Turbulent Times - Chapter Two: A Window Would be Nice
Title: Turbulent Times - Chapter Two: A Window Would be Nice
Author: ginnyweasley777 hannah_ward
Pairing: Matt/Emily
Word Count: approx 1027 words
Genre: Angst, Drama, Fluff, General, Humour, Romance
Warnings: Sexual Situations
Rating: PG-13
Setting: Alternate Universe, post series 4
Summary: Matt and Emily are in love, they just don't know it yet. Follows Matt and Emily's relationship after she returns from Victorian London.
Author's Notes: Here's chapter two a little later than promised but real life had to come first. Hope you enjoy. Chapter three should be up soon although I have been bitten by another Matt / Emily plot bunny, probably a one-shot, that I'm also working on.
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to the wonderful people who make and show Primeval. I own nothing and receive no profit from this. This is for entertainment purposes only.
# I watched Matt from across the room as I listened to Jess and Becker talking. He’d said that he’d missed me. He’d wanted me to come back to this time.
I was glad I’d come back and I didn’t feel anything but relief that Henry was dead. I hadn’t believed Matt at first when he’d told me that Henry was going to have me taken to Bedlam Hospital and I certainly hadn’t thought that he’d try to kill me. No, it was better this way, however callous that made me seem.
“Go on, I’m sure you’ve got lots to talk about,” said Jess, pulling me from my thoughts.
I smiled my thanks at her and walked over to Matt, nerves beginning to creep into me. He smiled when I stopped in front of him.
“Can we talk?” I asked.
“Sure,” he replied, leading me into an empty office and closing the door. The silence was peaceful rather than awkward. “Listen, about your husband, I’m-”
“Don’t,” I said, interrupting him, “he meant nothing to me. He was a man who would have me committed to a hospital because I marred his perfect image.” I paused and took a deep breath. “Can I ask you something?”
“Anything,” replied Matt, leaning casually against the wall.
“Why did you find out what happened, would have happened to me?”
Matt pushed off from the wall and walked towards me. “Abby found out but I chose to open the envelope,” he said purposefully. He stopped in front of me and took my hand.
“Why?” I asked. His eyes met mine.
“Because I couldn’t live without knowing. I couldn‘t live without knowing if I‘d made the right decision by sending you back.”
“And did you?” I asked quietly. “Make the right decision, I mean?”
“No,” replied Matt earnestly, “I didn’t. Can you forgive me?”
“There’s nothing to forgive,” I whispered before I reached up and kissed him.
There was no desperation this time, just certainty. The certainty that no matter what the future held we each had someone to rely on and something that we could both hold on to.
When we separated I laid my head against Matt’s chest, his strong arms surrounding me. It felt safe, something I hadn’t felt since I was a child. It felt right.
“Come on,” Matt murmured, “lets go and see Lester about you officially existing in this time.”
I raised my head and looked up at him. “Do I get a window?” I asked lightly.
“Yeah, in fact my place has got plenty of windows,” replied Matt dryly. “It could be permanent too, if you like.”
“That will take some getting used to, but yes, I’d like that. Thank you.”
“Come on then, lets go and see him.”
***
Matt navigated our way through the ARC to Lester’s office as I tried to make sense of the heady feeling of what had just happened. It felt good to know that I had somewhere permanent to live, and it was with Matt.
I still didn’t know quite what there was between us. There was definatly something and I was completely new to it, completely new to being able to be myself around someone without fear and for it to be my own choice.
“Ahh, the wanderer returns,” said Lester as soon as we walked into his office. “I hope you’ve made your mind up to actually stay in this time now. The amount of paperwork I had to do last time almost gave me more headaches than the dinosaurs and Helen Cutter put together.”
“That’s what we’ve come to see you about,” said Matt. “Can you see to it that Emily officially exists in this time?”
Lester looked at me. “Is this what you want?”
“Yes,” I replied, “I want to stay in this time for good.”
“Right, well, for that you’ve got to have somewhere permanent to live.”
“She’s going to live with me,” said Matt.
Lester raised his eyebrows as he looked at the two of us. “Okay, fine,” he said, “I don’t pretend to be interested in the private lives of employees, just so long as you haven‘t got another Ethan out to kill you. I‘ll clear it with the Minister.”
“Thank you,” I replied.
“Don’t thank me, I’m not the one who put a raptor back in your time and then had to go after it to fix their mistake.”
“Point taken,” said Matt, “we’re going.”
***
“Is he always like that?” I asked as we headed back downstairs.
“Pretty much, yeah,” replied Matt. “Let’s go home, I think we’ve had enough excitement for the day.”
“Yes,” I smiled, “waking up in the past, getting chased by a raptor, getting shot…home sounds good.”
***
It was strange to walk into Matt’s home again but nothing had changed - it was just as bare I remembered.
Matt sat down and indicated that I was to join him. I settled next to him and remembered what had happened the last time I’d sat there.
“I want you to know that I regretted sending you back the instant you went through that anomaly. I was only doing what I thought best though.”
“I know you did,” I replied. “Have you found out anything about Philip Burton yet?”
“I think it’s him who does the damage but I don’t know how yet. Abby knows about me now and she’s just managed to copy Connor’s hard drive that’s got his work with Philip on it.”
“Hard what?” I asked.
“Sorry, the computer that he’s been working on,” replied Matt. “He’s got Connor working on something and I think that could be it. I‘ve got to figure it out and stop him.”
“You will, you’ll do it,” I said encouragingly.
Matt looked at me, worry evident in his face. “You seem very sure of that.”
“When you’re determined to do something, you can usually achieve it, no matter how impossible it seems.”
“It sounds like you’ve got experience in that,” said Matt.
“Staying alive while travelling between gateways,” I replied, standing up. “Now come on, lets get something to eat.”