There are few things that always seem to gnaw at me when watching the show. This is my attempt to deal with some of those- some trivial, some not so much. For one thing, I wish we could see the storyline of Lee in the cab as Amanda falls to the ground with her groceries, umbrella in hand. Another thing, if they decided to keep their marriage a secret for the boys safety, why does Lee start coming around more often anyway?
And that's where I begin to put my take on what the future might have held. We hear of spies who lived double lives all their lives, their families never knowing they were spies. Why not Lee and Amanda? This story begins in 2007. Lee is about six months from the mandatory age for field agents to come out of the field. (That's based on the real life law- it changed in 1990 from 55 to 57, and was at least still in place a few years back when I started this story.) This moment in their lives when they could both retire seems like a logical time that they might start to think about their marriage becoming public- to me at least.
Disclaimers
This is my first fan fiction, one I've worked off and on for several years on- and really want to continue exploring more past this story. We'll see if that happens or not.
Scarecrow and Mrs King and it's characters are copyright Warner Brothers/ Shoot the Moon Productions. This story, take on their future, is mine and should not be re-distributed without permission.
All other characters are purely fictional.
Episode references include: The First Time, Service Above and Beyond, Saved by the Bells, The Times They are A Changin', The Legend of Das Geisterschloss, Playing Possom, Burn Out, Welcome to America Mr. Brand, Reach for the Sky, Playing for Keeps, It's in the Water, Night Crawler, Do You Take this Spy?, Mission of Gold, and others I'm sure I've forgotton.
This story is for entertainment purposes only. I hope you enjoy.
One More Note
There's bits of what graphic designers and artists refer to as white space in this story- areas I did not fill in. It's intentional. In part, because this story would be way too long. But more so, because I don't feel it's needed. And mostly, because I believe you can fill in the blanks yourself with your own ideas of how a particular conversation might go down or what a letter might contain. Have fun letting your eyes rest as your imagination fills in the missing spaces.
"A penny for your thoughts," Amanda asked Lee as they laid in bed curled up in each other's arms.
"It'll cost you a quarter, inflation." Lee sighed and, after a long pause, he rolled over to look into the eyes of the woman he'd loved for so long. He took another deep breath. "I missed this. Being on desk duty for two months and the boys being around this summer, we just have not had enough of this."
"I know," she whispered as he kissed her. As he pulled back, he saw tears forming in her eyes. "Me too," she managed to get out as he placed a hand on her cheek and wiped away the tear. "I've missed going away with you, even if it is work related. I'm so thankful we aren't undercover as brother and sister like we were on the Marvelous Marvin case." She kissed his palm and smiled at him.
"I know. I cherish the time we get to spend as husband and wife even if we're the only ones who know it's more than a cover story. With this case all wrapped up, we've got more than twenty-four hours here together and the only thing we have to do is attend the party Senator Long invited us to."
"What do you want to do?" Amanda asked.
"Hold you" was his only reply as he tightened his hold on his wife. "We can go for a stroll later."
They'd been to Nashville before. Sometimes it felt like there wasn't a big city anymore where they hadn't been. Since the boys had gone off to school, they'd taken the opportunity to do more traveling taking cases all over the states, and for that matter, the world. Yet, they often longed to visit small towns and quietly use their investigative skills to simply get to know the town and its stories. "Someday," Lee said as they walked along the downtown streets. They'd had lunch at a local cafe and were now walking around doing nothing special- except spending the day together.
"Soon," Amanda replied. "I can't believe we'll be out of the field in 6 months. I can't believe we'll finally be living together as husband and wife instead of sneaking around or taking every out of town assignment where we could pretend we were married." Lee smiled content to listen to Amanda ramble as he heard a train off in the distance. She continued, "some days it feels like just yesterday when you grabbed me at that train station. Then there are the days that I miss my husband so and it feels like an eternity. There are days I think about all we've sacrificed through the years and then I remember all the good we've done."
They strolled along for another hour or so before heading back to the hotel to get ready for the evening's soirée.