I missed you tonight…

Disclaimer: "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" belong to Warner Brothers and Shoot The Moon Productions.

Rated: T

Author's Note: This scene was inspired by Robin's "Heartstrings" where Lee was held prisoner in Iraq and didn't know if Amanda was still waiting for his return…

Tonight, I missed you. Not that in the other nights I missed you less. Tonight is special. I tried to close my eyes and suddenly, a cruel voice whispered in my ears; don't you think she forgot you?

Is this true, my love? Did you forget me? Did another man erase my memory from your heart? Did you forget my lips on yours, my hands on your body and my whispers in your ears? My eyes looking at you, surrounded by the moonlight, the first strangled "I love you!" Did you forget that?

This question burned my heart, leaving just ashes in its path. I know I'm not worthy to remember; that I made you suffer a lot in the past. Why would anyone waste the time to remember me? I'm just another lost soul, trying to find his place in the world!

You still remember me? I feel your lips tremble under mine the first time I kissed you. That kiss is still forged on my lips; did you forget it? Has another's lips erased it from yours, like the ocean erases the solitary footprint on the beach.

I feel your skin through my fingers, warm, smooth, and sweet under my caresses and kisses. I still feel it after all this time. Do you remember my hands caressing your body in the warm, summer nights? Do you still feel the tingling? I do!

I still hear your heartfelt whispers, "I love you." Did you forget my voice, my love? Did you forget my words of love?

Oh, I miss your eyes looking at me with trust, pride, and love. I missed them slowly closing when I leaned to kiss you. I missed them darkened with passion, glazed with desire. Do you remember me watching you?

Do you remember my love, Amanda, our love? Or in life's storm, have you lost me; lost us? Have you lost us because I'm not there?

That voice is hammering my heart, my love! Not 'if,' but 'when,' I'll be home, will I still find 'my Amanda'?

Just let your heart speak to mine. Don't be afraid if you don't need my life anymore, but I'll remain lost forever. I need you to live; without you, I'll only exist!

So, if you want me, just send a kiss with the wind, a whisper with a butterfly, a heartbeat with a sunbeam, a look with a tear falling down on your cheek, and I'll climb any mountain, and cross any sea to be with you again…