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Alice: Last chapter guys. And here it is. Thanks for the reviews, we love them! Also, I thought I'd spill a few secrets. The LeonhartStrife Group has opened on DeviantArt. You can find a link to it from my DA account, aliceupsidedown. Also, we actually have six other completed stories that are ready to be uploaded. Which is another reason I caved and gave this to you all at a chapter a day.

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Cloud-A week or so later

Rolling my eyes, I laid down on the floor so I could look at Shiva who was hiding underneath the coffee table. "Oh come on, silly girl, she's going to be your friend." I reached out, patting Shiva's leg reassuringly all the while her new buddy, the black Labrador I'd brought home from the shelter today, jumped onto my back, breathing down my neck as she curiously looked at Shiva over my shoulder. She, like Shiva had been, was only about four months old, so she definitely wasn't heavy right now.

"Cloud? Umm, what in the world is sitting on your back?" Leon's voice came from behind me, and I could hear the grin on his face.

Smiling because he was home, I flipped over, holding onto the pup so she wouldn't fall over and settling her between my legs as I looked up at Leon. "Hi Leon! This is our new dog. I'm calling her Fenrir. Is that okay with you? She's a Labrador, four months old and less of a wuss then Shiva, so this one," I patted Fenrir's head, which led her to stick her tongue out, leaning back into my hand as she looked really happy with my scratching, "should be able to guard the house. You know, before the burglar realizes all he has to do is give her sweet attention to shut her up." I grinned as Fenrir flopped over onto her back, her leg bouncing back and forth as I rubbed her stomach. "Shiva is hiding under the table."

Leon blinked down at the puppy, then went to crouch down beside the coffee table and reached under to stroke Shiva. "You alright, girl? Wanna come out here?" Speaking quietly, he was trying to sound calm to coax her out.

Shiva had grown a bit now, her voice changing as well and she was officially incapable of barking any longer. Which was normal since husky's howled like wolves did. I chuckled and rolled my eyes as she let out a frustrated sounding howl, shooting out from underneath the table to welcome Leon home properly all the while trying to hide from Fenrir less then a step away.

"Of course she comes out for you." I laughed, leaning over, puckering out my lips because I wanted Leon to give me my hello kiss.

"Cause she's my dog." He snickered and leaned over, cupping my cheek to give me the kiss I'd been asking for.

I smiled into the kiss, nodding at him. She was his dog. "Fenrir is mine." I claimed, looking down at the cute little flea bag who was still lying on her back, tongue lying on the floor as she just remained there, waiting patiently for more tummy rubbing. "See, she's exactly like me." I snickered, tugging on her ear playfully. She rolled over, getting onto her feet so she could give into curiosity and greet Leon, but Shiva growled. "Yeah, Shiva is definitely your dog," I laughed, "You gotta let her do that, but don't ignore Fenrir either. If you give Fenrir attention and Shiva then butts in? Then you can put her back in place, but don't scold Shiva if she growls at Fenrir when Fenrir tries to butt into the attention you're giving Shiva." Nodding slowly in understanding, Leon continued petting Shiva until her growl disappeared.

"Here," I said, jumping up onto my feet and bringing two fingers to my lips so I could whistle while walking towards the kitchen. Shiva followed me and I told her to sit down beside me, placing my hand on her collar. "Now say hi to Fenrir." I wasn't actually holding onto Shiva, she could go and do whatever she wanted, but it was just to give Leon and Fenrir some space before Shiva would butt in.

Leon sat down and crossed his legs, making kissing noises to get Fenrir's attention. The excited puppy came to lick and sniff his hand and Leon scratched her behind her ears, grinning. "She's cute. Oh! I had a question I wanted to ask you. Are they going to be fixed? Or are we going to let them have puppies?"

I winced, "I don't know... The idea of letting those careless males jump either one of these two..." I patted Shiva on the head, "It's not exactly candle lit dinners and sweet love making." I knew it was part of the whole cycle of life and blah blah blah, but seriously. "We can figure that out later." I told Leon, making my way to the kitchen, Shiva on my heels and Fenrir was right behind me, "I want to show you something!" I told Leon excitedly, waiting with the two dogs for him to get here already. I'd worked on it the moment I'd gotten home.

Groaning as he got back onto his feet and wincing with his hand on his back, he followed me into the kitchen. "Show me what?" He asked, slightly apprehensive sounding.

I pointed at the bottom of the door proudly, "I totally cut a hole out of your backdoor and put in a fancy dog door!" I bounced and Fenrir barked happily at my excitement. "See their collars? They have this little thingy on the side," I showed him the one around Shiva's neck, "Basically the dog door opens only when this," I patted the square box on the top left corner of the dog door, "scans their collars. They can come and go as they want. I fixed the hole in the hedge too, so we don't need to worry about them running off." It was great, I liked that our dogs could go out whenever they wanted, not relying on us to get fresh air when they needed or when they felt like running, "It did sort of keep me busy until ten minutes before you got here, so I didn't make dinner..." I told Leon apologetically.

Leon went over to inspect the door and the mechanism that would make it work, grinning at the puppies that followed him. "Wow, it looks good. And don't worry about dinner. We can just order out." Standing up, he turned and walked over to give me a hug. Whispering in my ear, "You can take the night off. You don't need to make dinner every night."

Sighing contently, I snuggled into his arms, "I know. But I like making you dinner every night." I told him honestly, peeking down and then grinning as Shiva used the door like a true expert. "Your dog is a genius!" I turned a bit in his arms so I could curiously watch Fenrir try and copy Shiva. She stuck her head out but then chickened out and tried getting back in but got halfway stuck. She pulled a couple of times and then gave up, just staying stuck there.

"Ahh, you poor thing." Leon chuckled and let go of me to go and got my dog unstuck. "There you go, you silly girl. Try again." Making sure she would get the system, I gently grabbed her by the sides and then pushed her through the door a couple of times. It looked ridiculous, but from experience at the shelter, this was the way to show puppies how to use these types of doors. After a couple of more times, I put her down onto her feet and she then tentatively tried again, this time making it through, if somewhat clumsily, but she made it.

"She's pretty smart too." Leon said, and gathered me in his arms again, sighing into my hair and relaxing against me. "I'm so ready to just sit on the couch and do nothing. How about you?"

Rubbing his back, I nodded against his shoulder, "I'd like that." Moving out of his arms, I took his hand and then brought him back out into the living room so we could settle onto the couch, "How was your day?" I asked, because I asked every day and not just to be nice but because I really cared and wanted to know. Sitting down, I smiled as he sat down beside me, reaching out for me so I would settle against him.

"Not bad, just long and tedious. Larxene asked me about the partnership thing again, and when I declined she did her little sigh thing. But, you know, I think that she actually respects me a little more for not just doing what everyone else before me has done. You know, almost all of the partners are divorced or not even married." Lazily tracing patterns into my side, he sighed. "Well, anyways, she asked me who would make a good partner in my stead and so I told her Tifa was the best one I could think of."

I smiled, pressing a kiss against his jaw, "She'll love you for suggesting her. I know she's wanted the promotion with a passion." Swallowing nervously as that worry ran through my head again, I licked my lips and figured I'd better just get it over and done with. Just ask him already and stop stressing out about it. "Leon?" He hummed, informing me I had his attention, "Ehm... When I've had my surgery and your insurance covered the expenses, will you still want us to get our marriage annulled?" I asked, knowing my voice sounded shaky and I was terrified he'd want to get it annulled, so much so, I avoided looking at him.

"Hey, no. No way." His hand cupped my face and turned it up and towards his, stopping a few inches away, his eyes and face scrunched up in worry. "Cloud, I love you. Why would I want to get this marriage annulled? Unless..." Licking his lips, he whispered, "Do you want to get it annulled?"

"I love you..." I breathed out, my muscles relaxing and my heart now beating fast only because I had the most awesome husband in the entire world and that made my heart happy with joy, no longer beating fast because of worry concerning the annulment. "No, I don't want to get it annulled either. Although a bit awkward, I liked our wedding, I don't want to pretend it never happened. I don't want to be your boyfriend, I want to stay your husband and I need you to be mine." It felt so fucking good to say that.

Still holding my face close to his, he smiled. "I'm yours. Please don't worry. And dear god, I can't wait til after your surgery so we can finally have sex. I'm taking that extra week off at the end of your recovery and we're going on a cruise. Where ever you want."

I smiled, kissing his lips softly, "Somewhere sunny. That way you'll be walking around as naked as possible at all times and I'll be very happy." Sliding his hand up into my hair, he tilted my head so he could deepen the kiss, pulling me closer with his other arm.

"Destiny Islands? That sound good?" He asked between slow and soft kisses.

Pressing forward so I could lean into him some more, I nodded, "Perfect." I agreed, tilting my head so I could try and deepen the kiss, liking the slow but needing more. "Okay..." I breathed, pulling away from him completely, "That surgery needs to happen soon." I grumbled out, wincing as I re-arranged myself.

"You're telling me." He mumbled, copying my movements. Wincing, he rolled his neck around his shoulders and I wondered if his neck and back were bothering him again. He reached his arm around to knead the muscles at the base of his skull, then smiled at me. "Sorry to ask, but do you think you could try and loosen my muscles again? I'm getting another tension headache."

Forgetting my current state of arousal, I gestured for him to turn his back to me, "Now that I'm your actual husband, I'm going to strip you of that shirt." I smiled, leaning forward to press my chest against his back, kissing his cheek as I started undoing the buttons.

"By all means, sweetie." He purred and started undoing buttons at the bottom, while I undid the top ones. Clearing his throat a little sheepishly, he apologized. "Sorry, Cloud. I guess I shouldn't talk like that since we can't do anything. I'll behave now." We both finished with the buttons and he shrugged his shirt off. I grinned, dipping my head down to kiss his neck as I pushed the shirt off his shoulders, throwing it onto the floor once I'd gotten it off him.

"It's okay, babe." I said against his skin, sliding my hands up his shoulders so I could start kneading the tension out of there all the while my lips didn't want to detach themselves from his neck, so I just let them do their thing and covered his skin with slow kisses.

Shivering, he dropped his head to his chest and moaned softly. "That kinda tickles, but please don't stop."

"Wouldn't dare." I let one hand slide down to push on the knots at the small of his back, letting the other hand stay on his neck, my fingers rubbing rhythmically, slowly working the tension away. Kissing his shoulder blade now, I slid the hand on his back to his front, resting my palm on his stomach, but making sure I didn't still the other on his neck since that is where the issue was and I didn't want him to have a headache.

Humming and moaning softly now, he pushed back into my hands and closer to my chest each time my lips connected to him. As I worked a particular spot on his neck, I felt goosebumps suddenly appear and his whole body shivered violently as he let out a loud moan. "Sorry, that spot...kinda sensitive, I guess." He murmured, placing a hand over mine that was on his stomach.

Oh man, this was hard... I was hard. Again. I wanted to pleasure him even if he couldn't really return the favor just to be on the safe side health wise when it came to me. But that didn't mean he should be completely deprived of... stuff. Shifting my legs, I settled properly behind him, my thighs hovering close by his sides and my chest now completely pressed against his back. My groin too, but that was of now matter right now. I continued to kiss his shoulder, my one hand still working slowly on his neck while I started moving the one on his stomach down some, but his hand of course gripped my fingers, stilling my movement. "Leon..." I murmured, pressing my lips against his cheek, "You know orgasms are a nice way to get rid of a headache too, right?" And then I quickly added, "I don't mind," Really, really not. "I can just take a 'shower' after wards."

"Cloud, I'm not really...I don't really want...Okay, I really want to have you touch me, but I am struggling a little." His voice was tight with want and just a hint of unhappiness. "If you can think of a way to satisfy both of us at the same time, without exciting you too much, I'll consider it. Please." He pleaded with me softly. "I won't enjoy it unless it's both of us together."

"You're much to selfless." I scolded, smiling, "I love you." It's his kindness and generosity that made him just so absolutely sweet and amazing... "Wanna take a shower?" I suggested innocently, hoping he'd get my meaning.

Sighing with relief, he tilted his head back to kiss me lightly. "We could take a bath in my tub if you wanted to. That way we could both sit down and not worry about slipping..."

I moaned, flopping back on the couch, "Naked Leon..." I murmured before springing into action as I jumped off the couch and ran for the stairs, "Come on!" I laughed, "I'm not too excited, promise, not excited at all!" A lie of course, but he wasn't taking this away from us.

Grinning and laughing at my obvious lie, he got up and made his way over to the stairs, following me up to the bathroom at a leisurely pace. "At the risk of sounding like a complete girl, there is bubble bath under the sink."

Already in the bathroom, I went over to the sink, smiling goofily, "Bubbles!" I exclaimed, taking the bottle and then moving over to the tub so I could start the water, letting the tub fill up and pouring a generous amount of bubbly in there before proceeding in taking my clothes off as fast as I could. Leon followed my lead, at a much slower pace of course and by the time he was done, I was already sitting in the tub, letting my eyes travel over his naked form appreciatively, "You're ridiculously hot."

Sending me a rather smug look, he slowly climbed into the tub, hissing a little at the water. "Thank you." Scooting over to me and trailing a hand slowly up my chest stopping at my heart, he whispered, "I've never seen someone more attractive than you are." Staring at me, never looking away, I felt his hand travel back down my chest, over my stomach, stopping only when he'd wrapped it around my dick.

Swallowing, my lips parted as my breath picked up in speed, "I thought we were going to sit on opposite ends of the tub and-" I moaned softly as his hand started moving, my head falling back, "take care of ourselves..." I finished my earlier sentence, my hand contradicting my words as I let my fingers wrap around his erection. Moving closer, I moved my legs over his so our bodies barely had any space left between one another, my free hand coming around his shoulders to hold myself steady.

Panting, he continued his hand movements. "This is the same thing, really. I'm pretty sure you'll be fine, right?" He didn't even let me respond, kissing my open mouthed instead. There was no slow build up in his kisses. He went deep and swallowed any response I may have had, quickening his hand and squeezing the tip.

Tightening my fingers in his hair, I returned his kiss with fever, picking up in speed with my hand around his length. This was probably more exciting then the humping sessions we'd done a couple weeks back. Or maybe just as much? I couldn't be sure, every time I was with Leon, whatever way it may be, it was exciting and amazing. Sex was nice, but sex with Leon was better. I loved him and that made everything more special... He's my husband, I'm his and that excited me to no end. Settling my teeth gently onto his bottom lip, I nibbled some before letting it go, licking it before plunging back in for a passionate kiss. I was panting the entire time, my moans lacing through his.

Our hand movements were in synch, when he sped up, so did I. When he slowly ran his fingers over the tip and back down, I followed. Soon though, he lost all finesse, simply stroking me harder and harder, never hurting, only pleasuring and I knew he was close. I was going to be there sooner though and I didn't like that, I needed him to come with me. Breaking away from the kiss, I moaned loudly, my shoulders tensing as he never skipped a beat, working me to the edge. Clutching his shoulders with the one arm, I rubbed his length a little more firmly, pressing my lips against his ear. Now, if I remembered right, saying certain things made things happen...

"Can't wait for you to be inside me, Leon..." I breathed, letting out a choked moan as the orgasm ripped out of me. He jerked and moaned, clamping his teeth down on my shoulder and I was relieved when I felt his body orgasm a second after mine. Keeping his lips attached to my skin, he let go with his teeth and rested his mouth against me, panting into my shoulder.

I slowly removed my hand from him while he did the same, wrapping my arms around his shoulders, clinging to him a while longer, appreciating the fact we were in a bath so no clean up was necessary. He grasped my upper arms, managing to turn me around in the tub and pull me against him so he could lay his back against the tub, my own back against his chest, my head resting on his shoulder while we stretched our legs out. Taking a cloth from the side of the tub, he slowly rubbed it over my chest, running it over my hair as well as I sighed contently, smiling.

A curious thought ran through my mind, something I hadn't really wondered about and I'm not sure why I was now, but whatever. "If you were with Rinoa before me, does that mean you've never been with guys before?" I asked softly, tilting my head up to place a kiss against his jaw.

He looked thoughtful and shook his head. "No, I had a couple boyfriends before Rinoa, nothing serious." Kissing me back, he continued gently washing my body. "Rinoa was a sort of mistake slash experiment. I hadn't had a relationship for a couple years, and I went out on a few dates with her and that was it. I just needed her to remind me that I was still gay after all." He chuckled.

I nodded, smiling happily as I flipped over, the water sloshing around us as I grinned at him, "Hmmm." Closing my eyes, I pressed my lips against his, "You're mine now." Reaching down, I took his hand, bringing it up and then kissed the finger that held his wedding band.

Leon - about two weeks later: June third

Yesterday seemed so far away. Cloud had woken up, cooked us breakfast and we'd gotten everything ready for the hospital. Clothes for me and him, if they let him out of the hospital gown, and my laptop, complete with a collection of movies to be watched. It had been almost surreal to pack stuff together. It was almost as if we were going on a vacation together, instead of going to the hospital, which was only five minutes away from our house.

I couldn't help but pace and glance at the clock, noticing that it had only been fifteen minutes that I'd seen him last, giving him one last kiss and 'I love you' as they wheeled him beyond the operating room doors. He would be put under and the surgery would take roughly two to three hours depending. The doctor had come in and explained some more things to us, while a nurse shaved a small square of Cloud's hair at the base of the skull. He'd held my hand and we both just sat silent, listening to the almost comforting words of Zexion. It all seemed so routine and boring when he explained it. Maybe he'd had practice in sounding that boring...

I had roughly two hours to kill and I wish I could have just taken a nap. The hospital bed had been completely uncomfortable and a bit cramped with both of us sleeping on it last night, but they'd had Cloud hooked up to an IV and he hadn't been able to climb off of it to sleep on the small couch with me. Because it was brain surgery, technically, Cloud had rated a private room, which I would have demanded even if they hadn't planned on giving him one.

Twenty minutes... They were probably already starting now and I suppressed a shudder at the idea that someone would be intentionally hurting Cloud. Sure he was asleep, but that didn't make it any less dangerous in my opinion. Twenty-two minutes. "Okay. Get a grip, Leon." Deep breath in, deep breath out. TV, just watch something mindless for the next two hours...sure...without Cloud to snuggle with. Dammit...

Running a hand through my hair, I grabbed the remote and plopped down into the chair next to Cloud's bed. Flipping through channels in annoyance, daytime TV was so boring and I was not a soap opera watcher. Ah! Stopping on what had to have been a rerun, I settled back to watch an episode of Criminal Minds, wishing Cloud was here so I could speculate on who or how they would break the case.

Okay, two hours...it had been two hours...where the fuck was Cloud? Tapping my watch, I walked into the hallway and down to the operating room doors, planning to wait in the chairs that they had set up outside. This way I would see him and walk with him while they wheeled him back to his room. If they ever came out of surgery...I tapped my foot impatiently.

Almost seated, I jumped back up onto my feet as the doors opened, revealing Cloud's surgeon, Zexion, his hair tied back with a plastic hair cover over the top of his head and a fabric mouth cap hanging around his neck, dressed in scrubs and all, telling me he'd literally just finished. Looking around the waiting area, his eyes then landed on me and he smiled, leading me to sigh in pure relief.

Walking over to me, he then reached out and patted my shoulder, "Everything went perfect. The tumor is out and there were no complications in any way whatsoever. The nurses are patching him up and will bring him back to his room when they are done. Might be a while before he wakes up though. He'll need a lot of rest, but I'm sure your presence will only help relax him over the next couple of days." Zexion said with a smile, "I'll pop in regularly over the following weeks to keep an eye on the healing process. Congratulations, Mr. Leonhart, your husband is as good as new."

Relief flooded through me and I smiled at him, offering my hand and shaking his when he gripped me. "Thank you so very much, doctor. Thank you." I was pumping his hand and I couldn't stop thanking him. Finally getting a hold of myself, I pulled back and let him have his hand back.

Zexion grinned, "Can't believe Saix doubted the legitimacy of your marriage to Cloud." He said in amusement, starting to walk off and do whatever a surgeon did after surgery.

I blinked and remembered the Insurance Investigator that had checked on us a few months ago. Of course he would have interviewed Cloud's surgeon which explains how Zexion knew him. It was still weird to think about it, but I shook it off and sat down, waiting for Cloud to be wheeled back to his room.

How long was he supposed to be out? It had been almost two hours since he'd been wheeled out of surgery and I'd walked beside him and watched as they'd transferred him to his bed. My fingers were clutching his hand and I kept turning it so I could check my watch. Any day now...wake up so I can see for myself that you're alright...Wait...did his hand just twitch? I watched as his fingers slowly tightened around mine, and I looked up at his face, hoping that he was finally going to open his eyes and show me the beautiful blue that was in them.

They did open, after a soft giggle escaped him, his eyes fixing on me, "Those unicorns have huge balls." He confided.

Blink. "What now?" Oh yeah, the pain medicine, plus the stuff they used to knock him out was probably messing with his brain. But unicorn balls? That couldn't be normal, right?

Cloud grinned, "Right. I'm sorry. I meant testicles. Testicles is a funny word, sounds like tentacles..." He said in a wondrous tone of voice, "Oh! You think they serve fried octopus in Destiny Island? Can we get some when we go on our honeymoon?" He asked hopefully.

I reached up to gently tuck his hair behind his ear and stroke his face, reassuring me that this was in fact, my husband Cloud. "Sure thing. Whatever you want. How are you feeling?" I would probably regret asking that question while he was as high as a kite.

He was staring at me, leaning his face into my palm, "You are so pretty..." He told me, "He's my husband! Back off nurses!" He said loudly, laughing as he reached out to grab my face and pull me close, "I love you." He slurred out sleepily before giving me a very sloppy kiss. "I'm okay considering how someone drilled a hole through my skull." He made a drilling noise, "You think Dr. Gizeh put a cork in the hole to keep my brain from slipping out?"

Ugh, that was a nasty image and one I probably wouldn't be forgetting anytime soon. "No, he probably used some sort of fancy thing to stitch you back up." Stroking my hand through his hair and back down his face, I looked into his drugged eyes. Somewhere in there was the real Cloud, and while this one was slightly funny and very cute, I wanted to see actual comprehension in those eyes. I grinned down at him, wishing I had a video camera to capture his antics while he was drugged. We could laugh about them together when he could finally count to ten without giggling.

Still patting my cheek, he smiled, "You look tired." He whispered, "Thank you for worrying about me. I promise I'm okay, you can sleep a bit if you want-" He yawned, closing his eyes, his hand slipping off my face to rest limply on my shoulder. As much as I wanted to crawl into bed with him and snuggle like we had last night, I figured the nurses would bitch about it. I pulled the chair closer and rested my arms and head on the bed with him, holding his hand in mine.

"Okay, we'll both take a nap. I love you, Cloud." I watched as his breathing became steady, a smile still on his face.

Cloud - couple of hours later

Blinking my eyes open, I carefully sat up, reached for my head and lightly touching the bandage that covered the spot my tumor had been taken out of. I smiled as my other hand was placed in that of Leon's, but then frowned at the way he was sleeping. His head propped up onto his arms, leaning forward in a chair to use the edge of my bed for pillow. That couldn't be good for his back at all. Tugging my hand out of his, I reached over and softly stroked his hair, leading him to sigh through his sleep, shifting a bit and then grimacing as he clearly wasn't comfortable.

Looking to the side of my bed, I saw it was nearly midnight now and then pressed the button that would call one of the nurses to the room. I continued to stroke Leon's hair, leaning over to place a kiss on his forehead as I waited for one of the nurses to come attend me.

"Mr. Leonhart?" She asked, sounding surprised.

I smiled at her, letting her know I was fine but then pointed at Leon, "Do you guys have an extra bed or something he can sleep on?" I asked softly.

She smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry, no."

I smiled apologetically back, "Then you won't stop me from sharing mine with him because I don't want him to get back issues."

"But, Sir, that's against hospital policy."

I frowned, "Okay." I would just wait for her to leave and then get Leon in here behind her back. She probably knew I would, but decided to turn a blind eye on it as she left, closing the door behind her.

"Cloud?" Leon mumbled groggily, wincing as he sat up. "Cloud?" His voice a little louder and he looked at me, searching my face for something. "Are you still high?"

I smiled at him, pushing the hair out of his face before cupping his cheek, "That funky, huh? No, I'm coherent now." Shuffling a bit to the side, I patted the spot I'd cleared, "Get up here, you'll hurt your back if you stay like that."

Groaning and rolling his neck to work the kinks out, he nodded and climbed up. Pausing as he was halfway up, his eyes wide, "You sure they won't yell at me for this? Not that I really care I guess..." Settling himself behind me, he snaked his arm around to pull me into his chest, avoiding the IV coming out of my arm.

I grinned, snuggling into his arms, "I asked the nurse if this was allowed and she said it wasn't. If someone happens to see then I'll get blamed for it." I shrugged, "Brain doctor poked me in the brain, I'm sure they'll take pity on me." I had no problem using that against them.

"Well, hopefully they won't bother us until morning. I'm beat and you need your rest. Doctor's orders." He mumbled and kissed my shoulder. "Do you realize that your ass is completely bare and this hospital gown is not leaving anything to the imagination?" Chuckling, Leon snaked his hand down to pinch my bare bottom.

I hummed, smirking, "That's fine. I'm yours already, don't need you to imagine anything." Turning my head slowly and carefully, I sought out Leon's lips and when I found them, I kissed him softly before turning my head back around, "I hope Tifa and Zell are doing okay with Shiva and Fenrir..."

"Well, it's really Zell at this point. Tifa left for that spa trip with Larxene this morning. She'll only be gone for a few days. I'm sure they will be fine." His voice was trailing off, and his words were slurring a little.

"Sweet dreams, Leon." I murmured, closing my eyes so I could go back to sleep as well.

"Love you, Cloud."

A month later

I'd been out of the hospital for a while now, my skull healing the way it should and Dr. Gizeh was happy to announce that I'd never see him again in my entire life. Which, I suppose was indeed a very good thing. I still wore a plastic sort of bandage on the spot, not allowing any shampoo to come near the healing wound. Thankfully I was allowed to wash my hair around the spot though because I absolutely loathed greasy hair.

It had gone so easily... I had tried my hardest to not let the tumor worry me, but now that it was gone, I couldn't quite believe how simple it had all been. Only two seizures overall, the occasional pounding headache and a surgery that was quite impressive, but that was nothing compared to what would have happened to me if the tumor had the chance to grow and slowly kill me. And everything was better now than it had been before. I had myself a husband and a home, two dogs and a life with a simple daily routine that I enjoyed and loved so very much...

Sighing happily, I pushed away from the door frame, coming back to the present as I walked into our room, making my way over to Leon who was currently closing his suitcase, having just finished packing up his stuff. Today we were leaving to Destiny Island. We were gonna have a real honeymoon... Smiling goofily like I had been doing for days on end now, I wrapped my arms around his waist, snuggling my body against his, placing a soft kiss at the base of his neck.

"I love you..." I told him for the millionth time today.

Chuckling and turning so he could wrap his arms around me to give me a squeeze, he murmured, "I love you more. Are you ready? We don't have to be there for a couple hours, but let's just get the car packed up now."

I grinned, kissing him again, "I was waiting for you. We can start packing up the car..." I murmured, letting my hands rub over his back, giving him another kiss and then another. I chuckled, "We have to get there soon." He knew what I meant. The moment we got into the room Leon had gotten for us he was getting naked and hopefully I'd manage to keep him naked for the entire trip.

Reaching around to cup my ass and pull it against him, he moaned and smiled down at me. "I can't believe we've been married for three months and we haven't had sex yet. But don't worry," Squeeze. "I'll fix that." He let his lips rest against mine for a moment, before snaking his tongue out and kissing me harder. Clutching his shoulders, I returned the kiss momentarily, moaning loudly, my body kicking into overdrive as I got an instant hard on. I was beyond the point of sexual frustration...

"Leon, lets go before I rip your clothes off and have you do me right here on the floor." I breathed out, reluctantly pulling away from him so I could grab his suitcase and then tried to be very strong and leave the room without getting at least one more kiss. "Too hot for you own damn good." I grumbled, making my way down the stairs.

I didn't get more than two steps from the bottom before I felt his hands on my ass, groping and pinching me. "Too bad you couldn't still be in that hospital gown. I liked how the back was always open." He chuckled, against my shoulder. What the hell was he doing? I grunted and then whimpered, dropping the suitcase as I leaned back into him, my hands coming up so I could circle them back around his neck.

"Don't you want to go pack the car?" I asked, panting as he made very clear he liked my butt, his lips against my neck.

"Not really, no." He whispered, slowly trailing kisses all over my neck and shoulder, his hands came around my stomach and under my shirt, trailing featherlight touches up my chest.

Letting my arms come down again, I then reached back, my fingers grasping his butt firmly as I pushed my own ass back into his groin, "So then, what are you up too, Leon?" I asked playfully, grinding into him again, panting and goosebumps covering my skin as his fingers traveled up and down my chest.

"This shirt needs to come off and I'm pretty sure mine will follow. How does that sound?" Harder and harder he pulled us together, grinding his erection into my backside, moaning and panting in my ear. "I can't wait...please?"

"Sex on the stairs?" I breathed out, licking my lips as my eyes closed, my heart beating fast at the friction we were creating. "You're the best husband in the entire world..." I moaned. I let him tug my shirt over my head, one hand on my hip to keep me steady before he returned his lips to my neck and shoulders, nipping my skin from time to time.

He didn't answer, only moved his hands down to my pants and quickly flipped the button open and pulled the zipper down before grasping the waistband and pushing them down to my feet, his lips placing kisses along my spine. Slowly moving back up, he nibbled playfully on my ass, kissing each of my cheeks and finally standing back up, turning me around to face him.

"You are so fucking hot." He murmured.

I started tugging on his shirt, "And you are wearing too many clothes." He let go of me to remove his shirt and I let out an annoyed noise, smacking his hands away so I could undo his pants myself. "That pleasure is gonna be mine, thank you very much." I told him sternly, licking my lips as I started pushing his pants and briefs down his hips, his hard on springing free, which I placed a kiss on the tip off, helping him step out of his jeans before standing back up. "You should stay naked forever..." I told him happily.

"Well, maybe when we're home alone." He chuckled, and wrapped his arms back around me, pushing his groin into mine. "Shit. Lube, I need lube." Reluctantly removing his arms, he turned to run back upstairs to grab it. "Stairs yes, but we should do it at the bottom!" He yelled down from our bedroom.

I grinned, walking down the stairs to wait for him there, feeling oddly comfortable being completely naked in the middle of my home. So comfortable, I needed to tease him just a bit, "Oh, god!" I moaned, "Yes, that feels perfect... Leon, get here fast or else I'm going to come without you!" I let out a throaty groan, "Ass up in the air waiting for you, hubby!" I was actually just standing there.

"God dammit, where is the fucking lube?" I heard him growl and slam drawers shut, hunting for the lube we had bought for the bedroom. "You are so mean to me!" He yelled down followed by a triumphant yell and him thundering down the stairs, glaring at me standing there. "Hey, you said you had your ass in the air..." He pouted at me, twisting the lube open and coating his hand.

"I was just teasing, but you're right, that was a little mean..." Pursing my lips, I walked over to the stairs, leaning down onto my arms on a couple of steps above, my knees on the second before last. Looking up at him innocently, I pressed back, pretty much exposing my ass to the air like I'd told him I had been doing earlier. "This good?" I'd never dare something this forward with anyone but Leon.

"Holy fuck..." Gulping and licking his lips, he slowly knelt behind me, placing short kisses on my spine and running one finger between my cheeks. "Please tell me you're ready, or I'm going to explode all over your perfect ass..."

Arching my back, I moaned as his fingertip pressed against my entrance, "Yes..." I panted out, having nothing else to say to that. "Need you." I really, really did. Another kiss, and then his finger was inside, gently moving while his lips never seemed to leave my skin. He pumped a little, before pulling out, and applying more lube and gently used two fingers to play with my entrance, asking silently if I was ready before going back inside.

I pushed onto his fingers myself, letting my forehead drop to the stair step, moaning continuously as he started fingering me again, stretching me so I would be all good and ready to take him. I chuckled as I saw his own hard on straining what with how I was looking between my parted legs. He kept up the pace for a while until I told him to add another, the third finger making me wince at the intrusion at first, but Leon took good care of me, he always did... Wasn't long before I was pretty much fucking myself onto his fingers, breathing out his name along with a string of curses, his hand on my hip gripping me tightly as he surely realized that soon I'd be ready.

Gripping the stairs step, I put my weight onto my arms, looking over my shoulder, "Leon..." I moaned and that was all I needed to say.

He looked pained. "Condom?" He'd forgotten to grab one and from the looks of it, I don't think he wanted to go and find one...

I swallowed, licking my lips, "I'm clean." I told him honestly.

"Me too, but if you don't like it..." He blushed, and absently stroked his hand over my ass.

I grinned through my horny daze, "Are you kidding me?" And then I blushed a bit, "You can come inside me..." I whispered. Sending me a grateful look, he grabbed the lube and slicked his dick up, before dropping the bottle and positioning himself at my entrance. Taking a deep breath, he slowly pushed inside, pausing for a moment after the head was inside to give me time to adjust.

"Cloud, oh god, you feel so good..." Reaching back with one hand, I grasped his wrist, my eyes wide open as I panted, guiding him to move slowly and deeply into me.

"And you're fucking huge!" I knew that already, but you sort of came to understand it a little better when it was pushed inside of you. I gulped, breathing through the initial little pinch of pain which was mixed with amazing goodness. I relaxed as best I could, which became very easy as the hand I wasn't gripping slowly stroked my back up and down, over my ass and down my leg only to slide back up again, his fingers soft and caring as he waited for me to adjust. I let go of his hand and he then slipped it over and onto my stomach before wrapping his fingers around my erection, rubbing slowly, squeezing in all the right places. Chuckling at the amazing feeling, I leaned onto my forearms, "So good..." I moaned, pressing my ass against him, telling him with that action that he could definitely start moving now.

"God, you feel amazing..." He started out slow, but quickly moved faster, listening to my moans and matching them with his own. Leaning over, he placed a quick kiss on my back below my neck, before sitting back up and changing the angle of penetration to hit my prostate.

"Oh!" He hit it again, "Leon!" I shrieked, not a bad shriek, one of the really good kind. Eyes rolling back, my body trembled and shivered beneath his hands, the thin layer of sweat covering me, a thing I liked. Pushing up, I reached my arms back, circling them behind his neck so I could hold onto him. My back pressed against his chest with my head resting onto his shoulder as he pounded firmly into me, his hand on my dick never skipping a beat.

"I'm-" My fingers dug into his shoulders, my chin dropping to my chest as my muscles tensed, my ass clenching tightly around him as I, "coming..." I panted out, followed by his name, an I love you and then some curses as I came hard, my body shivering against him. I held onto him, moaning as he continued to work himself to the finish, turning my head so I could kiss his cheek and encourage him with soft moans against his ear.

"Cloud..." Once again biting down on my shoulder, he shuddered and finished inside of me, gripping me tightly against him. Panting and lapping at the bite mark, he slowly loosened his grip around me. "You okay?" He asked, breathlessly.

I nodded, swallowing as I licked my lips, "More then okay... Just, don't move right away." I murmured, not wanting to lose the connection just yet. "Just a couple more seconds." I half moaned half whispered, catching my breath as I slowly unlocked my arms from around his neck, leaning onto the step again with my arms. "Okay... You can move now." I murmured.

"Don't wanna..." He mumbled and kissed my neck. Despite his words, he very slowly moved his hips back and drew out of me. Groaning, he leaned back away from me, and gently massaged my lower back as he stood up. "Want me to carry you to the bath?" He asked gently.

I moaned again, turning over as I stared at him with gooey eyes, "Would you?" Reaching out for him, he smiled stepping closer, "Love you so much... That was perfect." I whispered to him, smiling happily as he someone managed to lift me up into his arms, my limbs wrapping around him.

Tucking my head into his shoulder, he whispered back, "I love you too, Cloud. Can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you."

Leon - six months later: Christmas

I grinned internally as Cloud opened the package that I'd given him after he'd thought we were done with presents. It was a special present, one that I knew he'd been looking for. Frantically looking for every chance he got and dodging my looks or questions about where it had gone. Our wedding bands had been plain silver, bought by Tifa, and I'd been wanting to get something more to be added to them.

I was grateful in a way that Tifa hadn't presumed to put an engraving on the inside of the band, as that would have been presumptuous when we had first been married as strangers. Now though, I wanted him to have something on the inside, telling him that this was a real marriage, had been for awhile now.

So last week, I'd taken his from his nightstand and dropped it off at the jewelry store to get the engraving done. Mine had been done the week before and had only taken a day, but this close to Christmas had meant that I'd had to wait three days for Cloud's to be done. So I decided to give it to him as a present, instead of just showing the engraved part to him on Christmas. I hadn't really thought that part through, as he'd been pretty frantic when he thought I wasn't looking, searching all over for it. I felt kinda bad, but this was going to be perfect.

I'd gotten the idea for the engravings when I'd gotten suckered into going ring shopping with Zell, who was hoping to ask Tifa to marry him on Christmas day. That had been a rather horrifying experience, but he'd found something to impress her with. I'd watched as the jeweler had engraved a watch for someone else in the store and he'd told me it would be easy to add something to the inside of our rings.

The past six months had been amazing with Cloud. We'd spent two weeks in Destiny Islands just relaxing and enjoying each other. When we came home, Larxene had offered me a different promotion, one that would not increase my hours, but would increase my pay. She wanted me to serve on the board of directors for the firm, as a representative of our branch. I'd basically be working in my office still, but every once in a while I would have to travel across town and sit in meetings all day.

We'd gone to spend Thanksgiving with my family, and my parents were reintroduced to Cloud and we had a pleasant, albeit, boring time. I'd declined my parents' invitation to come back down for Christmas, simply saying that we were spending our first Christmas together with just us. Just me, Cloud, Shiva and Fenrir. I couldn't be happier.

The girls had grown to their full size over the last few months and would now start gaining in muscle and width instead of height. Shiva was laying by my feet, her head resting on my foot, while Fenrir was lying on her back beneath the Christmas tree, licking the pine because apparently she enjoyed the taste of it. Shaking my head at the silly dog, I returned my attention to Cloud, who slid the ring out of the package and into his open palm. His breathing hitched, and he looked up at me with big round eyes.

"I swear, I didn't lose it on purpose." He said quickly, still believing he'd been the one to have lost it.

"Actually, I took it. I only meant for it to be gone for a day, but the guy needed longer to get to yours. Sorry to make you worry." I patted his knee, hoping he would forgive me for stressing him out.

He gaped, smacking my knee in return, "Leon! I swear to god the heart attack started when I couldn't find it and only stopped now that I'm holding it in my hand again!" He scolded, "Although... I started to believe something was up when you pretended to believe the excuse I came up with last, 'I hung it in the Christmas tree for decoration'. I wondered why you bought that one so easily..." He murmured, frowning as he looked down at the ring, "What did the guy do-" He cut himself off, smiling as he saw the engraving, "Leon..." He whispered, shuffling closer to me on the couch so he could settle into my side. "Thank you." He said, placing a kiss against my jaw.

Placing the ring in my hand, he turned a bit to face me, leaning in to kiss me properly, "I'm glad you put the wedding date and not the date of when we actually started being with each other. That's only when the kissing and groping started, we were married before that..." He kissed me again, slowly and lovingly before sticking his hand out to me, smiling as he wanted me to put the ring back on his finger. Sliding it back where it belonged, I let myself just kiss him, happy that everything had turned out so perfectly.

A/N: The End.