R: The episode 'Broken on the Wheel of Love' came around again on H&I . And, well, this happened, I really couldn't help myself. Title is another line from the song from that episode, thought it fit rather well. Though I imagine this pairing probably isn't everyone's cup of tea, I still hope you enjoy~

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It wouldn't do Reno any good to know any of the secrets Bobby was hiding.

He could see the heartbreak in Reno. Every time Reno lost someone, which was so much more often than anyone should go through, it was the same and this time was no different. Actually, it was different; this time Reno was visibly suffering not only the loss of someone he had come to love, but her betrayal as well.

And Bobby couldn't do anything but watch him, try to add words of comfort, when his own heart was aching for his partner. He tried to relieve his pain some, just a little, explaining that Jessie Rae had protected him despite her deception. She withheld 'Vince Black's' true identity, when she could have set the police on his tail and made his life just a little bit harder. He tried to offer Reno that bit of hope, that maybe some of the feelings she had had for him were real.

Bobby didn't have the heart to tell him that she only hid his identity because he had put the fear of God into her.

It wouldn't do any good for Reno to know anyway. If knowing Jessie Rae hadn't betrayed him that much further relieved some of his pain, Bobby would let him believe it.

The only thing he wished was that he could take away all his anguish. He wanted Reno to have his life back, to not have to run anymore, to always know where he would be spending the next night, where his next meal was coming from. He wanted him to have love.

And a selfish part of Bobby wanted to be the only one to give all of that to Reno.

The bounty hunter pushed those thoughts- those impossible thoughts- out of his mind as he watched his partner leaving to lose himself in the wind. Robert, leaning heavily against the stage in the quaint little theater, looked down at his shoes instead of shouting out for Reno to stop. He knew that if he did, he would just say more than he should- again. He would regret what he wanted to say, just like he did the night before when he had let his feelings, his /jealousy/, get the better of him and turn his words hurtful.

So, he let Reno go, secretly wishing he could give him the love he deserved. Love that wouldn't break his heart because he was too dangerous to be around, or because it was a convenient way to manipulate him. However, it was a love that Bobby feared Reno couldn't return.

So Bobby would keep doing what he was doing. He would protect Reno as best he could, try to heal his heart and whatever other wounds might arise, help him regain the life that had been snatch from him.

It wouldn't do him any good to know the secret Bobby was hiding.