Vought Tower | Monday Evening

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie had had work today, and while her spot on Good Morning America had gone really well, honestly -- she was getting better and better at the whole press thing with every interview -- the Make-a-Wish event this afternoon had put her in a fantastic mood. Like. Not if she dwelled on the whole...why of it, of course, but just being there and meeting so many kids whose days all just seemed made when she'd gotten there -- it was the kind of thing that made Annie feel like she was actually making a difference, not just cashing checks.

And, as an added benefit, she'd had enough time to get back to the tower and change into her civilian clothes before going down to -- gasp -- actually meet Diego in the lobby! So he didn't have to ride the elevator with some fucking weirdo she worked with on Valentine's Day, at least! (And instead, Annie just had to hope that whoever viewed the elevator security footage valued their job enough not to try to sell it to tabloids or something!)

Now, she was watching on as Diego did something that they had discussed a couple weeks back, and made this apartment just a little bit more his space, too.

"How many of those do you think it can hold?" she asked, already impressed at how well he was hiding the knives he was stashing in her chandelier. They blended right in, who knew.

[for the guy putting knives in a chandelier, of course, and NFB for distance, natch.]

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[knife_bender]

"Good point," he said, leaning in for a kiss. "But I am a cop. I can get more."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Then," Annie decided, smiling into the kiss and curling her toes at residual tingles, still, "I think next time you should try to make me break them."

As long as he could get more and all....

[knife_bender]

"I'm up to that challenge," he said, finally shifting to reach for his pants that were on the floor near the bed. "But I get to try first."

It'd be really impressive if he managed to break the cuffs.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Yes, please," Annie replied, kissing along his shoulder as long as she was still able to reach it. "I'm also up for that challenge, incidentally."

She was also obediently offering up her cuffed wrists. As eager as she'd been to get in them, she had a whole lot of lost touching time to make up for.

[knife_bender]

"I know that you are," Diego said, laughing lightly as he sat back up, key in hand. He unlocked the cuffs, pulling off the cuffs so touching could happen. "Wrists okay?"

[defenderofdesmoines]

"They're great." There had been a couple of times she'd sort of twisted against the metal and it had smarted a little, but it was a small price to pay. It wasn't like she'd have marks no matter how much she thrashed around in them, anyway.

But, importantly, Annie had her hands back, and the very first thing she did was reach them up to cup Diego's face. "See?" she added, leaning in to kiss him as she brushed her thumbs across his cheekbones.

[knife_bender]

Diego reached up to wrap his hands around Annie's wrists, gently rubbing the skin there with his thumbs. Just to really make sure she was okay, and to encourage her to stay right where she was. They had a lot of touching to make up for.

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie hummed happily into the kiss, scooting a little closer to him but keeping her hands exactly where they were. "That," she murmured, moving just far enough away to say the words and nudge her nose against his, "was one of the hottest things I've ever done in my entire life -- but I'm really glad I can touch you again."

It was important to Annie that he heard both those facts from her.