"I know your insides are feeling so hollow and its a hard pill for you to swallow, but if I fall for you I'll never recover. If I fall for you I'll never be the same." - Maroon 5, Love Somebody


He remembered the hurt on her face as she told him about her friend Matthew. He knew he needed to rein in his feelings, knowing that if he fell for her, he'd never be the same. He wanted to go to her and wrap her up in his arms, hold her tight and promise her the world couldn't hurt her when he held her. He often wondered what they would be like together, wondered what she would be like at home, among other places. All he wanted was to love her, but he knew he couldn't. Not as her boss. Not with the way he had treated her when she first arrived on the team. He had been going the rounds with Strauss, and had taken it out on her. Part of him struggled to gain control, but that part won out. He was falling apart, this thing with Foyet draining him of everything, and as she followed him up, allowed him to start settling in, and turned for the door and told him to get some rest, he turned and whispered. "Stay."