Author's Note - here's a quick little epilogue to wrap up this story, including scenes from Harvey and Donna's wedding, and their life together. The last couple paragraphs turned out much sappier than I expected, but hope you enjoy regardless!

They expressed their love for one another in simple ways; the soft way they spoke one another's name, the simple "I love you" that started and ended every day, and the quick, reassuring touches they shared as they passed one another in the hallways at the firm - his hand on her back, her's finding his bicep.

So when it came to wedding vows, they were planning on going the traditional route, because they both understood that sometimes the meaning behind the words was more important than the words themselves. But, after heavy campaigning from Mike and Rachel, their ever-persistent Best Man and Matron of Honor, they decided to write their own. They finally caved after Mike pointed out that their wedding day was the perfect day to tell the other person everything - every thought that had ever crossed their mind about how much they love, adore, and admire the person they're about to marry.

At his first glimpse of Donna walking down the aisle towards him, Harvey couldn't have been more glad they'd decided to write their own vows, because there was so much he wanted to say to her. She was walking down the aisle alone for the same reason Harvey hadn't asked for her father's permission before asking her to marry him - she was her own woman who made her own decisions, not a commodity to be passed from one man to the next. As her father greeted her at the end of the aisle with a kiss to her cheek, he knew that Mike and Rachel had been right about the vows, because all he was feeling in that moment couldn't come close to being captured in those generic traditional vows. This woman was anything but generic.

Before he spoke, Harvey took her hands in each of his and looked into her eyes. Reflected back at him was everything he was feeling - he saw every ounce of his own love, commitment, and adoration in her eyes, and if he wasn't already completely in love with her, he'd have fallen head over heels in that moment.

Donna, I can't tell you the number of times I've seen you - walking the halls of the firm solving a million problems at once, through the glass walls of my office as you sat at your desk, and in a hundred other situations - and thought to myself 'how did I get so lucky to know such a remarkable woman?' But it was a couple years ago, holding you close and dancing together at our best friends' wedding that I knew just how I loved you. The sense of peace and comfort I felt in your arms was unlike anything I'd felt before. You are my home, my best friend, the love of my life. You are the only person I want to start and end every day with. When something good happens, you're the person I want to celebrate with, and when something bad happens, you're who I want to comfort me. I am so in love with you, Donna, and I can't wait to love you more and more every day for the rest of my life. I still don't know what I did to deserve you, but I promise you that I will spend every day of my life working hard to be a man worthy of the love and admiration that comes from a woman as remarkable as you.

Donna was so moved by his words, happy tears threatening to spill down her cheeks as he finished speaking, and for a moment she forgot that it was her turn to speak. She felt him drop one of her hands before the pad of his thumb wiped a tear that had fallen to her cheek. Returning his hand to hers, he gave it an encouraging squeeze. With a deep breath and a wide smile, she started to speak.

Harvey, from the day I met you, I've always had faith in you. Faith in you to do the right thing, make the right decision, and take care of the people around you. I have faith in you to protect me, because I've seen you do it so many times. I have loved you for so long, and I am so proud of the man you've worked to become, and I'd like to think I've grown alongside of you over the years. I feel safe when I'm with you, but you also make me feel invincible - like I can tackle any challenge, solve any problem. I love that you believe in me as much as I believe in you, as much as I have faith in you. You are everything I could ever need - you're kind, you're generous, you make me laugh out loud, and you love me - even at my worst. Sometimes I'm overwhelmed by how much you love me, but I hope you know that I love you just as much. With everything that I am, and I promise I'll love you even more with each day we spend together - for the rest of our lives. You and me, we're a team - and I can't be me without you.

Donna's words brought tears to the corners of Harvey's eyes, Mike and Rachel both smiling and wiping a stray tear from their eyes as they looked on from either side. When they kissed for the first time as a married couple, their guests clapped, each one sporting a grin a mile wide. The love between Donna and Harvey was so evident to everyone in attendance, most of them having witnessed it for years, and the happiness the couple felt in that moment was absolutely infectious.

He spun her around on the dance floor at the reception as the music changed from the instrumental saxophone of his dad's band to Everything by Michael Bublé. They'd spent most of the evening moving around the dance floor because, like Harvey had said in his vows, home wasn't a place - it was the feeling they had in one another's arms.

He pulled her closer to him as the song continued, singing the words to her under his breath.

And I can't believe that I'm your man

And I get to kiss you baby just because I can

Whatever comes our way

We'll see it though

And you know that's what our love can do

She pulled back her head that had been resting on his shoulder to look in his eyes. After giving him a quick kiss, just because she could, she sang along with him.

And in this crazy life

And through these crazy times

It's you, it's you

You make me sing

You're every line

You're every word

You're everything

It became a tradition that, on each anniversary, they would give each other a hand written letter. They'd argue about how that tradition came to be for the entirety of their marriage, but the thing they agreed upon was the fact that the letters were always the highlight of the day. Every year, they'd exchange them in the morning and read them over their coffee. There was no formula to the letters, and the contents varied from year to year. For their third anniversary, Donna told Harvey what an amazing father he was becoming, and listed all the ways she fell in love with him all over again as she watched him interact with their daughter, who was eight months old at the time. On their seventh anniversary, Harvey told Donna all about her idiosyncrasies he'd observed over the years - how she always had to have the TV volume on an even number, the way she tapped her four color bic pen against her desk when she'd had too much coffee - and how each one just made him love her more.

As they grew older, the letters became more reflective - reflective of the memories shared working at the firm, raising their children, and living life by each other's side. On their 30th anniversary, weeks before their eldest daughter's graduation from law school, Donna told him how proud she was of everything he'd accomplished in her career, and how her heart still fluttered every time she walked by his name on the wall at the firm. For their 35th, days after the birth of their first grandchild, Harvey told Donna his favorite things about raising children together, and how much of her he saw in each of them.

Harvey passed away just after their 53rd anniversary and after Donna's funeral, 6 years later, their children found the letters - carefully stored in chronological order in two boxes at the bottom of their closet. They smiled when they saw that Donna had added one to Harvey's box for each of the anniversaries she'd spent alone. They'd known they existed, but had never read a single one before. They spent hours on the floor of the closet, reading each letter through tears and laughter as they remembered their parents - thinking, not for the first time, how lucky they had been to be raised by two people who so clearly adored one another.

A/N - and that's a wrap on this one - thanks for reading, and as always, leave a review and let me know your thoughts!