*TW: TALK ABOUT UNALIVING*

Allison and Buck were sitting in the apartment enjoying the day off they had with one another. It was an hour before they take their morning jog with Mocha. Allison suggested it might be good for him especially with his leg and she made sure to confirm it with his doctor before even doing anything. Sure, it's been more than three months with it that it should be fine but-- she didn't want to risk it.

Mocha then started pacing, Allison looks down and gently smiles getting up and stretching. She looks to Buck who was staring at the blank TV in front of him. She chuckles walking up to him and touched his shoulder making him lightly jump.

"Whoa there, Tiger." Allison spoke with a smile leaning down and leaned on his shoulder. "I thought I was gonna be the one to be scared. Come on, Mocha's ready to go."

Buck chuckles and pecks her cheek as she leans up and he stands and grabs the leash from the table and hooks it to Mocha. Mocha paces a little bit and follows them to the door. Allison opens it and then sees a package there, Mocha sniffs it and wags her tail.

"Did you order something?"

"No, did you?"

"No..." Allison brings it up and sees it from one of her friends in Austin. A smile graces her face and puts it on the table next to the door and Buck looks down seeing it. "It's from TK in Austin, he's sending me little knick-knacks for our apartment. Figured I'd like them."

Buck chuckles and nods as they both leave and lock the door and begin their jog.

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When they were done jogging, they made it to the park and sat down to take a breather. Mocha sat down beside Allison and was panting, Allison brought out a water bottle, leaning it down while Mocha began drinking it. Buck was drinking his water while Allison grabbed the water bottle with her other hand and began drinking a little bit. 

When Mocha was done, Mocha lays down while continuing panting. Allison finishes her drink, and so did Buck and they both pant a little bit.

"We need to go jogging more often," Buck admits while squinting his eyes from the fall sun blaring down on them. "It's starting to get chilly."

"It's nicer to job than in the blaring heat like summer," 

"You got me on that," Buck agrees with a nod and a chuckle.

Allison chuckles a little bit and stands up doing some stretches. Buck watches her and then sees her standing up and stretches her back. Mocha continues panting while looking around.

"So, when's the trial with Daniel?"

Allison paused in her stretches and looks ahead, trying to think. Didn't Kim remind her when she was going to trial for them.

"I..." Allison begins thinking again. "I think it's before Thanksgiving. I don't know if I can wait that long..."

Buck touches her cheek as she looks at him, her eyes brows touching together. "I can't imagine how hard it is, but I know you - you got this."

Allison gently smiles at him and leans against his hand gently while Mocha barks loudly making them jump away from another and Allison looks over seeing someone in the distance, watching them. Pressing her lips tightly in a thin line, Allison slowly stands up while Mocha steps back towards Allison and goes right in between her legs, growling. 

"Do you know him?"

"Yeah, it's Steve," She replies to Buck as they all began walking towards one another. "I wonder what he wants."

Trembling, Allison could feel her heart pound against her chest, and she stops and looks at him as he looks up seeing her with a smile on his face. Why did it look like he was going to just jump on her and hug and kiss her?

"Ali, baby!" said the man ready to touch her but Mocha kept him back away from her owner. "I've missed you! I didn't know you moved here. Daniel told me you moved and was somewhat reluctant to give me the information to find you. But luckily, I finally got it out of him."

"Took you a couple of years to find me," Ali snapped at him, narrowing her eyes at him. Her heart still pounding against her chest, Mocha sensed it and leans to one side as if hugging her leg to let her know she was there. "Now, what do you want?"

"Can't I see my girlfriend?"

"I'm not your girlfriend anymore, Steve." Ali felt Buck put his hand on the middle of her back. "You made that abundantly clear when you didn't show up for prom and didn't come to check on me when I was in the hospital after Daniel and Matthew raped me and raped and murdered Daria."

"No one told me it happened."

"Oh, yes they did!" Allison yelled at him. "You knew! Everyone knew! I had to drop out of college because I mentally couldn't handle the depression and the judgmental looks I got from everyone! If I hadn't talked to Owen, Grace, Judd and T.K, I would've killed myself. I could've! But I didn't or else I wouldn't have made the friends I have now." Allison leans into Buck. "I wouldn't have met Buck,"

Steve looks at Buck who is just staring at him, making sure he didn't touch Allison either. Steve narrows his eyes and crosses his arms.

"You could do so much better than him, Ali." Steve told her, glancing back at Allison who looks at Steve and then back at Buck. "Could he take care of all that baggage you're carrying? I don't think you'll last and then you'll come running back to me."

Allison takes a deep breath and looks at Steve once again. "No, I couldn't." Both Buck and Steve stare at her in shock. "Buck has seen me at my worst, he's seen me at my best. He's comforted me when I have my nightmares and he tries his hardest to make me happy by being his goofy self. Sure, he messes up sometimes, but that doesn't change the fact that I love this man. He doesn't judge me when I'm going through my crazy side, my messy side, my angry side." Allison smiles at him.

"I've never done with that you and you've never done that with me." She turns to Steve. "Buck makes me see the light at the end of the tunnel and that not all things are bad." Allison keeps her smile. "I've literally walked through hell, and he's dragged me out of it. I wouldn't run back to you. I would just run back to Buck." Allison grabs his hand they begin turning around.

"No," Steve goes to grab her shoulder but Buck grabs his wrist and pushes him away from Allison who snaps back when Mocha jumps in front of her and growls lowly. "You don't get to walk away from me. You're mine Allison, don't forget that."

"Come near her again, Steve," Buck begins. "I won't be the only one you'll be dealing with. So, I suggest you walk away and forget about her."

"This isn't the end, Allison." Steve huffs and walks off. 

Allison, hyperventilating, plops to the ground while Mocha turns to her and sets her nose on her shoulder keeping it there. Buck leans down, looking in her eyes. He could see the panic rising in her face.

"Ali, you're okay." Buck whispers to her. "He's gone. Take a deep breath for me, baby, in and out." He begins to slowly do it for her so she would copy him. She looks at him as he was taking deep breaths and she began struggling doing it, but she was getting it. "There you go"

"Is everything alright?" questioned a bystander coming by and seeing them. "Do I need to call 9-1-1?"

"No, we got it," Buck told them with a small smile on his face. "Thank you though." When Allison caught her breath, Mocha leaned back from her shoulder and Buck helped her up. "You okay, Ali?"

"Yeah," She replies with a huge sigh of relief. "I'm okay. Can we go get something to eat?"

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A couple of hours later, Allison, Mocha and Buck made it home after going somewhere to eat. Allison began cleaning the kitchen seeing as it was a mess. Buck watches her as she cleans but - then sighs walking up to her and touches her hand making her stop.

"Ali, come on, let's go and take a shower."

Allison blushes a bright shade of red around her cheeks and doesn't look at him. "You mean... together?"

Buck then blushes a little bit, releasing her hand and rubs the back of his head. "I - I mean if you're comfortable with it... You don't have too..."

Taking a deep breath, Allison looks at him seeing him be innocent. But she knew better. She knew about his past and knew he was trying to do better. At least he's respecting her boundaries. Allison and Buck look at one another as he sets his hands around her face, she then grabs his neck and brings him into a deep kiss. Closing their eyes as their lips move together and fit perfectly like a puzzle that was missing pieces. 

They release the kiss, and he takes her hand gently as she watches him. "You sure?" Allison thinks a little bit, then slowly nods as they begin walking to the bathroom to take a shower together and maybe have a little fun.

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At night, Allison was on her computer while Buck was sleeping in the room. Allison glances at the clock on the computer seeing it was three thirty in the morning making her sigh and get up walking to the coffee maker to make a fresh cup for Buck who was going to be up here in the next half hour. Allison was wearing Buck's shirt and her shorts, after mixing the coffee, she set the maker up to go in twenty minutes while she walks back to her computer and continues responding to emails from the Fire Marshal and the Sergeant of the LAPD wondering when the pictures were going to be done.

Allison was sending them now as it took a while to sift through the best pictures of the departments. Sighing a little bit when she finished, she closed the laptop, getting up grabbing her book and sat down on the couch and began reading for a little bit. It felt like five minutes when she was reading that she heard the door open, and she saw a shirtless Buck walk out of their room with his sleep pants on.

"Good morning, Buck,"

"Good morning, Ali," Buck said walking up to her and kiss her head and walks to the bathroom to relieve himself quickly. Allison heard the coffee maker finish making coffee while she shuts her book and gets up, stretching her back. "Could you not sleep?"

"No, I didn't want to keep you awake with my toss and turning." Allison replies to him as she pours him a cup of coffee. "So, I finished up the pictures and then sent them off, I think I'm gonna take a break today and maybe go out somewhere with dad."

Buck takes the coffee and smiles her way. "Okay, that sounds like fun. Be careful out there, please."

"I know, I'm taking Mocha with us." Allison assures him. "Steve tries to do anything, I have dad and Mocha with me."

"Alright, let me know how it goes today,"

"I will, Buck." Allison smiles while Buck gets ready for work and then heads out after giving Allison a kiss on the lips and walks out and pets Mocha on the way out. Allison smiles and goes back to the couch and lays down on it while looking at the ceiling. Her eyes gently closing as she goes into a deep slumber.