Authors note: oh lord! So much for daily updates...sorry about the wait! Had real life things among others to deal with..but everything seems to be okay now! Anyways..here we go with another bit! Enjoy...same disclaimers as always!

Theme 20: Fortitude

Nick admired Crystal, secretly of course. Her unwavering faith in them, her courage in the face of everything they were fighting against, all of it. He admired her more than he ever had anyone else. Her strong will at times was what kept him going, not that he would ever admit it. Her fortitude was one of the first things to get his attention, even back when he first thought her annoying and a pain in his ass. But now...it was one of the things he loved most about her, and one of many as to why he loved her period.

He would probably never tell her this of course, but he would definitely think about it when times got tough to keep himself going.

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