Set towards the end of series 2. Will and Mac fic angsty, comfort, emotion come on its these two. Comments are appreciated.

The election night broadcast was over. Mackenzie had been very quiet in his ear only speaking when she had to. She had been quiet for a couple of days since she had begged Will to fire her, something he would never do, even in the early days of her coming back although he put it in his contract he would never fire her.

After the broadcast Will went and joined everyone else in the bullpen ACN had put on a full spread drinks, food and music. Will noticed that Mackenzie was not around, he had asked Jim where she was and he had shrugged and given him his concerned about Mac look. The party was winding down, not that it was much of a party with most of the team involved in the whole Genoa mess, but they had appreciated the opportunity to let their hair down and relax with friends and colleagues.

Will went into Mac's office looking for her but she wasn't there. He noticed her things were gone to. He walked into his own office and pulled his jacket off threw it on his desk and went to go sit at his desk and found Mackenzie sitting against the drawers of his desk in the dark her phone in her hand and a tear rolling down her face.

"Mac?" he asked confused.

"I err was just looking for somewhere quiet, somewhere safe and this was the best place" she said not looking at him. Her voice was even hollower than before.

Her phone rang and all Will saw the caller display it said Mum before she rejected the call.

"Mac what's going on" said Will Mackenzie never rejected calls from her parents.

"Nothing, just wasn't in the mood for a party and there was no way out without having to speak to people. "

"Mac it's our people they love speaking to you" said Will sitting down on the floor beside her.

"I wouldn't say that, they all blame me for the Genoa mess and they should" said Mac another tear leaked out of her eye.

Will had no idea what was going on with her, he knew she had been struggling and she was trying to take the full responsibility for Genoa and the fallout. But he suspected something else was wrong.

"Almost everyone is gone Mac when i came in here only Neal and Jim and a couple of other people were still there." Said Will

At the mention of Jim Mackenzie stood up picked her things up and walked out of the room. Will was a few steps behind her, she walked up to Jim pulled him away from Neal said something to him, Jim's face fell he tried to put his hand on her arm and Mac pulled away, she said something else and practically ran out of the newsroom leaving Will in her wake.

Will walked over to Jim "what was that about? What's going on" asked Will

"She just told me she needed me to do the show for a couple of days, I asked why and all she said was something was wrong with her dad" said Jim

"What happened?" asked Will

"She didn't say, I tried to find out but she ran off" said Jim looking at Will sadly "Will I think this is the final thing that's going to break her, she has been dealing with a lot of shit for the past few months not just Genoa" said Jim. Will knew a huge part of this was directed at him for the whole Nina Howard thing. He instantly saw Mackenzie's face in his head when she found out about him and Nina it was like someone has physically slapped her across the face, but Mac being Mac said nothing and carried on as normal. But he had stopped his late night phone calls and drinks after work and he had left her alone.

Will patted Jim on the arm and went back into his office, got changed picked up his things including the key Mackenzie had given him well over a year ago and went to get a cab, taking him directly to Midtown and Mackenzie.

Traffic was light and Will was at Mackenzie's faster than he thought. He had no idea what he was going to say or do but he was going to help Mackenzie in the way she helps him every day.

He knocked on the door, there was no answer but he could hear her in the apartment. He wasn't sure if it was shouting or crying. He knocked again and got no answer. He took the key out of his pocket and unlocked the door. He saw Mackenzie's shows at the door her jacket on the floor her bag and other things scattered all over the place. Again this wasn't like Mac her shoes were like her baby. There was no sign of her in the living room he followed the sounds and found her standing over her bed banging her pillow off it. He hadn't seen Mac this angry or upset for a very long time.

"Mackenzie?" Will asked unsure whether to step into her room was it crossing a boundary.

"Fuck off Will" said Mac still hitting the pillow off the bed.

"Mac I"

"You what Will?" she asked looking over at him her eyes red her hair a mess and tear stains down her face. All he wanted to do was pull her into a hug and tell her she was ok.

"I'm here for whatever" said Will thinking it was the right thing to say. How wrong he was as he was now on the receiving end of the pillow.