Title: As Long As It Takes
Disclaimer: Not my characters.
A/N: For Amanda, who asked for anything pretender.



You could love her, you think, if she would let you. She may even be able to love you. You know she cares about you. She even trusts you, to a point.

But she evades your questions about the mail, doesn't discuss her job with you and refuses to tell you her first name.

Still, you have an image in your head of her belly swollen with your child, so you keep fighting. You will win her heart, you decide, even if it takes forever.

And when she smiles at you, you realize there's no could. You already love her.