval from him."

Her initial reaction was to be totally pissed that he'd tried to tell her what to do. Even if he was ultimately right that it really wasn't her call, it still made her mad as hell that he'd said it the way he did. He saw her expression and blew out a frustrated breath and leaned back on the couch with the palms of his hands pressed to his eyes for a moment before he dropped his arms to his sides and stared up at the ceiling.

"You know I just don't want something to happen to you," he said in a resigned voice.

"Yeah I got that," she said a bit tersely as she crossed her arms across her chest in a defensive posture. She blew out a deep breath then stood up and walked across the room toward the office.

"Where are you going?" Logan asked in a concerned tone.

"To call my boss and talk to him about my case," she replied as she walked into the office and closed the door.

"Wait..." he called out as the door closed. She stood on the other side of the door staring at it, trying to push her anger back down. Deep down she knew why he acted like he had, but she was hoping it would get easier for him to trust her and not to try to tell her what to do. Storming out of the room wasn't terribly mature either Veronica. She was still just standing there staring at the door when she heard him knock lightly on it. She took a deep breath and opened it.

"I'm sorry," He said looking at her intently. "Can you hear me out for a minute, and then go back to being pissed at me?" She sighed and nodded her head.

He leaned against the door frame and let out a deep breath. "Since Leo has his mug shot from being arrested, can't you just take her down to the station and have her look through some of the pictures there. If you're hunch is right, which knowing you, it probably is, then you don't need to take her back to The Clover and risk anyone's safety."

She thought about it for a moment before she replied, "But how do I explain my 'hunch' to any of the other Deputies without giving away the connection to Debbie and Troy."

"Do you really think they'll be that suspicious and ask?"

She shrugged and sighed again, "I don't know. Maybe not."

He gave her a look that was part apologetic and part confidence in her, "I'm sure if they do, you can come up with a cover story that doesn't compromise Troy. I seem to recall you being pretty quick on your feet when you needed to be." He tipped his head down and looked up at her with a half smile on his face.

"I'm still mad you acted like that, Logan." She said pointing out to the couch, although she was starting to feel her frustration slowly subsiding.

"I'm mad at my self too, so I don't blame you." He looked down at his feet as he replied and didn't look back up at her.

"I'm going to call Leo now and then I may go down to the station if the girl's available to look through the photos with her."

He looked up briefly and nodded and headed back out towards the kitchen.

Leo had just arrived back in Neptune and had stopped off at the station before heading home and was there when she caught him on the phone. She gave him a run down of what had happened while he was gone, and her hunch that it could be Gavin Fitzpatrick that Corina was last seen with. He agreed that they should have Amber look through the mug shots even if it was just a hunch. Veronica called Amber and she agreed to meet her in an hour at the Sheriff's Office to see if the mystery guy matched anyone they had on file that fit the description she'd given them.

When she was off the phone, she went back out to find Logan to let him know she was going to the station. She didn't see him in the kitchen or living room, so went up to their bedroom to see if he'd gone back up there. As she got to the doorway she saw him lying on his back on the bed with his legs bent over the edge and his arm crossed over his head covering his face.

She'd forgotten about him mentioning that he'd had a bad day at work before he even found out about Troy and all of a sudden she felt bad about not even asking what that was about. She really shouldn't have been surprised that he was upset about the case if it meant it might lead back to Liam. She knew Liam would always be a very sensitive issue for him given what happened the day he had to save her from him at the River Stix.

"Hey," she said softly as she went over and sat down on the bed about a foot from him.

He removed his arm and turned his head so he could look at her. The combination of his frustration with her and his reaction to that, his exhaustion from the night before, plus whatever else was bothering him from work made his expression look so devastated. She sighed and repositioned herself so she could reach over and stroked his cheek. He closed his eyes and let out a deep breath and turned his head so he could kiss her palm.

"Do you want to talk about what else happened at work that ruined your day?" she asked in a more gentle voice than she'd used downstairs.

He turned his head back again so he could look at her and then he let out a deep breath. "I've been trying to get a plan passed to build a new library near East Harrison Street and one of the council men has been a dick about it and keeps railroading me every time I think we are close. Today I found out the lot that my city planner had found was bought out from under us by the asshole's dad to build some commercial building. Not that there isn't plenty of unoccupied building space that he could have just bought instead. If I'd known he was going to pull something like this, I would have just bought the lot myself and donated it to the city."

East Harrison Street runs through the 02 neighborhood and I'd bet the jerk was an 09er. "I'm sorry Logan." She said as she ran her hand gently across his forehead and through his hair.

"Thanks," he said softly, "but that still didn't give me the right to act like an ass when I got home either. I really shouldn't let Barone get to me since I've been dealing with his shit since I became Mayor."

Barone, not just a privileged 09er, but possibly an infamous secret Neptune Triton as well. "Matt?" Veronica asked after hearing the last name.

"Yeah, do you remember him from high school?"

She sighed, "Yeah, I may have threatened to expose the secret society he was part of back then."

Logan chuckled, "Well that would explain why he was pissed when he heard that you were the consultant that Leo hired. I wasn't sure if you had a connection to him or he was just pissed because you're my girlfriend and he also hates me."

"Why does he hate you?"

Logan shrugged, "I don't know for sure, it's not like we've sat down and chatted about our feelings." Veronica gave him an annoyed scowl and poked him in the side. He blew out a breath before he continued "I think he's always been obsessed with Alexis and never liked how close we were as friends even after we broke up. She's turned him down for dates several times and I think he blames me."

Veronica gave him a grim smile. "I hate to do this, but I've got to go and meet the friend of the missing woman down at the station to look at mug shots. I don't know how late I'm going to be."

He nodded in understanding, but didn't look thrilled that she was leaving either. "I am sorry about earlier," he said with a regretful look in his hazel brown eyes.

She nodded in return and leaned in and placed a soft kiss on his lips. "You should eat some dinner and try to get some sleep while I'm gone. You look exhausted."

"I'll try," he said in a tired voice as he watched her stand from the bed to leave. "Hey V'ronica?"

She turned back to him and gave him a small smile.

"Good luck. I hope you find the guy." She gave him a loving smile and walked back over to the bed again before she left.

"Thanks," she said softly then leaned in and gave him a much deeper kiss. "Sorry. This wasn't the way I wanted to spend our Friday night," she added after their lips separated.

He pulled her in for one more deep kiss. "It's okay. I know this case is important to you because of Debbie. We'll have plenty more Friday nights." She smiled again and nodded then headed down to the garage.

When she arrived at the station Amber wasn't there yet, but Leo was in his office. He asked if he could have a word with her, and had her close the door as she came in.

"I spoke with our friend about the case and we decided that if you do want to stay involved, that it would be best for you to have a way to contact him if you need to talk to him about anything, rather than showing up at his place again." Veronica gave him a guilty look. Leo reached into his desk and pulled out a disposable phone. "His number is in this phone and you should only call him on this and not your own personal cell. He'll know it's you when you call and if it's safe to talk, he'll answer and say your name, but if he answers and doesn't, then just say you must have dialed the wrong number and hang up."

"So much cloak and dagger," Veronica said in a slightly teasing voice, but when Leo gave her a stern look she gave him a more serious smile.

"Only contact him if it's really important though Veronica. He'll also let us know if he comes up with any information on Corina."

A deputy came and knocked at the door to let them know Amber was there for them. Leo had already set up a laptop in one of the interrogation rooms for Amber to look through mug shots on. Mac had helped them with a program that made it easier for them to select mug shots of suspects that would meet specific criteria, so Leo had entered the description she'd given them and also made sure Gavin's picture would be included. Veronica sat with her as she started going through the pictures. She told her if there were any that she thought could be the guy, they could flag them and then go back through all the possible ones a second time. It took her about an hour to go through all the pictures the first time. She had selected Gavin, as well as a dozen other guys that looked similar. Leo had been checking in on them occasionally since he was going to stick around the office until they were done in case they did find a suspect to try to track down. Norris had been off his shift for several hours, but volunteered to come back in if they did need help later finding a suspect. Leo knew they were almost done the last time he'd checked, and since she was pretty sure several guys looked possible, he'd called Norris to come back in.

Amber had finally narrowed it down to three guys that she thought were quite possibly the man that Corina had been with, and one of the three was Gavin. Leo had Norris and a few of the other deputies go out to see if they could locate any of the men to bring them in for questioning and to see if Amber was able to better identify them in person. They weren't sure if they would be able to locate any of the men very quickly, but Amber said she'd wait around a while in case they did.

"Hey did you two have dinner already?" Leo asked as he came back into the room after briefing the deputies. Both women shook their heads in response. "A friend of mine brought in some dinner for us if you're interested." Veronica gave him a knowing smile, which he tried to ignore, but she caught a quick little blush cross his cheeks. "She brought in some lasagna, salad, French bread and something for dessert and is setting it up in the interrogation room next door."

"Sounds delicious," Veronica said happily as she stood up from the table and started toward the door.

"Yes, I'd love some," Amber added. "Thank you. That's so nice of you to offer."

The three of them headed into the room next door to find Emily taking containers out of a large bag. "Hi Veronica," Emily said with a friendly smile as she set a big tray of lasagna on the table.

Veronica quickly introduced Amber to Emily. Leo had asked the ladies what they wanted to drink, and had gone to get the drinks for everyone.

"I hope we didn't ruin any plans you had tonight with Leo," Veronica said as she helped Emily get the rest of the food out of the bag.

"It's no problem," Emily said as she pulled plates and forks out and set them on the table. "Since we both work in somewhat unpredictable fields, I completely understand. I get called in sometimes to fill in when there are unexpected absences too."

The ladies started dishing up their plates as Leo returned with the drinks. "Mmmm, this is delicious," Veronica said after taking her first bite of the lasagna.

"Thanks," Emily said. "It's my grandmother's secret recipe." She changed her tone to more of a whisper, "The secret is double the cheese."

Veronica laughed and then replied in a similar hushed tone, "That's my dad's secret recipe too." They all chuckled at that.

While they ate, Emily asked Veronica if she'd made it over to the hospital to see Carmen and the baby yet. Even though she worked in Pediatrics and not the delivery floor, she had made a special trip up to their floor to check in on them since she'd met them at the poker party. Veronica said that she hadn't had a chance yet to stop by, and was thinking she might just wait until they were discharged and then they could stop by once they were settled. Emily gushed a bit about how beautiful the baby was, as well as how sweet Elijah had been at Mac's the night before. She asked Veronica if she could let Carmen and Eli know that she'd be happy to stop by and help out if they needed anything. Emily wasn't sure if they'd be comfortable with that though since she'd just met them, but thought she'd offer anyway. Veronica mentioned that Elijah was still staying with Mac and Dick and that Mac might appreciate some help with him if she wanted to give her a call. Emily was very excited about that idea and said she'd have Leo pass on her number and the offer to Mac.

When they'd finished eating, Leo said he'd walk Emily out. Veronica shot him a sly grin, and thought she caught a slight blush flash across his cheeks again. Shortly after Emily left, a pair of deputies had returned with one of the men that Amber had identified and taken him into an interrogation room with a one-way mirror. Veronica and Amber went into the small observation room and watched the Deputy show the man a picture of Corina and ask if he'd seen her before. Amber studied the man carefully and shook her head. "I'm pretty sure that's not the guy."

The Deputy came out a short while later and was able to verify an alibi for the man for the prior Saturday. He'd actually been up in Seattle the prior weekend, so they were definitely able to rule him out. Leo had thanked the man for his cooperation and had a Deputy drive him home.

Norris had called the station when they were wrapping up with the first man and said he'd located Gavin Fitzpatrick and would be bringing him into the station shortly. Once he was brought into the interrogation room, Veronica and Amber again watched through the one way mirror. Norris and Leo went in with Gavin and showed him the picture. Amber watched him carefully and nodded at Veronica. "I'm pretty sure that was the guy, Veronica."

They listened to the conversation through the speakers. When Leo showed Gavin the picture he nodded and said he'd met her last Saturday night at The Clover. They'd spent a couple hours there and then he'd driven her home. When they got to her apartment she realized she'd misplaced her keys and so they had to have the apartment superintendent unlock her apartment for her. He said he was worried about Corina since she was quite tipsy by that point, but the superintendent was a nice older lady who said she'd be sure that Corina made it safely to bed. He said he left right after the two women went into the apartment together and then he hadn't heard from Corina since that night. He'd given her his number, but she hadn't called at all. Since it wasn't quite midnight yet, he'd headed over to the River Stix and spent the rest of the evening playing pool with some of the regulars there.

Leo sent Norris out to get a statement from the apartment superintendent. He told Gavin that he'd like him to stay at the station until they could verify the story with the Superintendent. Gavin was more than happy to oblige and sat patiently in the interrogation room until Norris called back to the station verifying that the superintendent corroborated the story that Gavin had told them. Leo thanked Gavin for his cooperation and asked him to let him know if he remembered anything else that might help them locate Corina. He also asked him to be available for future questioning in case they uncovered any new information. He also thanked Amber for her assistance and assured her that they would continue to look for new leads in the case. They were planning to release an official statement in the morning and would ask for any tips that the public might have.

After Amber had left, Veronica and Leo went back to his office, closing the door behind them.

"I still think there's more to this than Gavin told us." Veronica said as she flopped into one of the chairs with a frustrated look on her face. "It's just too much of a coincidence don't you think?"

Leo nodded in agreement. "We'll keep investigating and hopefully we'll get some new leads on this." He sighed sadly, "But at this point, I'm not expecting us to have a lot of luck. It's unfortunate that she seems to have gone missing for so long before anyone realized she was gone. If Liam did have something to do with this, we may never find her, just like we haven't found the body of the guy that Debbie saw him kill. We also don't have any idea of exactly when she vanished. The superintendent confirmed that it was about 11:30 when Gavin brought her back to the apartment and that Corina seemed really out of it and pretty much just collapsed right on top of her bed, telling her she'd be fine and to go. The superintendent didn't want to argue with her and left, locking the apartment behind her. That seems to now be the last time anyone saw her, but given her schedule, she could have disappeared at some other point later in the week before the roommate returned home. We can try to verify the rest of Gavin's alibi, but we really don't have any specific window to go with. I'm going to have Norris go back to the apartments tomorrow and interview more people there to see if anyone saw or heard anything suspicious. Hopefully we'll get some other leads once we announce that we are seeking information to help locate her. I know it's Saturday tomorrow, so it's up to you if you want to go back, or just let Norris handle it and fill you in afterwards."

"I'll think about it and can give him a call tomorrow morning." Veronica replied. She wanted to see how Logan was doing before she made a decision, though a part of her really did want to go along to help talk with Corina's neighbors.

Veronica decided there wasn't much else she could do there, so she said good night to Leo and the other Deputies still at the station and drove home. When she walked in the house, she found Logan downstairs sitting on the couch.

"How'd it go?" He asked when he heard her footsteps get closer to him.

"I thought you were going to get some sleep?" She said softly as she went over and sat by him. The shadows under his eyes were even more pronounced than when she left. She reached up and ran her hand gently down the side of his face.

"I tried, but it just didn't happen." He said staring intently into her eyes.

She gave him a small smile. Meaning you had more nightmares and gave up and waited down here for me. "Why don't we go up to bed and I'll fill you in on my night?"

He smiled warmly at her and nodded. She was about to stand up when he gently grabbed her arm and pulled her back toward him, pressing his lips to hers. She ran her fingers through his hair and sighed happily against his mouth. "I'm so sorry about earlier Veronica," he said in a soft tone after the kiss.

"I know. I could have handled it better too." She gave him an understanding smile, then stood up and reached out her hand to him. "Let's go upstairs."

He nodded, then stood and followed her, turning on the alarm system as they passed it on their way up the stairs. Once they were upstairs, he mostly just followed her around the room as she got ready for bed and filled him in on what had happened at the station. She went into the closet to change into a tank top and sleep shorts and he sat on the bed watching her a bit lustfully, but she could tell he was really trying hard to focus on what she was saying and not the fact that she was temporarily mostly naked. When she told him that Gavin was the guy that was last seen with the missing girl, she saw a flash of concern cross his face. She knew he wouldn't be happy knowing she'd run into him and Tommy earlier by herself. She told him that Gavin seemed to have a sound alibi for the rest of that evening, but she still wasn't convinced that he or Liam didn't have something to do with her disappearance.

After she'd changed clothes, she went into the bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth. He got up from the bed and followed her in and leaned against the counter, while he continued to watch her. After just standing and watching her for a few minutes, he walked behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist and watched over her shoulder as she finished brushing her teeth. She gave him an amused smile.

"I know dental hygiene is so sexy isn't it," she teased him as he studied her intently in the mirror. He laughed and leaned down so he could nip at her neck.

"You make everything sexy," he whispered into her ear and then nipped at her ear lobe as well. He went back to kissing her neck and ran his hands across her stomach. When one of his hands started moving down lower, she spun so she could face him and gave him a concerned look.

"Maybe we should just go to sleep since you really do look exhausted."

He shook his head and adjusted his hands for the new position, running one right down over the curve of her back. "I tried that already and it didn't work. I really need something good to dream about." He gave her a lascivious grin, then ran his hands down her thighs so he could pick her up and carried her out to the bed, stopping when the reached the edge of it and placed her down, standing in front of him. "You know you really don't need to actually put something on to sleep in." He waggled his eyebrows at her. "I wouldn't complain if you wanted to follow my clothing optional suggestion." He reached down and pulled the tank top over her head.

She smiled a bit shyly back at him. She loved the way he would look at her when she was naked, and tonight was no exception. Even though she could tell just under the surface there was still some worry from earlier, the way he looked at her at times like this made her feel incredibly warm all over. She reached out and pulled his shirt off as well and ran her fingers along his chest and up over his shoulders pulling him down to her for a kiss. After the kiss he knelt down in front of her pulled her a little closer and started kissing her stomach first, then slowly pulled down her shorts. She ran her hands through his hair, loving the feel of his mouth on her body.

He stood back up and carefully lifted her up, and then set her on the bed. He leaned in toward her and pressed his mouth against hers, slowly moving them backwards until she was laying flat on the bed. He'd carefully crawled on top of her so he wouldn't crush her, and positioned himself on top of her, holding most of his weight off of her with his arms. After a few more deep kisses, he shifted to his side so he could gently stroke her hair with one of his hands and then ran his fingers down the length of her body, tracing her curves as he did. She watched as his eyes moved along with his fingers. She ran her own fingers along his chest and up to his shoulder then down his arm to the fingers that were slowly moving up and down her own body, intertwining their fingers together. Her motion caused his gaze to move back to her eyes.

"Memorizing material for your dreams?" She asked with a soft teasing tone. He nodded slowly and leaned in and kissed her again.

"I love dreaming about your perfect naked body," he said with a sly grin.

"Any special requests for more material for you to log in that memory of yours?" she asked with a suggestive look on her face.

His expression changed to a lecherous smirk and he rolled on his back pulling her up to straddle on top of his stomach. She was close enough that he could reach up with his hands and trace her neck, running his hands up the side of her face into her hair and then pulling her down for another kiss.

She sat up after the kiss and looked lovingly down at him. "This," he said in a deep husky voice, "Having your gorgeous…" he sat up and kissed her lips then leaned back slightly again, resting his hands behind him to hold him inclined toward her, "perfect…" he leaned forward and kissed her again, "…naked body straddling me is the perfect pose for my dreams." He watched her for a moment, his eyes taking in every inch of her before he leaned forward and kissed her passionately again. "Always what I want to see every time I close my eyes," he whispered against her lips before kissing her again.

She wrapped her arms tightly around him and arched up toward him as his mouth started moving from her lips down her neck to her collar bone. She loved moments like this and couldn't help but get a bit breathless from his words and the way he would look at her. She wanted to help erase all those things that were causing his nightmares and replace them with memories like this moment. Of all the perfect moments they had together, just the two of them alone with each other. She would do anything for him to be free of all the memories from the past that caused him any pain or fear. She hoped that with more time and lots of moments like right now, that eventually it would really be possible.