Title: Light At The End Of The Tunnel

Author: wildwordwomyn

Word Count: 234

Fandom/Pairing: Person of Interest gen/pre-slash drabble starring Reese/Finch

Rating: PG for some angst

Author's Notes: Um, none, I guess.

Disclaimers/Warnings: No spoilers. Not real. No own.

Summary: John is learning that it doesn't hurt so much to breathe anymore.

Silence. Darkness. Otherness. A hint of something in the air. These are things John Reese understands all too well. When you live in the shadows there is no more. And he'd gotten used to it, reconciled. He didn't particularly like it but he couldn't exactly go back. He's been changed by his history. Permanently changed.

Then Harold Finch barged into his life with the promise of hope like it was a precious jewel waiting to be plucked from the palm of his hand. Raw and warm. And real. The man, eccentricities included, gave him a reason to dream again, to breathe again.

To be again.

His employer. His companion. A brave soul. The bravest John has ever known. Finch has brought lightness back to him, a rare gift he never expected to receive. All he's seen, all he's done has forced him to leave more and more pieces of himself behind. What little is left Finch sees as worthy, as good. It makes John's heart ache to think he's still capable of good these days, but ever since Finch found him he has no other choice. Being bad was what got him hurt in the first place.

Two dead men walking.

That's what they are now. Invisible. It's better this way. Besides, John doesn't feel dead anymore. That's what counts. And with Finch walking next to him, his shelter in the storm, it's enough.

The End