Eden pondered Swanny’s words and then glanced over at him.
“What’s on your mind, honey? I know that look. You’re thinking something.”
“Have y’all ever considered talking to Ryker about joining your team? You served together and he’s still sort of in action with what he does.”
Swanny grinned. “Is my girl psychic? Or maybe you’ve been listening in on our conversations.”
She lifted one eyebrow. “No. But now you’ve got me curious.”
“We have considered it actually. Depends on how rusty he is and how much he’s kept up his skills, but yeah, we’ve talked about it. It all boils down to how much training time we’d have to devote to him.”
Eden sighed. “I feel like a dumbass for even suggesting it, regardless of whether you all have already talked about it. I must be a masochist for even thinking about adding another person to worry about when your team does draw a mission.”
Swanny gave her a tender smile and then reached across to take her hand, squeezing it before lacing their fingers together.
“I’ll always come home to you, beautiful. You give me a reason to come home. Every damn time.”
“Just like I’ll always come back home to you,” Eden returned, her smile as tender as his. “No matter that you go with me. We’ll both always come home to Kentucky Lake.”
He leaned over her just as she herself was leaning in, but that didn’t surprise her. They were both so in tune with each other. Their mouths met in the sweetest of kisses. Bathed in the sunshine dancing off the lake, they sat there, hands twined. Knowing that no matter where life or their careers took them, that they’d always have “home” to come back to.