7. Afterglow

"Stop taking my picture," Janine said, smiling into her pillow. Next to her, Egon refused to lower the camera. He was addicted to Janine's image; ever since that night with the snow machine malfunction and they'd made love for the first time. Though it had been months since then and weeks since the Janine calendar project was successfully brought to completion, Egon was still taking pictures of her. This time though, those pictures were for his and Janine's eyes only.

Egon's Winter set featured a make-up free, yet glowing Janine. She lounged in an oversize pajama top in front of a roaring fireplace in one shot, smiling radiantly at the camera. Another featured her wearing her favorite winter coat with nothing else underneath, a mischievous smile on her lips. Her nude shot had her sitting on her kitchen counter, swaths of red ribbon around her, like a Christmas gift someone had just unwrapped. In fact, someone had unwrapped her, and that someone was none other than the person who took the photo.

The Ghostbusters had submitted their final prints a week after Egon and Janine's memorable night. Ray's photos had featured a fresh, rosy-looking Janine. Very girl-next-door. "Easy, breezy," Peter commented. He flipped to Winston's shots. His pictures featured a hot and bothered Janine – lounging on the rooftop with a cold one in her hand, and hosing down the Ecto-1 in white cut-offs and a wet t-shirt. For her nude Summer shot, Winston had Janine on a beach towel, rubbing sun tan oil over her arms. "Sizzling," Peter said. His Autumn set featured a posh Janine as she sat on a park bench wearing Chanel, autumn leaves at her feet. Another shot had her posing in her impression of Holly Golightly, in pearls in front of the firehouse, and her nude shot was the Annie Liebovitz-inspired shot. It looked more like a painting than a photograph. Peter was in particular very proud of that one.

When Peter got to Egon's pictures, he didn't say anything at first. He studied them closely, comparing them with his, Ray's and Winston's. Peter noticed that out of all the photos taken of Janine, her face in Egon's pictures reminded him of something very familiar. He just didn't know what it was. Something about the way Janine was smiling, and the angle of her body. Peter had seen that type of smile before, the same easy, lazy, cat-like body language. "What is it…? Where the hell have I seen this before?"

He may not have seen it on Janine, but he'd seen it on other women. He saw it on other women usually after… "Oh!" Peter said, realization dawning. He looked at the pictures again. "Well I'll be damned! Spengler you sonofabitch you finally did it! Nice one, Janine!" Laughing over his delayed realization and the happy turn of events, he sat back and enjoyed the feeling before filing the photos away for the printers.

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