Letting Go

Spoilers: Season 1, Season 2, Season 3(Olivia, The Box, The Plateau, Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep, Amber 31422, 6955 kHz, The Abducted, Entrada, Marionette).

Disclaimer: If I owned Fringe...Olivia would have made it home with Peter in Over There Part 2 instead of this insanity.

Olivia sat going through papers when she heard the office door open and close, she looked up to find Peter looking at her. It had been nearly a month since she had spoken to him and two weeks since she'd seen him.

After their falling out, she ignored him for two weeks except for case related material before having enough and took two weeks off for Christmas to visit Ella and Rachel in Chicago.

"We need to talk."

She looked down, "unless it is related to a case, I have nothing to say."

"I've given you space and time and I even listened to you a month ago so its time for you to listen to me."

Olivia looked at him and stood up, "what is there to say? I already know Peter...I already know you thought she was me, that you..." she threw her file down, "no, it doesn't matter...I made my point clear and I mean it."

He walked over to her, "you know nothing Olivia, nothing at all...can you imagine the guilt of betraying the one person you love more then life itself. The moment I knew the truth, I was ready to cross over and offer myself up in order for you to come back home, to your job and family. I realized too late and that guilt will never go away...I'll always carry it till the day I die."

"Good, you should." She stared at him, "just leave me alone Peter...just please leave me alone."

He nodded and backed off, "I am...I just wanted you to know how I felt. I love you Olivia and I always will but I love you enough to let you go...because you want me to. I'll always be here, as your partner and hopefully one day as a friend but I won't stand in your way or hope for something that may or may not come.

"Just promise me you'll find someone who will love you for who you are, all your faults and strengths. When you do, if I'm not the one you marry...I'll walk you down the aisle myself so I know you're cared for...so I can let you go knowing you're loved and safe." He moved around to her and touched her face, Olivia flinched as he kissed her forehead. "But I know you're not my Olivia anymore...I'm letting you go."

He left after that and Olivia stood there, tears in her eyes before she finally let go.

A/N: Peter is ready to let Olivia go but is she ready to let him go and what secrets does she hide?