A/N I know this was originally supposed to be seven chapters long, but I sorta got addicted to writing this series, so I borrowed another prompt set from the LJ community... On the bright side, it means you get another seven lies after this! :D

Disclaimer: I do own bags of Christmas shopping already. I went a bit OTT...


"Why do you keep lyin' to me?"

Lilly freezes, and wonders why she ever thought she could get away from him.

"I...you...I..."

Scotty shakes his head at her inability to reply.

"Game over."

"How'd you find me?" she asks quietly. He shrugs.

"Lucky guess." Process of elimination- I'd tried everywhere else first.

Lilly rubs her eyes with a tired hand.

"What do you want, Scotty?"

"Tonight? To talk." To tell you that I love you an' make you come home wit' me.

"Why?"

"Because you keep blockin' me out." Because I love you an' I want to make you come home wit' me.

"I'm really not in the mood," she murmurs. Scotty pushes her glass of water towards her.

"I know," he says simply, "I ain't stayin' long."

Lilly sighs in defeat. She wants to talk to him, she really does, but he's already threatening her carefully positioned walls, and Lilly can't risk him destroying them altogether, so she just keeps pushing.

"Let me ask you somethin'," Scotty says. His partner nods uncertainly, because really, the least she owes him is one question.

Scotty takes a deep breath.

"Are you in love with me?"

Her eyes widen, her mouth falls open and there's a whole load of fear that jumps onto her face. She manages to close her mouth, fighting her instinct to leave. Takes a moment to think of an answer.

"I don't know."

He consoles himself with the fact that she was honest. Scotty nods, reaching out to gently swipe a strand of blonde hair from her cheek. She remains motionless as his fingers dust over her skin, breathing out only when he stands up.

"You decide you wanna talk, you know where I am," he says, and she thinks he's angry but she can't really tell, "If you don't...well, I guess then we'll know."

Scotty is almost at the door when her voice makes him pause. He turns his head slightly towards her.

"I've never lied to you, Scotty."

He smiles sadly.

"You just did, Lil."


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