Unexpected final by mardel If anyone is reading this besides Suz and Joyce the ending may surprise you. R rating from here on out. The third day they were following Grant things got even more tense. He was visiting the part of town a guy went to when he was looking for some professional action. But he passed the heavily populated area and went to a hotel. "This might be it, he could be here to meet with his contact." Bobby hoped. They followed him and set up yet another room to watch him from. He wasn't alone long but the person who arrived wasn't his contact. Great Alex thought to herself, not only was she horny as hell for Bobby, now she had to listen to Grant getting laid while in the safe room with him. She was really hating her job at the moment. "I think it's safe to turn that off for awhile." Bobby looked a little embarrassed. "You know Hobbes we have some time to kill while he's busy. I'm thinking there are two ways we could go about this. We could go out or we could stay in." Alex said this last part, while staring into his eyes and moving to perch on the arm of his chair. She stroked a hand over his shoulders, behind his head and leaned into him. "You're playing me again Monroe, I know you are. It's not nice, what you're doing." "I'm serious Bobby, don't you want to get lucky?" She tugged on his ear lobe with her teeth and lowered her hand from his shoulder to stroke it over his hard chest. Bobby was beginning to breath faster, his body was responding to her advances, even if he wasn't sure. "A man like you, I'll bet you have a stable of ladies you choose from when you feel the urge." "Why would you say that?" Bobby shifted in his seat, her hand was still caressing his chest, her mouth kissing his jaw, nuzzling his ear. "You're a virile man I'm sure you have needs that just one woman can't satisfy." Alex continued with her persuasive tactics. Bobby liked what she was doing, but he didn't trust that she wasn't just toying with him. He grabbed her hand and stopped her from touching him. "Monroe I told you it's not nice to do this to a guy. I'm your partner, even if it's only for a few days." "I know, I want you, I'm not playing games." She let him keep her hand in his and leaned in to kiss him on the mouth. She hoped that would convince him. He saw the kiss coming, he went along opening his mouth to her hot tongue pushing for entry. Alex wasn't rated five star for nothing, but he was skilled in the art of seduction himself. They kissed, their tongues stoking, and tasting. Alex was thrilled he was responding she might get him into bed yet. Bobby thought now was when she'd back off and tell him to keep his hands to himself, but if this was a joke she was taking it much father than he expected. Alex shifted from the arm of the chair to straddling his legs, then she was sitting facing him. "I want you go much, please let me." She moaned. He was convinced, he could feel her pulse racing, her eagerness was real. Alex straddled him and rocked over his body, she expected to find him aroused. Their kissing was becoming deeper, passion was evident Bobby's hands were moving over her back. Alex moaned again, and ground her groin into his. She was frustrated he wasn't hard for her. "You think I'm that easy?" Bobby growled. "I think you're that male." she rocked her hips hoping to stimulate him. Bobby was aroused, hugely aroused, but she wouldn't be able to feel him the way she was going about it. The type of underwear he wore tended to aim him downward his erection was stretched along his thigh, thick, hard and throbbing. He captured her hand and guided it to him. "Oh yes, that's more like it." she purred, stroking his hardness. Alex fondled him a moment then reached for his fly and opened his pants. She reached inside to bring his erection out, "Umm you are all man aren't you, let me ...." Alex's eyes grew wide as she revealed his impressive erection to view. "Oh, yes I need to have you even more now. Please let me." "Don't you want to move to the bed?" Bobby asked, he was ready, his heart pounding, his control ready to shatter. "I want to ride you," She lifted her skirt a little higher and grasped his cock in her hand, sliding down over his thickness she moaned. He was thick, long, hard. Bobby groaned as his cock was surrounded with her heat, his hands on her waist. His eyes closed. Alex eased down his hard length, "So good, you feel so good." She rocked over him, stimulated well, ready to climax almost at once. She moaned her pleasure, and stilled. She kissed him deeply as the waves crashed around her. Then she pulled off her shirt and freed her ample breasts, pulling open his shirt she rubbed her breasts over his hard muscled chest as she continued to ride his hardness. Bobby was in heaven, he'd never had a woman top him this way, but if felt great. His erection was going to last forever. Alex moaned deeply and arched her back as she achieved another orgasm. " God Hobbes you are so hard, feels perfect," Bobby captured one nipple in his mouth as she continued to work over him. He licked and sucked as she rocked, he was nearly there now he was about to explode. He thrust his hips up into her and she cried out again. He followed behind her a few seconds later. His breathing fast and his pulse racing. Alex was collapsed on his chest, recovering from the wonderful orgasm. Bobby sighed, and stroked his hand over her bare back. He hoped she wasn't about to jump off of him and try to pretend it never happened. He liked Alex despite the way she had treated him when she arrived with the Agency. He'd wondered more than once what sex like her would be like, it had been nearly as wild as he expected. Alex was feeling really, really satisfied.He'd surprised her by allowing her to control their joining, but he'd reallysurprised her with his size. He was magnificently hung, and maintained his hardness much longer than most of her lovers. "Ulm that was great, thank you." she kissed him softly, then leaned back so she could look into his eyes. "My pleasure, you did most of the work." Alex glanced at the monitor and saw Grant was still busy with his hooker. She toyed with the idea of a second round. She was still mounted on him he was subsiding, but slowly. "Hobbes, do you have a steady lady friend, or is it more like I said? You have a stable of women to choose from?" "Neither." "You can't be serious, a man as virile as you has to need an outlet for his needs." "You applying for the job?" he was teasing, he knew Alex had just wanted a one time thing or maybe a few days but he didn't expect her to want him. That is him as in all of him, his crazy problems, his paranoid problems, his age. "I am if you are interested," she kissed him again, softly, letting him show her how he liked to be kissed. "Me interested, in you for my lover? Alex even I'm not that gullible." She looked into his eyes again, it was weird to be arguing with him while still semi joined with him. She moved off of him, and knelt beside his chair. Looking up into his dark eyes. Bobby put his pants back in order and zipped up. "Hobbes why do you think I'm kidding?" "Alex you're what twenty nine, thirty. Why would you want to hook up with me on anything like a permanent basis?" "Why, you need reasons." she stood up and grabbed her shirt off the bed and pulled it back on, then tugged her skirt back in to place. She grabbed his hand, come here a second. She pulled him to stand in front of the mirror. "Tell me what you see." "A middle aged, worn out government agent and a beautiful young woman." "No, see you're already wrong. You're only forty for one thing Hobbes, I'll be thirty in a few weeks. I'll tell you what I see, I see a man that never gives up. A man who's strong, loyal, dependable, brave, a man who's caring, gentle and by the way built real nice. You've been hiding all of this from the world Hobbes." Alex opened his shirt and pulled it and his jacket off. She stood behind him and smoothed her hands over the breadth of his shoulders then down his arms and up his tight abs to the hard rise of his chest. Bobby stared at her in the mirror, did she really think of him this way? "You'll excuse me if I doubt your sincerity, after the way you treated us when you first joined the Agency." "I know I was a bitch, but I didn't want to get close to you guys. I'd already been hurt enough by losing my son. I'm sorry, you didn't deserve to be treated that way." She dropped her hand from his body, placed one last kiss on his back at the base of his neck. "I might believe you if you'd call me by my name once in a while." "What you like Bobby? It has always sounded so unlike you to me, Bobby is a little boy with a red wagon and a puppy." "Robert then." He suggested. "Can't do it, I had a really mean Uncle with that name, I can't get past the connection. Do you have a nick name you like?" "Not really," He shook his head and began to finish dressing. "I can't say I love you, I like you. You're a very attractive man and I'd like to continue this between us. But if you're telling me you aren't interested I guess I'll have to accept it." She watched him finish buttoning his shirt. "Alex I am interested, but I don't do casual. You should already know that about me. The thing that put me into the tail spin and eventually caused my dismissal from the Bureau was caused by my wife leaving me." "I didn't know that. I just knew you had a breakdown." "I thought you knew everything about your co-workers?" Bobby reminded her of something she'd said when she'd first arrived. "That was a bluff, but it worked at the time." "I'm not looking for hearts and flowers Hobbes." "You're saying you don't do romance?" He grinned. "I don't have time for romance." Alex checked on their suspect again. Bobby nodded. "So what do you want from me?" "I'd like to continue seeing you regularly, even after this case. But no strings, no emotional endangerments." "You picked the wrong guy, most men would jump at that offer. I'm not most men." "I know you're not that's part of the attraction." Alex sighed. "So you're telling me it's not possible?' "I already like you, it's a short trip from there to caring, and more in my world. I'm not built to just be your sex partner, I fall to easy. Not to mention that I don't usually fish of the company pier." Bobby explained. "I understand, I won't pretend I'm not disappointed." She sighed and took her seat near the monitor. Grant paid off his bed partner and drove home. Alex and Bobby had to follow him, but he made a stop on the way, that set of warning bells in Bobby's mind. " I think he just picked up a message." "You think his contact was at the gas station?" Alex questioned. "It had to be, we've been on him for three days and it's the only stop he's made that sent off my radar." Bobby told her. "We need Fawkes to do some recon for us." Alex said. Thinking it would make this mission end quicker, and put her out of her misery. "I can give him a call but I don't know if he's done being a lab rat." Bobby put the call into his Partner. "Hey, buddy how's it going?" "Hobbes, Hey, not as bad as I thought, She's pretty much done with me. Want to meet me somewhere for some food?" Darien was still in the Keep but Claire had just taken the final sample of his blood. "We can do that, but I need to ask a favor first can you work?" "Yeah, sure what do you need?" "A quick recon of our subjects place. See if you can find the evidence we've been unable to locate." Bobby explained. "We, oh yeah right they teamed you with Monroe didn't they? How's that working?" Darien was teasing Bobby now, he knew Bobby preferred to work alone or with him. "So far no problems. Can you meet us over by Forest Park. I'll take you to the house." "Sure, I'll meet you there in a few." Darien closed his cell phone. " You're done with me right Claire?" "Yes, but I still need to see you tomorrow for one more thing." She looked up. "Right, see you later." Darien was off the table and pulling on his jacket. "Hey guys you need a little help?" Darien poked his head into the van. "Yeah, climb in." Alex moved out of her seat and offered it to Darien. He looked surprised, but climbed inside. "We need you to so see through and check this guys place out. He just got back and I think he's picked up documents or disks or something." "Ok, I'll be back." Darien covered himself with quicksilver and exited the van. He was back sooner than either of them expected. "Ah, guys I found all kinds of evidence, but I also found your guy. He's dead." "Dead how could you tell?" "I don't know he didn't have an obvious wound or anything, but he didn't go easy." Darien shivered. "His contact must have suspected he was dirty, took him out. It wouldn't be the first time." Bobby spoke up. "I guess we'd better check it out and then call it in." Alex and he spent the next several hours bagging evidence and writing up a report. The Official wasn't happy. But there wasn't any thing he could blame them for. Darien had long ago gone home. He didn't have to worry about reports. Alex was worn out by the time they were done. She stood and stretched. Glancing over at her temporary partner. She really wished he didn't have such strict rules. She would really have enjoyed taking him home with her, now that the work was done. Bobby was only wearing his shirt again, his suit jacket hanging on the back of his chair. Alex admired the view for what might be the last time for a while. The Official had hinted that she had a new undercover case to start on soon. He was so male, she didn't know how she'd managed to keep her mind on her work the other times she'd worked with him. Even his voice sent chills down her spine, now that she'd been with him. She longed to her that deep growl he made when he was near completion. "Hobbes, let me buy you a drink?" she offered. "Ah, thanks Alex but I don't know if that's a good idea." He stood up from the desk. She crossed the room, stood close in beside him, inhaled. Damn he even smelled good. "One more." She asked, almost adding please. "Sorry?" Bobby didn't know what she was asking. "Couldn't we be together just once more before you cut me off?" Bobby sighed, it was that again. He was only human, he couldn't keep turning her down. Especially now that he'd tasted her. Maybe once more wouldn't hurt. "If you play by my rules this time." "What are they?" " We go to your place, I have some control over things this time. And ..." he put his arm around her waist and drew her body into his. "Anything." She was already heating up for him. "You have to make the most of tonight, I'm not going to give in again." Alex thought she'd had great sex a number of times in her life. But they didn't compare to being with Hobbes when he was in control. She took him home, he was the first person she worked with that she'd ever taken to her place. "This is nice, kind of bare, don't you have keepsakes or family pictures?" " No keepsakes, my family pictures are all here, it make it easier to pack as often as I move." she waved towards a collage of pictures that was hanging over the kitchen table. "No brothers?" "No, just my two sisters and my folks." Alex didn't want to talk about her family. Bobby nodded, she'd been a cute kid, the oldest of three it looked like. "Why don't you relax, this is your place." Bobby turned to look at her. "I'm the one that is supposed to be up tight." "Hobbes, can I offer you something to drink? I have scotch, beer, and the regular stuff, soda, water, juice." Alex was feeling edgy. "Maybe later, why are you so up tight, this was your idea? Do you want me to leave?" "No, no," She stepped forward and touched his arm, her eyes flying to his. "Alex what's wrong?" He was concerned now, she was acting so strangely. "I don't know." She confessed. Bobby slipped his arms around her, and coxed her cheek to rest against his shoulder. He hugged her close, but not hard. Alex was tense in his arms for a moment, then sighed and relaxed into him. It felt so nice, to let go for a minute. She felt safe with him, not from him but with him near. Not a feeling she as familiar with, she was always on her guard with men. Her first, last and only love had betrayed her. She'd never allowed her guard down with a man since. Hobbes was safe, he wouldn't hurt her, physically or emotionally. Bobby felt the tension drain out of her, she settled into his embrace even more. It seemed what she really needed was to be held, the sex was secondary. Alex was totally comfortable in his arms, but she was also aware she'd asked him over for more than just a really nice hug. She sighed, and eased back enough so that she could reach his mouth, and kissed him. Slow, gentle. "Alex, I'm not a young stud you invited back to your place who expects he's going to have serious sex. If you just want to be held for a little while." Bobby offered. "You'd do that?" She was shocked by his offer. Most men didn't want to have anything to do with cuddling, unless it lead to the sex. "Yeah. I think you need to be held more than anything." Alex had to fight back tears suddenly, he was so sweet. And she'd been so mean to him in the past. But she wasn't going to put him through it, she wanted him in her bed he'd said it was her last chance and she wasn't going to miss it. "No, come with me." She pushed out of his hold and took his hand. She led him to the bedroom and turned on a light near the bed. "I'm not going to pass up the chance to be with you again." She placed a hand on each of his shoulders and kissed him. This kiss was more passionate, she did want him. Bobby responded to her lead, then took over. He began with kissing and stroking, removing her clothes with skill, until she was naked under him. He was naked also, she hadn't helped at all. He was in complete control, he'd already found her weakness and he was exploiting it shamlessly. "Open your eyes Alex," "I can't this is to nice a dream, I don't want it to end." "You know it's not a dream, open your eyes." Hobbes urged her. He'd discovered her fascination with his build more by accident than anything. He intended to exploit that fact as much as possible. "Open your eyes." He lifted her hand and kissed a finger tip, " Hiding from me , when you really want something else. I wouldn't have figured you for being shy." Bobby was balanced over her, his groin in full contact with her softness, but he wasn't joined with her. She'd pulled back right when they'd gotten to that point. He wasn't about to continue until he understood what made her flinch. "Please Hobbes, you're almost there." "Not until you look at me." Alex opened her eyes. He was struggling to keep himself in control, she owed him an explanation. But not right this minute. "Please Bobby, I want you so much." He broke then, and thrust inside, she was hot, tight and arched up to meet him. He took his time, building her to climax several times before taking his pleasure. She was boneless under him, moaning her pleasure when the orgasm over took him. He stayed balanced over her a moment after, then pulled her into his side and kissed her. "Now, you have to explain." "I was raped once a very long time ago. I've had therapy, and usually if I act aggressive I can get past that moment of penetration with out flinching. You're the first man I've allowed to have control, but I couldn't keep from reacting a little." She explained. "Oh, God Alex, why didn't you tell me before now?" Bobby sounded distressed. "Because you would never have agreed to this." Bobby though for a moment, she was probably right. It was difficult being a woman's lover if she'd been hurt in the past, or attacked. "I'm honored you allowed me control. But why did you?" "Because I feel safe with you. And I don't mean because you're not a magnificent lover. I mean safe as in protected, the very thing I fought against when we first met." "Thank you, I guess this explains why you're not chasing Fawkes." Bobby sighed and stroked a hand over her back. "You still don't believe I'm attracted to you? Hobbes come on your self image can't be that low." "Compare Fawkes and me, then tell me that again." "I don't have to, I know your good qualities and his. I prefer yours." "Alex tell that to someone who doesn't know you." Bobby shook his head. "I'm serious, you think I chose you for your control?" "You tell me that wasn't a big part of it." "I choose you because you make me crazy. I've worked in close contact with both you and Darien this past year. You're the one that gets me hot and bothered." "Only because you don't trust him to stay in control." "Because I've always had a thing for men more in my size range. The fit is better, I don't get crushed. I like your build Hobbes, you're my size." "That's the first time I've heard that." "Probably because you do the choosing, usually." She reminded him. "You have a point. Ok, then why so shy if you like why aren't you touching?" He was teasing her now. "Because you're watching." She admitted. "You want me to go to sleep?" "No, just close your eyes." She leaned up on an elbow and stroked a small hand over his hard chest. Bobby inhaled, and tried to enjoy her caress. He didn't want to become aroused again, but he was afraid that was where this was leading. "You must work out all the time." she told him. Bobby remained silent, he didn't want to discuss his work out routine with her. Alex didn't draw out her exploration of his body. She'd already put him through enough torture. She kissed him quickly when she was done. "Thanks." "Hey, come back here. where are you going?" Bobby snagged her wrist before she was off the bed. "Don't you want to...." She trailed off, no, he wouldn't she stopped and looked a at his eyes, they were so expressive normally, but at the moment they were just dark, deep dark brown. "I want to hold you, come back and lay next to me." Bobby instructed. Alex smiled and moved in beside him, "You're going to spoil me now." Bobby wrapped an arm around her and she snuggled in to his side, resting her cheek on his chest. They both went to sleep. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Bobby woke up alone in the bed. he heard water running in the bathroom. He was just about to go and see if she would like company when his cell phone rang. "Yeah, what? Oh, Yes sir I'll be in right away." Damn, he flipped closed his phone Bobby scrambled out of bed, "Alex!" He pounded on the bathroom door. "What?" she opened it a second later, the shower still running. "I just got a call from the Chief, I have to report in now. Can I take a quick shower?" "Ya sure come on, I'm almost finished." Bobby could tell she was done in the shower, he wondered why the water was still on. "I'm putting conditioner in my hair, the steam helps with the treatment. Go on shower, I'll be done in here in a minute." Bobby dropped any pretense of modesty and climbed into the shower. Alex admired the view just the same. But there was no time for anything. She was under loan to another agency or she would have been called in too. Bobby was in and out in five minutes. He was dressing when she returned with coffee from the kitchen. "Hobbes I put this in a travel mug for you. I want to ah,..." Bobby looked up from tying his shoes. He should say something besides it was nice and bye. "Alex, we can't do this again, but if you need a friend, a hug and ear you call me." She teared up again, Damn he had the worst effect on her emotions. Her hand flew to her mouth to keep her from sobbing. Bobby stood and engulfed her in a tight hug. "I mean it, you call me, anytime and I'll be here." "Hobbes I can't ask that of you, you have Darien to worry about now as it is." "I think I can handle both of you, but you have to keep in touch." He eased her back and looked into her eyes. "I'll stay in touch." She promised. "You know I'll hunt you down if you don't." He promised her. She nodded. He was gone. The minute he was out of her apartment the shields came up again. She was gone for ninety days. She did call three times and left a message with his machine. Bobby worried, but that was nothing new. He finally pried the information out of Eberts that Alex was on lone to the Dept of State and she was on an undercover mission. Darien and he were walking in after a very long day when she came back. Darien was almost bowled over, by a small brunette female shooting across the parking lot to embrace his Partner. He had to do a double take, to make sure it was Alex. "I' m glad to be back, that case was a killer." Alex hugged him, Bobby was almost caught off guard, he'd realized it was Alex while she was still about ten feet from throwing herself into his arms. Not the Alex Monroe he remembered. "Alex you're back." "No, kidding Bobby." Darien looked at the two of them. What was that all about? "Darien, it's nice to see you too." Alex left Bobby's embrace and hugged him too. Darien hugged her back but was still very puzzled, by her behavior. Bobby was studying her while she was hugging Darien, she'd had to change her look for the assignment apparently, her hair was much longer and styled to make her look younger than usual. "Come in and tell me what's going on around here." Alex took both of their arms and walked inside. "Alex I have to go see the Keeper but I'll be back." Darien excused himself. Bobby escorted her to his office. "What kind of mission did they send you on?" "I can't talk about it, I may have to go back, that's why my hair is like this. How have you been you look as hot as ever." "Ok, you're not the Monroe I know what have you done with her?" Bobby was serious. "This is the me from when I was first an agent, they recruited me straight out of college, they wanted a fresh young female agent to do CST work. I thought it would be fun. I learned it wasn't all sunshine and roses." Alex took a seat on his beat up couch. "Can we maybe find a place somewhere between this and how you were when I saw you last?" Bobby asked. Alex took a deep breath and let it out. She'd been doing that persona for so long it was hard to turn it off. "Ok, sorry, I thought you'd like the happy go lucky Monroe." "That was a little to much. Come here." Bobby motioned for her to come to him. "Now, how are you really doing?" He hugged her gently this time. "I really could have used this thirty days ago." She buried her face into his shoulder and closed her eyes. "Go on let go, I'm not going anywhere." Bobby urged her to let him help. "I can't not here," she whispered. But she stayed in his arms for over a minute soaking up the feeling. "I have to make a report but we can meet later if you need to." He offered. "I'd like that, let me buy you dinner. Darien too." She offered. "Claire told me about the good news, he doesn't need counter agent anymore. Hey why did he have to go see Claire if he doesn't need a shot now?" "I think he was just making an excuse to give me a chance to ..." "Do you have to break something to me, did you and Claire finally...? "No, nothing like that." "What then?" "Darien and I are kind of paired off now." Bobby told her. "I wondered when you'd give in and let him love you." She surprised him with her answer. "You knew? Is that why you never made moves on him?" Bobby was smiling. "It was one reason, but it's still you that makes me nuts. I'm happy for you. But I guess anymore comfort sessions is out of the question now huh?" "Comfort sure, sex not a chance." "Does the boss know?" "Probably but not because we are open about it." "I still want to take you guys to dinner, Claire too lets go and find them." Alex was smiling. end