”Sure.” Elisa agreed, doing as asked. She opened her car door and got out when Dominique stepped back to clear the way. ”What now?” She asked with a little of a hesitant smile.

”Now, I’d like to kiss you farewell, detective…” She told her, moving into Elisa’s personal space and leaning her against the car, capturing her lips in a heartfelt kiss. Elisa’s eyes fluttered shut and she held Dominique and returned the kiss happily. It felt… it felt really nice; the feelings she had were beautiful, if a little overwhelming. Again, she felt like things were going too fast, but she couldn’t tell Dominique that, because despite what her mind was telling her, her body was telling her something else. Somehow, her heart just… trusted this woman. Felt safe with her, like she’d only ever felt once before in her life, really. With Margot – Though it had taken her a long time to get to that place with her (probably because they’d argued so much to start with), while it seemed to all be happening at once with Dominique. She couldn’t explain it, it was just a feeling. But one thing she’d learned in her life was to trust feelings like that. On the job, doing that had gotten her out of more than one bad situation. And in her love life, if she hadn’t followed her instincts about Margot, hadn’t taken the time to get to know her, and, eventually, to pursue her romantically (even though Margot herself had been a little stand-offish at first), then she… she would have missed out on something… something there was just no way to put a value to. Even given how it ended.

”Why do I like doing that so much?” Dominique smiled a little helplessly, still just a breath away from Elisa.

”Whatever the reason, I’m not complaining.” Elisa said back, running her fingers through Dominique’s hair and caressing her cheek. ”See you soon?” She asked.

”I’ll be waiting.” Dominique replied softly, closing her eyes momentarily and turning away.

Elisa stood there a moment watching after her until she disappeared inside the gates, then turned and got back into her car and headed off to her precinct house. She wasn’t looking forward to having to lie about what happened to cover for Dominique, but, like they’d talked about, there really weren’t better options.