It had been like any other day really except the previous night he'd saved her from a rapist and possible killer all he wanted was to hold her and tell her how much he'd been grateful she was okay.
Watching the dog give birth was the moment he needed, they were the last ones left and he moved to knell next to her as she looked at the little fluff balls that had just been born he'd revealed to her about how he'd fantasised about saving her
'Really?' her response sent shivers down his spine as he watched her hand reach across them as it brushed against his bruised lip asking how it felt as she instinctively leant in and met his lips in a soft kiss as he kissed her back it was just how he'd imagined her lips feeling soft and tender with her distinct sweet taste but it was cut short by the big galoot named Nick Shultz.
There had been so many times since then they would have had the opportunity, but she'd told him it was best if they stayed friends and colleagues the worst mistake she'd made because now she was setting them both up for heartbreak he'd accepted it of course like you do he didn't want to lose his best friend over a kiss if that's all it was until they were tasked with helping catch a released con whom was married to the woman sharing Wayne's bed.
There was kissing involved there too but this time it was different, it was awkward and in a very compromising position if it were to turn him on the way he kissed her was nothing like the one she remembered being as there first this one was more forced and had a sense of let's get this over with to it he'd made some joke and she threatened to shoot him until she got the brilliant idea of kissing him deeply to see how he'd react
'What was that?' he said surprised
'Just getting into character' she laughed as he moved in towards her again the radio crackled to life breaking them into professional mode.
It didn't take him long to move on none the less with her friend and roommate Gina, she'd thought there was something between them but the fact that he couldn't even keep his pants on just made her realise he wasn't going to change he was a man-whore and he loved it
'Hi…' he stood there with a dopey smile.
They'd pursued things Gina and him after what she thought was a one-night stand turned into something more and it broke her heart seeing him do things with Gina that she so desperately wished he could do with her and she couldn't help but continually imagining his lips against hers every now and then she caught herself running her fingers along her bottom lip,
and before she knew it Gina wasn't hanging around anymore and he was focusing all his attention on her again she was happy but constantly having to listen to Gina complain about PJ was doing her head in so she found herself hanging out at the Imperial more and more anything to be close to him.
He couldn't help but feel extremely guilty the whole thing was his idea, she'd been failing her classes and he suggested a tutor he'd figured that if she did find one he'd be old, grey, married and have like 10 Grandkids but he didn't.
Somehow she'd found one who was young, good looking, smart everything PJ didn't see in himself something he knew Maggie would be immediately interested in and to his aching heart she was, she began spending all of her not 'work time' with Roman Kellerman at his farm just outside of Widgeree.
He was jealous it was plainly obvious to see especially to her he'd become an overprotective, annoyingly over the top detective he'd stuck his nose in her business did a background check on her so called 'Perfect' boyfriend it came up trumps the bastard was Married! A fight or a disagreement? No it was much worse he'd wanted to protect her she'd deserved to know the truth the only thing he wasn't counting on was her reaction she'd gone off the wagon screamed, yelled, called him names and put their so called friendship on the table
'You just couldn't wait to tell me, could you!' she spat at him
'I thought you'd want to know! Obviously I was wrong' she was so angry and he could see that but he just couldn't let her leave not like this following her he placed a hand on her arm she spun around and wacked him one causing him to fall backwards as she took it as her opportunity to escape.
He'd done a runner the bastard!
A fight with her best friend, a few abusive words were thrown even some punches and she'd not been given the opportunity to say sorry if he'd stuck around she would have immediately apologised but he hadn't and she couldn't help but feel to blame for him taking off
'PJ in?' she asked Nick hopefully moving towards his office
'Ah no he's gone' he replied as she continued into his office closing the door behind her sitting at his desk she sadly looked around.
He was her best friend and once a possible lover things were always so complicated between them and it didn't need to be both of them just as stubborn as one another was one thing that drifted them apart and if she was being honest with herself she'd never truly given her heart to a man except for PJ the only problem...
He just didn't know he already had the keys to it there'd been so many times she'd just wanted to blurt it out tell him she'd been a fool and would do anything to take back the time they missed out on and now she may never get the chance if he decided to not come back.
This was not how he expected his day to go although the company was much welcomed he'd truly never imagined they'd been buried alive; she'd become unrecognizable after it had happened frantically looking around for a way out as he tried to calm her she'd turned around slapped him across the face he could only just see the fear in her eyes from the small light coming through the opening
'We're going to be okay' he whispered as she looked at him sadly her body crumbling as he pulled her into a hug the tears slowly hitting against his dirt covered shirt.
After settling in for the night they'd spoken about things, about why she'd joined the Academy, why she had reacted the way she had and the next morning they'd talked some more where they'd finally revealed how they were feeling for each other
'Maybe… Maybe she didn't know what a big chance you were prepared to take on her' she answered moving to sit up
'Do you think she understands now?' he asked moving closer to her as she nodded slowly before moving her hand against his cheek.
The feel of his hands running along her arm as he kissed her passionately, minutes earlier they had been discussing something but as soon as her head moved forward to meet his all thoughts were gone from her mind sending it blank only thinking about how good he was going to look underneath his clothes smiling against his lips she ran her hand across his cheek as he began placing butterfly kisses along her face they both frantically started under doing each other's buttons their lips meeting in another more passionate kiss.
The look in her eyes as he ran his hand pulling at her shirt it slipped off her shoulder as he placed tender kisses along the exposed skin sending chills down his spin she now laid there in her bra and he moved to lay down with her, this moment right here was something he'd dreamt of ever since they first overstepped that boundary of 'Friendship' and knew they were meant to be more.
"That is not how this was supposed to go!" she sighed hours later as her head rested against his arm
"Really, it seems to me that it's the only way it was going to happen" he chuckled slightly
"It's not funny, what is everyone going to think" she replied playfully hitting what she thought was his chest
"Ouch! Mags careful with those claws" he sighed moving a hand as he brushed it against his chin
"I can't do this anymore…" she answered as the dark cave was once again filled with light
"What are you doing now?" he asked confused as she moved to sit up her bare back stared him in the face the only piece of clothing being her bra the one thing that hadn't been pulled off in the moment just pushed down to reveal her chest everything else spread around them their jackets covering their lower parts
"I can't do it, I can't go to sleep" she shrugged feeling him move as he sat up next to her
"Mags, I'm right here" he assured her placing a hand on her arm as she reached for her shirt
"I don't want to close my eyes, because I know that when I open them we'll still be trapped down here" she answered as she pulled her shirt on
"I'm right here, we'll do it together" he smiled softly
"PJ… I can't" she sighed looking down at the piece of tarp they were using as a sheet so they weren't lying on dirt
"Hey…" he whispered moving his thumb under her chin as he lifted it slightly to look into her eyes
"At least you've got good company" he joked.
"Yeah" she grinned as she began doing her shirt up
"I know it's a phobia Mags but…"
"It's more than a phobia PJ, I don't do small or confined spaces"
"It's a fear?" he asked knowing what she was trying to say
"I don't… About earlier…" she began saying as she did her last button up
"You're having regrets?" he said sadly as he pulled on his white undershirt the chilly cold air getting to him
"Absolutely not, I just…"
"Mags you know how I feel about you now"
"I just didn't exactly expect it to happen like that" she shrugged
"But…" he began saying
"It was…" she interrupted
"Pretty?"
"Amazing" she grinned as he moved a hand across placing it on her lap
"Was it worth the wait?" he asked sadly
"Honestly?"
"Yeah" he nodded as she finally looked into his eyes he noticed the fright and love mixed within them
"PJ all I ever wanted was you…" she whispered moving a hand across to rest against his cheek
"Mags…"
"I…" she swallowed the lump in her throat
"What is it?" he asked sadly
"I've never really… never said this to anyone but I…"
"Okay…" he said nervously as she pressed a soft kiss against his lips before resting her forehead against his
"I love you Patrick…" she whispered shifting her head to look into his eyes that were glazed over with tears
"Really?" he asked softly
"I've never loved anyone before PJ its…" he cut her off with a passionate kiss
"It's always been you Margaret Doyle" he smiled against her lips as he began undoing the buttons on her shirt again
"PJ…" she moaned slightly as he ran his hand along the inside of her shirt.
Pulling her shirt off with more force than earlier he smiled before moving back to pull his shirt off
"PJ I just put this back on" she held up the crumpled police shirt
"I know but…" he grinned at her as he moved forward running his hands behind her back as he fiddled with her bra clasp
"What are you doing?" she asked softly his breath against her neck as he pulled at the material
"I want to see all of you Mags" he whispered as he met her lips in another kiss he pulled her bra off as he ran his hands back across her stomach towards her chest she moaned against his lips before he moved to lay her back down their jackets shifting from their lower areas as they both laid there completely nude he hovered above her
"A second time?" she grinned as he moved his head down and started kissing at hr neck his hand still roaming her chest
"What you said before Mags…" he answered against her neck as he continued to kiss at it
"Mmm" she mumbled running her hands along his back
"I didn't… I mean I need to…" he stuttered moving his head back above hers
"What?" she asked as he stopped his hand over her heart
"Maggie… My beautiful Margaret" he smiled as she shifted her leg wrapping it around his waist he moved his head down next to hers
"I love you Maggie, I've always loved you" he whispered in her ear as she shifted her head to the side looking into his beautiful blue eyes
"You just…" she began saying
"It's always, always been you Mags I could never love anyone else when you had my heart" he cut her off
"You had mine before I even knew it myself" she smiled meeting his lips in a soft, tender kiss like the first one they shared mumbling against her lips she moaned and nodded slightly as he entered her moving in slow and tantalizing thrusts they broke apart from the kiss as she groaned in pleasure he began kissing along her neck.
8 hours later and they now stood in his office, refreshed fully clothed and Maggie stood near the door for an easy escape
'One more question…' he said sadly as she placed a hand on the doorhandle she looked back at him
'Do you love me?' he asked nervously remembering to the earlier hours when they'd confessed it more than once in the mine shaft
'Yes I do…' she paused and he let out a sigh of relief
'Very much' she continued before exiting his office and slowly closing the door behind him she tried to hold back the tears a few escaped down her cheek she could hear her heart breaking into a thousand pieces and she heard PJ quietly sobbing in his office.
Here's another one shot story for you all.. I seem to do a lot of Sea Patrol so I figured I'd give a different one a go which of course was going to be Blue Heelers lol. BTW this is how I imagined it happening in the mine shaft. I hope whoever reads this enjoys it, let me know what you think! Xx