Demons without Desire

Not quiet a home warming present.

My eyes rolled as Zak's soothing fingers brushed my forehead lightly, my apartment was silent, something I found great comfort in. I turned my head looking at Zak as his eyes were cemented to the ceiling, no doubt his mind was doing overtime at the pieces of paper Elle had thrown at him.

"You okay?" I whispered rubbing his chest.

He tweaked his head down to me and gave a small smile "Yeah. I'm okay."

I didn't believe he was,  but I kept my opinions to myself and watched his facial expressions carefully. "You don't regret it...Do you?" I asked him.

"Regret what? Letting woman enter my life without a disclosure form?" He asked.

"I meant asking me to move in.."

His hand took mine and brought it to his lips "Not at all." He kissed.

"I will sign one of those forms. If you need me to." I added making his eyes close.

"No, I trust you. You are completely different then those women. That I know for a fact." He answered resuming the light brushes on my forehead. I let out a yawn and snuggled into him pulling the duvet up and laying my head onto his chest.

"I will say one thing though," He spoke making me lift my head up "We don't need your bed."

I giggled and placed my head back down.

"Don't fall to sleep." He whispered.

"Just a nap."

"We need to pack."

"After a nap."

I heard his light chuckle before I fell asleep.

**********

I carried the last box from the van to Zak's garage and placed it down. Taking a step back I smiled happily "That's it."

Zak grinned and lifted me up onto his waist "I have a surprise for you."

"Do you?"

He nodded carrying me through the house I began giggling looking over my shoulder to see where we were going. I had a hunch it was to his bedroom but he stopped in the lounge and lowered me to the floor.  I waited as he sat down and patted the seat beside him. Frowning I sat down and watched as he pulled out a disc from under a magazine and placed it in front of me.

"What is this?" I asked looking at the unmarked disc in its case.

"It was your last investigation." He announced making me drop the disc back down and stand up.

"What?"

He took a breath before explaining that he had taken all the footage and evidence I had and passed it onto Billy and Devin who then reviewed and edited the footage down.

"W-w-why would you touch it? Why would you do that?" I asked racking my brain for an answer that he could give me.

"I tho-"

"Do you think I am sponging off you? That I'm a dead weight a-"

"No.. Not at all." He answered firmly.

Running my hands through my hair I looked at the disc "Well I don't get it Zak. Why would you do it? After all the hassle and mess it has caused. Why would you wa- Why would you let anyone watch it?" I asked generally hurt by it.

He stood up and cupped my face "Because your story needs to be told. What happens if someone investigates and gets hurt. Like you did?" He asked.

I shook my head shrugging.