AN: This is a really short drabble-ish thing, but the idea was going through my head and I couldn't shake it so… Ta Da! It's full of fragments to the point where someone who really cared about grammar would cry, and I'm really sorry, but I did it on purpose because that's the way I thought this story in my head. I also thought about making a series of one shots revolving around Dotty and Bria, but I'm not sure if I should.
They sat at the dinner table. Mia, Brian, Jack, Dom, and…Letty. Letty who was home now. Who Dom couldn't stop staring at. Couldn't stop thinking about. Well, there were two things he couldn't stop thinking about. One thing he couldn't stop wondering.
"O'Connor," he said suddenly. "Let's go for a walk." He rose from the table.
"Uh…" Brian gestured to the table where they were all currently in the middle of a meal.
"Two minutes," he promised. Letty and Mia were watching him, and Jack was giggling, oblivious to the tension in the room. Brian shrugged and got up. He kissed Mia's head, and then Jack's and then followed Dom out the door. They walked slowly down the street. Dom's arms were crossed over his chest, and Brian's hands were stuffed in his pockets.
"What's up, Dom?" he asked finally.
"I wanna ask you something."
"And what would that be?" Dom was silent as he continued to walk down the street. "Dom?"
"If it had been Mia," he started. "If it had been Mia that had come to you to clear my name and not Letty… would you have put her on Braga's team?" At that moment you could have heard a pin drop. Dom had finally voiced the one thing that had been on his mind since he heard that Brian was running Letty. Brian didn't know what to say.
"Mia…" he trailed off. Never in a million years would there be words to describe Mia. Just like there would never be words to answer this question.
"Mia is your sister. And Letty's your girlfriend. What do you want me to tell you, Dom?"
"The truth." Brian let out a breath and ran his hand threw his short hair.
"No," he finally said. Dom turned to look at him. "No I wouldn't have put Mia and Braga's team. I wouldn't have told Mia about Braga's team. And it's not that I value Letty's life less, and it's not that I think she's stronger or more capable than Mia. I just… I couldn't do that. I mean… I knew the risks and so did Letty I told her everything, but I don't think I could've told Mia the risks. I don't think I could've done it. Because Mia is Mia and I wouldn't have been able to eat, sleep, breathe, or move knowing she was in there walking on a ticking time bomb that could blow at any second. I'm sorry I put Letty in there. I'm sorry I didn't stop her. I'm sorry, but I wouldn't have been able to do it if it were Mia."
He let out another breath and looked at Dom to see his reaction. Dom looked at him for a second. The look in his eyes was unreadable. Then he turned and walked back towards the house.
And Brian followed.
AN: Reviews? Please? I'd love to hear what you think.