Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Highlander: The Series or the lyrics from the Paul McCartney songs that I borrowed for inspiration. I am making no money, so please don't sue.

Author's note: This was written as a response to a fic challenge on the Highlander forum that I post to. The only requirement of the challenge was to write a fic that is inspired by a song.

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Methos sat, watching the water lap against the shore. After they left Paris, Alexa had wanted to go to the Mediterranean Sea. They had arrived this afternoon and spent the rest of the day on the beach, walking, talking, and just being together. Now the day was almost over and as the sunset painted the sky a beautiful pink hue. Methos reached out to Alexa, who was lying next to him on the blanket, rubbing her arm. He wanted to wake her so that they could share the view, but he didn't. He knew that Alexa had been feeling tired and he worried that Alexa was pushing herself too hard. Though neither of them wanted to think about it, she was sick and would only get worse. Methos wished that she would rest more and take better care of herself, but he also wanted to show her as much as possible while he still could.

When they had first met, Alexa had called him cynical and he had to admit, that usually he was. It was hard not to be when you had lived as long as had, seen the things that he had seen, done the things that he had done. When he met Alexa, though, all that had changed. From the second he saw her Methos knew that he wanted to be with her. He told Alexa that the alternative to going out with her was unthinkable and it hadn't been just a pick up line. He had meant it. It had been hard to convince her to go with him and even after she had agreed, he worried that she would change her mind and go back to Seacouver. They had never discussed it, but Methos knew that even as they saw the world together, Alexa felt homesick. He lived in constant fear that he would one day find her gone and that he would be alone again. For all his worry, though, Alexa hadn't left and every day he loved her more and more. Her enthusiasm and wonder was contagious. It made him feel more happy, content, and alive than he had in a very long time. He tried to show Alexa every day just how much he loved her.

Turning back to gaze at the sunset Methos took her hand. He knew without looking that the ring he had given her was there. A smile came to his face then as he remembered Alexa's reaction when he had given it to her. She had agreed to marry him and Methos knew that he would love her not for as long as she lived, but for as long as he lived. He brought her hand up and kissed it gently. "I love you darling, I do. I only hope you know how much."

Then as the last of the daylight faded, Methos leaned back and listened to the waves on the shore. As he watched as Alexa continued to sleep, the peace and contentment that he felt when he was near her filled his soul and once again he realized how lucky he had been to find her.

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I Do
by Paul McCartney

If you only knew
How much it meant to me
You'd understand
And I would feel
Your love was true
This is all I want
This is all I need
This is all I long for, I do

Just remember this
After a time it's through
And evermore
Will there be days
For me and you
This is all I ask
All I ask of you
Please remember darling, I do
Love you

Days go by so quickly
When you're having fun
But life is never easy
Even in the sun

Please remember this
After a time it's through
And evermore
Will there be days
For me and you

This is all I want
This is all I need
Darling please remember, I do
Love you
If you only knew