Meredith grabbed her own two boxes, and brought them with her into the living room and set them down on the coffee table next to Tyler's."You go first," she pushed them towards him. "I wanna see your face when you open it.""If you insist," he gave her an indulgent smile as he reached for the smaller of the two."You sure you wanna open the smaller one first? I think I'd go for the bigger one. More stuff," she teased."It's not about the size," his voice was confident as he pushed his fingers through the wrapping paper. He was still hesitant to open gifts since he'd never really gotten any before he and Meredith were together. "It's about what's on the inside."She held her breath as he opened it, his eyes widening as he saw what lay inside."Mer…" he started to speak, but nothing came out."Jessica took it when she was messing around with the camera Layne got her over the summer. Do you remember? She was metering light or whatever?"He did remember. Turning it around

Rooster yawned so wide his jaw popped as he made his way along the backroads of Warren County. Glancing at the dashboard, he shook his head and rubbed his eyes as he saw the green numbers flash two AM. It had been a long fucking day, and he was going to have to get up and do it again tomorrow. In five hours to be exact.That was okay though; he didn't mind working hard for his family. Didn't mind how his knees ached from standing, how his head hurt from the loud noises of everyone talking around him, how his stomach clenched because he hadn't eaten dinner before he left. He would do it for Roni and Carter. He would kill himself with the hours he was keeping before he gave up and let them feel like he wasn't taking care of them.But Lord, he was tired. Tired as hell. One more week, he kept telling himself. One more week and Christmas would be over, the security gigs would be done and then things could go back to normal. Tightening his grip on the steering wheel, he tried to think ab

"You should have told me you had a cop fantasy," Rooster teased as they lay in bed that morning. Both of them had called in sick to work and dropped Carter off at daycare so they could have the day to themselves. The first thing they'd done was come back and relax under their warm comforter.She snorted, rolling over so she could face him. "I wouldn't exactly call it a cop fantasy per se. It's just always been a fantasy of you losing that firm grip you always have on your control."He chose to ignore what she said, because nothing could ever change who he was, and how he conducted himself. He'd had to keep a firm grip on himself for most of his life to make it through what he'd been through."What time do we have to go get Carter?" he asked, as he glanced at the ceiling, seeing the time on their projection clock."About three, so we have a few hours," she told him, yawning. "I'm so tired. I don't know how you've been keeping this work schedule you've been doing.""I'm doing i

Drew Walker had never been so bored in his life. Business shindigs weren't his thing, but they meant a lot to Charity and her law firm. Here, he couldn't wear his cut, couldn't show most of the tattoos he had, and he had to pretend like he'd never done anything wrong.It all made him feel claustrophobic, but he'd do it for Charity. There wasn't really anyone here for him to speak with, no one here who pretended to be friendly with him, but that was okay. He was doing a great job holding up the bar. Especially after Steele and Christine had cut out an hour ago. He checked his watch and let his gaze roam the room for his wife.For the first time he noticed that the room they were in was nauseating in its Christmas cheer. It looked like a giant Christmas present. He and Charity had already done the exchanging of gifts, back in November. He had to smile, they'd never been good at hiding gifts from one another. Usually they flat out told each other what they were getting the other. It h

Charity was so fucking tight on his finger he was afraid he was going to come before he even got his cock near her. She was so ripe for this, so ready, and he wanted to be the one to give it to her. He could feel the way her body was strung tight like a bow.He was the same way, if truth be told. He wanted to make her scream, wanted to make her hoarse and he wanted to hear it. He didn't want her having to hold anything in fear of waking someone up in their household. It was one of the major things he'd been missing since they'd become parents. Their lives hadn't revolved around this and they'd had to learn other ways to connect but it was a huge part of their relationship. While he loved her and it didn't matter to him how he connected with her, he was honest enough to admit that he'd missed this.Without thinking about it, he was shoving himself against the mattress, grinding against the cool sheets. God, it felt good to grind his hot cock against them, and to have his mouth on he