Title: The Time Traveler's Wife
Genre: Romance
Rating: T
Pairing: Hiro x OC
Spoilers: N/A
Summary: "Yes, that's right. You're going. You've been gone for ages. You're already gone. You're still here. You've just arrived. I haven't even met you yet. It all depends on who you are and how you look at it. Strange business, time."
Word Count: 495
Warnings: N/A

Disclaimer: Not mine. Summary belongs to Doctor Who.

A/N: I am pretending Heroes: Reborn doesn't exist.

- without his clothes.

When he reappears, naked, cold, annoyed with himself, he thinks, very clearly, that maybe this was a sign that he should have just stayed in bed. In bed in precisely what year he didn't know, but bed nonetheless. But he can't stand here and think about it for too long, he was naked.

Luckily, he had a very specific place and time in mind when he had teleported this time. His apartment in Los Angeles, a few months after the fireworks show. Unluckily, he had appeared on his landing, not inside the apartment. With a sigh, and the thought that is was very likely that at least one of his neighbors was probably looking out their window, he vanished, and reappeared inside. Maybe he could just ignore that neighbor when they inevitably asked about what they had seen. Maybe they would forget it.

Right now, he didn't have time to deal with any of that. Showering and then dressing, he sat down on the bed to pull on his shoes, hurrying to get to the comic book store. With a glance at the clock, he knew that Jamie would be getting off work in a few minutes. So he disappeared from the apartment at 4:43 and reappeared outside Comics Straight to You at 5:00 on the nose. So promptly that when the backdoor swung open, Jamie, coming out, walked directly into him, screaming in shock.

"Hiro! What the – "

Whatever else she was going to say came out muffled against Hiro's mouth as he pressed their lips together. She stood frozen for a long moment, shock still surging through her, before she relaxed. When he pulled away, she blinked her eyes open, hazy and once again calm. "What in the world was that about?"

"I love you."

Her mouth fell open in surprise, even as her cheeks bloomed with warmth. "What – "

"I've been wanting to tell you for," he smiled ruefully, "a lifetime, it seems. And I couldn't wait anymore." He is suddenly shy. "Um, I know we've only been together for a few months, but – "

"I love you, too." When he glances at her, her eyes are as wide as time, seemingly as surprised as he was that she had blurted that out. Her cheeks are a brilliant red. "Um, yeah."

His grin is blinding, but only for a moment, because in the next, he is kissing her again, and imaging their wedding and their children and their entire life together.