"What are you packing?"
Kim was furiously trying to get dressed again and throw some clothes in a bag. They were down to five minutes before Jessica arrived and she was panicking. Adam was amused by watching her, the last twenty minutes or so had been completely unexpected and he was still catching his breath. He liked that she was a little breathless and flustered as well.
He'd been doing the dishes, Mack was asleep, her homework finished and he was looking forward to watching a game with a beer not expecting Kim home for another couple of hours. But she turned up, and turned him on in less than two minutes and they had certainly enjoyed the quickie, barely getting into the bedroom before there jeans were off, they didn't have time for anything else.
"Clothes for the weekend. I think we only need one bag."
"Hmm." Adam grinned. "Babe, you don't need clothes. We aren't leaving that room and they have robes."
"What if we go out for dinner?"
"I'll be dining on you all weekend."
Kim looked momentarily confused. He had a habit of pulling her right out of her headspace with some well-timed flirting. "Oh…. Ohhhhh." She got it. "You wanna use my body as a plate?" she wiggled her hips.
"Yeah, sure. Is that a promise?" Adam sat up quickly. "I've got a lollipop you can …."
She clapped her hand over his mouth. "Get dressed Adam, we are leaving as soon as Jessica gets here."
Kim shoved a change clothes for both of them, some underwear, a few toiletries and their phone chargers in a bag while Adam straightened the bed. She tied her hair up quickly as she heard Jessica's key in the door and dashed from the bedroom quickly.
"Hey. Hi. Thanks for doing this." She gushed nervously. It reminded Adam of when he was caught by his Mom when she came home early and he was fooling around with his girlfriend. This was her idea and she was so flustered it was cute.
"No worries. Mack's schedule on the fridge?"
Adam sauntered out of the bedroom buttoning up a clean shirt and Kim gasped a little, he didn't even try to fix his hair. He never did, he loved his JBF hair as he called it.
"Yep. We will call her in the morning." Adam grabbed the bag from Kim's hand. She was gripping it so tight he thought she might snap, apparently their quick romp had only amplified her obvious tension not relieved it. "Thanks for doing this on short notice. Have you had dinner? We can order you something, and let us know what you want tomorrow night and we will arrange it."
Kim dropped her phone suddenly and Adam roared with laughter. "I think she needs a wine and a massage." He bent down and picked up her phone, slipping it in his own pocket and checked with Jessica that they were good to go before steering Kim out the door.
He was still laughing as he opened the front door of his jeep for Kim to climb in. He leant in and kissed her quickly. "I know, I know, you are toey." He smirked and closed the door.
As soon as Adam slid into the front seat Kim rested her hand on this thigh she started to dig into it lightly. "I can't believe I'm nervous."
"About what?"
"This is all so impulsive and I am not impulsive. You are usually the rash one, but I just knew that we needed this, that I needed this." Kim rambled. "I want you to know that I see you Adam, you've done so much at home, with your Dad, Mack and I just wanted to stop and be with you, because that's when I feel the best, when I know I can be the best version of myself."
She was watching his face and saw him smiling, the kind of smile that reached his eyes and they danced and sparkled. He turned to look at his fiancé and winked. "I love you too Darlin'."
"I know. I do know that, I think I always have and it scared me for so long but it's also been the best two years of my life since I stopped being scared of being loved by you and scared of loving you."
Adam grabbed her hand and bought it to his lips, kissing her fingers softly. "Let's focus on now, and the next two nights. That's all that matters. You already said it, we are good, really good. This weekend is just the cherry on top."
"You are not mad about spending the money? It might me we cut a few people off the guest list."
"Ha, we are cutting people anyway." He ran his hand up her thigh this time and teased her. "I am happy to tell them that they were uninvited because you wanted to fuck me all weekend in a fancy hotel."
"I thought it was romantic."
Adam cocked one eye in her direction. "You want romance?"
"Some of the time, but not all of the time. I have all sorts of ideas for the next few days. Can you let me lead? I want to do this for you."
Gripping the inside of her thigh tightly "At your service, your majesty."
He whistled loudly when Kim opened the door to their room. "Sweet." They had a beautiful view over the river, a large King sized bed, they could lounge on the sofa and enjoy the view and a large tub to relax in and there was a bottle of champagne chilling in an ice bucket. "This is very nice Kim. Very nice."
"It's beautiful."
"Well you make it more beautiful." He grabbed her by the hand and pulled her into his arms. "Do I need permission to kiss you?"
"No." If the kisses at home were frenzied this one was slow and intense and Adam squatted down a little and hooked his arms around her thighs and she knew to jump and wrap her legs around his waist. Carrying her to the bed he lowered her down on the pillowy duvet and covered her body with his own. "Do you think people can see?"
Adam pushed himself up on one arm. "See what?"
"Like through the window."
"Only if they have a drone." Kim rolled her head to the side and looked out the window. "Do you want me to close the drapes?"
"Yes."
Leaping up he quickly pulled them shut and re-joined Kim on the bed. "Now, where was I?" And Kim had no qualms in showing him exactly where they were and where they were about to be. Completely naked, sweaty, slick and so in-tune with each other that words weren't even necessary. With every movement she could feel his heart beating, hear his breathing and feel his heat and strength. It cocooned her, soothed her and refilled her cup.
"How about that tub? Shall we use it?" Adam nuzzled into her neck as they came back down. It was nice to lie in the moment. The quickie at home had it's merits but enjoying the quiet afterwards hadn't been an option then as it was now.
"I'll start filling it, we need a shower first?"
"Shower sex. Girl you are determined to kill me huh?" He wrapped her hair around his fist and kissed her behind the ear. "Do your worst."
Kim giggled and pushed him away playfully. "No, I'm sweaty, you are sweaty I don't want to sit in all that sweaty muck." She patted him on the chest. "It will give you a chance to…" she nodded towards his groin. "…. Recover."
"I am not sure showering with you helps that." He flopped back on the bed as she quickly slid off and headed towards the bathroom. He heard the taps turn on and Kim re-emerged with a thick robe on and tossed the other one on the end of the bed for him. "I prefer naked right now."
"That bath is huge, it's gonna take a while. How about you pop the cork on that…" she pointed at the champagne bottle. "I might order a cheese platter, I'm starving." She settled into the large comfy sofa and tucked her feet up under her and called room service.
Adam pulled on the robe but left it open and grabbed the bottle from the ice bucket. "I am quite well fed actually."
"You had dinner with Mack."
"So not what I was talking about Babe." He popped the cork and poured two glasses. Bringing one over to Kim he leant down and gave her a long slow kiss before pulling away and handing her a glass. "To us, to this, to our forever."
He sat down beside her and turned his body, draping his arm along the back of the sofa to play with her hair. Kim leant over and closed his robe. "Was it distracting you?" Adam teased her.
"A little." She lay her head on his arm. "I already feel lighter."
Adam stroked her hair softly. "I'm glad, but just so you know, we were good. I feel like perhaps you thought we weren't."
"No, it's not that. Honestly Adam, I know we are good, I just felt a little disconnected and you've been so supportive and I couldn't do this without you, but I wanted to just stop and enjoy it and live it and be with just you for a bit." She rested a hand on his bare chest. "I love our life with Mack, she's amazing and you are an amazing Dad, I just think we need to remember that every now and then we need to be us too."
"Okay." He nodded. "Let's make a deal. We will take time to be us, on our anniversary of course, at Christmas and then each of us have one Us card to play a year, at any time we feel like we need it and we come here." He looked around the room. "This is our bolt hole."
"I like the sound of that."
"Me too." He tapped his glass to hers. "Now, how's this tub going?"
Kim checked on the tub and jumped in the shower while Adam waited for Room service. When it arrived he bought their champagne into the bathroom and jumped in shower and Kim found some music to play.
It was something they had never done, not to this extent only because they had never been in place that allowed it. Even their bathroom at home, while it had a small tub they both barely fit in it, especially Adam , he always had his knees up around his ears. This was luxury and he sighed when he slid into the warm water and stretched out.
Kim had laughed one night when Adam had had a particularly rough day at work and declared he was taking a bath to soothe his aching muscle. She had walked in and his legs were hanging over the end, his arms and shoulders were all scrunched up and he looked anything but comfortable or relaxed and the water was teetering on overflowing but it still didn't cover him. She had asked him if it was working for him and he admitted that it wasn't but he was determined to enjoy it.
He held his glass in one hand and helped Kim into the tub with the other. She lay between his legs with her back against his chest and closed her eyes. "This is heaven."
"Certainly is. Gotta say Darlin', this is almost your best idea yet."
"Almost?"
"Well, it was your idea to get me to go to therapy with you and that night… still one of the greatest nights of my life." Gently he massaged her shoulder and Kim tilted her head slightly.
"So you keep telling me."
It was quiet, the music wafted in from the bedroom, the lights of the city below glowed and they were both still and just absorbed it all. Life had been a lot lately. The year had been chaotic, from his Dad turning up and his rapid decline, to Adam being trapped underground and the Zoe case had been hard for him. Kim had tried to balance her study and subsequent promotion with her home life and it hadn't always worked. Mack was growing up so fast and they wanted to give her a childhood that she'd always remember. Dance, Soccer, skating, hockey, sleepovers kept them on their toes. Throw in the wedding planning and it was no wonder that things started to bend a little.
Kim could feel Adam's breathing even out and he suddenly dropped his glass of champagne. "Wake up Adam. I am not having you drowning a bathtub in a hotel room." Kim pinched his hand. "I do not want to call that in."
"Hmmm." He mumbled. "Sorry."
Kim climbed out first and bought over a couple of towels and he grabbed one and started drying her off while she wrapped one around his waist. He helped her into her robe and as he tightened the belt he pulled her close he kissed her sweetly as her stomach rumbled. "I need to feed you."
The cheese platter just wasn't going to be a enough and Adam ordered a BLT for Kim. He stretched out on the bed and Kim crossed her legs and he draped his arm over her leg and stroked her bare leg rhythmically while they shared the platter and drank their champagne.
"How was Bob this afternoon?"
"He was good today, Kate had been in and he actually remembered." There was always a shadow that came over his face when he talked about his Dad, the weight of his illness had settled on him and while Kate had been good about visiting him she left most of the decisions and organisation to Adam. When there was an issue, they always called him and it was taking its toll although Adam refused to step back and even if it was only for 5 minutes he stopped in every day.
"That's good. Did you move rooms?"
"Nah, he'd forgotten that and Kate loaded some movies with Florida in them so he was happy with that." Adam smiled sadly. "He asked about you today?"
Kim touched his face. "We can go see him together when they are cleaning our room tomorrow." She hadn't been in to see him for a couple of weeks, there just wasn't the time but it was another thing she wanted to make up to Adam, to be there for him with his Dad. "Take him those donuts he loves."
"Yeah. That'd be nice." Adam squeezed her leg just as room service knocked on the door and Kim offered to go grab it. She set the tray down in the middle of the bed and Adam was happy to sit back and watch her devour it. He helped himself to a few of the fries that were on the plate but he'd had dinner with Mack and they'd demolished the cheese platter. Kim held the sandwich out for Adam to take a bite.
"It's good." He nodded.
Kim offered him the rest of the sandwich she couldn't finish and he shook his head. "I need to keep my body svelte, I'm getting married soon to the hottest chick on the friggin' planet., I don't want to embarrass her."
"Wise. I hear she is awesome."
He ran his hand up under her robe and Kim let out a cute yelp. "Best lay I've ever had."
"You wanna get laid right now?"
"Yes."
Kim grabbed the tray and put it on the floor beside the bed before she climbed onto his lap. They didn't even bother taking the robes off, it was almost like a little clandestine screw where you were worried that you might get caught. It felt light and fun and they were happy to toss the robes off and curl around each other to sleep in the huge bed.
They slept soundly, probably the best sleep they'd had for months. They weren't listening out for their phones, or Mack or the few times they'd been woken up by Bob coming into their room in the middle of the night or suddenly hearing him wandering around the house.
It wasn't until that was all taken away you didn't actually realise how it was affecting your life, it was almost ten when they woke. Kim stirred first and stretched her limbs and cuddled into Adam, kissing his chest as she nestled her head into the crook of his neck. Adam didn't even open his eyes but his arm pulled her closer so she knew he was waking up. "It's late." Kim muttered.
"Hmmm. Good sleep. This bed is insane."
"I don't think it would even fit in our bedroom." Her hand circled on his chest and then started to head south.
"Where you goin' Babe?"
"I think there is something down here that will make me have a very good morning." Kim kissed his neck. "And we've missed breakfast."
They had barely got started when they heard a knock on the door for Room service. Kim leapt out of bed, much to Adam's discomfort and quickly grabbed her robe and answered the door. She skipped back and told Adam he needed to get up which he only agreed to do if she joined him.
"I said we'd be out of here in half an hour."
"We got it done in twenty minutes last night." Adam shrugged and headed towards the bathroom completely naked. "And we had clothes on so that slowed us down. It will take me no time at all to get through that robe, so chop chop Burgess. I am not doing this shower sex thing on my own." He wiggled his fingers at her. "That's your job now. Mrs Palmer has retired."
Kim chuckled and invited Mrs Palmer to un-retire while she was following him into the shower. She quickly had him backed up against the wall and was finishing what she started in bed. At some point this weekend they were going to slow down but not right now.
It was nice to get out of their room and the hotel. It was rare that they were able to walk hand in hand along the river and found somewhere to eat a late breakfast before heading back to grab their car and head over to visit Bob.
He wasn't doing as well today and kept calling Kim by his ex-wife's name and asked Adam not to bring his mother again. Kim watched Adam closely and he did his best to hide the pain it was causing him but she knew him too well and now that she had tuned back into their life and into Adam it was hard to miss.
"Don't touch him." Bob snapped at Kim and slapped her hand away from Adam's leg where she was resting it. "You are not a good mother."
"Dad. This is Kim, remember, we are getting married soon. This is Makayla's mom."
"Of course I remember." Bob snapped back. "I am not an idiot."
Kim saw the pained twitch on Adam's face and his eyes glazed a little. "Okay Dad. I know."
"I went to a crime scene yesterday. Someone shot up a diner." Bob rambled. He still read the news every day and watched the bulletins on TV each night. "I think it's the husband. It's always the husband. You should get them to look into it."
"I will Dad." Adam nodded and it even bought a tear to Kim's eyes. Adam hadn't told her how quickly Bob had deteriorated. He always told her that 'he'd had a good day, we had a good chat or that he was a little confused today.' Seeing him today though she realised that Adam had been trying not to worry her and her heart broke a little. She wasn't going to let that happen again.
"Bye Kim, don't forget to bring Mack next time." Bob hugged her when they left. Alzheimer's was cruel.
Adam held Kim's hand tightly as they walked back to the car but said nothing and she let him stay in his own mind for a few minutes. He exhaled heavily when they got into the car and turned to Kim and the glassiness in his eyes rolled down his cheeks.
She slid her hand behind his neck as they sat in the carpark. The sun was shining, it was a beautiful day but it felt grey and miserable all of a sudden. "Hey, I'm sorry."
"Sorry for what?" Adam didn't understand.
"Not being here for you as much as I should've been. I don't want you to feel like you need to hide this from me, I'm sorry for making it feel like you should."
"You were busy." He shrugged. "You had things going on and you know, we are a team. Ebbs and flows."
"I should never make you feel like I am too busy for you, and for this. I'm sorry Adam, for all that and for your Dad."
He waved his hand out the window when someone honked their horn because he was taking too long to back out and free up the parking space. "I appreciate it, and I think you've made it up to me over the past what.. " He glanced at the clock. "Eighteen hours." He reversed out. "You know what I feel like? A nice glass of red somewhere quiet."
"Perfect." Kim squeezed the back of his neck. "As long as it's somewhere we've never been before. I think that should be part of our thing too."
He looked curious and Kim explained that while they were now agreeing on their 'escape' plans that she thought it might be good to explore new things at the same time. For so long they fell into the easy routine of going to places they'd always been because it was easy and comfortable and she felt that it had seeped into their everyday lives, doing what was easy and they needed to get out of that habit.
'We are getting married." Kim declared.
"Yes, but not at The Langham."
She slapped his chest playfully, he'd admitted last night that he actually thought for a hot second Kim had arranged for them to elope.
"I just want to make sure we don't just become a little too much like a boring old married couple."
"Being married to me won't bore you, I promise."
They parked the car back at the hotel, asked the Concierge for a recommendation and found a little bar with a dark corner, comfy couch and a nice wine list and shared a bottle of wine lost in their own world. They made some decisions about the guest list and all the little details that the Wedding Planner kept sending them.
"You know what's been nice." Kim stretched out on top of Adam as he crashed on the bed when they got back to their room.
He ran his hand up and down her spine. He felt a little buzzed and relaxed. "Hmmm. What's that?"
"No cases, no work, no phone-calls."
"I texted Voight and told him we were off-duty all weekend… and I am working the next two weekends."
Kim kissed his nose. "Thank you." He smiled even though his eyes were closed. "We are going to have a nap aren't we?"
"I think so."
Kim slid off to the side, curled into a ball and Adam wrapped himself around her and she woke when her phone rang. They'd been asleep for a couple of hours as the room was starting to darken. It was the perfect time, the view was spectacular and they had missed it last night as they checked in later.
Mack filled them in on her day, in minute detail. She loved to talk and missed her parents but was happy when Kim explained to her that they were spending some time organising their wedding and being together without work and being nice to each other. Adam was amused at how verbose Kim was trying to get Mack to understand why they weren't home.
"You did everything but tell her we were on a dirty weekend." Adam laughed when they finally hung up. "So I think we should, you know…" he nibbled on her ear as his hand slipped under her shirt. "…get dirty."
"I sounded crazy didn't I?" Her hands were on his belt buckle already and she made short work of it. She had his jeans un-buttoned and the zip down within seconds. "
Stop Adam." She muttered against his mouth as he fumbled with her bra before stopping suddenly and grabbing his arms and holding his hands above his head.
"Is this what I think it is?"
Kim sucked his bottom lip and nipped it lightly. "You are going to let me take charge." It wasn't even a request or a suggestion, it was a demand.
"Yes Ma'am." He relented instantly. This was one of his favorite versions of horny Kim. He struggled to give in completely to her dominance, not that he didn't like it, it was just hard to not get physically involved in sex with her. He loved to touch, and kiss and feel his way through it. It was always worth it in the end though.
Kim made him sit up so she could remove his shirt and tossed it across the room and pushed him lightly in the chest so he fell back on the bed. "You gonna get the rest?" He asked.
"I'm doing what I want, not you." Kim smirked as she ran her hand over his chest and grabbed at the open zip on his jeans, tugging them lightly and having the desired impact on him and he shifted uncomfortably. "Bit cramped in there baby?" Kim giggled as she bent down and kissed his lower stomach and nipped his skin. "This is no quickie. I wish I'd bought my cuffs."
"I promise to behave."
Kim stepped back from the bed and out of Adam's reach and slowly stripped off her clothes while she danced seductively. As she stepped towards the bed again she pulled off the rest of Adam's clothes and then instructed him to roll over onto his stomach and then straddled his back and started kneading his shoulders. "You feel tense."
"Well I'm full mast, you are naked."
Kim ran her hands up his back and through his hair as she slipped her tongue into his ear. He could feel her breast on his shoulders and her warmth spreading across his lower back. He shifted his hips slightly to make it more comfortable for himself although Kim didn't let him move too far. "What's up Baby." She whispered in his ear, her breath tickled his cheek. "You don't like this?"
"Oh you know I love it." Adam reached his free one around, Kim was holding the other one above his head and grabbed her thigh. "And I love you more than you love me?"
"Nah." She ran her forefinger down his spine. "That's like more than humanly possible."
"Yep."
Kim kissed her way down his back and worked her way off the bed and then asked him to roll over. Things were about to get more willing, because one thing they both knew was that Kim had nerves of steel and a will that couldn't be bent and Adam had zero impulse control.
She stood a little away from him and swung her hips while he propped himself up against his elbows to watch. "Those hips, those legs, you are killing me."
Kim laughed and placed one foot on his thigh and continued to sway as Adam grabbed her ankle and pulled on it so that Kim had no choice but to lunge forward and she balanced herself with her hands either side of his torso. "Not so fast big boy."
"Big Boy?"
Kim looked down at his groin and smiled. "Oh yeah."
Adam shuffled back a little at Kim's instructions and she climbed on top and straddled him, sitting on his lower abdomen. "Cruel." He groaned while Kim grabbed his hands and placed them on her breasts. "I love these."
Bending forward she placed her elbows on the bed beside his head and tangled both her hands in his hair. She could feel him how tense he was, his body was rigid, his muscle taut as he was waiting for the moment he could indulge. Kim covered his hands with hers as he massaged her breasts and when she wrapped her hands around his wrists and made him let go. "You are killing me." He groaned.
"I know." Kim let go of his hands and sat back a little, just in the right spot that had him pressing into her groin but not close enough to his prize. "I think I might take a shower."
"With me?"
"You can watch."
Adam scoffed at her, he rolled over onto his side and propped himself up on his elbow. Two could play this game. "Yeah, nah. I'll stay here. You won't last two minutes in there alone. You want me as much as I want you. I could feel it. Your tells are as obvious as mine."
Kim shook her head, her eyes danced and she couldn't help but smile. "Really?"
Adam whimpered a little as she turned to walk away, swinging back around she ran her hand up his leg and Adam did the one thing that always made either of them stop the game. He hooked one of her fingers with his and just held her gaze and she melted.
She mounted him, slid onto him in one swift movement that made them both gasp and the jig was up and it was on. Hot, wild, loud, sweaty and passionate. Kim could feel Adam's heart racing as she lay her head on his chest and he ran his hands up and down her back as her breathing slowed. "Still feel like that shower?"
They showered together and it was just enjoying being in the same space before they headed out for a quick dinner. They found a little Italian restaurant and shared some pasta and a bottle of red wine and enjoyed behaving like they were on date early in a relationship, not ten years of building up to this comfortable existence. The road behind them wasn't always well maintained, they'd hit pot holes along the way and they were sure there would be some bumps in the future but right now it was just open road and a smooth ride.
When Kim snuggled into his side when they climbed into bed Adam pulled her tight and kissed the top of her head. "Thank you."
"For what?"
"All this, I didn't think we needed this, but you know what, we did." She turned her head and looked up at him and Adam pressed his lips to hers. "So thank you for taking care of me."
"Us, we are an us now."
