Authors note: I don't own anything.I think I am in the minority as I really liked Doggett (and Reyes to a certain extent) and I thought that Doggett and Reyes were perfect for each other.This one shot is set during "Audrey"

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John Doggett sat at the bedside of Monica Reyes. She had been in an accident and was, technically, dead.

But he couldn't let her go.

He had fallen in love with Dana Scully when she was pregnant; but he knew that was because there was no chance that she would ever love him back.

But when Monica had come back into his life, he knew that he couldn't run forever.

Losing Luke had taken away his ability to open up and believe in humanity.

But Monica made him open up, to himself at least.

He realized that he loved her and he suspected that she felt the same way about him.

But even so, he still couldn't bring himself to tell her how he felt about her.

He was scared of losing anybody else.

But now that Monica was slipping away, he knew that if he was granted another chance to be with her; if she survived, then he would tell her that he loved her.