Mac & Riley Fanfiction

*Takes place after the season 1 finale

Jack warned Mac to call in sick on Cairo Day, but did he listen? Did Matty and the rest of the team care if they worked on Cairo Day? Of course not, no one believed that bad luck could strike on the same day years apart. Yet, it became a reality and everyone was forced to fight for their lives. Luckily, their group miraculously survived, although Bozer was bad shape after suffering a gunshot wound and with the lack of medical equipment and doctors didn't help his case. Riley, was fine physically, however, emotionally, was dazed and was struggling with the idea of killing a man even if it was self-defence and the man was a criminal.

Riley sat in the war room typing away at her laptop trying to restore everything Murdoc and his friend altered in the system. Everyone had supposedly left, but Riley wanted to stay longer and try to patch everything up. It was late and they wanted to try to sleep away all the harm that had come in that day. Suddenly, she heard footsteps from behind approaching her. Instantly, she stood up holding her laptop to defend herself.

"Hey! Riley it's me you don't need to worry!" Mac announced holding his hands out. Riley sighed in relief taking a seat on the couch. "What are you still doing here?" Mac questioned taking the seat next to her on the sofa.

"Me? I can ask you the same question. I thought you left with Jack hours ago!" Riley said trying to calm herself still feeling overwhelmed after Mac startled her.

"I wanted to fix a couple of things before I left and Jack was just sitting on a chair listening to me talk about Physics so he decided instead of falling asleep here he was going to go home and actually sleep in a bed." Mac explained. Riley laughed and for once she forgot about everything that happened today. "I know that today was tough and that you probably aren't alright, but how are you feeling?" Mac asked with the utmost sincerity in his voice. He looked directly in her eyes and she saw something in them she never saw before. The two of them had worked on countless missions and she always considered him the improviser that could get her out of any situation as well as a good friend. However, in that moment she saw this glimmer in his eyes and the concern in his voice and she couldn't help but feel something inside of her tingle. Pushing those feelings aside she realised he had asked her a question.

"I'm fine," she murmured, eyes still locked with his piercing blue ones.

"Riley, I've known you for months now I can tell when you're okay or not. Also, it's normal for you not to be fine. Actually, I'd be more concerned if you were fine. This was your first time pulling the trigger and killing someone. I know this doesn't help and you've heard this all before, but it was self-defence, the situation was not your fault." Mac said trying to make her feel just a bit better. He gave her a reassuring smile.

"Thank you, that means more than you know," Riley gratefully replied looking down from Mac and at her hands. Mac pulled her into a hug startling Riley and even himself. The two individuals were close, but they never shared any intimate moments like this. Mac would usually have Jack there to guide him through his problems and even Bozer. Riley never really liked to deal with her personal issues with anyone. She was use to being by herself and never really trusting anyone. This situation was foreign territory, but it was nice and Mac was glad that he could be there for her. After a few seconds, they realized that they had been hugging for awhile and that it was time to let go. Both awkwardly pulled away and each looked anywhere but each other lead for Riley to get up and began packing up for the night. "Well I'm going to head out for the night and try to get some sleep before we have to be back here," the female proclaimed.

"Why don't you come back to my place. I mean Bozer is spending the night in the hospital and you shouldn't be alone after everything that happened today." Just before Riley could interject with a no, Mac continued, "Jack wouldn't forgive me if I sent you home alone and who knows what could happen. We think we caught all of Murdoc's people, but maybe there are still some people we missed. Just to be safe I'm not taking no for an answer." He finally glanced up at Riley and saw that she had a smile on her face.

"Fine, if you want me to come with you that badly you could have just said that you're not able to spend the night alone," Riley said smirking at the blonde boy. He laughed at the comment and got up from his seat to follow her out the door.

"You think of yourself too highly Davis I'm only doing this because Jack would kill me if I didn't," Mac exclaimed laughing slightly as they walked out of the building.

"Keep telling yourself that Macgyver. I know the real reason," she replied continuing the game they were playing. Mac loved the banter they shared. They may never spend that much time together, but they both knew how to cheer each other up after a gruesome day of work. However, this time was different at least for him. He really felt like for the first time ever he saw Riley in a different light and he enjoyed that feeling. This only made him happier that he had invited her to spend the night at his. Of course, they probably wouldn't spend much more time together as they both were exhausted and going to fall asleep once each of them fell on their perspective mattresses. Although, he felt like the relationship between him and Riley was growing into something pretty amazing and he couldn't help but smile at that fact.