Yes, no, maybe - excuse me?!

Tony woke up early in the morning, rubbing his forehead and looking around. He realized that he was somewhere else because this wasn't his bedroom and he was naked - and slightly hungover.

Ash had turned over in her sleep, facing the wall as her breathing remained even. Her hair fanning around her head and over the pillow.

Tony lied back down and wrapped his arms around her. He recalled Ash telling him about her troubled life and their night together. He traced the scars on her back with his fingers.

She made a comfortable noise, leaning back against his touch. She was still asleep, a deep sleep for once.

Tony closed his eyes and nuzzled Ash gently. She was so beautiful,

She squirmed, making a little noise before pressing back against him.

Tony gave her neck a gentle kiss and sighed.

She smiled, her eyes opening. " just gonna lay there. Or did you want a morning lay?" She asked, not moving from where she laid.

Tony crawled on top of Ash and kissed her hungrily. "Not everyday you wake up next to a gorgeous woman..."

She gave a little laugh before kissing him back. " Very true. And a mob boss on top of it." She chuckled, licking her lips.

Tony kissed her body and hummed. "I should be freaked out."

Tony woke up early in the morning, rubbing his forehead and looking around. He realized that he was somewhere else because this wasn't his bedroom and he was naked - and slightly hungover.

Ash had turned over in her sleep, facing the wall as her breathing remained even. Her hair fanning around her head and over the pillow.

Tony lied back down and wrapped his arms around her. He recalled Ash telling him about her troubled life and their night together. He traced the scars on her back with his fingers.

She made a comfortable noise, leaning back against his touch. She was still asleep, a deep sleep for once.

Tony closed his eyes and nuzzled Ash gently. She was so beautiful,

She squirmed, making a little noise before pressing back against him.

Tony gave her neck a gentle kiss and sighed.

She smiled, her eyes opening. " just gonna lay there. Or did you want a morning lay?" She asked, not moving from where she laid.

Tony crawled on top of Ash and kissed her hungrily. "Not everyday you wake up next to a gorgeous woman..."

Tony woke up early in the morning, rubbing his forehead and looking around. He realized that he was somewhere else because this wasn't his bedroom and he was naked - and slightly hungover.

Ash had turned over in her sleep, facing the wall as her breathing remained even. Her hair fanning around her head and over the pillow.

Tony lied back down and wrapped his arms around her. He recalled Ash telling him about her troubled life and their night together. He traced the scars on her back with his fingers.

She made a comfortable noise, leaning back against his touch. She was still asleep, a deep sleep for once.

Tony closed his eyes and nuzzled Ash gently. She was so beautiful,

She squirmed, making a little noise before pressing back against him.

Tony gave her neck a gentle kiss and sighed.

Tony woke up early in the morning, rubbing his forehead and looking around. He realized that he was somewhere else because this wasn't his bedroom and he was naked - and slightly hungover.

Ash had turned over in her sleep, facing the wall as her breathing remained even. Her hair fanning around her head and over the pillow.

Tony lied back down and wrapped his arms around her. He recalled Ash telling him about her troubled life and their night together. He traced the scars on her back with his fingers.

She made a comfortable noise, leaning back against his touch. She was still asleep, a deep sleep for once.

Tony closed his eyes and nuzzled Ash gently. She was so beautiful,

Tony woke up early in the morning, rubbing his forehead and looking around. He realized that he was somewhere else because this wasn't his bedroom and he was naked - and slightly hungover.

Ash had turned over in her sleep, facing the wall as her breathing remained even. Her hair fanning around her head and over the pillow.

Tony lied back down and wrapped his arms around her. He recalled Ash telling him about her troubled life and their night together. He traced the scars on her back with his fingers.

Tony woke up early in the morning, rubbing his forehead and looking around. He realized that he was somewhere else because this wasn't his bedroom and he was naked - and slightly hungover.

Tony listened carefully and gasped several times. Once Ash finished telling her story, he cupped her face. "I wasn't dreaming about that one night, huh? It was real..." He didn't know what to do.

" You weren't dreaming. That man was coming to kill me, so he could start fresh where asshole left off." She said, not dropping his gaze. " I am the only one protecting the young women and girls in this city from being trafficked and used the monstrous ways. And when someone crosses or betrays me, they die. No exceptions."

Tony nodded and swallowed. "You know I wouldn't hurt you... Not on purpose... You have always been..." He held her hands. "Daisy will be safe?"

" More than safe. And if something does happen to her, the person involved will be brought to me immediately." She reiterated. " I understand if you want to go home, or if you don't even remember this in the morning. This is a lot to take in."

"No... I'll be fine... I just don't want to be alone." He smiled sadly before kissing her head. "You shouldn't have left that morning..."

" No. If i hadn't left, I would have been in a much worse place. I might have killed myself." She sighed, pressing their foreheads together. " And now I just need a drink."

Tony nodded and went to prepare a drink for Ash at the bar. "Good ol' Riley recipe..." He handed over an orange drink to her.

Ash took the drink and finished it in two drinks. She barely felt the burn but relished it none the less. " Do you remember when we snuck into the bars in our hometown? Then that one owner let me start waiting tables there?"

"How could I forget? I had to nick uncle Louis's ID as we were similar looking..." He chuckled and drank his glass before sitting down.

" His son saw my dad slap the shit out of me one day. The next day I had a job and was saving money to get away." She chuckled, grabbing the bottle before sitting beside him.

"I knew you had trouble back home but i didn't know how bad it was and... Made me think of how lousy I was." Tony drank a bit and sighed.

" I never told you, so it wasn't your fault. I should have told you sooner. But that's why I had so many bruises, that broken arm that time." She sighed.

"You should have told me." Tony's tone was upset. Then he shook his head and wiped his eyes. "I did nothing to make you trust me less... I might seem like a dork back in high school but I took taekwondo classes and beat up that prick Grosset for calling you a whore in class, remember?" He held her hand. "Sorry... It just hurts seeing you..."

" With the scars of my bad decisions?" She finished for him before sighing again. " I'm too prideful for my own good, but I never wanted you to look at me with pity. I'm good now. At least for the most part."

Tony pulled Ash into a gentle but passionate kiss. "I thought I lost you..." He whispered before lying down.

Ash ran a hand through his hair and chuckled as he settled his head on her lap. " No. Just got a little lost along the way. Go to sleep, Tony. You're exhausted. Or drunk. Or both."

"And shocked..." He looked at her. "It's not every day you get to be with your high school sweetheart who is a sexy Don Corleone or something..." He chuckled, as he kissed her arm. "The most exciting moments for me was having Daisy... My last time with the missus who was cheeky enough to convince me to have sex with her at the hospital bed... And Daisy bringing me tissues."

She chuckled again before nodding her head. " Come on. Let's head back to bed. You need to sleep off the alcohol." She took another drink, relishing the burn as it went down.

"We should totally fuck in a hospital bed..." Tony murmured as he lay down on the bed. "It will change your world... We should fuck... Hospital... Bed... You and me... Total... Shit..." He started to snore as he hugged the pillow.

Tony listened carefully and gasped several times. Once Ash finished telling her story, he cupped her face. "I wasn't dreaming about that one night, huh? It was real..." He didn't know what to do.

" You weren't dreaming. That man was coming to kill me, so he could start fresh where asshole left off." She said, not dropping his gaze. " I am the only one protecting the young women and girls in this city from being trafficked and used the monstrous ways. And when someone crosses or betrays me, they die. No exceptions."

Tony nodded and swallowed. "You know I wouldn't hurt you... Not on purpose... You have always been..." He held her hands. "Daisy will be safe?"

" More than safe. And if something does happen to her, the person involved will be brought to me immediately." She reiterated. " I understand if you want to go home, or if you don't even remember this in the morning. This is a lot to take in."

"No... I'll be fine... I just don't want to be alone." He smiled sadly before kissing her head. "You shouldn't have left that morning..."

" No. If i hadn't left, I would have been in a much worse place. I might have killed myself." She sighed, pressing their foreheads together. " And now I just need a drink."

Tony nodded and went to prepare a drink for Ash at the bar. "Good ol' Riley recipe..." He handed over an orange drink to her.

Ash took the drink and finished it in two drinks. She barely felt the burn but relished it none the less. " Do you remember when we snuck into the bars in our hometown? Then that one owner let me start waiting tables there?"

"How could I forget? I had to nick uncle Louis's ID as we were similar looking..." He chuckled and drank his glass before sitting down.

" His son saw my dad slap the shit out of me one day. The next day I had a job and was saving money to get away." She chuckled, grabbing the bottle before sitting beside him.

"I knew you had trouble back home but i didn't know how bad it was and... Made me think of how lousy I was." Tony drank a bit and sighed.

" I never told you, so it wasn't your fault. I should have told you sooner. But that's why I had so many bruises, that broken arm that time." She sighed.

"You should have told me." Tony's tone was upset. Then he shook his head and wiped his eyes. "I did nothing to make you trust me less... I might seem like a dork back in high school but I took taekwondo classes and beat up that prick Grosset for calling you a whore in class, remember?" He held her hand. "Sorry... It just hurts seeing you..."

" With the scars of my bad decisions?" She finished for him before sighing again. " I'm too prideful for my own good, but I never wanted you to look at me with pity. I'm good now. At least for the most part."

Tony pulled Ash into a gentle but passionate kiss. "I thought I lost you..." He whispered before lying down.

Ash ran a hand through his hair and chuckled as he settled his head on her lap. " No. Just got a little lost along the way. Go to sleep, Tony. You're exhausted. Or drunk. Or both."

"And shocked..." He looked at her. "It's not every day you get to be with your high school sweetheart who is a sexy Don Corleone or something..." He chuckled, as he kissed her arm. "The most exciting moments for me was having Daisy... My last time with the missus who was cheeky enough to convince me to have sex with her at the hospital bed... And Daisy bringing me tissues."

Tony listened carefully and gasped several times. Once Ash finished telling her story, he cupped her face. "I wasn't dreaming about that one night, huh? It was real..." He didn't know what to do.

" You weren't dreaming. That man was coming to kill me, so he could start fresh where asshole left off." She said, not dropping his gaze. " I am the only one protecting the young women and girls in this city from being trafficked and used the monstrous ways. And when someone crosses or betrays me, they die. No exceptions."

Tony nodded and swallowed. "You know I wouldn't hurt you... Not on purpose... You have always been..." He held her hands. "Daisy will be safe?"

" More than safe. And if something does happen to her, the person involved will be brought to me immediately." She reiterated. " I understand if you want to go home, or if you don't even remember this in the morning. This is a lot to take in."

"No... I'll be fine... I just don't want to be alone." He smiled sadly before kissing her head. "You shouldn't have left that morning..."

" No. If i hadn't left, I would have been in a much worse place. I might have killed myself." She sighed, pressing their foreheads together. " And now I just need a drink."

Tony nodded and went to prepare a drink for Ash at the bar. "Good ol' Riley recipe..." He handed over an orange drink to her.

Ash took the drink and finished it in two drinks. She barely felt the burn but relished it none the less. " Do you remember when we snuck into the bars in our hometown? Then that one owner let me start waiting tables there?"

"How could I forget? I had to nick uncle Louis's ID as we were similar looking..." He chuckled and drank his glass before sitting down.

" His son saw my dad slap the shit out of me one day. The next day I had a job and was saving money to get away." She chuckled, grabbing the bottle before sitting beside him.

"I knew you had trouble back home but i didn't know how bad it was and... Made me think of how lousy I was." Tony drank a bit and sighed.

" I never told you, so it wasn't your fault. I should have told you sooner. But that's why I had so many bruises, that broken arm that time." She sighed.

"You should have told me." Tony's tone was upset. Then he shook his head and wiped his eyes. "I did nothing to make you trust me less... I might seem like a dork back in high school but I took taekwondo classes and beat up that prick Grosset for calling you a whore in class, remember?" He held her hand. "Sorry... It just hurts seeing you..."

" With the scars of my bad decisions?" She finished for him before sighing again. " I'm too prideful for my own good, but I never wanted you to look at me with pity. I'm good now. At least for the most part."

Tony pulled Ash into a gentle but passionate kiss. "I thought I lost you..." He whispered before lying down.

Tony listened carefully and gasped several times. Once Ash finished telling her story, he cupped her face. "I wasn't dreaming about that one night, huh? It was real..." He didn't know what to do.

" You weren't dreaming. That man was coming to kill me, so he could start fresh where asshole left off." She said, not dropping his gaze. " I am the only one protecting the young women and girls in this city from being trafficked and used the monstrous ways. And when someone crosses or betrays me, they die. No exceptions."

Tony nodded and swallowed. "You know I wouldn't hurt you... Not on purpose... You have always been..." He held her hands. "Daisy will be safe?"

" More than safe. And if something does happen to her, the person involved will be brought to me immediately." She reiterated. " I understand if you want to go home, or if you don't even remember this in the morning. This is a lot to take in."

"No... I'll be fine... I just don't want to be alone." He smiled sadly before kissing her head. "You shouldn't have left that morning..."

" No. If i hadn't left, I would have been in a much worse place. I might have killed myself." She sighed, pressing their foreheads together. " And now I just need a drink."

Tony nodded and went to prepare a drink for Ash at the bar. "Good ol' Riley recipe..." He handed over an orange drink to her.

Ash took the drink and finished it in two drinks. She barely felt the burn but relished it none the less. " Do you remember when we snuck into the bars in our hometown? Then that one owner let me start waiting tables there?"

"How could I forget? I had to nick uncle Louis's ID as we were similar looking..." He chuckled and drank his glass before sitting down.

" His son saw my dad slap the shit out of me one day. The next day I had a job and was saving money to get away." She chuckled, grabbing the bottle before sitting beside him.

"I knew you had trouble back home but i didn't know how bad it was and... Made me think of how lousy I was." Tony drank a bit and sighed.

" I never told you, so it wasn't your fault. I should have told you sooner. But that's why I had so many bruises, that broken arm that time." She sighed.

"You should have told me." Tony's tone was upset. Then he shook his head and wiped his eyes. "I did nothing to make you trust me less... I might seem like a dork back in high school but I took taekwondo classes and beat up that prick Grosset for calling you a whore in class, remember?" He held her hand. "Sorry... It just hurts seeing you..."

Tony listened carefully and gasped several times. Once Ash finished telling her story, he cupped her face. "I wasn't dreaming about that one night, huh? It was real..." He didn't know what to do.

" You weren't dreaming. That man was coming to kill me, so he could start fresh where asshole left off." She said, not dropping his gaze. " I am the only one protecting the young women and girls in this city from being trafficked and used the monstrous ways. And when someone crosses or betrays me, they die. No exceptions."

Tony nodded and swallowed. "You know I wouldn't hurt you... Not on purpose... You have always been..." He held her hands. "Daisy will be safe?"

" More than safe. And if something does happen to her, the person involved will be brought to me immediately." She reiterated. " I understand if you want to go home, or if you don't even remember this in the morning. This is a lot to take in."

"No... I'll be fine... I just don't want to be alone." He smiled sadly before kissing her head. "You shouldn't have left that morning..."

" No. If i hadn't left, I would have been in a much worse place. I might have killed myself." She sighed, pressing their foreheads together. " And now I just need a drink."

Tony nodded and went to prepare a drink for Ash at the bar. "Good ol' Riley recipe..." He handed over an orange drink to her.

Ash took the drink and finished it in two drinks. She barely felt the burn but relished it none the less. " Do you remember when we snuck into the bars in our hometown? Then that one owner let me start waiting tables there?"

"How could I forget? I had to nick uncle Louis's ID as we were similar looking..." He chuckled and drank his glass before sitting down.

" His son saw my dad slap the shit out of me one day. The next day I had a job and was saving money to get away." She chuckled, grabbing the bottle before sitting beside him.

"I knew you had trouble back home but i didn't know how bad it was and... Made me think of how lousy I was." Tony drank a bit and sighed.

Tony listened carefully and gasped several times. Once Ash finished telling her story, he cupped her face. "I wasn't dreaming about that one night, huh? It was real..." He didn't know what to do.

" You weren't dreaming. That man was coming to kill me, so he could start fresh where asshole left off." She said, not dropping his gaze. " I am the only one protecting the young women and girls in this city from being trafficked and used the monstrous ways. And when someone crosses or betrays me, they die. No exceptions."

Tony nodded and swallowed. "You know I wouldn't hurt you... Not on purpose... You have always been..." He held her hands. "Daisy will be safe?"

" More than safe. And if something does happen to her, the person involved will be brought to me immediately." She reiterated. " I understand if you want to go home, or if you don't even remember this in the morning. This is a lot to take in."

"No... I'll be fine... I just don't want to be alone." He smiled sadly before kissing her head. "You shouldn't have left that morning..."

" No. If i hadn't left, I would have been in a much worse place. I might have killed myself." She sighed, pressing their foreheads together. " And now I just need a drink."

Tony nodded and went to prepare a drink for Ash at the bar. "Good ol' Riley recipe..." He handed over an orange drink to her.

Ash took the drink and finished it in two drinks. She barely felt the burn but relished it none the less. " Do you remember when we snuck into the bars in our hometown? Then that one owner let me start waiting tables there?"

"How could I forget? I had to nick uncle Louis's ID as we were similar looking..." He chuckled and drank his glass before sitting down.

Tony listened carefully and gasped several times. Once Ash finished telling her story, he cupped her face. "I wasn't dreaming about that one night, huh? It was real..." He didn't know what to do.

" You weren't dreaming. That man was coming to kill me, so he could start fresh where asshole left off." She said, not dropping his gaze. " I am the only one protecting the young women and girls in this city from being trafficked and used the monstrous ways. And when someone crosses or betrays me, they die. No exceptions."

Tony nodded and swallowed. "You know I wouldn't hurt you... Not on purpose... You have always been..." He held her hands. "Daisy will be safe?"

" More than safe. And if something does happen to her, the person involved will be brought to me immediately." She reiterated. " I understand if you want to go home, or if you don't even remember this in the morning. This is a lot to take in."

"No... I'll be fine... I just don't want to be alone." He smiled sadly before kissing her head. "You shouldn't have left that morning..."

" No. If i hadn't left, I would have been in a much worse place. I might have killed myself." She sighed, pressing their foreheads together. " And now I just need a drink."

Tony nodded and went to prepare a drink for Ash at the bar. "Good ol' Riley recipe..." He handed over an orange drink to her.

Tony listened carefully and gasped several times. Once Ash finished telling her story, he cupped her face. "I wasn't dreaming about that one night, huh? It was real..." He didn't know what to do.

" You weren't dreaming. That man was coming to kill me, so he could start fresh where asshole left off." She said, not dropping his gaze. " I am the only one protecting the young women and girls in this city from being trafficked and used the monstrous ways. And when someone crosses or betrays me, they die. No exceptions."

Tony nodded and swallowed. "You know I wouldn't hurt you... Not on purpose... You have always been..." He held her hands. "Daisy will be safe?"

" More than safe. And if something does happen to her, the person involved will be brought to me immediately." She reiterated. " I understand if you want to go home, or if you don't even remember this in the morning. This is a lot to take in."

"No... I'll be fine... I just don't want to be alone." He smiled sadly before kissing her head. "You shouldn't have left that morning..."

Tony listened carefully and gasped several times. Once Ash finished telling her story, he cupped her face. "I wasn't dreaming about that one night, huh? It was real..." He didn't know what to do.

" You weren't dreaming. That man was coming to kill me, so he could start fresh where asshole left off." She said, not dropping his gaze. " I am the only one protecting the young women and girls in this city from being trafficked and used the monstrous ways. And when someone crosses or betrays me, they die. No exceptions."

Tony nodded and swallowed. "You know I wouldn't hurt you... Not on purpose... You have always been..." He held her hands. "Daisy will be safe?"

Tony listened carefully and gasped several times. Once Ash finished telling her story, he cupped her face. "I wasn't dreaming about that one night, huh? It was real..." He didn't know what to do.

" You weren't dreaming. That man was coming to kill me, so he could start fresh where asshole left off." She said, not dropping his gaze. " I am the only one protecting the young women and girls in this city from being trafficked and used the monstrous ways. And when someone crosses or betrays me, they die. No exceptions."

Tony listened carefully and gasped several times. Once Ash finished telling her story, he cupped her face. "I wasn't dreaming about that one night, huh? It was real..." He didn't know what to do.