Spoilers: Hard Eight

Rating: T (To be safe)

Summery: One-Shot, Fic. Not for Cupcake lovers. Ranger Visits Steph's appartment at 2am in the morning. Short, All fluff. Doesn't really have a point but whatever. I'm really bad at summeries so just read and review.

Ranger's 2am Visit

I tend to be coming here a lot over the past few weeks after the Abruzzi incident, I slumped into the chair by the door and look at her laying on the bed sleeping, with her brown curly hair messed up on the pillow and her long bare legs partially exposed. She is tangled in a lightweight sheet and doesn't seem to feel the nip to the air.

Why am I so attracted to her? I should be, I don't want endanger her but she's hard to resist so I seam to find my self here again. I've loved another women before, why Steph, My Babe? Why her? I thought to myself still staring at the lightly breathing body. I could tell she was dreaming by the way her eyelids flickered. I wonder what she see's what she's dreaming of... I was snapped back into the room at the sound of someone calling my name. Steph wasn't peacful anymore, now she thrashed around the bed calling out my name, she was swetting and looked frightened. My heart broke, She was no longer dreaming of sunshine and daisies...for sure.

I rushed over to her bed and sat down next to her. I almost fell off the bed when she sat up and screamed. Her eyes were open looking around frantically, she looked at me but didn't seam to understand, still confused and lost. Her breathing was in heaily pants, tears rolling down her cheeks. She started flipping the covers off and struggling to get out of the tangled mess. I gently but quickly wrapped my arms around her in an imbrace . "Shhhhh, babe it's okay, it was just a nightmare. I'm here now, I'm here." I whispered in her ear. Steph was no longer frantic, she relaxed on my shoulder and I held her there.

When she stopped crying I held her at arms length and cupped her face in my hands using my thumbs to wipe away her tears, She looked distant, probably thinking in her own little world.

"Babe?" I said getting her atention.

"Huh?"

"You okay?"

"Yeah...Fine." I raised an eyebrow "Really I am."she said more to herself than me.

"Wanna talk about it?" I offered knowing the response.

She shifted uncomfortably on the bed before replying "Not really."

I gave her my famous half smile and pressed a kiss into her hairline before standing up and heading for the bedroom door.

She grabbed my arm "Don't go." I turned and looked at her "Please don't leave." She pleaded.

I nodded and sat on her bed and began unlacing my boots, I pulled them off along with my belt placing my cellphone and pager on the nightstand next to my gun then crawled in next to her. I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her back into my chest and she snuggled in closer before and eventually fell asleep.