It was a good thing Lucas was off early from work. Now he could actually pick up the package which Rose had forgotten to bring to the climbing hall. It wasn't the first time she had managed to leave something behind. Why she still had stuff delivered at home instead of the climbing hall was one big mystery to everyone working there but in the end, it had always worked out.

He frowned as he stood before the door to her apartment and faint music could be heard from the other side. It had to be pretty loud but it wasn't the typical music Rose or Steffen listened to. Knocking probably wouldn't work and the doorbell was broken, so Lucas opted to use the key he had gotten from his ex to enter her place.

The music changed. The low earthy beats fading out and low guitar picking started. He knew this song. In the song, clapping started just before a male voice started singing. This definitely was not something the inhabitants of the place listened to but he knew exactly who did. As the male voice continues, a female voice joined from the kitchen. Completely out of tune and missing the rhythm.

You gotta know, I'm feeling love
Made of gold, I never loved a
Another one, another you

It's gotta be love I said it

Normally he would complain the instant he heard her trying to sing but he felt himself being frozen to the ground. Chet Faker. Gold. He had never heard of the song before Azura had come to live with him and the more she had played it, the more he had grown to like it. Her music taste had been the strangest of everyone he knew. Ranging from dance music to classical music and completely insane experimental stuff.

The moment the beat joined in he shook himself loose and silently closed the door behind him. He should walk away, he knew he had to before something would happen and yet he found himself stepping further inside.

You could be the one for me!

Her voice reached up higher but she was completely off-key. She still couldn't sing but he forgave her the moment he glanced into the kitchen. It had only been two weeks since she left but it felt like a lifetime. Swaying her hips from side to side, he was mesmerized as she seemed engrossed into dancing, what seemed to be a pie, into the oven. Black hair swung around her head, shorter than it usually was. It made his heart skip a beat to see her, so free, so relaxed. This was how he wanted to see her always.

Every

Single

Day.

Things seemed to play out in slow motion. Her swinging to the music, her horrible singing. It was something he could not look away from. The pie went in the oven and with her foot, she kicked the oven shut.

He should've walked away the moment he had the chance.

Azura spun around, almost tripping over her own feet as she caught sight of him. He muscles went rigid, her sparkling blue eyes became like ice, freezing his own body to the spot he was standing in. Suddenly the music seemed to draw to the background as Gold finished playing and the next song started.

His lip twitched as the irony of the song caught up to him. It was so ridiculous he almost expected someone to have started it on purpose but the woman before him, her whole posture betrayed it was not. Drawn to you from Woodkid.

"Lucas? What the fuck are you doing here?"

But my brain is so drawn to you
So drawn to you

"Me?" He breathed, trying to ignore the lyrics which seemed to drill into his head. "I should ask you the same question." Still frozen to the ground, he was fighting himself to do something.

All he wanted to do was rush towards her, embrace her, and inhale her amazing scent. He wanted to bury his head in her head, feel her hands on his body and her heat radiating towards him. This whole situation never should've happened. This break was the stupidest decision ever but he knew there had been no other choice. He couldn't control himself, couldn't control that other side of him that Marric had created. Yet the urge to hurt her seemed to stay away this time. The urge to kill or hurt anyone for that matter had subsided ever since Steffen had gently fried his brains.

"It's Rose's birthday tomorrow. I wanted to surprise her." She clutched the countertop with her hands as she rested her backside against it. Lucas couldn't help but notice the giant knife that was mere centimeters away from her fingertips.

She was expecting him to attack.

"Right..." He replied, trying to sound as casual as possible.

No headache. No urge to do anything but feel her in his arms. Could he really trust himself again to come close to her? More important, would she let him?

"I just came over to pick up a package she needed at work." He glanced towards the box that stood just within her field of vision.

"I miss you." She spoke so softly he had no idea if he had heard it right.

Lucas's eyes grew wide as his head jerked back to her again. Before he even realized he was moving, his feet had taken three steps closer but he froze the moment she grasped the hilt of the knife. She was one big contradiction. Her eyes pleaded for him to come closer while the rest of her body was on full alert.

"I miss you too." He finally managed to croak out in reply.

Shoulders relaxed, fingers released the knife and a small sigh of relief escaped her lips as they slightly curled up in the corners. He took another step closer, observing her but she didn't flinch or went for the knife again. That's when he knew she was not scared of him hurting her. She never had been. She had been scared of having to hurt him if things would go awry.

Taking a deep breath, he straightened his back and smiled at her back. He was in control this time. Full control and he hoped she could see that.

Lucas stopped before her, gazing into her blue eyes. He brought his hand to her face and gently stroked her cheek while he carefully nudged the knife out of her reach. He wanted to say so much, but words could not convey the message he wanted to bring across. So instead, he hoped his actions would.

She leaned into his hand and closed her eyes as she softly traced the outside of his hand with her fingertips. His heart seemed to skip another couple of beats as she accepted him. It was as if he was touching her again for the first time. He could feel the tension between them rise but it was a good kind. As if they were rediscovering each other again.

He placed his forehead against hers and his hand moved to the back of her head, keeping her in place while he softly massaged her scalp. She held him tight in return; either lovingly or ready to attack he could not tell. Her nails scraped the back of his neck and while she had done that before, he was aware of the fact she could do some serious damage with that hand alone. Trying to get rid of those thoughts from his head he spoke the first words that came to mind.

"I love you."

Her eyes fluttered open and he felt her tense up for a slight moment as he said the words. He meant it, all of it. He loved her and this stupid break between them was not working at all. He yearned for her to be his again.

"What? What did you say?" hands balled against his chest with the fabric of his coat caught tight in them. Her face was full of question marks, eyes fluttering across his face as if looking to catch him lying.

"I love you." He repeated, stronger now.

It had felt weird to say it out loud the first time but it was already feeling normal the second time. It was something he had never said to anyone else and when he had first uttered it, it had been in a spur of the moment. But it was true. And she deserved to know.

For a moment he felt her hesitation as the muscles and her hands tightened themselves before she relaxed completely. Dropping all walls she had built up, Azura circled her arms around his body and pressed her lips to his in a starved, long kiss. It started slow but deepened and became needier the longer their lips were locked together. He couldn't help but hum in approval of her complete surrender to him which in turn made her giggle and forced them apart. Seizing the moment to take a deep breather, he took her hand in his own, drawing circles in the palm of her hand.

"I love you too, Baby Spice." A chuckle left her lips at the mention of that stupid nickname she had given him when they had been on the road to Greenwood. He couldn't help but laugh but did his best to hide it.

"Don't push it, Firestarter. Or should I say little miss Sunshine?" She didn't answer but the naughty glint in her eyes said it all. He knew that look all too well. "No! No, no no! We don't have time for this! Rose is waiting for this parcel!"

He stepped back although it was the hardest thing he had to do in life. He could smell it, her growing arousal. Her need for him was heavy in the air already and he was reacting to it like some crazed horn dog. The wicked smile on her face grew bigger as she dragged the zipper of her cardigan down tantalizingly slow.

"You're killing me here..." he said while keeping her at arm's length.

Pretending not to hear him, she fully opened her vest exposing her naked skin. No bra, no shirt, nothing except her pale skin.

"You're off work right?* she asked to which he just nodded while gulping. "Just tell her you got distracted."

As she finished the sentence she took the garment off completely, dropping it to the floor leaving her naked from the waist up. Lucas bit his lip as he stared at her. Eyes wandered down from her face to her tainted shoulder to her perky small breasts. He had lost the battle from the moment he had seen her dance.

"She'll know. She'll have my head, and yours." As he spoke he had to readjust his growing erection in his pants.

A grin spread on her face. "Take a shower, drink a beer afterward, say you went to the pub. You know she doesn't use her nose too often."

The half-naked woman stepped closer, pressing herself against him knowing all too well he wouldn't resist. There were no more hesitations, no more walls, nothing holding them back. She kissed his neck a few times, moving up slowly till her lips were right next to his ear.

"I need you, Lucas. I need to know this is real." Her voice cracked slightly.

He took a big whiff of her scent as his nose buried itself in the small of her neck. "This is real." He whispered back. "I'm all yours."

"Then why the hell are you still wearing all of your clothes including your coat?!"

"Why the hell weren't you wearing a bra?" He straight up asked in return.

"It's No-Bra day! For me at least-"

Smothering her words with a kiss was his way of saying he had enough of talking. Too surprised to react at first, she quickly recovered and joined in. While she tried to set the pace and intensity of the kiss he kept it slow and superficial, teasing her as much as possible even though it went against everything he wanted to do himself. In the end, he gave in, opening his mouth their tongues found each other. The muffled moan that came from her sparked the fire inside him even more and the need to adjust himself inside his pants rose once more. Azura broke the kiss first, panting slightly. She was glowing, red flakes danced in her lust-filled eyes.

"Bedroom now!" She demanded as she grabbed hold of his coat started dragging him along.

The music had changed again, yet instead of a calm and nice song, it was now Amon Tobin's - Esther's that filled the room. The strange music was something he had never learned to appreciate. Azura stopped, took her phone out of her pocket, and stopped the music before he could even complain. Tossing her phone to the side, she took hold of him again and ushered him to the spare bedroom.

Once inside, he wrapped his arms around her as she initiated another heated kiss. Letting her set the tempo of the kiss. It was fast and needy and he couldn't help but tease her a bit by forcing her to slow down and pretending not to understand what she was aiming for. Finally, she pushed herself off of him and stood at the end of the bed, her hand resting on her hip. Lucas placed his hands behind his head as he quietly observed her with a teasing smile on his face.

"I hate you, you know that?" She couldn't hide the small smile that was playing on her lips as she said it.

"Good. I wouldn't want it any other way, Firestarter." He spoke while starting to take off his coat. He winked at her trying to look as sexy as possible but ended up struggling with one of his arms trying to get out of the coat.

Azura watched him struggle a bit before she burst out laughing.

"That's karma for you right there! Now hurry up and get those clothes off or do I need to help?" She proceeded to take off her own pants making Lucas stop and watch her as she stood before him in only her black hipster briefs. He had missed her body and now that she was here and within reach he felt complete again.

She was glowing, a mischievous smiled dance on her lips as she pulled down her underwear exposing herself completely for him. His eyes moved from her face down the curves of her shoulders to her small perky breasts which he had actually missed more than he'd like to admit. From there he went down, moving past her scar and belly button to her small curved hips, and to the line of curly hair on her mound. His gaze moved down more to her toned and strong legs and slowly moved up again until they rested back on her face. He had seen her so many times, had explored her body so often, but now it was as if he saw her again for the first time. He gulped and licked his lips as he caught himself staring.

Shaking his head a little, he quickly discarded the rest of the clothes, baring his torso. Not giving him any time to even attempt taking off his own jeans, Azura pushed him on the bed and crawled onto it next to him placing her hand over his erection. "Looks like something wants to come out and play."

She gave him a small squeeze and a quick peck on his lips as she began to unbutton his pants. Her hands traveled down his hard-on on top of his jeans from time to time making him lie back down and let out a small moan every time she did. It hadn't been too long since they decided to break up temporarily, but it had been long enough for him to really miss the physical contact.

"Azu?" Lucas propped himself up on his elbows after a minute when she was starting to make some frustrating noises. "You still haven't unbuttoned my jeans?" He smiled as he spoke up, amused by her tries to unbutton all five of the buttons on his jeans. Azura stopped and grunted as she came to realize she would not be able to open it.

"Seriously, dude. This day of all days you decided to wear these pants?! I should burn them." She huffed and laid down next to him. Lucas slowly let his hands travel across her chest and gently massaged her breasts giving extra attention to her nipples.

"Hey, if I had known you were back and that we would end up here I would have worn a different pair just for you." He chuckled as his hands slowly moved around on her body, going lower and lower. Her stomach muscles contracted making her emit a squeal as his fingertips grazed the oversensitive skin of her mound.

"Right, on that high-pitched note of yours," Lucas retracted his hands and got up from the bed, and unbuttoned his jeans. It felt like freedom as the pants were not really comfortable when he had an erection like this. "This is what you wanted right?"

He had stripped down completely, smirking as she took him in from head to toe as he had done with her. She licked her lips in anticipation and opened her arms to him.

"Yep. That's what I wanted and exactly what I need. Now get your sexy ass over here!" Her eyes were glistening with pure pleasure and lust as she moved her hand between her thighs. Lucas gulped as two of her fingers slid between her slick folds while she winked at him.

She was playing a dangerous game and he loved it. when she removed her fingers he could see them glistening with her fluids. Her fingers with that needy look in her eyes fueled his own lust and need for her so bad he shut down his common sense and acted on instinct.

As Azura patted on the empty spot next to her, Lucas jumped. He landed exactly where she had wanted him to be but the loud crack of the bed was followed by a deafening silence as green eyes met blue before they both erupted into a burst of heavy laughter.

Lucas felt the mattress give way under his weight and he knew he had wrecked the bed by that stupid action. As much as he wanted to care, he didn't though as he felt the warm presence of Azura's naked body next to him. Her arousal was driving him mad and after the worst of their laughing was over she took him by the arm, pulling him on top of her.

"It's no longer safe on that side of the bed, Lucas. You might need to stay right..." She gasped as Lucas positioned himself before her entrance and thrust into her without warning. She was more than ready alright.

He savored the feeling of being inside of her again, her walls clenching around his erection, her small moans as he immediately starting thrusting into her, the way her eyes rolled back as he hit the right spot, and the way she folded her legs around his waist and how her hips pushed back in the same rhythm.

He kissed her, let his tongue roll on her lips as she returned the kiss and opened her mouth. Their tongues found each other and he deepened the kiss as he felt his release building deep within. too soon. He needed to stall.

Lucas broke off the kiss and dug his nose in the crook of where her neck met her shoulder. He softly nipped at her skin before he kissed it making her emit small gasping sounds mixed with surprise moans as he started thrusting out of rhythm.

"I love you," He couldn't help but pant in between the words as he spoke them softly in her ear. "but we... need to buy Rose... a new bed."

As he spoke he managed to create a little distance between them as he moved his hand down between their bodies to her core. His distraction had worked as she stared at him confused and amused for a moment before his finger found her clit. It had the desired effect he had hoped for.

"Oh my God! I hate you!" Her head dropped back to the mattress, her body convulsed as he softly traced circles around her most sensitive spot while sometimes touching it.

He had stopped moving as she was now wriggling so much under his touch he couldn't even move if he wanted to. She was close, he felt her walls clench around him at a rapid pace as she clutched the blankets tightly and arched her back to him. Not only was she close to her release, but he was too, especially after seeing her like this. Her flushed face, her body going in overdrive, and her uncontrolled moans. It did not last long before the orgasm ripped through her. Her whole body convulsed as her breathing hitched for a moment. He felt her inner muscles contract over and over again sending him even closer to his peak.

"I fucking love you, you jackass." She still had her eyes closed as he let her body relax after her orgasm. Her voice sounded so hoarse right now and it turned him on even more if that was even possible.

"First you hate me," Lucas starting thrusting into her again making her squeal in delight. "and then you love me." He felt his own release coming as he picked up the pace. "Can you make up your mind already?!"

His release washed over him.

Lucas buried his face in the side of her neck again as he felt waves of pleasure wash over him. Azura latched onto him, digging her nails in his back, pressing herself against him as tight as possible.

He had no idea how long he lay still on top of her letting his heartbeat calm down again in sync with hers. He felt her nails softly grazing on his back and that brought him back to the actual moment. He was in Rose's apartment, in her spare bedroom with the woman he didn't want to be without anymore. He looked down at Azura's smiling face, her bright blue eyes, and her black hair which sprawled in all directions on the pillow. She moved one of her hands through his hair and gently moved through his beard as she examined his face closely with a satisfied smile.

"Lucas... I don't know who needed who more, You or me but I'm damn glad it happened! Also, I love having you on top of me, but you are getting a tad heavy." She chuckled gently as he stroked her body. "We probably should get decent before Rose gets home though... And, Lucas?

Lucas pressed himself up, easing his weight off her body but kept her trapped underneath still. He gently moved in kissing her lips leaving her unable to finish her sentence. He couldn't help himself, it was just so great to have her with him again he just had to taste her lips to remind himself she was real.

"Lucas! Cut it out!" She playfully flicked his ear. "What I was going to ask you... I need to know if I can trust you. I need to know if you had any fallbacks..."

She carefully cupped his face and brushed her thumb through his beard as she examined him earnestly. Lucas sighed and placed his forehead against hers as a sign of trust.

"I had one, two days after you left." He paused as he closed his eyes remembering the moment he had relapsed and actually wanted to go after Rose. "Steffen stopped me. He... basically used his energy powers to zap my brain. Like... a soft reset."

"So, I gave you a hard reset?" She replied. He entangled his hand in her hair, keeping their foreheads touch together.

"Yeah, I would like to think of it that way instead of just bluntly saying you killed me." He smiled as she poked him between the ribs. "But really, Steffen actually managed to knock me out of it and I believe it was just the kicker needed to prevent it from happening again. I haven't felt more in control ever since you... pulled a hard reset on me."

Azura stayed silent for a moment and placed a kiss on his nose before breaking the contact between them.

"We need to get decent before Rose comes back. I'll see you tonight. I'll be late but please wait for me."

She flashed him a smile as she pushed Lucas off her body. He quickly got to his feet happily knowing the true meaning behind her words. He just wanted to hear her say it.

"So, what you're trying to say is that you'll stay with me again tonight?"

"Yes." She gave him a small nod and a playful wink. "I don't think I could've stayed away anyway. I'm willing to take the risk."