Deep in the dark, I don't need the light

 Chili didn't mean to be so down. It frightened her to be alone at night. Of course, she helped out with the new baby at Yuki and Em's. No way could she be alone.

"But...you could relax at home," Axton said. He had taken to nights to help out with Rory. 

"I just.." how could she explain it. "I want to be wherever you are."

"But..but there is a baby," he explained. Naturally, he was a natural with babies. It made Chili dream of having her own baby with him. But.. still waiting. She wouldn't dare.

She watched. She learned. She made sure to do her part, letting Axton rest. Honestly, she loved him more than she ever thought she would. Of course, she hated her ex-husband all the more. Maybe it was just violent thoughts of the past. She didn't dare tell Axton about him. Perhaps she should, but she didn't feel the need to. There was always peace with Axton, even in the cramped basement at Yuki and Em's. She never knew how he'd lived there so long. Yes, despite having a small place of her own, it was their haven. But she would make a home where ever he was.

She was with Axton, even in his thin bed. It was so warm and cozy. Anything could happen. And it did.

For the first time, she got to know her lover well. He was generous and always kind. Axton made everything better. Did Em know of this, and rejected him, anyway?

Of course, it could be three in the morning. Did she even know anymore? A kiss there. and a kiss here. Honestly, it was so magical. What sort of world had she gotten mixed up in?

She watched Yuki and Em. They were so in love. She knew it was true. And maybe she and Axton were just as much. Yes, she made every second count with him, even in the wee hours of the morning. It was languid. It was attainable. Maybe it was only a touch. But she knew who she wanted to spend her late hours with, or was that early morning?

"You know I love you," she told him when he was with Baby Rory. Did she dare say what she really wanted? Oh, it would come later with kisses at her breast, between her thighs until she stirred it all in the right direction. 

Maybe she hoped it would hurt her ex the most. No, seriously, she did want to make the most of her relationship with Axton. And those fascinating words came to her that she never thought she would speak of in the dead of night. "Marry me."

But he nuzzled her ear instead, speaking something she knew not of.