I can't believe I didn't recognise it sooner, as it's a story I thoroughly enjoyed - but then I'm very very bad at this game.  Meredith Knight's All Stirred Up. I'll post the new revelation in a new thread. Kaethel. 
- I'm your partner. I'm your friend.
- Is that what we are?
- Oh, you know what? I don't know what we are. We kiss and then we never talk about it. We nearly die frozen in each other's arms, but we never talk about it, so no, I got no clue what we are.
~ Rick Castle and Kate Beckett ~ Knockout ~
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