Modern AU. Anna Smith thinks she's content with her life, her teaching career the focal point. Then she meets Sergeant John Bates, and soon her feelings of friendship blossom into more. However, the road to true love is never smooth and, sometimes, in the most hopeless of hours, there is a choice between fighting and fleeing which can prove the mettle of what was there all along.
Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 3 - Words: 79,309 - Reviews: 36 - Favs: 29 - Follows: 25 - Updated: 12/25/2016 - Published: 12/11/2016 - [Anna S., J. Bates] - Complete