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The Waiting Game.

It was pasta night in the Taylor household and Addie was staring down into a pot of overcooked noodles as if she just hadn't spent most of the day waiting. She dumped them before making quick work of the kitchen and settling herself on the couch. When she had woken up this morning Callum had been gone. Of course, she knew that fires had no schedule but she had become used to getting Izzy ready for school together. While she had been away at school the footage of the abandoned industrial complex by the water was plastered all over the tv stations. It had been burning most of the day with no end in sight.

In all that time she got one call from a concerned wife as she was dropping off Izzy. The woman suggested asking the teacher not to talk about the fire in class. No need to scare the little girl if at all possible.

So when Izzy got home they had pizza since Addie was too frazzled to cook anything properly. The two of them sat in front of the tv watching Disney movies till bedtime. Of course, she promised the little girl as soon as Daddy came in she would have him come to see her. She was long asleep before Addie heard the familiar sound of boots and the front door opening.

"Callum?" She called to him lightly from the living room almost too afraid to go to him herself.

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Addie was laying under the kitchen table with easy one-hand covering the little girl's mouth as they both struggled to laugh and give away their position. Callum had returned home to an empty house with no text as to where they had gone. She had also had the presence of mind switch her phone to do not disturb so when he called it went straight to voice mail. He grumbled as he entered the kitchen talking about how they could have waited on him if they were going to go get dinner. Addie rolled her eyes and held up a hand counting down from five for Izzy. As soon as she put the last finger down they both reached out to grab him by the ankle.

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1) one muse putting their hand over the other’s mouth while they have sex.

She was barely in the door before she was up against the wall. Addie gasped the sound quickly covered up with a searing kiss that left her feeling lightheaded. Callum pulled away to gently grab her chin forcing her head up to look at him. The sliver of light pouring in from the kitchen gave her a brief glimpse of beautiful blue eyes darkened to the color of storm clouds and blown wide with desire. Addie blushed looking away briefly overwhelmed with the clear look of want on the normally jovial man's face. Without a second thought, he wrapped his hands around her waist and lifted her up, wrapping her legs around his own waist.

"Cal-" Addie started in a whisper

"Not a single word." He whispered back his voice rough as he walked them past the living room and into the bedroom. Callum used his foot to close the door before heading to the bed and laying her down gently. With a practiced air, he went straight to work stripping her down until she lay before in nothing but her underwear and heels. Callum stood at the end of the bed looking at her as if was a starving man and he didn't know where to start in order to enjoy this feast.

Addie opened her mouth to speak again but immediately went silent when Callum placed a finger to his lips. He gave a slight tilt of his head towards the closed bedroom door before tugging his shirt over his head and tossing it into the corner. Reaching out he grabbed one of her ankles and pulled her to the edge of the bed hooking a finger into the waistband of her panties. She whimpered feeling like she would spontaneously combust before he ever actually touched her. Callum pulled them off before running his hands up the outside of her legs as he kneeled down.

At the exact moment that Addie realized what he was going to do he grabbed both of her legs and put them on his shoulder. She began to tremble in anticipation knowing that she would only be able to stay silent so long while he reacquainted himself with her body. The livacious smile that he flashed to her before pressing a kiss to her womb made her mind go blank. With shaking hands, she reached down and buried them in Callums hair. He hummed a pleased sound that vibrated through her core as she struggled to remain silent. With every movement of his tongue, she felt herself growing closer to the edge.

Addie let out a low moan unable to swallow them down anymore. She felt Callum stop and the bed shifted as he lifted himself over her. He traced this thumb over her lips before covering her mouth with his hand. She experienced the briefest moment of shock before his other hand could be felt sliding in between her thighs. Addie whimpered as he slid two fingers inside and began to move them in and out. She hadn't actually needed much more stimuli in the first place so she found herself unraveling after only a few minutes.

She came clenched tightly around his fingers, one hand gripping the one he had over her mouth the other tangled in the sheets. The muffled sound of her pleasure was unable to reach his ears. They spent until the wee hours wrapped around each other with Callum not allowing a single sound to pass her lips and wake the sleeping child in the other room.

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“ i’m going to handle this, leave it to me. ”

Addi and Izzy had found a lost child at the park. The little boy was a little worse for wear but had his address memorized so they dropped him off back at his house. Of course making sure had a warm meal and a new stuffed animal to take with him. That would have normally been the end of it but before they had managed to leave they had heard screaming from inside the house. Addie's first thought had been to call the police but she instantly remembered the system that had created her and Cal. Deciding to call him instead and requested that he reached out to one of his cop friends as well.

"Cal...be gentle, please. I don't want to scare the kid."

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16) gruff muse is being grumpy and the other one just crawls into their lap and kisses them.

Addie had to leave on her first long business trip since defining their relationship. Of course, she didn't want to leave but it wasn't something that she could put off. She'd promised to come back as soon as possible but it was now two weeks later. Addie hadn't bothered to tell them she was coming back since it had fallen through twice already. No need to get their hopes up for the third time. By the time her flight landed, Izzy was tucked into bed and probably sleeping. Only debating with herself for the time it took to drop off her luggage at her apartment and to drive to the Taylor's on if she should go. Letting herself in she found the house dark except for the living room where Callum sat letting the tv watch him as he unwound from the day. The idea of sneaking up on him was quickly vetoed instead taking out her phone and calling as she had done every night since leaving. When he didn't answer after the first few rings Addie realized he was really unhappy with her. She hung up immediately walking over to the couch to make her presence know.

Normally she would have pouted or even teased him but the look on his face was tired and worried. When he exhaled she saw his shoulders drop in relief. Had he been worried about her the whole time. This sill man was going to make her fall in love again with very little effort.

"Don't be mad at me anymore," Addie whispered pressing a kiss to his cheek before climbing over the back of the couch and into his lap. Turning she buried her face into his neck breathing him in. Callum smelled like home, "I won't be leaving like that again anytime soon."

"Promise." He finally spoke as he wrapped his arm around her pulling her closer.

"I promise. I would never leave for so long like that. It just happened. And I'm really sorry."

They fell asleep on the couch together after he made her recount her whole trip to figure out why to took so long. Though Addie thought it was because he missed the sound of her voice.

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❝ if you weren’t here, i would have snapped. ❞

Addie looked into Callum's eyes as she spoke realizing that he was speaking the truth. She sighed and went back to bandaging his hand. Once she was finished she placed a light kiss on the top of his and turned away to repack the first aid kit. Addie felt his arms wrap around her waist and his head resting against the small of her back.

"I'm sorry." He whispered the heat of his breath seeping into her skin.'

"What did he say? What did he say that made you angry enough to almost kill him?" She asked letting her hand fall to rub gentle circles into the skin of his right arm.

"Nothing....nothing that you ever need to hear."

She froze in place knowing good and well that he had said something about her. Nothing else but someone speaking Ill of Izzy would make him turn with that much rage in his eyes and snatch someone up. Addie had been the D & D for the boy's night and when she had come to pick Callum up it seemed like something had just happened. She had ignored it when he said bye to the guys and bragged about the beauty who had come to get him because she didn't like sleeping alone. They had already been at the door when she thought she heard someone speaking. But that was before Callum covered her ears muffling the sound of the bar around them. Addie had turned to look up at him and was shocked that she couldn't recognize the man standing slightly behind her.

His hands dropped from her ears as he pushed her towards the door and instructed her to wait in the car. What she heard and saw after that made the color drain from her face. I wasn't until after the fifth or sixth punch and the sight of the blood that she snapped back into reality. Addie ran right into the middle of the bar fight yelling stop. Callum wasn't stopping instead one hand gripped the other man's collar while he continued to rain down punches the sound of wet flesh growing louder with each hit. Without thinking she grabbed his arm feeling him freeze the emotionless look on his face turning to confusion as he dropped the other man.

"What are you doing her babe?" Callum asked

It was a whirlwind of activity after that as his friends gathered them up and sent them home saying they would take care of things here. And not to worry.

Addie turned in his arms so that his face was pressed against her stomach, her hands sliding into his hair.

"Never again...please." She whispered

"I can't make a promise about my emotions but I'll try." He replied as he looked up at her with regret-filled eyes. Callum never wanted her to see him like that. Like some type of monster with no control over himself. But it had happened and all he could do now was try to make sure it never happened again.

"Ok."

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Addie was starting to think that she should not have accepted the invitation to this party. It was somewhere in between a family reunion and a simple kickback but it didn't feel like that. there was a sticky sort of static in the air that she couldn't quite put her finger on. The food was great, the music acceptable and the drinks were flowing. All things that should have been the recipe for the perfect get-together especially when you added the fact that 90% of the people in the room were related in some way shape or form.

But it seemed like because they were related there was an underlying tension that you couldn't quite put her finger on. Addie knew as much about the family as what they were willing to share. And though she had the resources she wasn't one to pry into business that wasn't hers. Just as she was coming in from the patio to refresh her drink she walked into something she didn't think she was supposed to be seeing. Callum and Ben were both by the bar away from the rest of the group but speaking loudly enough that if anyone were to enter they would be able to hear.

“Boys is something wrong?” She said she approached the brothers having an almost heated conversation at the bar. Addie assumed that they were running low on something and they were probably trying to figure out who needed to get it. After all, she had never been given any reason to believe the boys were at odds with each other. “Don't worry if we're out of something I can go pick it up. It's the least I can do since you guys invited me to your party.”

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“COME HOME.”

Addie double-checked the most recent text message on her phone and sighed. Callum texting her was already an anomaly as the man preferred to call and hear the sound of her voice. But the all caps had her worried as she sat down on the hotel room bed She was only one week into her two-week business trip and wondered what exactly had the man so worked up. They had fought before she had left, over something dumb but not over anything he should still be mad about a week later. Which left the children as a potential cause for this text.

"Did Izzy burn down the house in a preteen-induced haze of madness?" These were the first words out of her mouth when he picked up the phone.