Note- For purposes of this story, in the Feb. of 2007 Brooklyn Ashton learned that Cooper Barrett is her half brother. She came to Port Charles to meet him, stayed two weeks, and went back down to NYC.
Breathing Gets Harder
L and B
December 2007
The first time he saw her there was a tear about to fall from the corner of her eye.
She came home for her best friend's funeral. In the instant that Logan saw Brooklyn, and watched as Cooper gave her a short hug, he felt an undeniable connection to her. But more than that he felt a responsibility for her.
Because of that he treated her with a respect he hadn't shown any other woman since he moved to Port Charles. When he smiled at Brooklyn it wasn't because he wanted in her pants- like it was with Maxie. And when he pulled a door open it wasn't because he wanted her to adore him back- like it was with Lulu.
And when he disagreed with her he didn't tell her off- like he had with Georgie.
She saw him different than any other woman he knew did. She saw him as a good man who would keep his word. That's all he wanted to be too, when it came to her, a good man who did the right thing.
So when she was ready to leave town again, a little into the new year, and she asked him "Promise me you'll look out for my brother, okay?" he made that promise quickly, even though he and Coop were still on shaky terms after all that went down six months before.
But he broke his word. He didn't watch Coop close enough and he was murdered while Logan was in the same building. He didn't hear a thing. Do a thing to stop it. And he didn't cry for his dead friend.
Not until Brooklyn showed up for another funeral and wrapped her arms around him, as they stood in the foyer of the church. She whispered "Its not your fault. He loved you."
Then a tear slid from Logan's eye as he cried at the funeral of his best friend while he held the only woman in the world who thought he was a good man.
THE END