After a hot shower and some scrubbing we were both clean from the blue paint. I did have a slight worry of how we were going to get it off his carpet but Aaron seemed completely relaxed about the whole thing, so I let it go as well.

I changed into one of his tops and a pair of boxers that he had placed on the bed for me. I grinned at how it fell over my thighs and almost down to my knees.

Pulling back the bedding, I hopped up onto the bed and tucked myself in waiting for Aaron to come back.

He paused as he came through the door looking at me.

"Hey." I grinned.

"Now, that is a sight." He replied looking at me.

"Come lay with me." I patted the bed.

Aaron came over and slipped into bed making me smile. "I had to jump up onto the bed. Maybe you could make me a step?" I suggested.

He chuckled "I'll consider doing that."

"Lay down.." He instructed getting down comfortable himself.

"You're gonna tell me now. Right?" I asked following his orders.

Once we were set, I laid my head on his chest to hear his heart beating softly. I threw my arm over his body and waited patiently as he played with my hair.

"It was after a lockdown, that I realised I'd brought something else home, something entirely different than a normal ghost. I know what you're gonna say, a normal ghost, but being haunted is part of this job, my lifestyle you know?"

I nodded gently.

"Things go bump in the night, electrical faults and missing items. It's just a way of life now. But this... This was different. I kept getting angry. So... so I came to stay at yours. But I had to leave there cause.." he paused making me look up slowly.

"Because I dreamt that I hurt you, that I seriously hurt you and I couldn't risk that becoming a reality. It wasn't just one dream, they kept happening and happening. The anger would surface out of nowhere. One minute I would be fine and another minute I would contemplate killing an entire diner. You know in Arizona? That's why I stayed outside until I had to come in... Theo was there too Luna. He's just a baby. A beautiful happy baby but I was mad at him too. He doesn't understand that uncle Aaron has shit going on in his head, he doesn't care, he just wants aeroplane and horsey gallops."

"Why didn't you tell anyone?" I whispered rubbing his chest as he began to get upset.

"Zak calls me a dirty sponge, I am. I like to see how far I can push my body. But this wasn't just latching onto me, you had a nightmare.. When we were laying on the couch, you began to whimper. I panicked I thought that whatever had got me, was going into you and I didn't want that. So, I left. I really fucking like you Luna. I mean?" He lifted his hands up in gesture of us.

"I like you too. No I really fucking like you too. But you can't push me out like that? I thought it was me." I replied.

"I know, but I couldn't have you being worried, I wanted you angry. Angry at me, to the point you'd walk away and leave me alone.."

"But you didn't account for my stubbornness." I added.

"Exactly. I haven't told anyone because I don't want to be weak. I can handle this, I am handling it, slowly. But I don't want anyone else getting involved in it, especially not Zak or Maria. Theo is so small, I couldn't bare it if anything were to hap-"

"Hey. Don't think like that." I replied hugging him.

"What help are you getting?" I asked softly.

"A bishop we have used in previous investigations has been giving me lessons in how to cleanse and clear the negativity off me. He doesn't think I need an exorcism. Not yet at least." He replied making me shudder.

"Call me naïve. But what's an exorcism like?" I asked him looking up to see his face.

"It's like a fight. Darkness and light, but whilst you're in your mind fighting, your body could be fighting on the outside too, lashing out and breaking things. It's not like the film, if that's what you're worried about."

"It isn't? That's... That's something. I guess."

"It takes a lot of energy, after you get really tired. Zak slept for 15 hours solid after his from Bob Mackeys. And he's a regular 7-8 hours guy. Me and Nick, we kind of left him in the car cause he was as good as passed out."

"And after?"

"A lot of care, patiences and understanding, he's lucky to have Cece. The amount he's put her through, the woman needs a medal." He replied frowning.

"That bad?"

"It used to be. It broke a marriage, my marriage. Demons are hard to deal with Lu, it's not some little guy on your shoulder."

"I know, I get that. I do.."

"It's been harder since the devil touched me. At the Hellfire Club in Ireland. It grabbed my ear, we got confirmation that it was the devil. I was so bad after that too. It took 6 months of hard depression before it left. It's almost been the same. I haven't wanted to get up out of bed, eat, or leave the house. But I have because I've been worried about you."

"And I come in here yelling at you for being selfish.. Aaron I'm so sorry."

He waved it off "You didn't understand."

"Now I do. And you're right, I don't understand or know how to deal with this demonic stuff, but I want to understand you, so I want to learn. Things have been so shit without you. Life is boring."

He ruffled my hair with his fingers "Welcome to my world. God I've sat up so many nights wanting to ring you. Just to hear your voice."

"You should have just called me and said you wanted to talk, even if it was about the weather or toys." I replied feeling awful about this all.

"I know... Hey listen, I have a question to ask. It's a serious one too."

I sat up on my elbow to look at him properly.  "Go on."

"Do you.. Maybe wanna see where this goes? Me and you?"

I giggled "Are you trying to ask me out Mr Goodwin?"

"Yeah I'm really crap at this." He whispered.

I grinned "Yes I would very much like to see where this goes. On one condition."

"Name it?"

"You tell me when something is wrong. You let me in."

He nodded instantly and kissed my forehead "I'm sorry for being a jackass."

I rolled my eyes "Guess I can forgive you after that art lesson."

He grinned pulling me on to his chest again.

"Enjoy your last night of freedom.. Tomorrow you're wearing a rosary. Is that okay?"

I nodded.

"I just need to keep you safe. If I can do that and handle this then I'm okay. We will be okay." He spoke mainly to himself.

"My Ironman." I whispered looking at the top he has given me.

"Hey? Luna?"

"Hmm?"

"I don't know about Tony Stark, but I heard that Aaron Goodwin was a serious badass." He replied making me smile.

"You're still a nerd." I mumbled cuddling into him as sleep began to build behind my eyelids

Until eventually I fell asleep listening to the beat of his heart.