So this is my first Falling Skies fanfic. I'm gonna start by saying that I absolutely LOVE this show!

This is a tag to the most recent episode, Love and Other Acts of Courage. Personally, I like Hal and Maggie together. I liked Karen, but as far as we know, she's still with the aliens and it seems like she's pretty important to them. I don't know, I just like Maggie better.

So here it is, my first falling Skies fanfic.

Reviews are much appreciated.

P.S. I DON'T OWN FALLING SKIES.

Enjoy!

Lourdes left Maggie's room at the abandoned hospital. Hal kept his eyes on Maggie the whole time. Maggie didn't speak until the door clicked shut behind Lourdes.

"Why'd you come back for me?" she whispered quietly.

Hal sauntered over to her bedside. "Why?" he echoed, disbelief thick in his voice. "What kinda question is that?"

"You could've gotten yourself killed," Maggie replied. Hal watched her. Her voice had seemed almost a little unsteady as she said the word 'killed'.

"And you would've died out there." Hal stated simply.

Maggie didn't give up though. Always the stubborn one, Hal thought. He liked that about her.

"There's people who depend on you, Hal. People who need you." Maggie said, though less confident in her argument this time. Hal tried not to smile when she said his name.

"Same with you," he countered.

Maggie rolled her eyes and sighed, momentarily turning away form him. When she looked back, he could see the pain in her eyes. "No," she whispered.

"I need you, okay? I need you." Hal said. He meant it, too. Every word. When Maggie didn't respond, he continued. "You said it yourself. We've got each others backs. We look out for each other. If anything ever happened to you, Maggie, I'd-"

"Hey," Maggie interrupted loudly. "Look, what is this?"

"It's just…" Hal trailed off, not certain of how to proceed. "I know you're going to say this is crazy…but when you were lying there on the ground, I-"

"Hey," Maggie interrupted again. Hal was glad, because he had been finding it really hard to find the words to tell her how he felt.

"What?" he asked.

"Nothing. I just…"

Hal walked over to Maggie's bedside and leaned over her. "What?" Hal said, softer this time.

"Could you do me a favor?" Maggie asked, with a slight smile on her face.

"Anything." Hal replied. Maggie laughed. It was good to hear her laugh.

"Sit down." Maggie asked firmly. Hal obeyed and sat in the plastic chair next to her bed. "Can you just stay here till I fall asleep?" she asked quietly.

After a pause, he said, "I can do that."

Hal smiled at her and she returned it with a smile of her own. Then, very slowly, Maggie reached her hand out and put it into his. Hal wrapped his hands around hers. Maggie smiled at him, and Hal couldn't help but smile back.

It didn't take long for Maggie to fall asleep. Hal knew he should probably go see if he was needed elsewhere, but he really didn't want to leave Maggie's side. Besides, the chair he was in wasn't too uncomfortable. Maybe he could even catch up on some much needed sleep. He didn't even remember the last time he had sat down this long.

Ever since the aliens attacked, he'd been forced to grow up and take responsibility for the lives' around him. Even more so in the months that Dad had been gone. Hal had been forced to become a leader. Which meant he didn't get a break as often as he'd like. This hospital that they'd found had been somewhat of a miracle and provided Hal with a much needed rest.

He leaned his gun against the wall next to him and propped his head up against the back of the chair. Hal expected sleep to come almost immediately. But it didn't.

So Hal thought of Maggie.

So much had happened between the two of them In the last couple days, it was almost unbelievable. First, when the parade of Mechs had come trough, Hal had been put into very close quarters with Maggie in that old junker. Hal didn't talk about the Before Time with hardly anyone. But when he had been with Maggie in that car, stuff just started spilling out. The Before Time made him sad and it didn't do to dwell on the past, but Maggie had made it not hurt so bad. Then there had been the moment when they first found the hospital and she told him about some of her past; her Cancer and brain tumors. She had opened up to him and it meant more to him then she would ever know.

Then of course, there had been the kiss.

Hal wasn't sure, at first, if he should kiss her. But he did it anyway. The moment had just seemed…right. He had been cautious, slow, but it had been incredible nonetheless. Albeit Maggie had run away from him after it, but he didn't blame her. Hal knew she wasn't very trustworthy when it came to personal feelings. Plus, even though Hal didn't know too much about it, he knew that Pope had done some things, awful things, to her when he had her captive.

The worst part about all of it though, was when Hal saw Maggie on the ground, bleeding and hurt, his world had dropped out from under his feet. At the time, his own life hadn't mattered at all. All he could see was Maggie, and all he knew was that he had to save her. Hal knew there was no going back to just being partners. They always would be, but that didn't change the fact that Hal knew he had fallen for Maggie. And fallen hard. She was on his mind almost every minute. And when she wasn't around him, near him, with him…it hurt. His heart ached now just thinking about her getting hurt.

Maggie was helping him get over Karen. Karen would still be in his heart, he would still love her…but she was gone. The Skitters had her. The alien Overlords had her, and he didn't think there was any happy ending for Karen and him.

But maybe, there still could be for Maggie and him. It was a long-shot, but in a world infested with aliens, well, anything was possible.

So? What did you think? And I want your honest opinions, but leave 'em in a review, pretty please. Well, I hoped you liked it. I'm thinking maybe I'll do an actual story later on. Not right now, I've got way too many other stories I'm working on right now. But if I get enough reviews on this tag, and enough people liked it, I'll write more tags until I get a chance to write a story-story. Thanks for reading!

-DaughterOfPoseidon333