Honey I'm Home [Mads]

[Alex Blacara]

Six weeks to two months is what Alex had told Mads the morning he'd left. He had commed when he could, but that was hard considering most of the job was spent getting out of trouble. His ex had a knack for finding trouble, and Alex had a knack for having to help her out of it. He wasn't having any second thoughts on where he stood with Mads, or the relationship he had started with her. Alex just had a hard time saying no to Tiff. At least he knew when to, otherwise, Mads would have his hide. He'd been a good boy and behaved.

He caught a ride back to the spaceport where his ship was currently berthed. She was a sight for sore eyes, and Alex wanted to say a little bit better looking too. Had Mads managed to spread the credits a little further than she originally thought? He had the rest of the credits in hand for the upgrades, and then some. Hazard pay, and a bigger payout than expected, those were two things Alex loved.

The sound of his boots walking up the loading ramp echoed into the main area of the ship. If Mads were there, she'd hear someone walking up the ramp. Alex had been able to tell her a rough guess of when he'd be back, but not anything specific. He was earlier than he anticipated, and so he wanted to surprise her. He'd stopped in the gift shop to pick up a small flower. It was nothing overly extravagant as the selection was horrible, but he picked out the best he could find. He tossed his bag onto the couch. There would be time to deal with it later.

"Mads! Hey, I'm back. Where you at so I can give you a kiss?"

[Madlyn Sol]

During the nearly two months since saying goodbye to her boyfriend Alex Biacara, Madlyn had been working pretty much non-stop on the upgrades and modifications that he had hired her to do on the smuggler's newly purchased ship. The grease monkey extraordinaire had indeed pulled the original stock engines on the used YT-2400 Light freighter and replaced them with three military-grade ion engines to give the Sapphire Rose the power she needed. She hadn't asked where the seller had gotten the highly illegal parts from, just put them in. The factory issue hyperdrive was also replaced with a highly modified one along with a new backup hyperdrive that would make the 'Rose one of the fastest ships in her class. Those two things alone cost a pretty credit, though Mads had her way of bartering to get a better deal, and it didn't have to do with giving of herself. The Nar Shaddaan would never stoop that low. The rest of the upgrades would have to wait until Alex earned the credits to do so like improving the sensors and adding a countermeasure/stealth package along with a pair of heavy laser cannons and a forward firing concussion missile launcher to replace the stock ones. For now if they got into trouble, at least they could run. Someday too, she'd like to reinforce the double hull with titanium armor, but that would be a ways off.

Madlyn had put a vidcam and sensor on the boarding ramp so when it was down like it was now in the docking bay, it would alert her to someone entering the ship… An excited smile graced her lips as a very familiar tall, dark, and handsome man was strolling up the metal decking. Oh how she'd missed him too. Mads put down the hypdrospanner in her hand next to the secret project she was working on and grabbed a rag from the back pocket of her coveralls to wipe her greasy hands off on, then exited the compartment she was in at a full run and tackled Alex where he stood.

"Alex!" the brunette shouted and promptly pressed her hungry lips to her boyfriend's in a welcome home greeting.

[Alex Blacara]

There was nothing Alex could do but catch Mads as she tackled him. He was thinking it was good he put the bag down because that would have certainly sent him toppling over. As it was, Alex fell back onto the couch, and pulled Mads with him as the kiss continued into several more. Alex was as hungry as she was. He'd missed her, a lot, and he could tell by the greeting, she'd missed him as well. They managed to get through the two months and still be a couple. That had to count for something.

"That was quite the greeting," he said as the kissing broke for air. "You've been working too. Does that mean all the parts came in while I was gone?"

Mads had already taken care of the first part of the order before he left because she wanted to get on it right away. They were not going to be taking any jobs until she was confident they could out run anyone wanting to chase them. Since it was the two of them, and while Mads was likely a good shot on the turrets, it was just the two of them. Alex would have to be able to do some fancy flying no matter what the situation was.

Alex took Mads hands, and saw the fresh grease under her nails, and around her cuticles. They were the hands of someone who had to work for everything she had. It was the first thing that had attracted Alex to her, aside from her gorgeous looks anyway. He kissed her lips again, before nibling at her jaw.

​"You wanna help me get settile back in, and then you can show me what you've done around here?"

[Madlyn Sol]

"Sure does... Your baby girl will purr wild and fiercely now. I can't wait for you to try her out," Mads grinned with a bit of pride gleaming in her chocolate orbs as she gazed deeply into Alex's blue. Gods how she'd missed doing just that.

With the heavily modified engines and hyperdrives put in, the Rose would prove hard to run down. Now hopefully the flyboy had gotten the rest of the credits needed to make the further updates they wanted to do to the other systems to make the YT-2400 Light freighter a top notch smuggling ship. Well all those details could wait as a fully proper welcoming home needed to be given first.

When Alex took her manual-labored hands into his and didn't care about their well-used look and feel, it always made Madlyn feel good. The noble-born turned smuggler didn't seem to care about her low-birthwright. He just cared about Mads, and she about him; no gold digging on her pert to be with Alex.

"Mhmm And settled in properly too," the brunette replied, then added with a wicked smile while lowering the zipper on her coveralls. "then later, much later, I'll show you all the modifications I made to the Rose and you can tell me of your adventures."

[Alex Blacara]

"We'd better go use that mattress again," Alex purred as Mads lowered the zipper on her coveralls. He slipped the top half off her shoulders and down to her waist before kissing her again. Lifting her, he started back for the captain's quarters. The door closed behind him, though they were the only ones on the ship so it didn't really matter.

Two hours came and went, and Alex was certain there was more to come later, but for now the pair lay together in the bed after a proper reunion. The encounter had blown past everything he had anticipated of their reunion. Alex still mused he should have gotten serious about a woman a long time ago. On the other hand, had he, then he would not be with Mads, and that was not something he was about to change. Alex held her close. The time away had only made him want her more. Usually he was used to being alone, but he hated being apart from her. His hand played with her long brown hair. Alex loved tomrun his fingers through it.

"I missed you, a lot! He kissed her again. Alex moved his hand down from her hair to the shoulder, grazing her arm gently with his fingers before they began to caress her bare back. "Let's not make me leaving for jobs a regular thing, hmmm?"

[Madlyn Sol]

"I agree totally with those sentiments. Together is much better, and I missed you too!" Mads smiled before placing a tender kiss upon Alex's bare chest over his heart. She had never felt like this before about a man. It scared the Nar Shaddaan to death yet very much excited her too.

Take one day, one moment at a time, girlfriend. Don't get ahead of yourself. He's a guy after all. Yeah, Madlyn had fallen hard and fast for the tall, dark and handsome flyboy, but she didn't want him to know just how much yet.

The brunette was half laying atop her man. The urge to kiss her way down his well-honed torso to go another round was strong within her, but there would be plenty of time later for more play. Better to make the tension build again between them, than to just blow it now.

Madlyn pressed a sweet kiss to his lips, then pushed up and slid off the bed. She reached down and picked up Alex's shirt from the floor and put it on, then sauntered over to the mini-fridge in the captain's quarters that was new and grabbed two chilled waters. Strolling back over, the brunette handed Alex one and drank from the other, then picked up a remote control that was on the bed stand. Sitting back down on the edge of the bunk, she pressed a button and the far wall panel slid back revealing a big flat holo screen. A smile graced her kiss-swollen lips.

"For our viewing pleasure from bed… holovids, sports, news. Also I have surveillance vidcams at various locations on the ship both exterior and interior that we can get a birds eye view of what going on as well," Mads said, then handed over the remote to Alex. She got off the bed once again, then crouched down to side of the raised bunk.

"There's some nice storage down here for your things… I already filled the footlocker with mine, but under the quad drawers is a hidden compartment to put VIP things in. I also put in some hidden smuggling compartments throughout the ship along with modifying the two crew quarters next to the engineering compartment. We now have a workshop to play in," she grinned with excitement. Hopefully he was as pleased with the enhancements.

"There's something in there I want to show you when you're ready, but first I want to hear about your last job… "

[Alex Blacara]

Alex watched from the bed as Mads put his t-shirt on over her lithe, and petite frame. She made his shirt look hot, and this was going to be an image in his head for a while. How had he fallen for her so hard and so fast? Mads was so different than all the other ladies he'd been with, and that could be why. Yes, he kept coming back to that conclusion, but it was the truth. They were bonded, both knew it, but yet there was still a sense of caution in the air. It was good.

He got out of the bed as Mads showed him what she had done, and grabbed his pants. There were not any plans to go out, so he'd skip the shorts for now. Going commando was great sometimes, and this was a great time for it. Obviously Alex had to check everything out for himself. The drawers were well done, the compartment was great, he loved the holoscreen, and the additional smuggling compartments would be great. His ears perked up at the sound of a workroom. The ship didn't have a good one, or any really, and Alex wasn't going to miss the other quarters.

"Seems you kept yourself busy while I was gone. I'm not sure I rewarded you quite well enough."

Alex smiled, and walked out of the rool for a moment. He returned with his duffle. When he opened it, Alex reached in a pulledmout a heavy purse full of credits. He plopped back into the bed and dropped the bag between he and Mads.

"The payout was bigger than expected. I brought home triple what I said I was bringing. We're set pretty good for a while Mads. We can finish the upgrades and still have plenty left."

His baby blues found Mads chocolate drops. Alex looked deep, then kissed her again, pressing his lips passionately to hers. He was in a very good mood being home, on his ship, with his girl. It was time for Alex to settle down into his own life, and he wanted Mads to be part of that. That's why he said we. Neither had said anything yet, but the sense was they were both looking for the long haul.

"You want to show me that work room, or you wanna stay in here longer?"

[Madlyn Sol]

Madlyn's dark eyes went wide with shock and awe as the heavy credit purse was dumped on the bunk between them. Alex's "we" inclusion was factored into that very pleased response as well. The flyboy had scored big points for that comment. Yeah, the man would be getting a treat later for sure.

"Mhmm It is so tempting to stay in here with you…. " Mads replied moving to straddle the dark-haired smuggler's lap. "but I really want to show you my surprise in the work room… I think you're going to really like it," she grinned all knowingly.

The brunette leaned forward and gave her lover one more impassioned kiss, then slipped off and grabbed Alex's hand to pull him with her. They patted barefooted on the ship's decking down the corridor to where two former crew rooms had been modified into one big work room.

"Close your eyes," Mads instructed before hitting the wall panel to open the wide hatch. "Okay, now open them," she said excitedly. What Alex would see in the middle of the room was a heavily modified speeder bike (http://img11.deviantart.net/2d48/i/2011/197/2/4/military_speeder_bike_by_johngwolf-d3wrcd4.png). "That is for you, sweets. Happy birthday!"

[Alex Blacara]

"You are such a tease," he said getting out of the bed as she tugged on him to follow.

It had been two months, and the way she sat on him and kissed him got his blood boiling, and other things churning. Mads seemed excited about what she was going to show him though. Yes they had just had a good reunion, but he really was very interested in making up for lost time.

The floor was cold, and Alex thought he might want to look into floor heaters or something. There was more than enough credits for making the ship nicer. Mads suggestions had been what would get them by decently. Now they could talk about what would make the ship the envy of every smuggler in the galaxy.

He closed his eyes when instructed, and opened them when allowed. His jaw hit the floor. For once Alex wass actually speechless, and he did not know what to say. Standing there dumbfounded for a moment, Alex just grabbbed Mads and wrapped his arms around her. He finally kissed her, excitedly, which is what he should have done right away.

"It's incredible, and not what I was expecting at all. Where did you get the credits to do this? You didn't have to do this Mads. This is... huge. What do you want, anything at all, tell me and I'll get it for you."

He kissed her again.

"I love it! Thank you!"

[Madlyn Sol]

"I don't want or need anything other than you," Mads smiled sincerely, then nudged Alex to check the speeder bike out. Well at least sit down on the leather-covered seat and get the feel of her. She knew he was a bike man so it thrilled Madlyn the flyboy was happy about his present.

"It didn't cost much to put together. I found the chassis at the scrap yard, then pieced together the rest of it. I'm pretty resourceful when I want to be," the brunette grinned. "I thought it would come in handy on our smuggling runs… Speaking of which, what's our plan? I'll need to order in the other parts. With you here though, the install will go quicker… and definitely more fun."

[Alex Blacara]

Alex didn't have to be told twice to go and try out the bike. His hand ran over the leather seat, as the other reached for the nearest handlebar. His steely eyes looked over the bike quickly identifying the choke, clutch, and throttle. The brakes were straight forward, and he finished by sitting on the bike. His smile was bigger than a Cheshire Cat. How Mads had picked up that he was a bike man, he would never know, but she had.

"All you want is me huh? Some how this doesn't seem fair. What about you? There is room on the ship for you to have a bike two. As long as it is the two of us, well, we may need to have separate getaways. I'm not saying we'll run into that kind of trouble, but might as well be ready for it."

The smuggler got off the bike and walked back over to wherehis brunette lover stood. She wore his shirt better than he did, and knew how to make it look sexy. He wrapped her in his arms, and held his hands folded at the back of her waist.

"We can get the rest of the supplies in the morning, and from there we can get a good start on the rest of the upgrades. Right now I can only think about two things, my girlfriend, and sleeping with her in my arms all night long. I really did miss you."

[Madlyn Sol]

The rest of the night was spent in each other's arms; showing the other half of the equation how much they were indeed missed, then blissfully sleeping together. Madlyn let Alec sleep in. He appeared so peaceful and without those worry lines that had been present around his eyes before. The job must have been more stressful than the flyboy had lead on. The question in her mind was it more the actual job or the personnel he had to work with?

The brunette slipped from their shared bunk with a very contented smile on her face, then went to shower and make some breakfast. As she sipped on a mug of fresh caf and moved the nerf sausages in the frying pan around dressed in cargo pants and a tank with a plaid work shirt tied at the waist, Madlyn let thoughts of her future with the smuggler mingle with those of what was planned for that day in the form of more upgrades on their ship. At this moment, life was good and the mechanic wouldn't change it for anything.

[Alex Blacara]

Alex woke up alone. It wasn't something he thought he'd have to do again, but his nose betrayed why he was alone. The smell of the nerf links reminded him that while he woke up alone, he was not alone. Grabbing his robe, he padded barefoot to the kitchen where his fully clothed girlfriend stood cooking breakfast. His hair was a mess, and his breath was likely poor, but that didn't keep him from wrapping his arms around Mads from behind and kissing her neck.

"Good morning, love," he said with a grin. He poured himself a cup of caf and moved to the table. Alex wondered if the last job was going to be the last time he had to leave Mads like that for credits. He wanted that to be the case. Draining the Caf like it had been forever.

"So we get those upgrades today, install them, and get some work. Not liking how I had to get these credits."