“It is.” Cooper nodded glumly. “Guess I’ll have to keep doing stuff the hard way. Ah, well. Builds character.”<br/><br/>Reluctant to break contact with her, he glided his hands over her body as he straightened and took half a step back. He didn’t want to wander off to the bathroom, but he couldn’t just pull the safe off and pitch it in the trash, to lie there in wait for some poor unsuspecting housekeeper. So, with one more kiss on Sarah’s ladybug for good measure, he ambled to the restroom to flush and clean off.<br/><br/>It wasn’t a minute in the doing, though, and then he was back. The bed was temptingly close. Coop tumbled in and propped himself up on a mass of pillows, then stretched out one hand to Sarah. This time the gesture was one of beckoning rather than conjuring.<br/><br/>“C’mon, darlin’.” He smiled. “Rest a minute?”