Spark in the Dark

Juice finished pouring himself a cup of coffee when he heard Shawn coming down the stairs. It was a familiar sound, but not one he had heard recently. She was wearing high heels, but he had no idea why. He started to take of sip of his drink and turned toward the doorway of the kitchen to see her walk in. Shawn was wearing a sexy dress with her heels, making Juice swallow his coffee wrong and start coughing roughly.

"Are you okay?" Shawn asked with concern.

"Yeah, I just, uh, burned myself," he lied. "What are you doing dressed like that?"

"Nero texted me last night. They dropped the charges against him yesterday and released him. I'm going to go to Diosa today and help out."

"Why?"

"You went back to work, why shouldn't I?" Shawn asked with a shrug.

"Well, yeah, but," Juice stammered, "do you really have to go dressed like that?"

"All the girls dress like this there."

"You never did before."

"I was pregnant before," she pointed out. "I used to wear this to Cara Cara. You never had a problem with it then."

"That was before," Juice argued. "And I don't have a problem with it... Exactly. It's just..."

"What? Are you saying I look bad?"

"No! You look," he started, but his voice trailed off. He was having a hard time relaying what he felt. When she worked at Cara Cara, she hadn't been as curvy as she was now after having a baby. The dress fit her, but in a different way. The top of the dress really accentuated how much her chest had grown and the skirt hugged her more rounded hips. He got lost as his train of thought turned into fantasizing about lifting her onto the kitchen counter and having his way with her.

"Just forget it," Shawn said, sounding disappointed as she started to leave the kitchen. "I'll go change. I shouldn't have tried dressing like this so soon after having her."

"No, that's not it. You look... Hot."

Shawn stopped and looked at him with a grin. "Hot?"

"Uh huh," Juice nodded and looked over her body as she moved closer to him."When are you allowed to have sex again?"

"Not for another 4 weeks at least," she told him seductively as she ran her hands over his chest

"Shit," he sighed and wrapped an arm around her waist.

"Don't worry. Once my doctor says I can again, you'll be the first to know," Shawn told him jokingly.

"Good. Wait, why wouldn't I be?"

"Oh, I don't know. I do get hit on a lot at Diosa," she teased and then kissed the corner of his mouth before stepping away from him to get her own coffee.

"See? That's why you can't wear that there. Go put on some sweatpants and a parka."

"I really hope you're like this when Ally is a teenager. It'll be so much fun to watch."

"She's not even going to be allowed out of the damn house," Juice told her seriously.

Shawn laughed and shook her head. "Do you want breakfast or not?"

"If I can't have the other thing I want, then I guess," he said and sat on one of the stools to pout. "Did you say they released Nero?"

"Yeah. Turns out Toric killed her."

"Jesus. Kind of glad he's dead now. Who knows what else he would have done."

"Yeah, I know," she agreed as she got the carton of eggs from the fridge.