The Reign Of Vause

Duvet stealer

(Piper's POV)

In her sleep, Alex had found a way to wrap her arms around me and pull me into her, subconsciously kissing the back of my shoulder and snuggling her face into my hair as she was the big spoon, then, despite her promise, turned around again, pulling the duvet with her.
I sighed and got out of bed again. This time I was going for a run since I'd looked at the clock on Alex's nightstand and it read 5:30AM. I guess it was going to be a really early run.
I quietly opened the drawers of our dresser and pulled out my running skins, putting them on. When that was done I got my trainers, sat at the foot of the bed and tied them.
Getting up, I grabbed my door keys, gave Alex a feather light kiss on the lips and whispered,
"Good morning duvet stealer, I'm going for a run and will be back soon. Love you."
She smiled subconsciously again and I headed out, putting my ear buds in my ears.
When I got outside, the sun was just coming up and there was hardly anyone on the streets, it was the perfect time to go for a run.
I set off down the Parisian streets, passing shops and boutique restaurants that were just beginning to open as my feet pounded the pavement below me. I travelled through the streets until I got to Place de la Concorde and from there ran up the sidewalk beside the river Seine at the Champs Élysées that Alex and I had walked down together. I reached a bridge that crossed the river and went in the direction of the Eiffel Tower and ran down it, running through the park at the Eiffel Tower, avoiding tourist trappers selling €1 miniature Eiffel Towers.
I got to a park bench and stopped for a while, leaning against it and taking some water before setting off again, taking the same route back except this time, took a detour through the park at the Louvre.
The Louvre was such a beautiful building with its modern glass pyramid entrance sandwiched between two smaller buildings. It used to be a palace to the French royalty apparently. The bushes and flowerbeds were trimmed and tidy, almost like a walled garden without the walls. From here, there was a straight line of arches running down the Champs Élysées, a mini Arch de Triomphe here at the Louvre, the bigger one I'd just ran past further down and a glass modern arch further down still. I ran down the tan coloured gravel walkway and got to two large, circular fountains with green metal seats surrounding them. The Eiffel Tower could be seen from here although only half of it. I got to the tall black and gold iron gates and began to weave in and out of the streets of Paris, going back to our apartment.

I opened the door to find Alex standing right at the doorway with her arms folded, looking pretty pissed.
"What did I do?" I asked her slowly, cautiously and confused. Also breathlessly since I'd been running.
"Hmm I don't know, gave me another fucking heart attack!" She yells with worry in her tone.
"I told you I was going for a run." I defended.
"I was fucking sleeping!" She continued to yell at me.
"Well, every time I kissed you, you smiled at me so I thought it was safe to assume you'd heard me duvet stealer." I tell her, walking past her to get myself a glass of water from the kitchen to re-hydrate myself. She followed me, clearly not done with her rant.
"Are we still on that? Pipes, it was 2AM, let it go. I'm sorry. Plus, I promised you the duvet didn't I?" She asked.
"You did, then stole it again at 5:30AM which is exactly why I went for a pretty damn early run in the first place." I tell her, taking a gulp of water from my glass.
"Oh. I'm sor- Wait. No. Don't you turn this around on me. I'd thought you'd left again or been kidnapped or decided you didn't want me anymore or I don't know." She rambled then trailed off, throwing her arms into the air and looking at me sadly.
I set my glass of water on the counter beside me, exhaled rather than sighed and walked to her, taking her hands in mine then released them to cup her face to make her listen to me.
"Okay. You listen to me Alex Vause. MRS Alex Vause. I. Am. NEVER. Leaving. You. Again. Ever." I say punctuating my words so she'd maybe finally understand and throw her insecurities away. I continue,
"I love you. So much. I will ALWAYS want you, I always have and I have one wedding ring and two engagement rings now, which I love, one of which says 'A&P Forever and Always' right? They're staying on my finger for life unless you wake up one day and decide you don't want me anymore. And about me being kidnapped, trust me, I'd scream so loud for you the whole city would wake up and know something was wrong. I was simply going for a run and didn't want to wake you, but, I'll wake you in future from now on and there will be no arguments about it since you're complaining now about not knowing where I was. Okay? Good." I smile.
She was staring at me with a smile and heart eyes.
Without saying a word, she snakes her arms tightly around my waist and kisses me deeply.
When she broke it she said,
"I love you too, more than anything. It's just, this was the city you left me in and it's still so hard to believe that you're going to stay this time even when I know you are. Fuck, it's been five months and I still can't even believe I've tied you down with those three rings of yours. But Pipes, I can't help worrying about you even more now ever since you got-" She trailed off again, not being able to finish what she was about to say and turned her head away, stifling her tears.
I simply wrapped my own arms around her in an embrace and she immediately tightly responded.
"I am never letting you go again." She mumbled into my hair.
I kissed her on her cheek and went back to my glass of water with my wife still tightly wrapped around me, following me.
"Alex, I need my water!" I laughed.
"Hey, I meant it, I'm never letting you go again." She smirked, kissed my cheek and placed her head on my shoulder, continuing to speak.
"But alas, I have numbers to crunch in our office at the club tonight so you can have the duvet all to yourself while I'm gone, how does that sound? Or you could come with me, your choice." She said smiling, keeping her head on my shoulder as she spoke, kissing my neck when she'd finished.
"I'll come with you BUT on the condition that if you do steal our duvet tonight again, I'll be collecting on your promise that I can use you as a body warmer." I smirked.
She smirked in return with her trademark Alex Vause smirk accompanied with her sex eyes that were full of dirty promises.
"That." She started, kissing my neck again. "Is not a problem."
I laughed and turned my face in her direction, asking her to kiss me and she happily obliged.