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Chapter 8

A/N: Pretty much all chapters from now on will have at least some NSFW as both characters start getting bolder.

Ghost had been riled up for the past week nonstop. His temper unusually volatile, even to his team who had known him for years. Any attempt to engage him was met with a wrathful "fuck off," assuming he said anything at all and his glare didn't annihilate the other person on the spot.

He had buried himself in work and any free time he did have was spent either brooding on the roof or in the gym where he passed hours burning off his frustration. Eating only when his body demanded it and his sleep routine was completely fucked. Price told him to take the day off to "find that stick and get it out your arse, for fuck's sake," but that wasn't going to fix anything. The stick could stay where it was for all he cared.

Ghost was lonely.

His little one was gone. Sereza had left three weeks ago for a conference she had to attend. Something-Spine Care–something-something. Whatever it was, it kept her away from him and he hated it. Fucking responsibility. Did she have to be so good at her job?

Then weather delayed her return. So fuck that too.

She was supposed to have been back almost four days ago and he missed her. Really missed her. More than that even. His other half was gone and his soul felt her absence.

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When did he end up in the hallway?

Simon's body wandered wherever it wanted to, with him just along for the ride. He didn't particularly care where he was or where he was off to. His little one wasn't there so it didn't matter. Nothing did. He did manage to overhear some chatter about movie night being tonight, which he was absolutely not in the mood for.

Deciding the solitude of their room was infinitely more preferable, Ghost made an abrupt right turn just in time to see the door to his room swinging closed. Rage beginning to boil the blood in his veins, Ghost's long, irritated strides carried him the rest of the way. With the look of a vengeful god fully prepared to slaughter whoever was stupid enough to invade the space he shared with his little one, Ghost's hand smacked the door open.

"Mi amor! You scared me!"

The sight of his love and the sound of her nervous giggle melted away all of his tension. Instantly his arms encircled his little one, holding her tightly to his huge frame. Head buried into the soft silk of her hair, filling his lungs with the hibiscus scent of her shampoo.

Sereza hugged him back just as fiercely.

Well, almost. Not exactly a match for Ghost's strength. "S-Si... my love... I hate to complain but... you're crushing me to death."

Simon let go, dropping Sereza back onto her feet. The impact knocked a tiny noise out of her that had Ghost chuckling at her cuteness. "Fucking hell I missed you Love," his rough voice ground out as she pulled off his mask so their mouths could finally reach each other again, "So, so fucking much."

Unable to respond in the face of Simon's dominating kiss and his bruising grip on her, Sereza ran her hands over every part of him she could reach. Through his hair, over scarred arms, across his wide chest to claw at his clothes as she pressed herself impossibly closer to him, feeling every taut muscle underneath. Humming into his mouth in satisfaction.