Lynn hovered over Bobby in the kitchen as he pulled out a batch of muffins. She loved how incongruous the hobbies and skills were of some of the members of SAMCRO. Bobby is a talented baker, she nibbled away at some proof in the form of a blueberry muffin. Juice, for seeming so feckless, was brilliant with technology. Amazingly all self-taught. Chibs, of course, proved to be a talented musician. Jax, for all of his swagger and bluster proved to be very introspective and was a born leader. Piney, when not shewing people away in his typically surly manner, is a natural story teller, keeping those around him enraptured as he expounded over a bottle of tequila.

She peeled away a chunk of blueberry muffin topped with the most amazing streusel she's ever tasted. The sweet treat was a welcomed distraction from the stress of waiting. Gemma had told her time and time again that the hardest part of being an Old Lady was the waiting and not knowing. She heard the rumble of a single bike approach. Dashing out the door she paused by a picnic table. The lone rider backed his bike into a parking spot. The sun backlit the rider making it nearly impossible to identify who it was. Lynn attempted to block the sun with her hand and immediately recognized the silhouette of the rider as he stood. Broad set shoulders and narrow waist… it was her man. Muffin still in hand she ran closing the distance between them.

Chibs smiled as Lynn ran to him. Her golden locks glowed in the sunlight, she was a goddess bathed in light. There was something surreal about the moment that he knew he needed to savor. This was a new beginning for them. All threats to them and their happiness were neutralized. For the first time in months they could just be Filip and Lynn and start getting their lives back together. Chibs held open his arms waiting for her to jump into his embrace. He was more than confused what she stopped directly in front of him and handed him a half-eaten muffin. "Lovely?" Was all he managed to get out before she ran her hands over his face turning his head from side to side then opening his kutte looking for injury. When she was satisfied that his was uninjured she jumped into his arms, peppering kisses to his face and neck.

"Are we OK?" She asked, sliding down to where her feet were on the ground again. Lynn struggled how to ask the question. "Is it done? Is Shannon alright?"

"Aye, it's done." Chibs spared her any detail. "Shannon is fine. Half-Sack took her home and is going to look out for her for a bit."

Tears began to stream down her face and she buried her face in the crook of Chibs' neck. They were tears of relief, joy, and sorrow for all that she had lost over the past months. A thought occurred to her and she gasped. "Where are Tig and Jax?"

"They went to get some pancakes." Chibs said as he took a bite of the muffin in his hand, trying not to get crumbs in Lynn's hair. He was ravenous, but couldn't possibly imagine eating at a greasy diner with his brothers rather than going back to his woman.

Lynn's faucet of tears stopped abruptly at the absurdity of the statement that just came from her Old Man's mouth. Her eyebrows knitted together in confusion. "Pancakes?" She wiped her nose and almost laughed at the morbid thought. It seemed so callous, though she had carried no sympathy for Ralph. "You guys just dispatched of a man and then they went out for pancakes?"

With a mouthful of muffin Chibs shrugged and said "They were hungry."

Lynn grasped Chibs' kutte and stated. "How about you take me and Dotty home, then you take a nap while I make you that chicken piccata you like so much?"

"With homemade noodles?" He asked hopefully.

"Uh huh. Then when you are rested and fed you can tear my clothes off and fuck me until we pass out from exhaustion." Lynn said with a sultry whisper in his ear.

Yearning for her shot straight to his groin. "God I love you." He growled. "You are the perfect woman, you know that, right?" He dropped a kiss to her lips and the taste of blueberry on her lips made her even more delicious than usual.

Lynn smiled sweetly at him "So you've said, but it doesn't hurt to hear it again and again and again…"

**SOA**SOA**SOA**

"Hmmm" Chibs hummed in consideration. "Do you mind getting that Lovely?"

From her position perched in his arms, legs wrapped around his waist she untangled one hand from his hair to turn the door knob to the bedroom.

Once inside he deposited her on the bed. The Scotsman stood mesmerized by the vision of her. Lynn gazed back at him, her smile of adoration that he's noticed she reserves specifically for him. He felt a warmth spread through his chest, with Lynn he felt a passion and love that he hadn't felt in years. He'd wasted years on lust and Croweaters, he had nearly forgotten what it meant to truly be with a woman. Arriving in the states years ago after he lost Fiona he'd forced himself to forget. Chibs knew it would destroy him if he ever lost Lynn. Not even together a year and he couldn't bear the thought of life without her. Lynn knew his dark side, murder was as dark as it got, and there she was beckoning him with a crooked finger to join her.

He pulled off the sweatpants and undershirt he'd napped in then made short work of undressing her. His blond love was more impatient than he, pushing him flat on his back. Lynn straddled his hips, rubbing herself against him. She raked her fingernails down his chest all too lightly causing a delightful chill to run down the length of his spine while gazing into his hooded eyes. Goose flesh prickled his skin, a sharp contrast to the heat of where their bodies connected. Trailing her nails lightly down his stomach she rose up enough to grip his thick member in her hand. Chibs fixed his eyes on her movements. He held his breath in anticipation of their joining. Each time he buried himself in her, the first moment felt almost as good as the climax. Lynn sunk down onto his length, her eyes fluttered closed and she released a shuttering breath. Her hands again found his, guiding them to her breasts. A smile crossed his lips, he found it so erotic when she took control.

With slow and deliberate movements she rode him, tossing her head back. Chibs reached up and ran his hands through her cascading curls and gently pulled her down to him. Their bodies flush against each other he guided her hips and drove up into her. She gasped at the change of angle as he pushed up to meet her every movement. Her hands tangled into his lengthening locks and she tugged at the strands. Yanking until his neck was bared to her she lowered herself and bit at the soft flesh, knowing that a little pain drove him wild. He hissed a string of curses arching up into her. Another bite and he was close to the tipping point. Tightly wrapping his arms around her he rolled them to position himself over her. He rose up, pulling up her legs to rest on his shoulders. Firmly he gripped her thighs drilled into her with a fervor that she'd never experienced from him. He grunted with the effort, the look of ardor in his eyes pushed her towards the edge. She felt the wave of her orgasm about to crest. From her position she couldn't easily reach him, instead she gripped the sheets tightly in her hands twisting them as she cried out in pleasure. All rational thought and words left her as she writhed. Moments later Chibs found his own release, and deep growl emerging from his throat as he pumped into her releasing all that he had into her. Still buried within her he struggled to calm his breathing and gently lowered her legs wrapping them around his waist and ran his hands down her smooth thighs, over her taut belly and back again.

Sliding out of Lynn, Chibs settled beside her. She curled into him throwing a leg over his and twining her hand in his over his heart. After several minutes of comfortable silence basking in the post coital afterglow Lynn spoke. "I love you so much. So much that sometimes it hurts. The thought of losing you or you getting hurt feels like a vice gripping my chest." She looked up to meet his eyes. His eyebrows were knit together in concern. She say that he was about to say something, but she continued. "You risk your life for me… for us. I only take and you give. I feel like there's nothing I can do to make up for everything you've had to do for 'us' over the past year."

He stroked her hair as he spoke. "Lovely, you give me so much. You have made me whole again. I was a broken man before I met you. I didn't even know how broken I was. When I met you, when I fell in love with you, I had hope again. I thought about the future again. Lynn, you saved me. All I want from you is to love me."

"Filip…" No words could express how she felt better than a tender kiss as she lay embracing him.

There were so many things that needed no words and so many things left unsaid. Chibs moved his fingers that were entwined with hers and felt a twinge of regret that he would never be able to put a ring on her bare ring finger. The joy he felt with her was laced with sorrow that he could not make her his wife.

"What are you thinking?" She said so quietly that he almost didn't hear her over the droning of the ceiling fan above them.

He remained silent for a moment longer. "I wish I could marry you. But…." He didn't know what to say next.

Lynn sat up slightly looking him directly in the eyes and ran her thumb along the scar that ran from his cheek down towards his neck. "Filip don't. We don't need a ring or a piece of paper. I am yours! I have your crow."

He unconsciously ran his hand over her shoulder and the crow that resided there. "Aye, you do." He smiled at her drawing her in closely.

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"Where are we going?" Lynn laughed as Chibs dragged her by the hand down Main street.

He shushed her. "Stop asking questions, you'll see."

Lynn looked at the store fronts they passed. The tattoo parlor, the ice cream shop, Floyd's barber shop, then they stopped in front of a vacant store front.

There was a man inside busily painting a wall. She recognized the shaggy blond hair. "Mikey?" She said aloud to no one specific. Opening the door she caught her brother's attention. "Mikey!"

He turned around surprised, pulling earbuds out of his ears. "Hey, Sis!" He gave her a kiss on the cheek and a tight quick hug. "Sorry." He apologized when he noticed a smudge of paint on her shirt. "How do you like your place so far? There's still a lot of work to do, but it's going to be great."

Lynn's head snapped in Chibs' direction, he was wearing a wide goofy grin. "My place?!" She asked confounded.

"Oh shit! Was it a surprise? Did I fuck it up?" Mikey asked, terrified that Chibs would be angry with him. After a moment he noticed that Chibs' grin remained, he relaxed.

"Your place." Chibs affirmed.

In quick succession Lynn jumped up and down clapping her hands, covered her mouth as she giggled with surprise and glee, then rushed into her man's arms. He laughed with her and rocked back and forth with her in his arms. "What are you going to call the place? Can't very well call it Zoomin' Groomin' being as it is not as mobile as the van."

Lynn beamed at him. "I don't know. I'll have to think about it."

Chibs looked to the ceiling as if deep in thought. "How about 'Oh For Pet's Sake' or 'Shampooches' or 'Scruffy and Fluffy'." Lynn guffawed at his suggestions. "Oh how about the 'Wizard of Paws'?" He waggled his eyebrows at one last suggestion. "You could call it 'Doggie Style'".

She slapped his chest. "How long have you been thinking of these?"

"A while." Chibs pressed a kiss to her cheek.

"It's wonderful, Baby. Thank you so much. How can I ever repay you?" She snuggled into his embrace.

Chibs lowered his voice into a more serious tone. "I can think of a few ways." Mikey still within earshot rolled his eyes and went back to painting.

**SOA**SOA**SOA**

Chibs opened the door to Shampooches, still amazed that Lynn had taken his joking suggestion. Amy was at the register, the phone pressed to her ear and Baby Blue (as the child was now called) on her hip. She nodded at the biker that walked in the door as a greeting as she took an appointment. Customers and their dogs milled around the front, waiting for an appointment or perusing the shelves. Business was booming.

Mikey came out from the back hefting large bags of dog food to stock the shelves out front. "Hey Chibs!"

Chibs slapped Mikey on the back as he passed and walked behind the counter giving a kiss on the cheek to Baby Blue and Amy. Opening the door to the grooming area Chibs found Shannon trimming a small fuzzy mutt. She waved enthusiastically and smiled at the visitor. "Afternoon, sweetheart."

Upon hearing the deep voice with the wonderful burr that she loved so much she peered over her shoulder, hands never leaving the sudsy pug in her tub. "Hi, Baby what brings you here?"

Chibs walked up behind her pressing his body against hers and resting his hands on her hips. He kissed the side of her neck, the tickle of his beard causing her to giggle. "I came to see my girl." He looked around the room spotting the beagle snoozing in her dog bed in the corner. "There she is!" He squatted down and called to Dotty. "Come here girl."

Dotty's head popped up roused from her sleep and rushed over to her favorite person. Lynn just shook her head at the antics and chuckled. He scratched the dog and let her crawl around him. Rising back to his full height he stated. "I was just heading to Floyd's for a haircut. Get this mop cut."

"Don't you dare!" Lynn exclaimed. "Trim only, you know I like it long." She emphasized her point with a wink.

"Yes dear." Chibs said as he sauntered back out the door.

Author's Note:Alright that's it folks.Story over.I hope you all enjoyed it at least a little.I'm going to take a break, go on a little vacation for the holidays then maybe come back with another story.I'm still trying to figure out if I want to make a sequel to this or a whole new Chibs/OC story.Llama5 is open for suggestions.PM me or leave something in the comments!