Title: When
Rating: K
Disclaimer: Here we go again...Yeah, i still don't own anything.
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"Lindsay?"
"Hmmm…"
"When did you realize you're in love with me?"
She snorted. "What's with the question? Your ego just ran out of sustenance?"
She looked up at him from under her lashes and was taken aback by the serious look on his face. She cleared her throat and tried again.
"Remember the Holly case?" she asked.
His jaw tensed in response.
She knew how much he hated it whenever the subject was brought up. She knew he wanted to bury that…that nightmare from hell, as he put it eloquently, six feet below the ground and maybe put a curse on it so it would stay buried forever. But they also knew in some twisted way, that that was a starting point in their complex but oh-so-beautiful relationship.
"When you burst in through that door, Danny, your face was the only face I saw in the midst of the smoke, and your voice was the only sound I heard despite the racket in my ears. I knew then and there, that I couldn't ask or possibly want another man in my life. When I'm with you, I felt safe and I knew that I would always be safe because you felt like home. My home."
Unable to speak for the lump lodged in his throat, he nodded.
She sniffed back her own tears and let out a nervous laugh. "When did you realize that you're in love with me?"
He smiled gently at her and whispered, "I don't know."
He reached for her left hand and wound her fingers through his, and slowly brought it to his lips where he planted a soft kiss on the knuckle of her fourth finger, which was now adorned with an absolutely beautiful white gold, three-stone diamond engagement ring. Her ring, as well as the man who slipped it on her finger, was the object of pea green jealousy from all her female co-workers, Stella included.
His voice roughened as his beautiful blue eyes, twinkled with warmth and so much love, met her soulful brown ones. "I guess I just do."