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Companion piece to "Let That Be Enough"
"You would what McGee?"
She had been doing her best to throw up her walls, thus her repeated use of his surname. She'd gone into her lab, defensive walls crumbling, with the expectation and assumption that she would be left alone. She should have known better, still Tim's presence caught her off guard; not just his presence but when she looked at his reflection in the monitor the concern turning to relief in his expression.
Abby loved Tim, she knew it, but couldn't bring herself to admit it. There was no point to admitting it. She wasn't ready to commit, to settle, and Tim was. His actions spoke of his desire for family, for solid, for forever. Science had shown her that forever was a very short while.
The edge in his voice had faded as he said "If anything happened to you I would". The changes in tone had woken her up enough that she took a good look at him for the first time.
His eyes stared back at her, asking for her forgiveness for the times past, pleading for her to trust him, to understand how deeply he cared about her. The tilt of his head said that he understood that she wasn't ready for the same things he was.
The fact that he didn't say the words because she couldn't say them said everything to her.
Old Mr. Webster could never define
What's being said between your heart and mine
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall
You say it best when you say nothing at all
~"When You Say Nothing At All" Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz
