Set about 2 months after they're married

Gil heard a loud moan from break room couch as he entered it. Realizing it was coming from his wife, he rushed to her side as she lay on the couch. "Are you okay Cath?"

"Yeah, just a cramp. I'll live Gil. Shit." She cursed as another cramp plagued her abdomen.

"Are you sure?" Gil asked. They'd been married about 4 months and he had never seen her get such painful cramps. She normally didn't have any.

"Yeah. Just let me lay down for a while until the pills kick in."

"Sure. But how about we go in my office, you'll be more comfortable there."

"Okay." He helped her up and walked with her down the corridor to his office.

On the way there she cursed three times, and bent over in pain. "Cath, are you sure you are okay?"

"Yes, damn it I'm fine."

Catherine stayed on the couch for the rest of the shift, Gil staying in his office filling out some paperwork. He wanted to be there for her in case she needed anything.

"Fuck." She muttered as another wave of pain hit her. Her eyes were filled with tears of pain.

"Cath…what can I do?"

"Give me a hysterectomy right now." She suggested. "God Gil, it hurts so bad." She complained, "I am to tired to even curse at them or bitch at you."

Gil offered her a small smile as he wiped her tears. "How about we go home?"

"Shift's not over."

"I know. But I should have taken you home when these first started."

"Gil, I can be miserable on the couch at home just as easily as I can here."

"That's not the point."

******

"Hey, shift ain't over guys." Sara said to them as they were walking out.

"Catherine's sick. I'm taking her home."

"I'm sorry. Feel better Cat."

"Thanks." She whispered

"Hey, Cat, how ya feeling?" Warrick asked her as they reached the door.

"A lot worse."

"I'm sorry. Get some rest."

"I'll try."

Finally they had reached the Denali. Catherine had insisted on laying in the back for the ride home.

"Catherine, has this happened before?" Gil began asking all the questions he had.

"Yeah, thankfully not to often?"

"And what do you do about them?"

"Send Lindsay to my sisters, take a lot of Tylenol, and I lay on the couch with the heating pad all day."

"Does it work?"

"Not really, but it helps. Sleep is the best thing because then I can't feel a thing."

When they arrived home, he carried her to their room so she could change her clothes. He got the heating pad all warmed up and made he a cup of tea.

"Lay down." He instructed. She lay on the bed, her tummy on the heating pad as he told her to. Gil sat beside her. "Close your eyes and relax." He began to massage her back and shoulders, easing her tense muscles.

"That feels good Gil. Why are you being so sweet to me? When I got like this Eddie slept on the couch and stayed out late, leaving me alone to wallow in misery. He was completely freaked out."

"Because I love you and I hate to see you not feeling well, even if it is just PMS."

Catherine mustered a small smile for him, and kissed him tenderly. A painful set of cramps broke their kiss and she apologized for it.

"Cath…I have the perfect cure for your cramps."

"What is it? I'll do anything."

"Let me make love to you."

"Having sex is going to cure my cramps?"

"Yeah. I've heard that it does and aren't women always really horney while they have their period?"

"I guess. But won't it creep you out?"

"No. I am not creeped out, as you put it, by a little blood. Remember what I do for a living. If it doesn't help, you can go back to wallowing in misery."

"Okay, shower?"

They both bolted for the bathtub. Gil turned the shower on and warmed the water. Moments later a nude Catherine joined him. They stepped under the spray together and began to kiss. Gil rubbed circles on her tummy as he kissed her lips.

Soon their hands were roaming and their mouths were kissing and nipping at each others flesh. Catherine let out a loud moan as Gil gently squeezed her tender breasts, before lightly sucking on her nipples. She held his head to her chest as he did so. She couldn't get enough.

She wrapped her fingers around his shaft and whispered, "Please Gil."

At her request he lifted her up, pinning her between the wall and himself and thrust into her moist center. Each thrust unknotted her tight muscles, although her other muscles clamped around him tightly. "More Gil….please."

"Catherine, you are so tight."

She buried her face between his neck and shoulder as her orgasm began to hit her. Her nails raked his back and he spilled within her as he came with her. Both were panting, and Catherine was shaking. He lowered them to the floor as cradling her in his arms until she stopped shaking. He then kissed her lips and told her he would meet her in bed, allowing her to clean up and dress.

When she was finished she climbed into bed next to her husband and snuggled into his embrace. "Feeling better?"

"Oh yeah. That is the best cure for cramps ever. Thank you." Catherine sighed

"You don't have to thank me. I love you and I'm glad your feeling better."

"I love you too."

To keep her muscles at ease, he continued to rub her back and abdomen until she fell asleep partly due to the after sex sleepiness and her physical exhaustion from the day.