(No judging me. First try for a touch of smut in this story)

Tessa groaned when Daniel pulled away from her, trying to reach out and grab hold of his jacket lapels to keep him in place, but failed when he sat up, straddling her lap. There was a dark and hungry look in his eyes as his breathing began to labor and his lips had swollen from how Tessa had bit into his lower lip.

"Come here," His voice was rougher and had gone deeper with his desire as it had a pleasurable shiver go down her back.

Reaching out to him, he picked her off the floor and into his arms before taking her up the stairs. Placing gentle kisses on her cheek and forehead as she relished in the drag of his lips against her skin.

Entering the room, he closed the door with the heel of his foot before placing her on his bed, Tessa wrapping her arms around his neck and bringing him back to place her lips against his. Never having realized how much she had wanted this. He tasted like bitter coffee and mint toffee which always keeps in his pocket. Humming at the feel of his warm hands against her side.

Daniel pulled away to press his forehead to hers, Tessa taking this moment to revel in the way his warmth and cologne engulfed her.

"Are you sure?" He murmured gently, caressing her jaw with the pad of his thumb.

"Hmm?"

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Daniel opened his eyes and met her pale blue eyes as she comprehended what he was asking her.

"Baby, I haven't been surer about anything in my life," Tessa wrapped her arms around his neck and placed a kiss on his nose. "I want to do this,"

A deep guttural sound escaped Daniel's lips as he smashed his lips against hers, the suddenness having her stumble back and fall flat onto the bed with the agent hovering over, his lips trailing down to her jaw and the back of her ear, smirking against her nape when she shuddered beneath him.

"Tell me if you want me to stop," He murmured against her skin as he dragged his lips down her neck, and all Tessa could do in response was throw her head back to give him more access, her finger tangling into his silky tresses, letting out an undignified moan when he bit at the junction of her neck and shoulder, swiping his tongue over the red spot as her breathing labored.

He teased her.

Daniel couldn't help but tease her with soft touches and hovering lips, his heart beating rapidly against his chest as she had finally succeeded in getting him out of his shirt, and he lay almost bare to her. Pulling the dress over her head, he found himself stopping and marveling at her body.

Her eyes burned with lust as he sat straddling her waist, his eyes roaming over her petite frame. Her skin porcelain with the occasional stretch marks over her hips and shoulder. Pale and years old scars littered her thighs and her calves were toned with her feet small. The violet bra she had on below pushed up her breasts and her stomach clenched when it suddenly occurred to her that she was naked beneath him.

The embarrassment and shame about her scars and imperfections had her try and cover herself up as she clenched her eyes tight.

"Shh...no," He grabbed hold of her wrist as she tried to cover herself. "You're beautiful," He assured her, cupping her cheeks into his hand and turning her face to make her look at him.

"Don't hide from me, Bambi," He placed a soft kiss on the edge of her lips, coaxing her to look at him as she hesitantly met his gaze. "You're gorgeous..."

"Even with these stretch marks," He kissed her shoulder and hips where the marks lay against her skin. "And scars," Daniel kissed her thighs.

"I accept you like you are," He kissed his way down her legs, slowly making his way back up, and dragging his lips against the inside of her thighs. "Human, flawed, imperfect, and gorgeous," Every word being followed by a kiss drawing closer and closer...

Tessa held her breath as he drew nearer, the anticipation forcing her to clench her stomach as every muscle in her body tensed.

"Shh..." He pulled away and leaned over her, cupping her cheek into his palm, his eyes roaming over her face. "It's all okay, I can stop if you want me to," Daniel assured, waiting for her response as she shook her head.

"Are you sure?"

Again, she nodded in silence.

Giving her a brief nod, Daniel kissed her softly.

Her kisses felt like home, like a place he had always wanted to but never known. They were slow mornings with his family, the steady rising sun outside of the window and cold floor beneath his feet. Each kiss warmed his heart as he kept her attention on him as he removed her bra and then worked on getting his dress pants off himself. Each kiss warming his heart like a cup of his mother's special soup on cold nights, and yet it also felt cold like an icy pole on a summer day.

Kissing her reminded him of better times, of great times, of best times.

They made him feel safe, secure, loved.

And her hugs were just the same as she clutched onto him in desperation, burying her face into his chest as he moved slowly, not wanting to hurt her despite the small whimpers that slipped past her lips. He told her he could stop, but she was adamant and told him not to. Exhaling shakily into the crook of his neck as her skin burned and perspiration created a fine sheen over them.

Daniel grunting into her neck as Tessa's nails dragged down his back and clutched onto his arms, soft moans and mewls escaping them with every thrust that brought forth a brand new sensation that had their insides tingling and their stomachs twisting into knots.

He couldn't help the stuttering breath that he let out and grasped the headboard of his bed, biting his lips to try and cope with the pleasure surging through him, not having imagined it to feel so good.

"Please," Tessa gasped into his ear, Daniel waiting for her to continue to know if he should slow down or stop for her. "Faster,"

The surprise was only momentary before he set his jaw, trying hard to hold back as he looked down at her for confirmation.

"Are you sure?" He grunted out between clenched teeth, the urge to do as she said far too overwhelming as he clutched at the sheets above her head.

His girlfriend responded to the inquiry with a kiss to his lips, Daniel losing all sense of control and inhibition as Tessa gasped and moaned at the sensation flooding her.

In the morning, Tessa lay with her back to Daniel's chest, the FBI agent gently snoring as he slept with an arm beneath the girl. Blearily blinking her eyes open, her eyebrows scrunched open at the sound of the snoring. Lifting her head off the pillow she looked around her before turning back to her boyfriend, and couldn't help but giggle at the fact that it was he who was snoring.

Kissing his cheek, she stretched out on the bed and let out a content moan, feeling like she was floating before sitting up and looking for something to wear. Finding Daniel's button up discarded on the floor, she pulled it on and buttoned it while making her way downstairs, deciding on making breakfast for the both of them.

She had half expected him to wake up and join her downstairs, but much to her surprise, he did not, leaving her to settle everything on a trey and take it upstairs with her. And as she entered the room, she couldn't help but lean against the doorway to find Daniel sleeping soundly and sprawled over the bed.

And she had to think to herself, how lucky she was, to find magic and strength in a man like him.

Shaking herself out of her thoughts, she kneeled by his sleeping figure, placing a kiss on the top of his head, his temple, and his cheek before calling out to him.

"Daniel?" She ran her fingers through his hair, watching him inhale deeply as she gently awoke him. "Danny, come on, wake up."

Slowly blinking open his eyes, he struggled to get the blurriness away before giving Tessa a soft smile, her heart fluttering in her chest at how handsome he looked with his hair ruffled and a soft smile on his lips.

"I made breakfast," She informed him as his eyebrows scrunched together and he frowned, before rolling onto his back sitting up, finding the trey on the ottoman. "What's wrong?"

"I wanted to make you breakfast," He pouted at her.

"It's alright," She chuckled dismissively, about to get up from her place.

"No," Daniel stopped her by grabbing her wrist. "I want you to spend the night with me and just lay down with me and we could talk, probably whisper." He pulled her towards him as she looked at him in silence.

"I could play with your hair again and hold you and cuddle you and make you feel like you have somebody and make you comfortable and safe, and then in the morning I would cook you breakfast and kiss you and tell you good morning and that I love you," He murmured softly and placed a kisses across her face as she giggled at his antics, unable to respond to the man before her. "Because I do, Tessa. I love you,"

"And I want you to live with me," He sighed blissfully, leaning down to kiss her but halted in confusion when she pulled away, looking at him in silence as his eyebrows scrunched together. "Oh." He realized as his eyes roamed over her features: her black hair disheveled and her face pale with a tint of pink in her cheeks and her pale blue eyes wide and looking at him in silence.

"Have I scared you, Bambi?" Daniel asked her gently, cupping her chin into his hands as he rubbed his thumb over her jaw. Clicking his tongue in disapproval when she tried to look away from him. "Am I going too fast? Is that scaring you?"

Swallowing thickly, Tessa let out a shuddered breath before nodding.

"I'm not telling you to move in with me, right now, baby," He chuckled and placed a kiss on her forehead. "But eventually, someday, I want you to come and live with me," He dragged his lips across the side of her face before suddenly pulling back to look at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Unless, of course, you have other plans,"

Instantly she shook her head vigorously, Daniel chuckling at her mute responses before kissing her temple, unable to stop himself from worshipping her.

"I'll go heat the breakfast," He rubbed his nose against hers as she looked at him from below her lashes. Blushing furiously and looking away when she realized that he was naked. A deep rumbling chuckle escaped him at her reaction as he pulled on a pair of sweatpants and picked up the trey on the ottoman before his bed, heading downstairs.

Returning after a few minutes, Daniel laid the breakfast down before them and joined her on the other side of the bed, getting under the covers before grabbing hold of his coffee mug and putting pancakes onto his plate. He ate in momentary silence, not having realized how starved he was and then turned to look at Tessa, his eyebrows scrunching in confusion to see her sitting there mutely and fidgeting with the hem of his button up.

"Come on, Bambi," He sighed in defeat. "I'm sorry for scaring you with asking you to move in like that, but that doesn't mean that you don't eat breakfast. Come on. I'm starved and I can't even begin to imagine how you feel. Come, grab a plate and eat something,"

Tessa swallowed thickly before looking up at him, Daniel patiently waiting for her to grab the plate.

"Come on, eat something," He gestured to the food on the trey as she hesitantly grabbed a plate and put a waffle on top. "Good girl," He cooed with a grin and placed a kiss on the top of her head as she slowly began to eat.

With the first bite, it hit Tessa how right Daniel was: she was famished.

They both ate in relative silence, speaking only a few sentences here and there, chuckling at one thing or the other, until they had finished all the food and leaned back against the bed with their respective beverages.

"I'm going to take a shower," Daniel finished his coffee, turning to look at his girlfriend who gave him a silent nod. "Don't you dare run away," He teased and touched his forehead to hers as she couldn't help and let out a breathless chuckle.

Silently sitting on the bed, she heard the pitter patter of the shower. Inhaling deeply she swallowed away her anxieties and stood up from the bed, making her way to the ajar door of the washroom. Unbuttoning the shirt, she made her way into the steamed interior. Letting the fabric fall off her arms, she walked towards the shower cabin in the corner and pulled open the door.

The sound of the glass door being pulled open had Daniel turn around in the steamed confines, his eyes widened to find Tessa stepping in behind him and closing the door.

"Tessa...?" He began to question, seeing her blue eyes wide and her lips pursed. Before he could even get a word across, she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him, and for a second time, she caught him off guard. Grunting, Daniel wrapped his hands beneath her thighs and lifted her up as she wound her legs around his waist, pulling herself closer to him.

Pushing her against the wall, he couldn't help let his lips trail down her body as she let out a breathy sigh.

"Daniel," She moaned when his lips kissed the top of her breasts. "I want to live with you,"

Stopping his assault on her skin, he looked up at her, his eyes silently asking her if she was sure, and grinned when she nodded. A merry laugh escaped him as it ricocheted in the shower cabin, Tessa jumping in surprise at the sound, before he connected his lips to hers, unable to contain all the joy in him.