Paging Dr. Vulcano

Chapter 24

Faith woke up to the smell of fresh coffee. As she rubbed her eyes her focus set on her left hand where her three rings rested. This was her life, just married to the love of her life and she couldn't be happier. She rolled over expecting to find Sal next to her but he wasn't there. She got up and changed out of Sal's shirt and into the emerald green sleeper Nicole got her and went into the kitchen.

She found Sal looking out over the water sipping on his cup of coffee. She knew scaring him would prove to be disastrous thanks to the coffee and prior knowledge. She settled on wrapping her arms around him.

"Good Morning Husband"

"Good Morning Mrs. Vulcano" he said, turning back around to face her. He leaned in to kiss her not yet knowing she had changed due to her robe. They had flown out of JFK after the reception and practically fell into bed once they arrived. Almost 9 hours of travel after the wedding exhaustion really caught up to the two of them and sleep was their number one priority after arriving at the hotel.

"I slept so well last night, what about you?" He asked turning away from her as he headed into the kitchen to fill a cup with coffee. Faith walked over and took the cup of coffee from him, setting it on the counter. He looked at her with a funny expression wondering why she wasn't chugging the coffee like they both know she usually did in the mornings. Vet school had made her very caffeine dependent.

"I slept really well too." She said pulling the hem of his shirt towards her so she could kiss him again.

"Which means I'm pretty rested and ready for today." She moved from kissing his lips to kissing his jaw line which definitely cued him in as to her motives.

"You sure you're ready?" Sal asked before things kept going, knowing full well that he would stop at any sign of discomfort.

"I'm ready, I've been ready since I said 'I do' but someone decided that a 9 hour flight was a good idea after a full day of wedding celebrations." Faith teased as she poked him in the chest.

"I specifically remember you asking me to 'find a honeymoon that we won't be recognized at and is warm' so technically..." Sal started to counter but Faith had other plans.

"Yeah well I'm not complaining but I am going to explode if you don't hurry up and kiss me" Faith said moving her hands down to the drawstrings of his jogger style pjs.

Sal wasted no time pulling her into him, one hand in her hair and the other attempting to figure out the robe that she had on. It seemed straight forward but alas, women's clothing always seemed to have something difficult about them. He kissed her lips and after several moments realized that the robe would be a full focus job. Sal had good hands, Faith knew that from the moment she became a fangirl. That much care and hygiene can only mean that he's good with them...but after him fiddling with the robe and ties, she was having doubts.

"Those hands better only have issues with the bathrobe, Sal." Faith said, pulling away from his lips on her neck. She knew he was going to need help.

"This Houdini Robe has to go. Don't ever want to see it again." Sal said in a huff clearly annoyed at the contraption as he stepped back from Faith watching her easily undo the ties holding the robe closed.

"Show off" he said, annoyed at how easily she undid it. Faith dropped the robe down around her ankles and he was met with the sight he had been dreaming of since he saw her in the crowd the night they first met.

Faith stood there feeling very vulnerable in the emerald green sleeper when she broke the silence with "Please say something Sal".

Sal's jaw was practically on the floor when he managed to pick it up to say "There's a lot of things I want to do to you Mrs. Vulcano but I don't want to scare you." He closed the distance between them saying "I want to touch everywhere this lace touches. I want to kiss every spot that is covered in emerald. I just want to make sure you're comfortable because I could go mad with how much I want you."