HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEXI!
This one is for Lexi. She's my fangirl friend turned best friend. I love you :)
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She hasn't said it yet.
But he knows.
He knows because she told him always.
He knows by the way she comes home with him every night.
He knows by the way she wakes up beside him.
He knows because he is her plus one.
And vice versa.
He knows by the way she stays up all night with him, doing...things.
He knows because she showed him her ice cube trick.
He knows because he has a drawer in her room.
He knows by the way she hugs him tightly when she is worried or scared.
He knows when she finishes his sentences.
Or when he finishes hers.
He knows when she wakes him up in the middle of the night for a round two...or three.
He knows when she kisses him.
He knows because she wants to start a new Christmas tradition with him.
He knows by the way she humours him and his crazy theories.
He knows by the way she mutters in her sleep.
He knows when she cuddles.
He knows in the way she brings him coffee.
And the way she looks when he brings it to her.
He knows because she worries about him.
He can see it when she is jealous.
He knows by the way she flirts with him.
He knows by the way she protects him with everything she has.
He knows by the way she says his name.
He knows when she pretends something is nothing.
And he knows when he finally gets her to tell him what is bothering her.
He knows because she was willing to break him out of holding.
He knows because she believes in him.
He knows by the way she loves his books, more than she will ever fully admit.
He knows by the way she dances with him.
He knows because she went to the Hamptons with him.
He knows by the way she never lets him win at poker.
Or anything else, for that matter.
He knows when she lets him see her cry.
He knows by the way she talks to him.
He knows when she tells him stories about her mom and her childhood.
He knows when she tells him anything.
He can see it in her eyes when she is talking to him.
He knows because she dressed up in her Lieutenant Chloe outfit.
He knows by the fact that she never gave up.
He knows because she showed up at his doorstep, soaking wet, saying she just wants him.
He knows because she has never left him.
He knows by the way she always forgives him.
He knows by the way she listens.
He knows because she invites her father over for dinner.
He knows by her need to be close to him.
He knows when she holds his hand.
He knows by the way she looks at him.
He knows when she lets him take point in an interrogation.
He knows by the way she speaks in subtext.
He knows by the fact that she never reveals her every thought to him but he can still understand.
He knows when she laughs with him.
And when she laughs at him.
He knows because she let him save her.
He knows by the way she lets him play with her hair.
He knows because she doesn't mind being called a 'muse' anymore.
He knows it when she lets him use her gun at the shooting range.
He knows because they have been through so much together.
He knows by the way she trusts him.
He knows when she tickles him.
And when she lets him tickle her.
He knows by the way she gets along so well with Alexis and his mother.
He knows because she agreed to play laser tag.
He knows by the way she staged a murder to entertain him.
He knows because she gave him the best birthday present ever.
He knows it when she smiles.
He knows because she smiles at him so often now.
And he knows because he gets a completely different smile than everyone else.
He knows because she's his best friend.
So maybe she hasn't said it yet.
But she will.
And he already knows.
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