things were stressful.

while beau was completely stressed out about a particularly complicated case that he just couldn’t piece together, along with trying to remain having a good relationship with his daughter, you were struggling badly with college.

work — for both of you, in a way — has just been too damn stressful.

and it’s been keeping you from spending any time with beau. which says a lot because his work usually already has him busy as it is.

after forcing himself to take the day off to spend time with you, beau was determined to make things up to you and keep you both from working yourselves to death.

it wasn’t too hard for him to pull you away from your work and lead you into the bathroom.

clothes are peeled off, in between strings of kisses, clearly on the path of getting a little stress-relief.

and a hot shower with each other seems to be the way it’s going.

that’s clear the second you step into the shower with him, standing beneath the stream of hot water pouring onto you both.

“this a lot better than us both just workin’ ourselves to death, darlin’? just a little break from all that damn work?”