"I miss the sound of your voice
And I miss the rush of your skin
And I miss the still of the silence
As you breathe out and I breathe in…
…I miss the sound of your voice
Loudest thing in my head
And I ache to remember
All the violent, sweet
Perfect words that you said"
- Matt Nathanson ("Come On Get Higher")
This is where she belongs. This is where she is happiest. This is where she is safest. This is her home. Inside Danny Messer's warm and loving embrace. Inhaling his intoxicating scent. Feeling the tickle of his breath on her ear. Sending shivers down her spine. Electrifying her by his mere presence. There is no outer world. There is only her. And there is only him.
What should be simple is made difficult as her wounded, romantic heart savagely battles with her logical, scientific head. Her heart believes all of the promises he has made but her head tells her that they are empty words. Her heart feels complete with him but her head questions if she completes him. Her heart proclaims that she loves him but her head will not allow her say the words out loud.
Yet, in spite her inner turmoil, she at least knows that this much is true. She can't even make it through twenty four hours without him, how is supposed to make it through the rest of her life? Therein lays her answer. She cannot. And she will not.
She releases her grip on his shirt and gingerly lifts her head from his chest. She searches his eyes as he tenderly wipes the tears from her face. He gives her a lopsided grin that she knows is reserved only for her. Before her head can react, she snakes her arms around his neck and pulls him in for a gentle kiss.
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A/N - While I'm still not overjoyed with Danny and what he did to our lovely heroine, I felt compelled to throw him a bone after watching him in 5.17 ("Green Piece"). But don't expect a happy fairy tale ending from me just yet, dear reader...