"Yes." She's tempted to lie until she realizes there is no point in doing so anymore. She thinks Jessica would prefer the truth over more lies anyway. And Carrie doesn't have the energy to pretend anymore.

Carrie's not coping. Saul and Quinn have figured out a way to help. Gentle Reader, I'm sure you've already guessed how ;) "Elsa" is set mid-Season 2 before Carrie and Brody reunite. Although I've stated the story's Carrie/Saul, there's a helluva lot of Quinn. NOTE: There is no "Elsa" OC. DISCLAIMER: Homeland is not my intellectual property - the story's for fun, not for profit.

This story takes off from the explosion in Episode 12 of Season 2, "The Choice". It takes a rather different turn.

Brody writes to Carrie just before Christmas.

It's not really a question, the way that she says it. She knows the answer, but she's almost praying for a different one. She doesn't want him to fall into the darkness that she knows is there, even though she has no doubt that he's already almost there. She doesn't really know how far gone he is. Carrie/Brody. COMPLETE

It's been three months when they haven't had to get drunk or make excuses to be together, they haven't lied to anyone to get time alone, and neither of them have been held hostage by any terrorists. The last one is the development they're the most pleased by, honestly.

All she wants is peace.

He can feel her whole body trembling, like it's physically exhausting for her to say these things and stand up at the same time. A trip down the rabbit hole to wonderland isn't complete without a little madness.

Se passe lors de la fin de l'episode 2x04. La fin ne m'ayant pas trop plu, je la re ecrit a ma maniere.

He kisses her again. How can she begrudge them both this moment of peace when she's 90% sure everything's about to go to hell?

Elle n'avait pas prévu de venir. Pas après qu'il l'ait blessée d'une façon qu'elle pensait impossible. Et pourtant, elle était là, poussant à nouveau cette porte parce qu'elle avait besoin de le revoir, encore une fois.

Jessica was tired of being in the dark, it was time she knew what Brody was up to. She had no idea that she would find for the first time his heart, bare and exposed.

Il n'était pas supposé la revoir. Pas ici. Et surtout pas maintenant. Pas quand son mariage allait si mal qu'il pourrait se laisser tomber dans ses bras jusqu'à ce qu'il oublie tout.

He's her prisoner in this room and his room and in his head because she's the only one with the power to free him. Carrie/Brody set During/Post Q&A.

Post-ep for Q&A. He can't stay home tonight. He should but she's everywhere in his mind. She was right, the truth set us free and he didn't say it all.

What if Carrie didn't mean to go rogue but still came to see him in his hotel room? What if this whole mess was a little less complicated?

She hadn't meant to come. Not after he hurt her in some ways she thought impossible. And yet, here she was again, pushing this door open, because she needed to see him, again.

He wasn't supposed to see her again. Not here. Especially not now. Not when his marriage was so rocky he could simply let himself fall into her arms until he forgets everything.

Saul's actions after the bomb goes off in Farragut Square.

Every part of them screams that this is wrong. But they can't stop. They are planets on a crash course, bound to come together. Bound to destroy one another.

It had been a year since she had seen his knuckles up close like this, the scars, the few remaining freckles. ie Carrie & Brody hash things out. Oneshot. Spoilers for all of season one.

Because Carrie loves it when life is heightened somehow. Written for the 2011 Yuletide Fan Fiction Challenge for twincy.

HOMELAND While he watches TV, she watches him.