Fic: About Damn Time (Doggett/Reyes)
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xfirefly9xTitle: About Damn Time
Fandom: The X Files
Characters: Doggett/Reyes
Prompt: #008 Time
Word Count: 404
Rating: T+
Summary: "I've been waiting for you too long and nothing has happened."
Notes: Written for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
10_fics. 1/5/09.
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mini_miss.
"John," she says softly, looking into his eyes with the most sombre expression he's ever seen her wear (bar only the moment when they found his son). "I can't do this anymore. It's too much."
His heart plummets in his chest to depths he is certain he won't be able to rescue it from. He should have seen this coming. He'd known it was only a matter of time before she left him. That's what she was undoubtedly going to do - leave him. What else would she be so serious about?
He can't make his mouth move to form any words, let alone the ones he desperately wants to say to her. (Don't go. Don't leave me.)
He can't breathe.
"I've been waiting for you too long and nothing has happened."
The words are beginning to blur in his mind like menacing grey clouds chasing each other across the sky, graceful and deadly in their journey. They gnaw at the empty cavity where his heart fell from, widening the gap and making him vulnerable to the outside world.
"I'm not waiting for you any longer."
There. She's said it, he tells himself. She's going to leave him alone to face the world without her. She's going to move on and she'll live with somebody else the life that he should be living with her. She's given up on him. He's run out of time.
He prepares for the final blow, the last cutting words to tear him down. He waits for her to say she's found someone, someone else, someone better. Someone who's not scared like he is of freefalling into a serious relationship with her.
The words don't come.
Instead, Monica reaches for his hands and places them on her waist. She looks into his eyes as if asking for permission and when she sees a glimmer of understanding, her lips crash onto his. Her tongue seeks entrance and he opens his mouth in response.
When they break away some time later, they are both breathing heavily.
He finally manages to string a few words together and rests his forehead against her.
"Wow...uh... I know this is kinda late, but I really care about you, Monica. A lot. You're the best thing that's happened to me in a long while."
Smiling softly, she rolls her eyes and as his lips descend upon hers, she mutters, "About damn time!"
He couldn’t have agreed more.
Fandom: The X Files
Characters: Doggett/Reyes
Prompt: #008 Time
Word Count: 404
Rating: T+
Summary: "I've been waiting for you too long and nothing has happened."
Notes: Written for
10_fics. 1/5/09.Beta:
mini_miss."John," she says softly, looking into his eyes with the most sombre expression he's ever seen her wear (bar only the moment when they found his son). "I can't do this anymore. It's too much."
His heart plummets in his chest to depths he is certain he won't be able to rescue it from. He should have seen this coming. He'd known it was only a matter of time before she left him. That's what she was undoubtedly going to do - leave him. What else would she be so serious about?
He can't make his mouth move to form any words, let alone the ones he desperately wants to say to her. (Don't go. Don't leave me.)
He can't breathe.
"I've been waiting for you too long and nothing has happened."
The words are beginning to blur in his mind like menacing grey clouds chasing each other across the sky, graceful and deadly in their journey. They gnaw at the empty cavity where his heart fell from, widening the gap and making him vulnerable to the outside world.
"I'm not waiting for you any longer."
There. She's said it, he tells himself. She's going to leave him alone to face the world without her. She's going to move on and she'll live with somebody else the life that he should be living with her. She's given up on him. He's run out of time.
He prepares for the final blow, the last cutting words to tear him down. He waits for her to say she's found someone, someone else, someone better. Someone who's not scared like he is of freefalling into a serious relationship with her.
The words don't come.
Instead, Monica reaches for his hands and places them on her waist. She looks into his eyes as if asking for permission and when she sees a glimmer of understanding, her lips crash onto his. Her tongue seeks entrance and he opens his mouth in response.
When they break away some time later, they are both breathing heavily.
He finally manages to string a few words together and rests his forehead against her.
"Wow...uh... I know this is kinda late, but I really care about you, Monica. A lot. You're the best thing that's happened to me in a long while."
Smiling softly, she rolls her eyes and as his lips descend upon hers, she mutters, "About damn time!"
He couldn’t have agreed more.
