Title: Young Ones
Author: jennidinorobot
Fandom: CSI:Miami
Pairing: Ryan Wolfe/Maxine Valera
Author's Note: X-Posted at
ships50 Prompt #1-Young.
He had offered to take her to the beach. Work had been stressful and it had become a habit of his. To take her away, give a lame excuse to Horatio, and drag her to his car to drive a couple miles to the nearest beach. She had always hated when he would drag her off, but relished quietly in the care he really gave her. She would never tell him that she loved it when he would take her to the soft sands and loud waves.
It had started again, a large workload-Ryan secretly promising Horatio he would help her when they came back-and that had been it. He had walked into her lab, took her lab coat off as he walked her out and once again, brought her to the calm. She had hesitantly enjoyed the outing, to Ryan’s delight, especially when a stray dog came over to where they sat together on the sand.
He had never seen her so happy before until that moment. She had gotten a small stick and begun to play with the dog, all smiles and laughter. He joined her in her playing. They raced and laughed, threw and teased. He had never felt so young before. A feeling of glee and excitement. He had never seen her look like she had at that before; her head thrown back with laughter, her eyes bright with childish glee. She looked so young so carefree and stress less.
He vowed to spend more time at the beach with her, for, he loved the feeling of being eight again, swinging across monkey bars, and seeing how her face transformed into a young seven year old girl just discovering swings.
Feeling so young, yet, wise amongst their years.