A/N: I don't own charmed. This scene takes place in between Charmed and Dangerous and Three Faces of Phoebe. Enjoy!

The event she had been waiting for-the Source was finally defeated. There was no better way to celebrate that fact then to sit back at the club, as careless as she had been about three and a half years ago. And as she and her sisters toasted her sister who wasn't there to celebrate, she couldn't help but feel even happier that they were a little bit safer than before.

"What do you say we go home and get started on our future?" her husband's prompt made her remember the double meaning the word 'safe' had. 'When it's safe' they had promised each other. And now it was, with the Source out of their lives. It was safe, but after the day she had just endured, she was tired.

"What do you say we go home and sleep," she suggested, quickly, before her sisters could say anything, "and get started on that future tomorrow night?"

It hurt her to say it, with making him wait so long already for something he'd been waiting for, for sixty years, but she really wasn't in the mood for anything but sleep and relaxation at the moment.

Her sisters laughed, and Leo rolled his eyes. She stood up, and pushed him away from the table, leading him towards the stairs that went up to the exit.

They drove home in silence, Leo at the wheel. Something about the dull hum of the radio, and whatever song was playing on the station, relaxed her. Because now the only thing she had to worry about was going to sleep with both eyes closed instead of with one eye open. It was so relaxing, she felt herself drifting off.

As Leo pulled into the driveway, he peered over at his wife, and his heart melted. Her head was leaning against the window, and she seemed to be in a peaceful sleep. He couldn't bear to wake her, because he knew she hadn't been able to sleep completely well since her sister's death, and now she didn't have to worry about any of the threats that had taken Prue's life.

So he lifted her out of the car, and cradled her into his arms, protectively. Her petite figure molded into his body automatically, her head resting comfortably against his chest, without her ever waking up. She must have been really tired. Usually, at a slight disturbance, his wife would wake up. It came with the territory. Unfortunately, demons didn't care what time it was when they attacked.

He carried her up to the house, and orbed when he figured he was hidden enough to do so. He landed in their bedroom, right at the foot of their bed. He knew she would need to get into some comfortable pajamas, but that would mean waking her up. So he slowly walked over to her side of the bed, and gently placed her on it. She quickly snuggled up to the bed and her pillow, making a smile appear on his face.

Deciding it was time for him to also get some sleep; he got into some pajamas, and got into bed. Just as he got comfortable, he saw Piper's head move slightly out of the corner of his eye.

"Goodnight," she whispered, "Love you."

He grinned, snuggling up to her, placing a kiss on top of her head.

"Love you," he whispered back.

Piper was strangely happy when she woke up the next morning; she remembered she should be. She and her sisters had defeated the worst evil there was just the day before. There was a lot of celebrating to do.

"But first things first," she thought, reaching to the side of her, praying to go he was there. She had a lot to make up for; she had almost lost him once again. In the moments she had felt like maybe this was it. Maybe there were no more get out of jail free cards. The whole time outside of planning how to save him she thought about how they were on their way to bigger and better things if they could succeed. How she hadn't been able to share the greatest thing in life with him just yet. That just proved to her that she couldn't put it off any longer, and even if she did the night before-It hadn't been the right time. From this point forward there were no more fears or sleep to fight off.

Her hand grazed his warm body, and she felt the slow rise and fall of his chest as he slept. It was calming her to know he was there and not swept away. It felt almost normal.

Her hand moved from his body to his face. It was rough under her fingers. Suddenly she felt his hand come out of nowhere to cover hers, his eyes unopened. His thumb stroked the tip of her hand, and his body moved onto its side to face her before he opened his eyes.

"Good morning," he whispered his voice raspy with morning.

"Good morning," she said, "I'm going to make a nice breakfast this morning. How does that sound?"

"Great," he said.

"But, before that," she said, "I'd like to do something else."

"And what would that be?"

"Let me give you a hint," she lifted her head so their faces were in range of each other, and she kissed him softly.

His arms wrapped themselves around her, and he relaxed into her hiss.

"Ready to get started on our future?" he said, when she pulled away from him.

"I am," she said, now serious.

And the next two hours were about them, how much they loved each other, and how much they wanted to prove that to the world.

A/N: Hope you liked it. I always thought there was a reason Leo was so…happy when Piper brought out the food in "Three faces of Phoebe". Review and tell me what you thought. Thanks!

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