Burke pushed open the door to his office.

It had been a tedious and long day. The morning started off with an argument about the shower and preserving the hot water, quickly leading into an argument about how Cristina was working too much. The car ride to work was nothing but angry silence and thick traffic that made them both late for their own ( Read more... )

“I want to go for a swim.”

Burke raised his eyebrows as he watched her eyes dancing over the pool in their darkened backyard. “It’s nearly midnight and you want to go for a swim?”

“That’s what I said, isn’t it?” She asked as she pulled herself from her seat on the kitchen counter and sauntered towards the backdoor.

“Don’t you need your bathing ( Read more... )

Her hand closed around the cool wine glass and she lifted it to her lips. The bittersweet liquid slid down her throat and into her stomach, filling her mournful emptiness with numbness in its stead. The glass was quickly gone and she poured another, polishing it off as quickly as she had the first. She poured a third glass and began to lift it to ( Read more... )

Just because you can’t touch doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy.” She dropped her top behind her and bent over him with darkened eyes. She felt his body respond, even if he was trying to remain stoic. “Hi baby,” She uttered in a soft voice that made him shiver slightly ( Read more... )

His hand slid slowly up her leg, steady and strong on the ride home from the hospital. His fingers massaged firmly at her inner thigh, causing her to have to focus hard on the road. A smug grin painted itself across his well chiseled features and she knew that the silence truly had become a game now ( Read more... )