Happy Suits Month/Darvey week guys! I've decided that to celebrate the final season of Suits, I would add a few short domestic Darvey stories that follow the events of Off Limits.

I tried to create a series of stories that stay with the fun, light-hearted theme of the story while investigating a more domestic side of the Donna-Harvey relationship. I want to thank you all for your love and support on this story, its your support that caused me to write an epilogue to my epilogue and I hope it doesn't disappoint! A special shout out to everyone who helped contribute to the ideas that make up this chapter in some shape or form (whether it be through requesting a one-shot idea, inspiring a scenario, suggesting names, having a conversation that sparked an idea and everything in between) Thank you times a million.

This story has been an absolutely joy to write (hence why I'm revisiting it) and I hope you guys enjoy! Happy #suitsmonth and #darveyweek

Happy reading! xx

Off Limits: The Epilogue to the Epilogue- The Domestic Darvey Chapters

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Ch 1: Homecoming

"How was the honeymoon?! Tell me everything" Louis gushes as he rushes into her office bright and early on Monday morning.

"Wait. No, I take that back, I don't want to know everything" he quickly adds, taking a seat across from her.

"How about, 'Hi Donna, good to see you'" she laughs, closing her laptop and smiling up at Louis.

"That's what I said" Louis grins a toothy grin and nods enthusiastically.

"What can I do for you Louis?"

"I just wanted to hear about your trip! How was Paris?"

"Honestly Louis, it was incredible" she sinks back into her chair, unable to hide her happiness.

"Well obviously, you're glowing. Married life suits you."

She looks down at her left hand where her two rings sit gleaming in the sunlight streaming in from the window behind her. The last three weeks in Paris with Harvey had been pure bliss and it had been so nice to step back from their crazy busy lives and have some time to themselves.

"I see not much has changed around here" she looks past him to see Samantha and Alex bickering as they walk past her office.

"Nothing ever does" Louis sighs, "It's weird not having Mike around though. I know he was only here for a few weeks, but it just felt nice to have everyone back together, just like the good old days" Louis muses.

"The good old days" she repeats, letting herself get lost in a daydream as she reminisces about the day Mike Ross first stumbled into their lives. She had to remember to thank that kid one day, without him who knows if she and Harvey ever would've gotten to where they are now.

"So," he bursts, snapping her out of her thoughts, "Lay it on me, tell me about Paris" Louis gushes as Donna launches into a story about Harvey taking her to dinner on top of the Eiffel tower.

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The sun is already long gone when she makes her way to his office and knocks on his office door, coat in hand.

"Ready to go?" she raises her coat and flashes him a small smile.

"Just about" he grins, closing his laptop and tossing a handful of folders into his top drawer. She watches as he gathers his things into his briefcase, her eye catching a frame on his window ledge that wasn't previously there. She gets up to inspect the photo, lips rising into a wide grin as she turns it towards him, "This is new"

"Nothing gets past you, does it" he flirts, tossing his jacket over his shoulder and reaching for the framed photo in her hand; a photo of the two of them in Paris. He mulls over the memory, heart swelling as he recalls the picture being taken. He'd planned a romantic picnic beneath the Eiffel tower complete with the most expensive wine he could find and lavish cheeses. Everything was going perfect until a huge gust of wind knocked over the entire bottle of red wine onto both him and Donna, who had both unfortunately decided to wear white. Lucky for Harvey, the wind gust coincided with the exact moment they had asked someone to take their picture, and the stranger had captured the moment perfectly. Wine stained wardrobes and uncontrollable laughter.

Placing a soft kiss on her lips he places the photo back on the ledge.

"Of all the nice pictures we took, this is the one you decided to put in your office?" she ribs.

"I couldn't think of a more fitting picture to describe our relationship" he grins, placing a hand on the small of her back and leading her towards the office door.

"Chaotic?" she chuckles.

"Natural" he responds, slipping his fingers between hers as they make their way towards the elevators.

"How was your first day back?" he asks as they wait for the elevator.

"Busy. But I wouldn't have it any other way. You?"

"The same. But I missed you today" he pouts, letting his head come to rest in the nape of her neck temporarily.

"Our offices are right next to each other and we had two meetings together today!"

"I know, but I got to thinking about that rainy day in the country side, where we spent all day in bed and I woke you by…" he whispers the rest of his sentence into her ear before adding, "I was thinking maybe we could revisit that, later tonight" before gently tugging on her ear lobe and stepping back as Samantha rounds the corner and calls out to them, "You guys are back?! How was the honeymoon?"

"Still trying to relive it" Harvey mumbles under his breath while Donna answers Samantha with a cheery "Great."

"I'd love to hear more about it over drinks this week?" she asks Donna.

"That sounds great Samantha" she smiles.

"Perfect. Alright well I'll let you to get out of here" she says, leaving them alone in the lobby as the elevator finally arrives.

"Ready to go home Mrs. Specter?"

"Absolutely Mr. Paulsen"

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Ch 2: The Visitors

"I'm entering the room!"

"Mike, you don't have to announce it every time you come into the room…" Harvey sighs, hand thrown across Donna's shoulder as Mike makes his way back into the living room with snacks for the group.

"Yes, I do. Last time I entered a room in this apartment unannounced I caught the live Darvey show!"

"Okay two things. One, grow up" Harvey scoffs as he grabs a bag of popcorn from Mike and passes it over to Donna and Rachel.

"And two, what the hell is a Darvey?"

"It's your couple name, you know like Donna plus Harvey" Mike explains, plopping himself down on the couch on the other side of Rachel.

"Did you come up with that all on your own?" Harvey asks, tossing a handful of popcorn into his mouth.

"I did!" Mike boosts

"You must be so proud" Harvey sarcastically turns towards Rachel who can't help but laugh.

"The proudest" she manages to say between laughs.

"Are you two ready to watch the movie?" Donna interrupts, leaning into Harvey's side.

"Why are we watching this one again? Wouldn't you guys rather watch something else?" Harvey asks.

"Miss Congeniality is a classic!" Rachel and Donna both shout in unison.

"Mike, back me up here" Harvey looks to his former associate for support.

"Sorry man, I'm with the girls on this one, it's a classic."

Halfway through the movie, both Harvey and Donna had dozed off, leaving Mike and Rachel to let themselves out. Rachel pauses to look at their sleeping friends before joining Mike in the hall, Donna slumped into Harvey's side while Harvey's fingers were still threaded through hers. It was almost too sweet. She snaps a quick picture before tiptoeing out of the room to join Mike, holding out her phone to show him the picture.

"How sweet is that, late night for mom and dad" he jokes, forwarding himself the picture from Rachel's phone.

"You don't think we should wake them and say goodbye, do you?" Rachel asks Mike worriedly.

"Naaah, let them sleep, we should go pick up Edith from Louis', I'm sure he's play-dated out by now. Besides, they're going to be seeing a lot more of us now that we're moving back here" he smirks.

"We were supposed to tell them tonight."

"There's always tomorrow."

Harvey wakes up slightly past midnight, disoriented and stiff from the couch. He gently nudges Donna awake to no success as she mumbles something and curls back into his side to go back to sleep. Reaching for the remote he turns of the television and scoops his wife up in his arms, carrying her towards their bedroom. He places her on the edge of the bed while he roots around in the drawers for one of her night gowns before slipping her arms around his neck and helping her into it. Picking her back up he moves her to the other side of the bed and tucks her in with a kiss on the forehead.

"I love you" he whispers

"I love you too" she mumbles back in her semi-asleep state.

Rolling back to his side of the bed he grabs his phone and opens a new message from Mike. He opens it to find the picture of him and Donna fast asleep on the couch with a message that read:

We can't wait for more movie nights with you. We should make it a weekly thing? – M

He types back,

Does this mean?

And goes to toss his phone on the bedside table, not expecting a response until morning when it beeps.

Yes.

He smiles to himself while typing out one final message and turning off the light and cuddling into Donna.

Welcome home.

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Chapter 3: Morning Meetings

"Oh god, I don't want to see that!" Louis complains as he strolls past Harvey kissing Donna goodbye before heading into a meeting with Alex and Samantha.

"Relax Louis, they are married for crying out loud" Samantha defends Harvey as he joins them at the table.

"Just because they're married now doesn't mean the office wide ban on PDA has suddenly been lifted" Louis elaborates, hands gesturing like crazy to prove some sort of point.

"There's an office ban on PDA? Since when?" Alex asks

"Since always" Louis huffs, straightening up in his seat.

"I don't think you've been enforcing it very well, seeing as I first found out about Harvey and Donna when I saw them going at it by the elevator" Alex explains.

"Okay, we were not, 'going at it'" Harvey emphasizes the 'going at it' for dramatic effect, chuckling as he finishes his sentence.

"Oh please, you two could hardly keep your hands off each other" Samantha jumps in, "You would never know you were trying to keep your relationship low key."

"We weren't that bad!" Harvey protests.

"Hate to agree with Samantha here Harvey, but you two were like a couple of horny teenagers" Alex snickers along with the blonde.

"Alright, that's enough" Harvey tries to defend himself, despite knowing they had a valid point. When he and Donna got together, they had thirteen years to make up for and they weren't about to waste anymore time.

"Wait, Samantha if they were keeping their relationship a secret, how did you find out?" Alex asks her.

"Please, I read it all over Harvey's face. I haven't seen him look that happy since that day one of the associates accidentally took Louis' last bran bar. And Donna was in an incredibly good mood, it was obvious. I can't believe you didn't see it" she giggles as Alex gets flustered trying to come up with an excuse as to why he didn't figure it out on his own.

"If you three are done, we have a case to discuss" Louis interrupts the group, tapping on the folders spread out in front of him on the table.

"Yes, let's discuss the case" Harvey exclaims, eager to move on from the current conversation.

"Louis, how did you find out?" Samantha asks him, enjoying the fact that the conversation topic was making Harvey uncomfortable.

"Donna" he mumbles, also wanting to divert the conversation back to the case files on the table before him.

"She told you?!" Alex and Samantha cry in unison.

"Not exactly… She answered Harvey's phone in the middle of the night."

"Oh-hhh, ladies and gentlemen we have a winner" Samantha laughs.

"Yup. Louis, you definitely win this one!" Alex adds.

"A winner of what?" Louis stares between the two of them, having missed the obvious joke the pair was exchanging.

"The most awkward way to find out about these love birds over here" Alex clarifies while gesturing towards Harvey.

"Oh, I don't win that, Mike Ross takes that cake hands down."

"Louis…" Harvey warns, trying his best to prevent him from sharing the story with his colleagues.

"How did Mike find out?!" Samantha pries.

"If I tell you, then can we get back to doing real work?"

"Absolutely"

"Alright, he walked in on them…" Louis says as fast as he possibly can before sheepishly turning to see Harvey's reaction.

"NO!" Samantha squeals.

"Alright, alright you've had your fun now let's get to business" Harvey says, distributing the folders on the table.

'You guys weren't, you know? Were you?" Samantha asks Harvey who stares back at her with an un-amused expression.

"No" he answers coldly.

As if on cue, Donna walks by the conference room and catches his eye, sending him a saucy wink and a smile before she turns towards her office. It's a simple gesture but it's enough to make him forget about his previous frustration and embarrassment and immediately brings a smile to his face for the rest of the meeting. God, he thinks to himself, that women is magical.

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Chapter 4: Kiss Cam

"Harvey you didn't have to get me something it's not even our real anniversary!" she squeals as she tears open the envelope he hands her.

"But it's the anniversary of our first official date" he says proudly, pulling her closer into his side as she snuggles further beneath the covers, fishing tickets out of the card.

"I know the seats are horrible by my ticket guy messed up and that's all they had left. But I couldn't not take you to a baseball game."

"This is incredibly sweet" she thanks him, pulling him down to her for a kiss.

"So, what do you say? Will you skip out on work this afternoon to go sit in the nosebleeds with me and watch a baseball game?"

"Can't think of any other way I'd want to spend my afternoon" she grins.

Later that afternoon they find themselves seated in the nosebleed section beneath the blaring sun behind third base at the Yankees game. Unlike their first date, Donna is dressed more appropriately in a white t-shirt and jeans, while Harvey is sporting a black v-neck tee and a white baseball cap.

Watching the game with Donna was just as fun as he'd remembered it being, only now she understood what was going on and he didn't have to give her the detailed play-by-play; something he assumed she'd picked up from watching with him on television. The seventh inning stretch rolled around and when everyone started singing, she turned towards him.

"Why does everyone know the words?" she asks.

"They play this at every game," he clarifies, placing a hand on her knee as he mouthed the words to the infamous Take Me out to the Ball Game.

"They don't play it when they show the game on tv" he adds, noticing her smile turn up upon realizing she hadn't missed anything when watching with him.

"It's kind of lame" she laughs as the song comes to an end.

"It's tradition" he protests in favour of the tune.

"The only sports tradition worse than an entire stadium singing the same song over and over would be the…"

Ladies and gentleman it's time for the kiss cam! – booms over the stadium speakers.

"A kiss cam" she finishes with a sigh and leans back in her seat with Harvey's arm around her.

They watch in silence for a moment as the camera falls on a few older couples who respond with a small peck as the crowd cheers.

"I thought you were a sucker for romance" he teases, the camera now finding a young couple a few sections to their left.

"A kiss cam is far from romantic. It's all for show and there is no romance involved" she explains, letting her hand come to rest on top of his thigh.

"I think it depends on the couple. There can be romance involved" he counters, turning his eyes back on the big screen and finding himself and Donna front and center; go figure.

He watches as she turns towards the screen, eyes widening when she notices the camera focused on them.

"Happy one-year anniversary sweetheart" he whispers before cupping her cheek and pulling her in for a kiss that was far from innocent; earning them a few whistles from the crowd.

Pulling back from the kiss, he lets his hand come to rest on her shoulder, nose resting next to hers.

"Thanks for loving me for an entire year" she whispers.

"I've been loving you for a lot longer than that" he whispers back before moving in for a kiss.

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Chapter 5: Roommates

"Not again!" Mike shrieks, immediately backing out of the bathroom.

"What happened to knocking?" Harvey yells, taking in the sight Mike just walked in on. An assortment of clothes spread out across the floor and his and Donna's naked bodies pressed against the glass shower door.

"You made fun of me for knocking!" Mike whines from his place on the other side of the now semi-closed bathroom door.

"What are you doing wandering into our bathroom anyways? And why do you have a key to our apartment?" Harvey growls.

"Didn't Donna tell you? She said I could crash here while we get the apartment painted. And Donna gave us a spare a while back…"

"Where's Rachel staying?"

"With her parents, can we have this conversation when you have more clothes on?" Mike calls back from behind the door, causing Donna to giggle in Harvey's arms.

"Wait, just because you're staying here doesn't explain why you're in our bathroom." Harvey calls back,

"I needed to borrow some soap…"

"Harvey" Donna purrs, calling his attention back to her naked body pressed against his.

Reaching for a bar of soap Harvey hurls it at the door, causing the door to slam in Mike's face. After giggling about the small "ouch" that comes from the other side of the door, both Harvey and Donna forget Mike was ever there; at least temporarily forget, Mike gets an earful from Harvey for walking in on them over dinner when Mike can't stop teasing them about their adult shower time.

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Chapter 6: Breakfast at Tiffany's

He gets home to find Donna on the couch, wrapped in a blanket, eyes so fixated on the tv screen she barely hears him come in.

After tossing his shoes off and draping his suit jacket over a kitchen chair he joins her in the living room where he finds her mouthing along with the words of the movie she's watching.

I'm in love with you

- So what

So what? So plenty. I'm in love with you. You belong to me.

He stands at the door watching her for a few moments, admiring how taken she seems to be with the film and wondering how many times she must have seen it to be able to know the dialogue off the top of her head.

"You know most people just watch the movie" he smirks from his spot leaning against the door frame.

"I can't help it, it's the actress in me..."

Life's a fact. People do fall in love. People do belong to each other because that's the only chance anybody's got for real happiness.

"I didn't know you liked this one" he gestures towards the screen and moves to join her on the couch.

"How could I not. It's art" she smiles and continues to mouth the words along with the scene.

No matter where you run you just end up running into yourself.

"You know when I was a little girl, I always dreamed of putting on a long black dress and going down to Tiffany's on 5th avenue to have breakfast" she smiles at the memory.

"Why don't you?"

"Why don't I what?"

"Put on a black dress and go down to Tiffany's" he answers.

"Don't be ridiculous Harvey, that was a dream from ages ago. Besides, it takes months to get a reservation at their café."

"Then we'll bring our own food."

"Are you being serious right now?" she turns to face him and notices he isn't joking, he means every word he's saying.

She doesn't know why she'd never thought of doing so in the past, but the childhood dream had snuck up on her tonight and she couldn't think of any reasons not to get changed and go down to 5th avenue.

"Alright, let's do it" she grinned, getting off the couch and walking towards the closet in pursuit of a black gown.

"Oh, I get to come, do I?" he teases as he follows, watching her hunt for the perfect dress.

"Well, it was your idea" she encourages, lifting a silky floor length gown from a hanger and holding it up to herself in the mirror.

"If I'm going to be Audrey in this situation, what does that make you?" she asks as she slips into the gown.

"I always thought I'd make an excellent George Peppard" he states matter-of-factly.

She looks at him in slight shock but before she has a chance to comment he adds, "What, I've seen the movie."

"You look incredible" he sighs into her neck as he reaches for the zipper on her dress, letting his fingers linger over her bare back before slowly pulling the zipper up. Pausing midway up her back, he lets his lips hover over her ear, "You. Are. Incredible." He breathes before nibbling down on her earlobe. Bringing the zipper to the top, he lets his hands roam around her waist, coming up to cup her breasts as his lips envelop hers in a kiss.

"Help me with my necklace?" she mumbles between kisses.

He breaks the kiss and follows her to the dresser, taking the necklace from her hand and standing behind her once again to put her necklace into place.

"Perfect" she smiles, turning on her toes to place a delicate kiss on his lips.

"Yes, you are" he cups her cheeks with both hands and moves in for a kiss purposefully.

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Hand on the small of her back, he guides her through the revolving doors into the store front.

"Worth putting on that dress, wasn't it?" he grins at her, fingers weaving through hers.

"Absolutely! But we didn't bring any food..."

"About that… I was thinking we pick out some earrings to go with that necklace before we head upstairs for dinner" he smiles.

"Upstairs? Harvey, I told you, reservations in that café take months to get" she explains, pointing towards a pair of diamond studs in the glass case in front of them that the salesman retrieves for her.

"It's a good thing I called about an hour ago and rented out the entire place" he smirks as her eyes light up.

"Are you serious?!" she squeals, "How?"

"I know a guy, who knows a guy. And we'll take those" he gestures towards the earrings on the counter.

"You are just full of surprises tonight."

"It's not often I get to surprise you and have it be an actual surprise."

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Chapter 7: A Very Litt Date Night

"Where's your other half tonight?"

"Looking to take me out on a date Louis?" Harvey snickers, strolling past them into the kitchen wearing only his boxers and a t-shirt.

"Please, you'd be lucky to get a real Louis Litt date"

"I'm sure I would be" he laughs and turns into the kitchen.

"What did he mean by that?" Louis turns to where Donna is putting on a final coat of lipstick.

"Nothing Louis, you know how Harvey is."

"He doesn't think a date with me is a good time?! Because I'll show him that my dates always finish the evening fully satisfied!"

Donna tries her hardest to withhold her laughter, and clearly Harvey isn't as successful as she is because she can hear him chuckling at Louis' words in the kitchen, which only makes Louis more determined to prove his point.

"Alright that's it! Harvey, go get dressed" he orders.

"Dressed for what?" he asks, returning from the kitchen holding a beer.

"I'm taking you out and showing you a good time. Sorry Donna, but I think Harvey needs this, don't you?" he holds up the pair of tickets for Wicked, the show he was supposed to be taking her to.

"I think I'll pass on this one Louis, I have a date with the Yankees game and the couch" he says, panicked eyes finding Donna's across the hall.

"Donna help me out here. Don't you think it would be a great idea for me and Harvey to spend some time together. Besides, we haven't bonded much since you got married and I've been preoccupied with the baby. This is my chance to show him a good time."

"Look, I'd love to Louis, but I know Donna was really excited about this and I wouldn't want to take it away from her" he looks to her again, his eyes pleading for help.

"Actually, I am pretty exhausted. You two should go" she grins wickedly as the panic spreads across Harvey's face.

"Hurry up and get dressed! We don't want to miss Glenda's first solo!" Louis beams.

"We wouldn't want that, now would we…" Harvey sarcastically remarks before reluctantly handing Donna his beer and heading towards their bedroom. He knows there's no use in protesting because between Louis and his wife he didn't stand a chance, there was no getting out of this.

"Donna, I promise we'll go to the next one, okay?"

"Of course" she smiles, placing a reassuring hand over his forearm while they waited for Harvey to return.

Harvey returns wearing a pair of gray dress pants and a white top and with a dramatic sigh he tucks his wallet in to his pocket and says, "Let's get this over with" as he follows Louis out the door.

"Have fun" Donna calls after him with a wink.

"Oh, I am so going to get you back for this" Harvey whispers back before placing a small kiss on her forehead and shutting the door behind him.

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Chapter 8: The IT Crisis of 2020

Nearly a month after their honeymoon, Donna sat impatiently at her desk while she waited for someone from the IT department to come and reboot her laptop before her afternoon meeting. Tapping her multicoloured pen against the desk, her eyes roam the halls for anyone that looked like they could be on their way to provide IT support. Her phone chimes and she flips it over to reveal a message from Rachel; a photo of baby Edith in the jumper she and Harvey had sent them from Paris. She types back a quick message about missing her two favourite girls when a knock at her door startles her.

"Sorry! I didn't mean to scare you!" she's met with apologetic eyes and a small smile.

"Benjamin! I didn't know you were back" she greets, rolling herself out of the way so he can access her laptop.

"First week back."

"How was the exchange program?" she asks while he begins to type away on her laptop.

"Educational" he mumbles, caught up in whatever he was doing to her screen.

"It must be weird to be back?" she tries her best to make small talk, not wanting to be too annoying while he worked.

"It's kind of nice. Nothing ever really changes around here, you know?"

"Don't I ever" she chuckles, reaching for the phone beside him.

"I guess I spoke too soon, maybe some things do change" she notices his stare fixated on her wedding ring that had reflected the sunlight when she grabbed her cellphone.

"You got married" he adds, still furiously typing.

"I did" she smiles.

"I guess a congratulations are in order, who's the lucky man?"

Before she can answer, Benjamin manages to get her blue screen to reset and her laptop opens to it's usual homepage, complete with a wallpaper photo of her and Harvey kissing in front of the Eiffel Tower on their honeymoon.

"I suppose that answers your question" she shrugs sheepishly.

"I want to say I saw this coming, but honestly I didn't" he mumbles in his own state of shock and disbelief.

"I should have known that, it's my job to know what goes on around here..." he adds.

"I don't think that job pertains to personal relationships" she tries to be supportive.

"How could I have not seen that coming? With the amount of emails you two send each other…I just assumed… I … What have I been doing… It was so obvious…" he continues to mumble to himself as he heads out of her office and back down the hall, passing Harvey on his way out.

"What was that all about?" Harvey looks back at a distraught IT guy, talking to himself as he walked down the hall.

"I think the news of our relationship just broke Benjamin" Donna giggles.

"Wouldn't be the first time the news of our relationship had that effect on someone."

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Chapter 9: The Gift Giver (M+)

"Donna have you see my…?"

She passes him his wallet without looking up from the book she's dedicated this rainy Sunday morning to reading.

"What about my…?"

"On the hall table" she responds, flipping a page over.

"Do you mind grabbing it for me?" he calls from the kitchen.

"Can't you grab it on your way out?" she responds, nose still stuck in her novel.

"I'm just going to grab a coffee before I go, can you toss me the keys out of the left pocket at least" he calls.

With a sigh she reluctantly closes her book and slides off the couch, trudging towards his jacket in the hall. She doesn't understand why he can't just grab his own keys, but she wasn't in the mood to argue. Fishing around in his coat pocket she grabs a small black box and turns it over in her palm to inspect it.

She'd never seen this box before, matte black and definitely concealing some type of jewellery and she can't imagine why Harvey would be keeping it in his coat pocket. She debates opening it for a moment but then questions whether she was supposed to find it.

"Well, are you going to stare at it or open it?" his voice startles her as he comes up behind her in the hall, grin as wide as a mile.

She raises an eyebrow at him, silently asking if the box was really for her and he nods back telling her it is.

A small gasp escapes her lips when she opens the box to reveal a diamond ring in the shape of the sun, where each ray is a separate stone and the center is a yellow tinted diamond that sparkles beneath the hall lights.

"Harvey, what is this for?" she looks up at him with tear-filled eyes.

"Just because" he flashes her the dopey grin she loved so much.

"This seems like an awful lot for just because…"

"Really, because I didn't think it seemed like enough" he says while she slips the ring on her right hand.

"It's beautiful" she says before moving to kiss him, "I love it."

"I had the guy model it after a sun because even on the darkest of days you are always a source of sunshine for me."

"Now you're just trying to make me cry" she blubbers.

"I'm just getting started" he smirks before pulling her in by the waist for a kiss.

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A few weeks later she comes home to find a bouquet of roses on the counter with a card addressed to her. Harvey had been away on business in Chicago for the past three days and wasn't due to arrive back home until the following day, so the bushel of red on the kitchen counter caught her by surprise. Opening the card address to her, two tickets fall onto the counter. She picks them up revealing the title, Shakespeare in the Park, 8pm, with tonight's date. She turns to the card and reads the note inside.

Donna, I was thinking it might be nice to have a date night under the stars. See you tonight beautiful.

Love, Your Harvey

She closes the card and folds it against her chest, beaming with excitement. She had been complaining she hadn't gotten to Shakespeare in the park this year a while back when they spent a late night at the office, and she can't believe he remembered. Plus, even though he had only been away for a few days she missed him and was elated he was coming home a day earlier.

The rest of her day fly's by as she rushes around trying to finish the bulk of her errands. She is just stepping out of the shower when she hears the key turn in the lock, indicating Harvey was finally home. Securing her towel around her body she saunters into the hall to find him, mischievous grin already plastered across her face. After his adorable surprise she was ready to show him just how much she'd missed him this past week.

"Hey handsome, I was thinking we could be a little bit late for the show" she flirts, stepping into the hall wearing nothing but the towel she's prepared to let fall to the floor.

"Oh my god!" she and Louis scream at the same time as she rounds the corner into the hall.

"Louis, what are you doing here? And why do you have a key?" she yelps, clutching her towel to her body.

"Harvey told us to be here at 7:30" Louis explains, looking to Shelia for back up.

"We tried knocking but no one answered so we used our spare key" Louis continues, holding up the key as evidence.

"How many spare keys do we have?" she wonders out loud.

"Sorry Donna, we didn't mean to intrude" Shelia apologies on behalf of her and her husband.

"Oh no, not an intrusion, just a pleasant surprise" Donna smiles, "I'm just going to toss something on, please make yourselves comfortable" she gestures them into the living room.

"Harvey didn't tell you he invited us, did he?" Louis asks.

"That man is just full of surprises lately" she chuckles, excusing herself to get ready.

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"Honeyyyy, I'm home" Harvey calls as he enters the apartment.

"Thank god, we were getting worried" Louis calls back, catching Harvey off guard.

Harvey peers into the living room to find Louis, Shelia and Donna all laughing over a bottle of wine.

"You guys are early" he says to Louis, sending Donna an apologetic look.

"You said 7:30 and us Litt's are nothing if not punctual" Louis boosts proudly.

"Let me put these down" he raises his bags, "and we can get going."

Dropping his bag on the bed he begins rummaging through the closet to find a new shirt when he hears her behind him. He turns to find her leaning against the closet door wearing a devilish grin.

"Surprise" he shrugs, "I'm sorry, I thought I would get here before them and we could have some alone time before I surprised you with the double date"

"The double date was really sweet Harvey, I know how much you've been trying to avoid double dates with Louis and Shelia."

"Well, I figured you and Louis would both appreciate having someone to discuss the play with."

"And I love you for that" she smiles, making his way to him and tugging on his tie until it falls to the floor between them.

She sends him a pointed look that dares him to come closer, to put his hands on her. She leans forward on her toes and nibbles on his ear lobe while her left-hand ghosts over his bulge, cupping him as she releases his ear with a breathy moan.

"Donna" he warns as her fingers tease at his belt.

"Louis and Shelia are in the other room" he mumbles as she sucks on his neck.

"I sent them to fetch a cab, we should have a few minutes before they suspect anything" she explains as she frees him of his belt.

Her words are the reassurance he needs before sliding his hand up her thigh and backing her against the closet door with impressive force, bunching her dress at the waist, fingers greedily moving past her lace panties and slipping between her folds.

"I missed you" he mumbles between kisses, desperate to have her closer, tongue slipping past hers as he continues to pump two fingers in and out. He brings his thumb to play with her clit and she whimpers under his touch, begging him not to stop. Using his other hand, he scoops her up by the ass and carries her back towards a shelf in the center of the closet, placing her down on top of it and momentarily sliding his fingers out of her. She pouts at the loss of contact, and pushes his shirt off his shoulders, pulling him towards her, desperate to feel him inside of her. He steps back breaking the contact all together and licks his lips in a way that drives her mad. She needed him and she needed him now. She whines his name again, a plea for him to reinstate the contact between them.

Despite having limited time, Harvey took his time appreciating every moment of this, wanting to savor it all. He kneels in front of her and pushes her knees apart, watching as her eyes follow his every move, knowing his deliberate patience (which was nearly killing him) was driving her insane. He lets his hand slowly wander up her leg, teasing at her already soaked core before finally plunging back inside. She closes her eyes and moans his name at his touch, clutching his shoulders as he curled his finger and hit the right spot. Leaning back on her elbows she can feel her climax beginning to build as he slips a second finger inside of her. Next thing she knows his head is between her legs and his tongue glides over her clit, causing her to buck her hips forward. He feels her begin to tremble as he works his fingers and tongue in tandem, her fingers clawing down his back as she pushes him forward, begging him not to stop. One final flick of his tongue pushes her over the edge, and she cries out his name as he continues to work her folds with his tongue as she rides out her wave. With trembling legs, she pulls him up to her and frees him of his pants as she sucks on his lower lip. She strokes his already hard length a few times before guiding him to her entrance and adjusting to his size as he slowly thrusts into her. He teases her slightly, only sliding halfway in before pulling back out, but his teasing is cut short when she whispers Harvey I need you to fuck me right now, and he loses all will power. It doesn't take long for them to reach their peaks; Donna's clawing into Harvey's back and Harvey's sucking on Donna's neck bringing them both to finish quickly. He continues to pump into her as she comes down from her high, pulling her in to tender kiss when he finally pulls out of her.

He grabs a towel and cleans them up before gathering their scattered pieces of clothing and getting dressed.

"Do we have to go?" he pouts while buttoning his shirt.

"They're waiting for us downstairs… But later, if you play your cards right, we can continue this conversation" she smirks as she fixes her hair.

"I guess" he pulls her in for a kiss after she fixes his tie, "Why did I think this was a good idea again?"

"Because you're working on your gift giving skills" she smirks.

She leads the way out of the apartment with Harvey in toe and pauses on her way out the door.

"For the record, I've always considered you a good gift giver, I think you just proved that back there" she says with a wink.

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Chapter 10: Isn't She Lovely?

On a cool summer evening in late July, the couple find themselves strolling through Central Park after a double date with Mike and Rachel. Having Mike and Rachel back in the city had been such a blessing, their nights were now filled with double dates. Donna had Rachel back in her life for girl's nights and Harvey had Mike; it brought the perfect meld of independence and romance into their lives, not to mention the new role as babysitters for Edith, who, to everyone's surprise, had really taken a liking to her uncle Harvey.

Strolling through the park hand in hand Harvey is filling Donna in on the happenings of his latest case when they stumble upon a small jazz band set up in the square. The sign next to the stage reads, "Music Under the Stars" and the entire area is covered by overhead lights, twinkling in the moonlight. The band is playing a rendition of Stevie Wonder's Isn't She Lovely and without hesitation Harvey extends his hand to Donna who eyes him curiously before accepting it. He leads her towards where a group of people are dancing in front of the stage and twirls her into his arms.

Wrapping her hands around the nape of his neck, she rests her head on his shoulder and lets him sway them in time with the music. This must be what serenity felt like. This pure state of euphoria she often felt when with Harvey, engulfed in the overwhelming sensations of love, comfort and happiness. He was her safe place, her guidepost, her home. It was there, in that moment under the stars as he held her that she decided that there was no greater feeling in the world than being loved by him. It was also their that she decided she wanted to have a family with him, to see him become a father and a role model, a position she knew he would surpass all expectations in.

When the song comes to an end, she lifts her head and finds herself drowning in a see of hazel, his eyes pooling with a mixture of lust and adoration that makes her knees go weak.

"What do you think about starting a family?" she shyly suggested, unsure of how he will react.

"Yes" he answers nearly before she finishes her sentence.

"Are you serious?"

"Donna, you know how I feel about you. I would lasso the moon if you asked me too, of course I want to have a family with you."

"And you're not just saying that because you think it's what I want? Because I want you to want this too."

"I've been dreaming about the day we bring home our little red headed baby since the day we said I do."

"So, what you're saying is, we're going to try and have a baby?" she beams back at him.

"We're going to try and have a baby" he echoes, scooping her up and twirling her around with a kiss, both blissfully unaware the band had long since stopped playing.

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Chapter 11: Knowing When to Hold Em'

She finishes up her work for the day and tucks her laptop into her purse, preparing to head home for the evening. Harvey was staying late to play a poker game with a few of the guys and she was looking forward to having the apartment to herself for the evening. Heading out of her office she contemplates stopping by to see if they'd started playing yet and nearly decides against it in pursuit of the bubble bath and the bottle of merlot she knows is waiting for her at home.

Poking her head into his office to say goodnight she finds Alex, Louis, Harvey and Mike all seated around a temporary poker table sipping whiskey.

"Don't mind me, just came to say goodnight" she smiles, walking over to where Harvey is sitting and leaning over him to place a kiss on his cheek.

"Going so soon? We're just getting started" Louis says.

"I don't want to intrude on boy's night" she squeezes Harvey's shoulder.

"Please, Donna you're never intruding" Louis counters.

"Ya, Donna you should join us" Mike chimes in with a smirk.

"I don't even know how to play" she protests.

"We'll teach you" Alex offers, dealing her into the game and gesturing for her to take a seat.

"Alright, I guess one game can't hurt" she shrugs and takes the vacant seat beside her husband.

After the cards are dealt and Alex quickly briefs Donna on the rules, Harvey starts the betting by raising Donna to double the initial buy in.

"What?" he cocks an eyebrow at her, "You thought I was going to go easy on you?"

"I wouldn't want you holding back" she smirks back and tosses her chips into the pot, calling his bet.

"Oh shiiiiiit" Mike choruses.

At the end of the round only Harvey and Donna remain, and he gives her one final out, "Are you sure you don't want to call it a night?"

"I'm good, thanks" she purses her lips.

"Alright, full house" Harvey says revealing his cards.

"I think this is good, right?" she plays dumb and reveals her four of a kind with a smirk as Mike and Alex stare back in disbelief.

"Holy shit" Louis mumbles as he watches Donna claim the chips in the pot.

Nearly an hour later, Alex and Mike are out of money and only Louis, Harvey and Donna remain in the game. Donna and Harvey had each won about half of the games with Louis winning the odd game here and there. Down to the last card, Donna raises the stakes 4-fold with a saucy wink in Harvey's direction and Louis folds. Harvey calls her bet and they stay staring at one each other daring the other to reveal their hand first. Harvey caves first revealing three of a kind, while Donna drops her cards showing a straight.

"Oh man, I need a day" Louis mumbles as Donna claims her prize.

"On that note, I think it's time to call it a night. Want a ride home Mike?" Alex asks.

"Sure" Mike nods, grabbing his jacket.

"Thanks for sticking around to kick Harvey's ass, Donna. We should've known if anyone was going to give him a run for his money it would be you" Mike adds,

"May I remind you she kicked your ass too" Harvey points out.

"You're just bitter your wife schooled you in poker" Mike ribs before following Alex out of the office.

Donna plops herself down on one of Harvey's couches as she waits for him and Louis to pack everything away. Once Louis excuses himself, he joins her on the couch, her feet finding a place in his lap.

"So, do I have to sleep on the couch tonight since I showed you up at boy's night?" she teases.

"Nah, I think I'll let it slide this time, plus I didn't try to win that first game" he defends himself.

"We both know that's not true"

"Prove it" he winks.

"You're impossible" she rolls her eyes in response.

"Besides, it was pretty hot watching you win like that" his smirk widens as she slides towards him, straddling his lap.

"It was, was it?" her tongue grazes over her lower lip, hands coming to rest on the couch behind his head.

"You have… no idea" he mumbles into her breasts where his head is nuzzled.

"Harv" she warns softly before his lips steal the rest of her warning, pulling her down to him, hands wrapping around her waist.

His fingers trail from her bare shoulder down her arm as he devours her neck, stopping only to suck on her pulse point. She grinds against him, widening her legs to increase the friction between them as he kisses down her neck hen Harvey's blaring cell phone interrupts them. Reluctantly climbing off of his lap, she passes him the cell phone ringing on the coffee table and plops down beside him.

"What?" he barks into the phone, annoyance an understatement for how he feels about being interrupted.

"Harvey, I thought you said Donna would be home tonight? You haven't forgotten about me staying with you guys for a few days, have you?" Jessica asks on the other end of the line.

"Shit" Harvey mumbles, "We'll be there in fifteen" he adds before hanging up and turning back towards Donna.

"Jessica is at our apartment" he tells her.

"Jessica? Why?"

"I forgot I told her she could stay in the guest room for the weekend" he tosses his head back, whining. There was nothing he wanted more than to have his way with Donna right here on this couch.

"She could wait a fewwww more minutes?" he suggests, reaching to pull her back into his lap.

"Common, we can't keep her waiting" she reasons, grabbing his hand and pulling him up from the couch. He sighs and concedes, following her all the way to where Ray is waiting downstairs.

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Once Jessica is settled into the guest room, Harvey finds himself in flipping through a book in bed wearing only his boxers and an old Harvard t-shirt while Donna gets ready for bed in the bathroom. He is so pre-occupied in his reading he doesn't hear her exit the bathroom until she clears her throat. Peering over his glasses he finds her leaning against the door in a silk robe, sporting a devilish grin.

"Donna"

"Harvey"

"What's happening?" he asks, slightly confused yet excited.

"I was just thinking about earlier…" she makes her way to the foot of the bed, "in your office." She pushes the robe off one shoulder.

"And I figured…" she drops the robe, revealing a black lace lingerie set that her showed off her nipples, "the night wasn't over yet" she purrs, climbing into his lap.

"If I'd have known what winning poker did to you I would've folded immediately" he says, taking her breasts in his hands before pushing the lace aside and taking one in his mouth.

"Maybe if you were better at poker you would've figured that out" she teases.

Instead of responding he flips her over and allows his lips to crash into hers, desperate to free her of the lace after her little miniature strip tease out of the bathroom.

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Chapter 12: The Dog Days are Over (For the Pup, That is)

It had been three months since they decided to start trying to have a family, six since Mike and Rachel moved back to the city and she'd never been happier. She watches from outside Harvey's office as he plays with Edith while Mike finishes up some paperwork. He was going to make such a great father. She was planning on telling him the good news that night when they got home from work, but the sight before her has her wanting to burst into his office and blurt out the news. They were going to have a baby.

They were going to have a baby; she could hardly believe it. The two of them were going to become three and someday soon there would be a miniature version of Harvey or herself in the world. A little human that combined everything she loved about Harvey with everything he loved about her. They were going to bring new life into the world, and she was giddy with excitement.

She'd found out she was expecting nearly a week ago but was waiting on the doctor's confirmation before she told Harvey; a confirmation call she received that morning. She had been brainstorming, trying to think of a creative way to tell him he was going to be a dad, but she was too elated to sit and focus. She decided she would tell him that night over dinner and headed into his office to join him, Mike and her god daughter before heading home.

"There's the most beautiful girl in the world" she coos at Edith as she steals her from Harvey's arms.

"And here I was thinking you were talking about me" Mike scoffs, moving to fill both his and Harvey's glasses with scotch.

"Donna?" he gestures towards an empty glass, asking if she wanted him to pour her one.

"I'll pass, thanks" she smiles between sticking out her tongue at the toddler in her arms.

"Just have one glass and we can head out? I was thinking we grab some takeout from that Thai place you love so much?" Harvey says.

"I'll just wait for you to finish yours and we can go. But we're getting extra spring rolls. Isn't that right little Miss Edith" she switches to baby talk mid-sentence.

"Donna passing up a drink after a long day, what are you, expecting or something" Mike teases and Donna freezes, the colour draining from her face.

"Oh my god, really?" Mike stares in disbelief.

"Really?" Harvey turns to her with hopeful eyes.

"Really" she nods back, happy tears beginning to well in her eyes. This was not what she had in mind when she pictured telling Harvey their exciting news, but she no longer cares about the moment being perfect; because it's their moment, all three of theirs.

"You're… you're sure?" Harvey mumbles, tears beginning to fall and he's at her feet, taking her hands in his.

"Yes" she beams, Mike taking Edith from her arms and watching as his friends celebrate, Harvey cupping Donna's tear-stained face in his hands and pulling her down for a kiss.

"We're going to have a baby" Harvey whispers, still cupping Donna's face, resting his forehead against hers.

"We're going to have a baby" she echoes, hugging him.

"I'm going to be a dad" he whispers into her ear.

"I'll just leave you two to ugh… celebrate" Mike excuses himself, "Congratulations guys, you're going to make amazing parents."

"Thanks Mike" Harvey calls over Donna's shoulder, pulling his wife back in for a kiss once Mike leaves his office. He always thought his wedding day would be the happiest day of his life but boy was he wrong, nothing would ever come close to this day; the day Donna told him he was going to be a father. The day they started their own family.

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Chapter 13: The Show Runner

She glanced over her clip board, scanning down the page and mentally checking off items as she goes. Lights, check. Woodland creatures, check.

"Alright, fairies I need you to line up over here" she gestures to her left and a swarm of little girls in fairy wings scramble to get into line.

"Mommmmm, my wing is dented" the small red head whines, rushing up to her in a panic.

"Let's see sweetheart" she smiles down at the girl, pulling the wing back in to place, "There we go, all fixed" she places a kiss on top of her daughter's head and shoos her into line with the other kids.

Continuing down her list she furrows her brow when she realizes what she'd missed the first time through the pre-show checklist.

"Where is tree number three?" she calls out to everyone standing backstage.

"Right here" Harvey sighs, joining the line of fairy's and woodland creatures waiting for the curtain to rise.

"Dadddddy" the little fairy launches herself into Harvey's arms, "You look funny as a tree" she giggles when he bops her on the nose before placing her back on the ground.

Donna can't help but swoon at the sight before her, her little family doing the thing she loved, it was almost surreal. When the theater had asked if she wanted to direct her daughters play, she was hesitant, but Harvey encouraged her to give it a try and it was exactly what she needed. She began to fall in love with theater all over again and had even signed up to audition for a play the following month. Somehow, Harvey had just known was she needed, lately he always just knew, and her heart swelled watching him tickle their daughter in his green leotard covered in giant plastic leaves.

She claps her hands, gaining the attention of everyone gathered back stage, "Alright we're almost ready to start the show, does everyone know their places?"

Everyone begins to shuffle into their places for the opening scene and she calls Elizabeth (Ellie for short) over to where she and Harvey are standing slightly off stage.

"Are you excited kiddo?" Harvey grins down at his daughter, who was growing up to look more and more like her mother, while still sporting his trade mark smile.

"I'm a little bit nervous" she mumbles down at her tutu.

"You have no need to be nervous, do you know why?" he asks.

"Why?" she looks up at him.

"Because you're a Specter"

"I'm a Paulsen-Specter" the girl proudly boasts.

"That's my girl" Donna grins, "You're going to do great sweetheart, now go break a leg."

They watch as the little girl skips off toward the stage to join her friends.

"Remind me again what I'm supposed to be doing?" Harvey asks with the tilt of his head, placing a hand on Donna's waist.

"Stand there and be a tree" she smirks back at her husband, planting her hand on his chest and placing a soft kiss on his lips.

"How did you convince me to do this again?"

"It wasn't me who convinced you" she looks towards their daughter who is practicing her twirls on stage.

"You know what they say, like mother like daughter"

"Daddy, are you coming?" she calls over to them.

"I'll be right there princess" he answers.

"Wrapped around her little finger" Donna clucks, turning her attention back to her clip board for one final check before they started the show.

Harvey peaks out through the curtain while Donna is busy getting the kids into place and notices Mike, Rachel, Shelia and Louis sitting front and center.

She grabs his arm and leads him to his mark when he asks, "Why are Mike and Louis in the audience?"

"They didn't want to miss your big break?" she teases, motioning for him to stay in place on the mark at the back of the stage.

"Relax hot shot, they're here for your daughter"

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Chapter 14: The Past 7 Years

"The file room?"

She nods her head and he continues guessing, "my office?"

A smirk begins to creep across her face as she shakes her head at him from her seat across the table, "You're an idiot" she adds with a laugh.

"I remember there was once a time you told me having sex in all of those places was off limits… and yet" he winks, taking her hand in his own over the table.

The waiter comes by and pours them each a glass of champagne leaving the bottle on the table for them before excusing himself. Harvey raises his glass to hers for a small toast.

"To a night of no kids" he jokes

"You miss them, don't lie" she teases, knowing that between the two of them he was the one who was more protective of Ellie and Gordon.

"Of course, I do, those guys and you, you're my entire life" he smiles, raising his glass to hers once again, "To seven wonderful years of marriage. I can't believe I'm lucky enough to have such a charismatic, hard-working, passionate women by my side to keep me in line and help raise those monkey's we call our children. I love you, Donna."

"I love you too Harvey" she smiles and clinks her glass against his before taking a small sip.

"Seven years already" she thinks out loud.

"Seven official years, it's nearly two decades if we go by how long you told me we'd been married when I hired Mike" he squeezes her hand over the table.

"Well in that case, here's to a few more decades."

And that's a wrap on Off Limits! Somehow the length got away from me but I hope it was worth the read (and the update) As always I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a review if you get the chance! We're almost at the finish line and the canon Darvey season is in site!

Happy #SuitsMonth and #Darvey Week - Sarah xx