JP - Riley is not allowed to die

“You’re supposed to be resting, papa…” Esther crossed her arms.

“I get antsy staying still sometimes” Riley said looking down at his feet.

“I’ll tell Riiiiiverrrrr.” She teased and poked his side.

“I’ll behave and get some rest” Riley chuckled “just wake me up when Mark finds something.” Giving her a hug he made his way back to the room opening the door without knocking. Entering the room he closed the door before turning around.

Anastasia turned at the sound of the door, standing there in only her panties and holding a shirt she was just about to put on. River was sitting on the bed, working on one of her recipes and looked up with a wry smile.

“I’m sorry” Riley replied his eyes roaming up and down her body. Riley had to admit she gorgeous. His growing arousal obvious to the two women Riley tried to look away.

River giggled softly. “Come sit down, honey.” She told him with a smile.

Anastasia blushed darkly and quickly pulled the shirt on.

Riley nodded and tried to walk to the bed while avoiding looking over at Anastasia. Unfortunately he would trip over her and land on the bed with her the two of them in an accidental intimate position. Riley blushed darkly, his face inches from hers as he looked into her eyes.

Anastasia squeaked in shock and her entire face became red, staring up at Riley. The entire time, River just watched and could not stop the laugh that left her. “Maybe you should rest some more, honey.” She said.

Riley nodded, unable to speak. Being as careful as possible to stand up without hurting her. Although a certain part of him would brush against her as he did so. Facing red he moved onto the bed to lay down.

The only sound that came from Anastasia was a gasp. She didn’t move for a long moment before finally getting up and hunting down some pants to wear. Sadly, she had forgotten that all her pants were at the safe house, so now they were gone.

With a sigh and a thankful glance to River, she pulled on a pair of jeans the woman offered.

Looking at Riley, River smiled and poked his side. “You know, we can always talk about it.” She said and stroked his hair back for him. “You’ve let this get wild again.”

"We probably should" Riley admitted blushing and looking away for a moment before relaxing at her touch "I'll have to see about getting it cut."

“I can cut it for you later if you want,” River said softly and layed down next to him. “So…talk to me.” Letting her hand settle on his chest, she leaned against her husband and let out a contented sigh. No matter what happened, no matter where they were or who they were against, she always felt safe with him. Her love for him would never die.

Riley wrapped his arms around her waist. No matter how bad the world got holding her always brought him peace and happiness. "As you probably already know I have some feelings towards Anastasia similar to Nikki" he spoke, closing his eyes as he felt at peace.

“I know, but I think she’s going to be a permanent part of our life now,” River said, hugging him. “She’s such a sweet woman. Nothing like the woman she looks like…plus, Loreen never let her hair grow out.”

"She's kind and caring too" Riley added " she never once blamed me."

“Of course not,” River replied and touched his face gently. “It wasn’t your fault. Thrane will pay for everything he’s done. Everyone he’s hurt will get their justice once he’s gone…”

Riley nodded as he closed his eyes to get some rest. As he fell asleep he dreamt of someone snuggling up to him before kissing him.

Later, Anstasia would return and curl up next to both Riley and River, falling into a deep sleep that was haunted by nightmares of what the Canestone clone had done to her.

Riley would wake up to the sounds of her nightmares wrapping his arms around her he would kiss her cheek "it's alright I'm here" he whispered.

River would be awoken too and smiled. “I’m going to go see how Amber is. You two keep resting.” She said and headed out the door.

Anastasia seemed to calm down a bit, but tears were falling down her face.

"Anastasia it's ok" Riley whispered trying to wake her up "no one's going to hurt you."

Anastasia gasped as her eyes shot open. Looking at Riley, she almost didn’t see him for a moment - all she saw was that Canestone clone on top of her, hurting her. But then she heard his words, Riley’s words. “R-Riley…?” She whimpered. “He was hurting me again. He…he held me down and…”

Riley pulled her closer to him and looked into her eyes "he will never hurt you again I will die before I allow that to happen I promise you" he said his face inches from hers in the dark.

“B-but if you die it’ll make River sad…” Anastasia protested.

“That’s why I don’t plan on dying so I can always come back to you and River” He whispered back.

With how close they were, he would feel the heat of her blush. “R-r…really?” She squeeaked.

Riley nodded and leaned forward kissing her on the lips “You’re part of the family and important to me.”

Anastasia’s eyes widened in shock as she kept looking at him. “W-what about River, Riley? Won’t she be upset about…this?” She asked, starting to pull away out of concern.

“River already knows in fact she knew before I did “ he whispered “ she cares about you as well.”

“R-really?” Anastasia stopped trying to push away and was thankful for the darkness around them. Her face felt so hot from all the blushing she was doing. “Y-you should be resting.”

“I couldn’t sleep knowing you were in a nightmare and not fix it” Riley replied “Anything I can do to help you sleep better?”