A/N: Here is a poem I wrote for my fellow Castle junkie as a V-day present. I hope you liked it, Jiaxi:)
Always
A holding pattern
Frozen in time
Four years pass swiftly
And neither dares surpass
The tenuous line they drew
Like a fuse in a bomb
They shy away quietly
Waiting for...
Something.
A push of sorts
Another way too close call
A sniper shot that hits
Its mark this time after all
He sees the walls
The mask she hides behind
He peels back the layers
But stops just in time
He won't go too far
He won't pry too much
It's too much of a risk
He could lose it all too fast
Her fingertips cling on
To what is left of her walls
Her voice is hoarse from
Her desperate calls
She can't wait anymore...
This is something.
A swingset in the rain
Like a stubborn child
She doesn't want to
Be the first to bow
Down to this immutable
Force that keeps them
Cuffed to each other
Like a lifeline
Yet now there is something
More than what there was
Before they would have broken
But now they will hold
A force stronger than Bracken
Stronger than the murder
Stronger than the Dragon
Stronger than anything
And they will hold
Always.