How Far We've Come
Disclaimer: Let's play a game. Guess what doesn't belong to me?
Challenge: Touch
Timeframe: During Crown and Punishment
Ships: Rose/Mack
Summary: She felt his heart beat for the first time.
He opened his eyes slowly and sat up, taking in the room around him. The others were smiling at him and he swore they'd never looked any happier. "What are you looking at?" he asked.
Rose and Ronny's eyes were filled with tears. "You," Ronny answered, "You're alive."
"Of course I'm alive. My heads' pounding and my heart's going a mile a minute." 'Wait a minute,' Mack thought, 'My heart?' "I can feel my heart." He hugged his father and then scrambled to the middle of the base to where his friends were waiting, cheering loudly. "Feel it, Rose," he said excitedly, grabbing her hand and placing it on his chest.
She grinned at him, shocked, and then let her tears fall. "Oh Mack," Rose murmured, "That's great."
"Don't cry." Mack raised his hand to her face and wiped her tears, "Smile for me. I love your smile."
And suddenly it didn't matter that the rest of the team, Spencer and his father were there. She did as he'd asked and grabbed his face in her hands. Still smiling she touched her lips to his.