Set after the episode Lucy, the couple spend their first night together. Rated M for next few chapters. Will probably have three or 4 in total. I had spent quite a bit of time on this fic only to have my phone's S-Note file corrupt. As you can imagine I was more than a bit peed off and upset to have lost what I had written so far, and I lost the start of another story. That's the last time I'll use my samsung Galaxy to write, I'll stick to my PC from now on. I hope to finish and upload the rest of the story in half term as I will be off work. The first chapter's quite short but I wanted to get the first part published. I hope you enjoy x

On a bench in the pub, Lucy sat close to Lee, her head rested on his shoulder. He had one of his arms wrapped around her waist and the other toyed with her fingers which rested on her thigh. By now they had forgotten everyone else in the room, shutting out the conversation around them. Neither could stop smiling, deliriously happy though still not quite able to believe they were actually engaged. Given how many years it had taken them to get to this point it had all happened quite suddenly in the end.

To say that events had taken an unexpected turn tonight would be an understatement. Having just been told that Lucy was leaving London to spend time abroad, he thought with another man, Lee had finally declared his love for her, after keeping his feelings hidden for more than six years. Barely a minute later, and before Lucy had even got over her shock enough to speak, Lee surprised her with an impromptu marriage proposal, which to his elation she accepted immediately.

Now they were celebrating with Anna and Toby, having polished off several bottles of Champagne between them. Daisy had gone home a while ago, the bubbles had gone straight to her head, so just the four of them remained.

Lucy lifted her head, and whispered in Lee's ear, "we've got to make our excuses, I want us to go home so we can be alone".

His heart skipped a beat at her words, and the obvious meaning behind them. He nodded, and was just about to speak when Toby glanced across to them, realising Lee and Lucy hadn't been listening a word of what his wife had been saying in the last five minutes, even if she was oblivious.

Toby spoke above his wife, "Anna…Anna",

"What? Toby, I'm talking"

"Anna, I don't think Lee and Lucy want to be here anymore, look at them. They clearly want to go home but are just too polite to say so, come on let's leave them alone".

The new couple said their goodbyes to Anna and Toby, thanking them again for their part in giving them the final push they needed, then hurried out of the bar hand in hand. It was a thankfully short journey from the pub to their block, a journey that they made in silence. As they walked together, the atmosphere that surrounded them was charged with electricity, the sexual tension between them stronger and more palpable than it had ever been.

As soon as they stepped out of the lift, Lee swept Lucy into his arms and she yelped and giggled, temporarily breaking the tension. He carried her to the door of the flat, and between them they managed to unlock and throw open the door. Putting Lucy down, Lee shut the door behind them. They had still hardly said a word since they left the pub.

As they busied themselves, hanging up jackets, placing keys down and removing shoes, there was an overwhelming sense that something was about to happen. Now they were alone, the inevitable seemed closer than ever. This silence, this killing of time with such mundane tasks felt like the calm before the storm, the unnatural stillness before an earthquake.

Lucy walked over to the sofa and sat down, patting the space next to her. Lee nervously took a seat, tapping the fingers of one hand on his thigh, the other rubbing his neck.

He dared to make eye contact with Lucy and seeing the need in her gulped in air, clearing his throat before he spoke, "so, erm, what now?". He didn't want to assume.

Lucy smiled shyly, and her eyelids fluttered as she focused on his lips. She swallowed hard, "well, I was hoping we could resume that kiss we started earlier…"

Lee nodded, feeling unable to speak, as fast and shallow as his breathing had become. Moving his gaze between her eyes and mouth, he hooked his finger under her chin and brought her towards him, closing the gap between them and placing a tentative kiss on her lips. Lee drew away from Lucy briefly, their lips almost touching still. He whispered into her mouth, "I've been waiting to do this all night", before capturing her lips again as she smiled against him.