Title: Two choices, One option

Author: lizparker6
Prompt byladykaru: Prison Break. Michael/Sara. Michael cheers Sara up when she's sad.
Rating: PG

Pairing: Michael/Sara

Genre: angst, romance, fluff
Spoilers(!): Season 4, 4x10 – The Legend
Word Count: Again, exactly 250 Words *gives herself a high five*
Warnings: A/N: Hasn't been betaed, so feel free to let me know if I did some heinous mistakes .

Ladykaru: I know that you may have expected something more lighter than this, and I am sorry it didn't turn out completely that way, but I hope you will enjoy it nevertheless. I wrote it especially for you, out of my heart. *hugs you tight*

Two choices, One option

They sit in silence, her boat for once feeling more like a mental jail rather than their sanctuary. They need to talk. It's official now; Michael is gravely ill. It's a raw, painfully exposing fact, and there is no way they can avoid it anymore.

Michael knows she expects him to talk first. She has already done her part, gave him his options. Now, it's his turn to talk.

He has two options. Either he tells her he will have the operation tomorrow, or he tells her he is willing to take the risks and continue their work until they are done.

He knows his answer, and he suspects so does she. There was never another way, the choice being just an illusion arising from their despair.

And all of a sudden, Michael knows they actually don't need to have this conversation at all. Everything is already decided for them, no matter how desperate they wish to have a real saying in this. They simply don't.

So Michael chooses to use their limited time otherwise. He turns towards Sara, a light smile touching his lips.

"So…you told the triage nurse you were my wife?"

She gives him an incredulous look yet chuckles lightly despite herself, color creeping into her cheeks. She understands. And she accepts the challenge.

"Why, did you mind?" She flirtatiously utters back.

"No." He takes her hand into his. "I only regret it's not the truth." She smiles softly, squeezing his hand in return.

"So do I."

XXX

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