Laura stood beside her sleeping husband. Watching him with his hot coffee in her hands and her head tilted. "Puppy. Wake up." She said using her free hand to nudge his muscular body. He groaned and opened his eyes to look at his wife.

"Heey. What's up Babe?" He asked with a deeper and sleepy voice. She reached out and took his hand. "Come to the kitchen with me. I need my sit down time." She said. Sit down time was something that her therapist is having her do. When her emotion gets to high and she wants to just end things.

But today she just wanted to vent. Not cause she wanted to end things. Just wanted to get her anger out. So she gave him a smile to tell him it wasn't something really bad. "Are you ok?" He asked. She nodded giving his wrist a tug.

She went out to the kitchen and told him to have a seat. He sat, and she started making him his coffee. "Are we pregnant baby?" He asked cautiously. She looked at him. "Baby. Calm down." She ordered softly as she handed him his coffee.

"I had a bad shift last night and I want to talk about it is all." Laura told him. Her husband nodded and took his coffee. He sipped it and watched her to let her know he was ready to listen to what she needed to rant about.

Laura sat down in front of Shadow, putting one leg up on the seat.

She started telling him about how she keeps told her boss that they needed to improve the security of the building, it was to easy to rob. "I mean they don't even change the codes and shit when they fire someone. So someone who quits or is fired can just come back with no problem and do whatever the fuck they want." She ranted.

Shadow knew that his wife hated her job, hated her employer, hated the customers, and hated most of her coworkers. She was the youngest female there so she was treated differently. It didn't help that she was a very attractive woman as well.

Laura started telling him how easy it would be to rob the place. Every step that one could take to do it. She was just ranting of course, unaware of the plans in her husbands mind.

"I'm just not happy with how I'm living." She admitted. He frowned. "Do you still love me Laura?" He asked her. She looked at him shocked. "Of course I still love you Puppy. But I'm just not happy." She said.

He couldn't hold that against her. She's clinically depressed, and has been trying to keep herself happy.

"I mean we hardly see each other. You work days, and I work nights. So we are asleep when each other gets home. And... I'm trying." She said. He went over to her, getting down to her level and stroking her face. "I know you're trying, and I'm so proud of how much better you have become. We all can see how well you've gotten. Just keep pushing threw baby. I promise that I'm going to help you threw this." He promised.

She looked at him with the big green eyes he loved so much. She nodded. "Ok. Just for you." She whispered, making him smile and nod. He leaned in, and she met him half way to kiss him.

The crow at the window watching the couple flew off to go to it's master, and the man with the crow shook his head walking away.

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Laura was sick with a stomach bug and had to take off work for a week to make sure she was cleared of it before going into work again. Shadow was by her side the entire time, Audrey kept coming over to help as well since she was a nurse.

While Audrey was over, Shadow decided it was time. His plan was simple. Break in, steal just a bit, give it to some homeless person on the street and get home. Then Laura will be listened to at her work. It was simple right? And for a good cause.

Her boss was an asshole anyway who deserves hell.

So he kissed his wife's sweaty head, told her he loved her, he got an I love you in return, and he left to do this.

All for his Laura.

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Laura sat in the waiting area of the prison. Robbie gave her a ride since she was still weening on the meds for the stomach flu she had, and wasn't allowed to drive. She heard her name being called and she followed the guard to a room where there was tables and benches. She saw Shadow waiting for her.

She walked over to it and sat down. He had his head down shamefully. Like a puppy who was in huge trouble. And he was in huge trouble.

"Why?" She asked looking at him. He looked up at her. "I was doing it for you. I was only going to take a little bit, give it away, and come home, then you would be listened to by that asshole boss of yours." He said.

"You used my plan?" When she saw him nod she kept talking. "How did you get caught?" She asked him. He shook his head. "I don't know. It was all going as I planed and then all of a sudden things happened and I don't know how." Shadow told her.

She rubbed his hand. "Eat your food Puppy." She said softly, rubbing her thumb over his hand. He started eating the lunch that he was forced to bring in. She sat there watching him. He had promised to not steal anymore. She didn't want that in her life or his cause he didn't need to anymore.

But she was conflicted. He did it to help her. If she had ranted to Audrey instead of Shadow, he wouldn't be locked up. This was all her fault.

"I'm going to tell them it was my plan." Laura told him. Shadow's head shot up. "No. No you're not. You will tell them nothing. You had nothing to do with this." He said. She shook her head. "It was my plan, I told you everything. So in a way I did have a part in this." She told him.

"I did this on my own. And that is how it's going to stay." He told his wife firmly. She played with her visitor pass as she nodded. "You'll wait for me right?" He asked worriedly. Laura looked at him, and nodded. "I promise." She swore.

If only things could be better again.