Disclaimer: I don't own Stargate Atlantis

Note: This chapter as a little more planning then the last but keep in mind I've been awoke since 5.30am so I'm tired and it's possible that the story doesn't make sense. If it doesn't make sense just review and tell me that parts that are wrong.

Spoiler: 'The Eye'. Has anyone noticed that when Kolya told John that Elizabeth is dead you can see the tears in his eyes and hear the shakiness in his voice?

Elizabeth woke the next morning; she could still smell John's aftershave on the pillow next to her.

John sent calmed her from the nightmare she'd just had. It was the same one she always had but it always scared her because for a split-second because she thought it was real. Smelling John's aftershave was the only thing that brought her back to reality.

In her dream, she always felt the bullet going into her as Kolya pulled the trigger; afterwards John would come in and shoot Kolya, John would run to her side and on seeing her he would pick up Kolya's gun and shoot himself and the worst thing is that she would see it all from her own body as she laid there dead.

She showered and dressed then made her way to the control room. As she entered, she saw John standing at the balcony outside. She could tell by the way he was slouched that he'd had another sleepless night. He didn't know that she could tell but he wasn't aware of how much she watched him.

She changed her direction and walked to the balcony. She stood next to him. She could see out the corner of her eye when he glanced at her.

She wanted so much to hold him and tell him everything was okay, that he did the best job he could. It was true, he had done a best job he could and everything was okay now but the Genii were still out there.

She knew she should say something, but she couldn't find the words. Instead, she placed her hand on his, which was laid on the railing.

John sensed Elizabeth's eyes on him before she even walked to the balcony. He woke at 5.30am, which he considered an unnatural time to wake up, and he'd been stood there since 6am. He been woken up by the same dream he had most nights. He saw Kolya, his gun on Elizabeth but instead of John shooting and killing Elizabeth, he shot and killed Elizabeth. He could hear Kolya's cruel and taunting laughter as he stepped through the Stargate.

The dream always woke him with tears in his eyes. He'd always go to Elizabeth's quarters in the morning before she woke and look at her for a moment from the doorway.

John sensed as Elizabeth walked onto the balcony. She looked at her but he could see her eyes were looking over the ocean. He knew she was trying to find something to say. He wanted her to hold him and tell him that he'd done the right thing, that everything was okay.

He knew he should say something, he wanted to tell her everything he felt, about her, about how it felt when he thought he'd lost her he was about to when she placed her hand on his which was resting on the railing.

She brushed her thumb against his hand. He turned his hand so he could hold her hand.

John turned to face Elizabeth. He placed his spare hand on her far cheek and turned her head to face him, he brushed her cheek with one of his fingers

"Liz…"

"I know."

She knew how he felt; she was sure she felt the same. She wasn't sure if she loved him. It was far too early to tell, but she knew the moment she saw him that there was something special about him and not his ATA Gene. John was different to all the men she been close to in the past and her feelings for him were something she was still figure out.

John had suspected for a while Elizabeth knew how he felt about her. He didn't know if she felt the same. She was different from the girls he 'dated' in the past. Those girls were convenient. All of them were attractive, ditzy, not one of them could string a sentence together like Elizabeth. Elizabeth was the first women he'd felt feelings for, and not just because she was hot. She was caring, considerate. She worried more about other people then herself. That's what he loved about her. He was definitely feeling more then a crush.

The two of them stared at each other. John placed the hand she was holding on her other cheek and gently placed his lips on hers.

Fin…?

Possibly adding a final chapter. Does it need it?