Harry wakes up in the morning and finds the bed empty beside him. He frowns but smells the scent of coffee from the kitchen. He quietly gets up and find her on the couch in the living room with a cup of coffee. She looks as if she is in deep thought. He slowly walks over and sits next to her. She doesn't turn and look at him. He slowly reaches out and brushes a piece of hair behind her ears. She sighs.
"Hey… what's wrong? Did I snore?" he asked with a small smile. She smiles and shook her head. Her smile then fades.
"Mace isn't going to stop is he?" she asks. Harry's smile fades.
"I don't know what Mace's game is right now, but he has made it clear he wants MI-5 out of the picture… more to the point he wants me out."
She nods and looks down at her coffee. He leans in and kisses her temple. She wants to lean into him, but she would be resting on his bad arm. So she remains where she is. He can tell something else is on her mind.
"What if he finds out about us Harry? Surely he'll use it to his advantage… maybe we should just stop-" she begins but he cuts her off by turning her chin and kissing her. When they pull apart they rest their foreheads against each other.
"I'm not going to let anything happen to you. To us. It's going to take a lot to drag me away from you now." He whispers.
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you. There's nothing that 100 men ore more could ever do.
"Harry…" she begins with tears swelling in her eyes. Harry kisses her again as the tears fall from her eyes.
Just like the rain down in Africa . It's gonna take some time but I know you're worth fighting for.
Friends are cool but we both know they don't want to see us together.
They pull apart again and he uses his good hand to wipe her tears away.
"I don't care about what anybody else thinks right now Ruth," he says softly. "I've liked you… liked you a lot, since they day you first entered the briefing room dropping papers everywhere."
Ruth smiles and he smiles just seeing her smile. He wipes her face clean of the tears.
Don't wanna lose what I live for, I'm willing to do whatever cause I don't wanna see you cry. Give our love another try. I bet we get it right this time as long as you're prepared to fight.
"I will not let Mace hurt you or us and don't let him get to you. Pulling away from me now would only make that smug bastard smile," He continued. He took Ruth's coffee and put it on the coffee table. "What he or anybody else says shouldn't matter."
What they say, it don't even matter. They don't really understand.
Ruth felt her heart begin to melt at his words. This time she leaned in and kissed him and wrapped an arm around his shoulder and worked her hand in his hair.
Now if you got someone that's worth fighting for, don't let nobody hold you down and if you found someone that's worth dying for… the one you can't live without…
Harry momentarily forgot about his arm and pulled Ruth into his lap so she was leaning on him as he relaxed back onto the couch. She meant everything to him and he wasn't going to let Mace or anybody get to her… or him.
I know you're worth fighting for.
