(A/N: So so so so sorry for the long wait, but this fic is finally done. Standard disclaimers apply. The song is by Colin Rays. Please take the time to review.)1

When BJ and Charles finally got back from their RR, Hawkeye and I finally set off for some much needed time for ourselves. We were hopefully going to figure out just exactly where we were as friends, and as a couple.

But a hail of gun fire stopped us from ever getting to Soul. We took shelter in an old abandon hut that looked as if though someone had just recently lived in it. Although we were worried about someone coming back and finding us here, we knew we had no choice but to stay.

"You know it's no that bad," he said holding me closer to him as we sat huddled on the floor.

He was right, I knew, but I didn't say as much. He knew how I felt about this, seeing as how we been in this situation before. Smiling I knew that this was going to be the last time I let him drive.

"What's so funny," he asked a smiling as well.

"I'm just thinking that this is the last time I let you drive."

He laughs, but it's quiet so as not to let anyone know that we are here.

"Come on Margaret my driving isn't that bad," he said.

The shelling and gunfire gets louder outside, shaking madly now, he leans in closer to me and started to sing.

You've been my best friend all these years
You've kept holding on to me through all the trials and the tears
Only you and I could know all the sacrifices
That let this feeling grow
There were so many times we could have said goodbye
We could have called it quits but honey you and I

I think back to all of those times that Hawkeye and I fought all of the years. There were just so many wasted years that neither of us could let go of our differences to see who the other really was. But then the war isn't exactly a good place to be starting a relationship. I was living proof of that.

We're survivors we made through the storm
When I've needed shelter I've found it in your arms
Survivors in love enough to fight
Together in this thing for life

But we did, we did make it through those first awkward years and now finally found a comfortable place where we can just be ourselves, and maybe even explore something new. Resting my head on his shoulder, I let his soft voice take me to a place where it was just me and him.

There were times I lost my mind
Took some wrong turns you got me back in line
There were times you lost control
But I stood by you I loved you heart and soul

When faith was tested and dreams were fading fast
We held each other close until the rain had passed

I nearly laughed at how true his words were, and how a place like this just made relationships all the worse to hold. But thinking about it, I think that maybe, we would have a good chance of having something real, something that would last.

We're survivors we made through the storm
When I've needed shelter I've found it in your arms
Survivors in love enough to fight
Together in this thing for life

For life, does he really mean that?

A little time and tenderness
Has seen us through the years
We'll still be side by side
When the final smoke has cleared

Long after the gunfire had stopped we made our way back out into the world again, relieved to find our jeep in one piece.

And making it to the hotel, and getting the same room, I finally asked Hawkeye where this was going. He gathered me close in his arms, and rocking me back and forth, started, again, to sing.

We're survivors we made through the storm
When I've needed shelter I've found it in your arms
Survivors in love enough to fight
Together in this thing for life
Together in this thing for life

By the time he was finished, we were both crying, but no words needed to be said. The song had said it all.

End

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