Title: Years

Rating: T

Pairing: Harry Truman/Dale Cooper

Genre: Romance/General, AU-ish timeline stretch.

Summary: Truman, Cooper and a case that takes a little longer to solve.


Years

Truman pushed forty

When Cooper came to town

To solve a case of drug-n'-drown.

Truman thought: "A curious man.

He spends more time in this town than

Most truckers think it worthy."

...

Truman turned forty-one;

Agent Cooper stuck around

To culprits haunt and hound.

Truman said: "Get a hold,

When all is clear, the case is solved

Cooper will be gone."

...

Truman turned forty-two;

A lover's death and a spirit vile,

The Black Lodge and a killer's trial

Murder, mayhem, mourning mothers

All these things and thousand others

He follow'd Cooper through.

...

Truman neared forty-three

When Cooper solved the case.

Now he should leave, but says:

"This town is such a mystery,

There's beauty everywhere I see

I'll linger in your company."

...

Truman thought at forty-four:

"Cooper is one of a kind

He could've left, but stayed behind

The best of friends, I realize.

And maybe it would be just wise

Ne'er to ask for more."

...

Cooper said at thirty-nine:

"Harry, five years have gone

Some paths in life may lead us wrong

But of one thing I am sure;

Each year I love you even more

My love return'd would feel damn fine."

...

And at last at forty-five

Truman found what'd been amiss

As he drew Coop into a kiss.

Years like rivers dark and swift

May run, but one is not adrift

Who's loved and is alive.

End.


A/N: Happy V-day! Honoring my (on-and-off) habit of publishing fics on V-day, I publish something written back in July '13 after a day at work that mostly consisted of folding carton boxes. A little on the silly side compared to my other writing, and thus posted on a day when you get away with being in a silly mood.

Anyways, thanks for reading

/Morgane