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Rapunzel was watching Alex sleep again. She seemed to be doing a lot of that lately. She had been babying him since they'd gotten back to the bar, and thanking God silently during every moment of it that he was around to baby. Tears welled again at the thought of how close he had come to not coming back at all.

They had been brought back to the bar by Cait, and dumped somewhat unceremoniously through the door; Rapunzel had been in a daze. Alex had passed out soon after returning, and so she had enlisted the help of a kind red haired witch who levitated him gently up to her room. He had never even stirred Rapunzel had undressed him and cleaned him up as best she could.

He was still sleeping, but she was sure it was just sleep now, and not something more sinister.

She brushed a lock of hair off of his forehead, and leaned down to kiss it.

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"I kinda suspected, sometimes. But it wasn't till it would seem to slip out one in a while. A word here or there, something I bet you didn't notice. Which is how the truth always comes out.

"And..." He pulls her close. "And how you reacted, there. I kinda knew then."

"I'm sorry I hid it from you. You deserved to know--I was just afraid."

She rests her head on his shoulder, stretching out beside him.

"I guess sometimes it just got too big to hold in."

"Same here. On both counts. I was sorta scared. I still am, to be honest. It's still kinda new for me." He won't tell her that he's never told anyone he loves her before. Or that at some level, like some many men, he wasn't sure about the idea of commitment. But he can at least let her know what he's feeling.

"But one of the things we have is honesty. I mean, I am the Seeker of Truth, right?"

"That you are. Does that make me your faithful sidekick?"

Joking aside, she feels like a weight has been lifted.

"I haven't been in love for centuries...it's kind of new for me, too. I guess we take things one day at a time for now, huh?"

He thinks but only for a second. And smiles at his love. "Yeah, I guess so. Which is how I usually take things. We've been doing well so far, anyway.

"And you are not my sidekick. You are my partner in crime. Or crimefighting. The Seeker and the...the Princess of Honesty? Or whould that be Queen, or Countess?"

And that smile? In part it's because the idea that she'd fall for him when there was no one else for that long makes him feel like he is something really special.

"Partner in crime or crime fighting...whichever one suits best at the time. I'll pass on the royal title, unless it gets me special privileges."

She shifts a little beside him him, and reaches down to pull a spoon from the tray from under her hip.

"I think I've ruined most of your breakfast."

"Oh, any and all pseical privileges you're gonna get from me anyway." He kisses her, of course. "Though some will have to wait till I'm a little better.

"As for breakfast...maybe in a while we can walk downstairs and I'll see how my leg is doing? I think I'm ready for people again." And Raps should be able to tell that he's still not quite himself from that comment.

"Dinner and dancing in Paris will definitely have to wait. Breakfast in the bar we might be able to manage, as long as you don't over do it."

She's probably going to be bossy for a while; their adventure in Bahamut had scared the hell out of her, and she isn't eager to let him out of her sight until she knows he's strong enough.

"We have to get you up and around so you can run rings around those kids you're supposed to be mentoring back in Gotham."

"I meant it about Paris, ladylove. We can afford it. We deserve it." He slowly pushes himself off the bed. It hurts, but not very much.

"But I'm staying here until those kids don't ask any questions about why I'm limping or need a cane." And he does, though he's gamely pretending he can walk without one for a moment.

She smiles and shakes her head.

"You'll be up and about in no time. And if anyone asks why you're limping and grin at them and say it's my fault."

"Paris sounds nice, but it's just being alone with you that's the real treat."

He just keeps smiling. This, he notes, is how it should be, and heck with the pain in his leg.

"You are incorrigable, you know that?" He looks for his clothes, even as a thought occurs to him.

"Raps, how are you doing? Since we got back, I mean."

She sobers a little. "I'm doing better, now that you're doing better. I was so worried about you, I haven't had time to worry much else. I think I'm all right."

She finds his clothes for him, and begins helping him get dressed.

"I don't think I've gotten much sleep, but that's something I can catch up on."

"I have an idea," he says a bit quietly. "Let me do a little worrying about you? And a little taking care of you? I think that what you're supposed to do when you love someone."

She pauses in handing him a cheerful Hawaiian shirt, her eyes filling a little again.

"I promise the next time I get shot, you can take as much care of me as you want."

She puts a hand to his cheek.

"We're quite a pair."

"Aren't we?" He smiles, but sees the tears. Wow, he thinks, she really does love me that much. Wow.

"But I have much better idea. How about neither of us ever get shot again? And we take care of each other anyway?"

He buttons his shirt and then slowly puts on his pants and shoes. This is the hard part, and even with the bandage over the wound, it hurts.

"That sounds like the best plan, yet."

She kneels down in front of him, shooing his hands away and helping him with his shoes.

Shew walks to the corner and retrieves an impressively carved cane/walking stick.

"I got this from the bar earlier. We'll take the elevator down, too."

"There's an elevator?" Well, of course there would be, but he's never thought about it.

He studies the walking stick. "Oooh, nice. All I need is a bowler hat and I can be just like John Steed. Only you are prettier than even Emma Peel." That's how much in love he is. He's forgotten even his boyhood crush.(And should he ever chance to meet Ms. Peel in the Bar, he might go all fanboy, but Emma will just have to get over her disappointment that he's off the market.)

"Shall we get some breakfast, my love?"

She grins at him, and take is other arm, in case he needs to lean a bit.

"Let's."

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