Because

By: rachel

Rated: G

Disclaimer: I own nothing. JJ Abrams and ABC and Paramount and whoever else own everything.

Summery: Because he lets her lean on him. Because she lets herself lean on him.

AN: Just a quick little thing I wrote this evening…



Because he wasn't supposed to be attracted to her in the first place.

Because she isn't allowed to think of him romantically.

Because he can make her laugh through her tears.

Because she's afraid to let anyone really know her.

Because he understands her fears.

Because she comes to him when she needs to talk to someone.

Because they can't be seen together in public.

Because they will both be killed if SD-6 finds out what they are doing.

Because he won't let her feel guilty.

Because there are so few people left who she could trust.

Because not even her closest friends know the truth about her line of work.

Because he watches her from a satellite from two-hundred miles above.

Because she calls him her guardian angel.

Because he was going to call her the same thing.

Because he ran up and back down three flights of stairs in one minute for her.

Because she helped get him promoted.

Because he knows what it's like to loose a parent because of the spy trade.

Because he was warned not to get too attached.

Because when they first met, he thought she was crazy.

Because he didn't report her father without her consent when he could have.

Because she didn't think that she could let herself care for someone after loosing her fiancé.

Because he thinks she's amazing.

Because she thought he was married.

Because she feigned pity when she found out that he had broken up with his girlfriend.

Because he asked her if she was romantically interested in anyone.

Because she was lying when she said no.

Because he wants to believe that it is he who she's interested in.

Because he wants to know about her friends.

Because she trusts him.

Because he bought her an antique picture frame.

Because she knows that he feels out of place in an antique store.

Because he listens to her when she just needs to talk.

Because he thinks her life is more important than her job.

Because she asked him if he was alright when he looked upset.

Because he offered her a slushie even though she was cold.

Because he worries when she goes on missions.

Because she doesn't want to need him.

Because despite the dangers, he loves seeing her every day.

Because he was jealous of Lambert.

Because he won't let her apologize for laying her problems on him.

Because she won't work with anyone but him.

Because he knows that she can speak for herself.

Because he helped her get to Cuba to rescue her father.

Because she thinks his idea is amazing.

Because he sees her even when she doesn't know who she is anymore.

Because he is afraid to get so close to anyone.

Because she won't blindly follow just anyone.

Because he won't let the work darken her.

Because she has his number.

Because he lets her lean on him.

Because she lets herself lean on him.

Because she held his hand even though it could get them both killed.

Because despite the danger, despite the warnings they received, despite everything in their way, they rely on each other.

Because he didn't want to, tried his best not to, but in the end just couldn't help it.

Because he loves her.

Because she didn't think she could, was afraid of the consequences, but couldn't deny it.

Because she loves him.

They will continue to pretend to the rest of the world that nothing beyond a work-place, agent and handler relationship exists between them, despite each knowing differently, because he wasn't supposed to be attracted to her in the first place.