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  It's been a long day. Somewhere between working your ass off and Steve disappearing with Robin or Dustin for a few extra hours, you and Steve also had to manage moving and getting everything done for your new place to feel more like home. New furniture that is way too expensive and causing a hole in your wallet, making sure to get all your stuff out of your parents house as quickly as possible and then you both have all your hands full with building the purchased items up. Oh, and you have to eat something somewhere between all those nerve wracking events, too.

Right now, your mind is quiet, though. Simply laying on the couch, chewing on your nails and watching whatever show was currently playing on the television screen. The air held a pungent smell of wall paint and wood that not even the candles you lit all around the place could outtake. You didn't care. The quiet and peace was enough, not a single extra wish could possibly fall from your mind.

And then, Steve walked in -- fresh out of the shower, his hair not quite dry yet but already styled flawlessly, wearing a pair of grey sweatpants and an old sweater that looked like it's gotten washed a few too many times. The corners of his lips lifted at the sight of you, his steps eating up the distance in no time before he slipped in between your legs, his kissable lips finding the corner of your mouth. Heat radiated from his frame and swept straight through your clothes, the familiar scent of his making your tummy warm up.

"I love you," Steve mumbled, his lips travelling down lower, over the skin protecting your jawline, down your neck and past your collarbone. You watched him, hiding the smile behind your fingers as you continued busying yourself with messing up your nails.

And then, Steve slipped lower. And lower, and lower, and lower. Until he reached the waistband of the thin panties you wore, his fingertips disappearing in it as his lips plastered kisses over your stomach, smooth skin exposed for him to worship thanks to the cropped top you were wearing, too lazy to change after the shower you took before he did. *