Authors Note: I have been quite cruel to these two in recent times haven't I? Can't apologise though because I like that side of their relationship a little too much, although this one does get far too fluffy at the end! :) Had these lyrics sitting here for months but never got round to trying to think up some ideas.

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or the song.

Stranger by Secondhand Serenade

"Jackie, look over here," Robbie said for the fifth time in a half hour to the annoyance of the brunette at the desk in front of him.

"No Robbie!"

He wished that she would so that their special connection could be formed again. He tried to open her mouth and speak but was unable to form any noise to capture her attention back. He didn't mean to think like this but that woman who had her back to him was almost perfection. Almost, just because she wasn't in love with him any more, he had taken care of that. He wanted her to turn around and see him staring at her just so she could see how beautiful she was.

Just three weeks ago he had went to her place and asked for them to be happy together again. Jackie had watched for the past couple of days as he had broken apart over Gaby and Jamie leaving for Canada after he had chosen not to go with them. They knew that they shouldn't admit it but she was one of the few reasons that he was still in Scotland.

"Robbie I don't know you any more. You've changed recently and I want to know why. You're one of my best friends, I want to be there for you when you need it. I know I say I don't but I lie, you're too dangerous for me to get close to."

He gently pressed his lips onto Jackie's. Her mind stopped functioning properly as she felt them on her. She knew all her coherent senses should be taking over now and pushing him off her but it was too nice a feeling to give up.

Robbie knew he should never have done this, he wasn't exactly using her but he was in a bad place and just wanted a bit of fun. Everyone else that meant something special to him had left, Jamie and Gaby were his only reminders of when he had a family; used to not mess women around every night and when work was actually worthwhile.

Being good with women was natural to him and he knew it. Everyone knew it. But he couldn't pretend that he hadn't been terrified when he had turned up on her doorstep that night. He was just intending to tell her how he felt about everything but when he had looked into those deep green eyes he was lost and kissed her without any more words being said. When they had broke apart for air he hoped that she could see that he meant it when he whispered that he loved her but also that she could pick up on this night just being about getting over all that had happened in the last week with his old family.

Robbie knew that even if she had saw that pain flash over that they would end up in bed later that evening and they did. Jackie had tried to deny the thoughts going through her mind that were telling her he was just looking for some comfort because she had been so interested in the feeling off his warm body pressing her against her hallway wall.

All thoughts of him being completely wrong for her had left both their heads when he moved her shirt off her shoulder and kissed her neck and the surrounding area. The night they spent together was wonderful but Robbie knew that he would have to end their 'relationship' in the next few hours because he just wasn't ready for anything like this yet. He hated knowing that he would be breaking the heart of the angel next to him but there was no other way.

Jackie had shifted in her sleep at that moment and opened her eyes, squinting because of the fact they hadn't got round to closing the curtains in the bedroom the night before. Robbie used his hand to pull her face from it's hiding place in the pillow so he could kiss her. By the time their lips separated her pupils had adjusted to the light and Robbie looked into them, attempting to force her to see just how gorgeous she was in his eyes.

Now he knew she was trying to find herself someone who would give her what she deserved after he had admitted that she should try and win over another guy. Robbie had thought he was helping them both and that he would feel better knowing that she was happy. But seeing her flirting with other men when they were out for drinks was actually crushing him. He wanted to talk to her again but thought that she wouldn't listen and that she had finally gone far enough away to not be able to return to the moment when they had been secretly completely in love with each other even though they hadn't acknowledged it at all.

This night, when he realised she had finally accepted that they needed space whilst he wanted them to rewind, they had left the pub and were just reaching her flat when she invited him in for one or two more drinks. Jackie didn't mean anything by the question, she just could do with a friendly face with her. When they got into the living room he found this was possibly a perfect opportunity to broach the subject that he needed to. He reached out and grabbed her wrist, causing her to turn back round to look at him in confusion. She was more or less cornered by his body and the cabinet behind her and se was now able to see in his eyes that he was having an internal battle as to speak the words aloud or not. He decided to listen to the voice that was telling him to say it,

"Jackie. Darling, I know I can't make you stay with me but do you comprehend how much I care about you? I would give my final breath to make you understand how beautiful you are."

"I can't Robbie, you're too much of a danger," she said before he dropped a kiss to her forehead. "Robbie, please," this time it was a kiss to the lips and his hands taking hold of her hips as she desperately tried to not give in. "Robbie you told me to move on from you, so what's this all about? Just wanting a quick fumble before you find another tart?"

"Jackie, you know you mean more to me than that!"

"I don't know a thing about you any more Robbie. That's the problem. I believed it when you said you loved me that first night but then you told me that we didn't work well as a couple."

"I was upset that night but I did mean it. I love you and I've realised that being without you after I know that you're even more amazing than I originally thought is a horrible place and I don't want to be there again. Please give me another shot, I won't try and use you ever again, you are nothing less than an angel to me and you've made all my dreams come true since the very first time we met," he got quieter with every word he said, before he ran a hand up her waist, making her shiver as he leaned forward and captured her lips with his again.

Robbie was being completely honest with the woman in front of him. He couldn't bear to be without her any longer and when he looked back into her eyes he knew she could see how sincere he was being and that she wanted him this close to her more than she could understand herself.

This time Jackie didn't even try to break them apart, she let her own hands travel up his body and into his hair, their mouths were trying to win a battle of dominance as Jackie worked out that Robbie had destroyed her time and time again yet she had never once been able to hate him for it and as she felt herself being pushed down onto the nearest flat surface she recognised the feelings going through her and never wanted it to end.