I Hold You Here
By: Amy "AnnieO" Hanna

  You came into my life, so small… so helpless… so willing to trust. You asked nothing of me, yet I would give my life for you without a second thought. It is so hard to describe the feelings that captured my heart I was never prepared for this. War…death…hate, these things I knew and understood. 

  How do you explain love to someone who had never known the sweet feeling of a Mother’s loving arms the sound of a father’s prideful voice. To have a kind voice when the darkness invades the small piece of sanctuary that a blanket offers against the monsters in the shadows. I had none of these things, and now here I am holding someone who is so innocent… so naive to the evils of this world. Someone who will depend on me to provide the love, protection, praise… is it possible? Can someone learn to love this late in life?

  Can I?

  I don’t know what I did to deserve you, but I can promise you this. I will never turn away when you need me. I will never deny you anything that may better your life. I will catch you when you fall. I will chase off the monsters in the shadows. I will listen, I will learn, I will trust. I will do all that you ask of me, and more. 

  I cannot promise that I will not make mistakes, we will walk through this life together and I will learn as you teach. The only guarantee I can make you, my love, as I hold you here, is that I will love you till the end of time and beyond.

  “Shane?” Niko said quietly from the doorway, “Come to bed. He’ll be awake again soon enough.”

  Shane glanced up from the small bundle in his arms to the person that claimed the other half of his soul. “I’ll be there in a minute.” He whispered, as he slowly rose so not to wake the sleeping bundle, and gently placed it in the crib. 

  Shane Gooseman, former Supertrooper…killer, knelt down and placed a gentle kiss on the small form in the crib, and with a finial feather light touch to his cheek turned to leave the room.

  “Good night, Nick.”

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