So, this is my first Bourne fic, and I had great fun writing it. I've kinda always been a fan of Jason/Nicky (even though I loved Marie) so Ultimatum really opened up a lot of doors for me. Please forgive any grammatical mistakes, and I hope you like it. Constructive criticism is always welcome, as well as any other comments you might want to make. Oh, and of course, Jason Bourne (and all that the name entails) does not belong to me.


Her David, Marie's Jason


How was it, that she always ended up in these situations? Always with him, too. How? Why? Does God hate her? She doesn't know. And she is tired of asking.

He stands there, pointing a gun at her. David. Her David. Only, not anymore. This man, he wasn't really David. He was trying to go back, but you can't go back. You can only go forward. So no, this man isn't her David – this man is Marie's Jason. And that's that, she tells herself.

And then the phone rings, and the air changes. Will he have her answer? A second later, she knows what she's going to do. Already, she knows she will change her life – again – for him. For a man that isn't even hers anymore.

She speaks. Tells them everything is okay, even though that's not the answer they would've expected her to relay, had they known the situation. And then she's hanging up the phone, wondering what will happen now. Wondering what he will do. And suddenly, she knows what she's going to do.

Suddenly, she knows that nothing in her life will ever be the same again. She's willing to do it for him. For the man that used to be hers, the man that used to be David. She knows she's dooming herself. Dooming herself to a life on the run, a life like his. Only, she knows she won't be as successful as he's managed to be. But she's still willing to risk it. All for him. And she finds herself speaking again. Offering her car, her knowledge, her help. Waiting with baited breath while he decides whether he wants it or not.

She's happy when he does. Because no, this isn't her David – she has to remind herself that he's still Marie's Jason, because he looks so much the same – but maybe he's closer to being that man than either of them think. And right now, that's enough for her. Because she loves him, she always has, and she always will.