A.N. Spoilers, people! 07x06 "Green light", last scene

I was just wondering what must have been going through Jane's mind when he opened Lisbon's gift, and this just came out :)

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He was staring at it filled with curiosity when he heard her melodious laughter.

"Open it!"

As soon as he opened the little box, a thousand memories hit him like a tidal wave. How he'd first laid eyes on it at the break room of the CBI, how he begun to fall in love with the simple cup. It had always been there, whether he was happy, or depressed beyond words. But then, as they were getting closer to catching Red John, Abott and his careless men had stormed in, knocking on Jane and ending his days with the beloved tea cup. He still remembered how he had stood, saucer in hand, a million pieces of sea green ceramic splayed on the ground before him.

"Lisbon..." Her smile was intoxicating. "The one and only, from the CBI."

But then, another realization poked hard at his consciousness-

"You kept the pieces..."

For how long?, he wondered. He had never thought about it, but now he realized that Lisbon had begun to care for him deeply a long, long time ago. Maybe even before he realized he was falling for her. He looked up at her smiling face.

"Yup. Pretty nice, don't you think?"

Nice?!

"It's perfect...I'm speechless"

She was amazing. After receiving so many sick "gifts" from RJ, Jane was completely taken aback by this simple gesture. and even more, her careful thinking in choosing what would make him truly happy. She always thought about him. His safety, his sanity.

"This is such a beautiful gift, thank you so much"

He leaned over and was met with the softest lips in the world. As he felt her smooth palm caressing his cheek, he felt in his whole body that this was it. It didn't matter that they were nothing alike. They just happened to meet each other, and they fell in love. That was more than he could ever ask for. So Erica Flynn could go to hell, because he knew, he just knew, that this was right.

They were going to survive.

Together.