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
