Disclaimer: Haven & all related characters do not belong to me. I'm just borrowing them for a while & I promise to return them all in a relatively unharmed and maybe even happier state. ;)

A/N: Just saw the new Haven episode and just had to write this.

I actually liked Chris' speech at the end of the episode. Of course I'd rather like it to be Nathan who'd said that , but I'm sure we'll get there ;) After all, he did come back for her. *dreamy sigh*

This is just a little drabble to express the thought that popped into my head when Chris said "I observe." 'Cause, honestly, you'd have to be a bat not to notice the chemistry between Nathan and Audrey!

Chris: Your... immunity to me, that's... not why I asked you out. It's really not.

Audrey: Okay, so... why did you, really?

Chris: I observe. That's what I do. That's what I've always done. It annoys people, but that's what I do. And here's what I've observed about you Audrey Parker; You are... amazing. The ways you pitched those flowers. The way you threw together this dinner, after we had the worst date ever.

Audrey: That's really not that amazing.

Chris: You've got two people, who've hated eachother for over fifty years, to fall in love again today. I say that's pretty amazing. But what's even more amazing, is that you can make a cynical jackass like me believe there are people in this world worth knowing. ...Well, one, anyway. I want you Audrey, because... because you're you.

~ Haven – 2.05 - Roots

Chapter 1: Chris

He observes.

As he told Audrey, he's been doing it his entire life. And being such an observant person, it's hard for him to miss that the Haven Interim Police Chief is head over heels in love with his partner. Of course, the man apparently hasn't done anything about it, but it seems Nathan has realised that Audrey is amazing, long before he himself did.

The kicker of the thing is that Audrey herself is equally in love with her partner, which is just as plain for him to see. She just hasn't realised it yet.

So he knows they won't last. He likes her; she's a beautiful woman and maybe her 'immunity' to him did have a little bit to do with him asking her out. – at the end of the day it is nice know there's one person who likes you because you are you, not because of some 'Trouble' you have – but he knows they won't last.

They can't last.

Because the moment she realises what it is she's feeling, she'll be gone. After all, even a blind person can see they're perfect for one another.

So he's decided he'll enjoy this thing they are having for as long as he can, but has already resigned himself to letting her go.

In spite of everything, him being a cynic doesn't mean he can't also be a closet romantic.

TFS - 14/08/11

A/N: Why are all my drabbles written between 2 & 3 AM?

Re-uploaded on 10/09/11. Now beta-ed, many thanks to LastScorpion & charming-kayleigh for that.