Author: SoThatHappened

I need to talk to you. Six word was all it took for Root's brain to unleash absolute hell in her mind. Thoughts running rampid at 1000 miles an hour. It almost made her feel dizzy.

"Oh my god" Root said as soon as those words left Shaw's mouth. "You slept with him!"

The words came tumbling from her mouth before she had a chance to even think about it. Shaw just stared at her blankly as if whatever sound had come out of her mouth hadn't been English.

Root immediately pulled her arms away from Shaw roughly, whacking her across the face and chin as she did so. Shaw went to grab her arms determined that Root hear her out before freaking, but apparently she was too late for that. Root swiped Shaw's hands away and violently grabbed Shaw's wounded shoulder driving her thumb into the wound as hard as she could. Shaw growled loudly and wrapped her fingers tightly around Root's wrist, wrenching it away from her shoulder, taking both of Root's hands and pinning them behind her back firmly.

"Listen to me" Shaw said sternly and Root was practically panting in Shaw's face. Her cheeks flushed red with anger.

"Fuck you" Root said and drew her head back before slamming it forward against Shaw's in a hard headbutt.

Shaw automatically let go of Root stumbling backwards, a hand flying up to her forward as she felt her brain rattle.

"Shit" Root groaned and when Shaw opened her eyes saw Root rubbing her own head in pain.

"What the fuck" Shaw mumbled and moved back towards Root. "Did you just head butt me?"

Root just glared at her. Shaw kept her hand over her forehead, her head now thumping in agony as well as the rough pain of her shoulder after Root attacked it with her thumb.

"Are you done?" Shaw asked. "I literally haven't even said anything yet."

"I don't want you to" Root hissed and Shaw tentatively stepped into Root.

"Well you're going to" Shaw said and Root just frowned.

"You can't make me" Root said and Shaw rolled her eyes.

"I can" she said "and it doesn't involve head butting either"

Root folded her arms across her chest.

"Are you going to listen or do I have to tie you up?" Shaw asked and Root just shook her head.

"You didn't even deny it" she said quietly and Shaw just groaned.

"Root" she said loudly in annoyance, but Root just stepped forward lifting her knee up and driving it forcefully between Shaw's legs banging it hard against her crotch. Shaw's jaws clenched. For fuck sake Sameen, get on with it she scorned herself for taking so much physical abuse when she hadn't done anything. Although there was a slight amusement she found in the reaction she was getting from her wife when suspected of doing something wrong. Note to self; never actually do something wrong.

"Will you stop" Shaw growled grabbing Root as she tried to walk out of the room spinning her around so that they were facing each other and driving her back until Shaw had her pinned against the wall, an arm barred across her chest so she couldn't fight back.

"I am trying to tell you something" Shaw said shaking her head and Root just sent an icy glare towards her, her jaw tightening as she pretended to have the patience.

"I thought seeing as though we're married and all it's fine to openly talk about things" Shaw continued "I didn't realise I was going to get kneed in the crotch and head butted by asking to talk to you"

"So fucking say it already, Sameen" Root spat and Shaw just stared at her.

"You need to calm down" Shaw said cooly. "Like for real, the explosive temper is hardly necessary when you don't even know what I'm trying to say"

"Well it can't be anything good" Root said immediate;y "if you started with I need to talk to you, that never means anything good Sameen"

Shaw raised an eyebrow. "It means I need to talk to you, and I want you to be an adult about it not start beating me up like I stole your favourite teddy"

Root glowered in anger and pushed against Shaw's arm that was pinning her to the wall, but she wasn't strong enough, not against Shaw.

"I ran into Zoe this morning" Shaw said and Root banged her head back against the wall. "And I know you've been having a hard time lately, but I also have been struggling with something and I talked to her about it because I didn't know how to breach it with you"

Root raised an eyebrow. "You cheated on me."

"I didn't fucking cheat on you" Shaw said loudly and in Root's face. "If anything it's the opposite, I'm having some weird kind of feelings phobia"

Root raised an eyebrow.

"What?"

"You know it's not normal right," Shaw said "that I care about you so much, and say all that shi that makes you doe eyed and melty"

Root stared at her confused.

"What would happen if that went away one day?" Shaw asked and moved her arm off Root's chest, slamming her palm against the wall in frustration over the matter.

"That's what this is about?" Root asked and Shaw just stared at her.

"Yeah" she said blankly.

Root sighed. "Sam"

"No I'm serious" Shaw said.

"Why are you saying this?" Root asked "Have you... have you stopped feeling that way?"

"No, no no no" Shaw said the words tumbling from her tongue. "I'm just..."

"Scared?"

"It's bothering me" Shaw said with a shrug and Root leaned back against the wall and looked at Shaw.

"You're cute" was all Root said and Shaw frowned.

"That's not exactly..."

"You realise I liked you before you were all gooey around me right?" Root said. "I've had a thing for you since we met, since you asked me if I was okay that one time then bought me a drink... Sam, that hasn't changed, and it won't change even if you do"

"But what if one day I just go back to being-"

"Cold?" Root finished "Sameen, I just don't think that's possible, you're not an elastic band, you're not just going to be pulled until you snap back, you're a person and people are complicated."

Shaw frowned. "What if one day I stop loving you?"

Shaw saw the look on Root's face flicker at the thought, before she caught herself and recomposed.

"Then we'll deal with it" Root said standing up off the wall and slipping her arms around Shaw's waist.

"That's it?" Shaw asked.

"That's it." Root said "You were good to me before we got married, before you even knew me that well, I'm not worried."

Shaw frowned. Root was right. She had always had a soft patch for Root. Always.

Shaw let out a loud sigh. "It's been stressing me out."

Root just smiled "can you make it sound less ominous next time you're gonna tell me about your cute little anxieties"

Shaw rolled her eyes. "They're not cute."

"They're kinda cute" Root smirked. "Worried about your love for me dying."

"Okay that's not what I said" Shaw glared at her and Root grinned.

"Sameen we are bound by the universe" Root said dramatically pulling Shaw tighter and Shaw groaned in protest. "We're destined for each other, I'll love you forever."

"You're being an idiot, and also diminishing my worries to a joke" Shaw pouted and Root just looked at her with a smile.

"Sam does it feel like we're gonna be getting rid of each other any time soon?" Root asked.

"Annoyingly, no" Shaw said with an almost smile, it was true. She could feel Root in her bones, in her blood. Like they were stuck together, for life. "But you're still an ass."

"And you're a cute ass" Root smirked and slipped her hands around grabbing two handfuls of Shaw's ass and squeezing it lightly. Shaw rolled her eyes.

"I can't believe you head butted me" Shaw said shaking her head.

"You set that up yourself" Root pointed out and Shaw frowned.

"You didn't even give me a chance to say anything before you leapt to your shitty conclusions" Shaw said.

"What did you expect?" Root shrugged.

"Not physical abuse" Shaw said "But dually noted."

Root smirked. "You're lucky I wasn't armed."

"Or what, you would have shot my other shoulder?" Shaw asked and rotated her wounded shoulder a little, the pain finally easing.

"I'm sorry about that" Root said with a apologetic pout as she looked at Shaw's bandaged shoulder.

"You should be" Shaw glared at her "I think you popped the stitches"

"Baby" Root said and stuck her bottom lip out. Shaw rolled her eyes and moved away from Root letting out another deep exhale. That hadn't completely eased her mind, but knowing that Root had such a deep rooted faith in their relationship these days definitely eased the tension she had been carrying about it. It annoyed her that it made her feel so much better hearing something she could just tell herself but from Root instead. There was a difference. A big difference. It was just comforting when Root said it.

"Wanna finish what we barely started?" Root asked quirking an eyebrow and Shaw just rolled her eyes.

"No" Shaw said. "Let's go out."

Root lifted an eyebrow.

*

"I have a fucking headache" Root complained as they walked down the street, both hands pressed firmly against her forehead in exasperation. Shaw rolled her eyes.

"Your fault" she murmured and Root glared at her.

"Is it bruising?" Root asked moving her hands out of the way and Shaw inspected her forehead.

"No but your pale ass skin now has a red mark" Shaw smirked.

"Rude" Root frowned. "Where are we going?"

"Shut up" Shaw said. "You're so impatient."

Root sighed dramatically and held Shaw's hand as they walked down the road.

"So you saw Zoe this morning?" Root piped up and Shaw just nodded.

"She came for a run with Bear and I" Shaw said.

"Really?" Root asked a twang of jealousy in her voice.

"She was asking about John's birthday" Shaw smirked.

"He ages?" Root asked "I assumed he was a tan vampire"

Shaw laughed.

"Are you gonna get him something?" Root asked.

"I don't know" Shaw shrugged "Maybe a grenade launcher"

"Mayhem twins" Root muttered under her breath and Shaw pulled her into a coffee shop.

"I might have also agreed to a double date" Shaw added and Root's eyes immediately lit up.

"You did?"

Shaw smirked. "I figured one dinner with them couldn't do any harm."

"Sameen" Root practically squealed then quickly stopped and frowned. Shaw lifted an eyebrow watching Root's expression change.

"What?"

"A double date" Root said and Shaw nodded in confirmation. "But we hardly go on dates ourselves."

"That's because we're married" Shaw smirked and Root rolled her eyes.

"I meant with each other" Root said and frowned again. Shaw rolled her eye and stepped up to the counter to order.

"Two lattes" she said to the barista "One soy, two sugars" she said Root's order coming out of her mouth without a single thought. Root stared at her, it suddenly hitting her how well Shaw knew her. All the tiny details. Shaw noticed.

"Can you wait here?" Shaw asked turning back to Root. "I'm gonna go to the bathroom."

Root just shrugged and stuffed her hands into her jacket pockets as she waited. Thinking about this double date Shaw signed them up for, and then wondering if maybe she should start initiating more dates. She thought about all the things they could do together and almost smiled at the thought of dragging Shaw to various museums and watching her pretend to be interested until she couldn't anymore.

"Two lattes for Sam" the barista called out sliding two take out coffee cups onto the bench. Root glanced around but didn't see Shaw, so she picked up the coffees and went to wait outside. Pushing open the door with her hip she quickly stopped seeing someone in her way, but when she looked up she saw Shaw. Standing outside, holding flowers.

Root's mouth fell open.

"What are..." the words barely made it out of her mouth. Shaw smiled and exchanged her coffee in Root's hand for the flowers.

Root stared at her in shock, a smile spreading across her face as she looked at the colourful yellows and pinks of the flowers before looking back at Shaw again.

"Did I just find a new way to make you shut up?" Shaw asked with a smirk and Root was still staring at her baffled.

"No I just..." Root started and looked back at the flowers with a smile, feeling her heart fluttering happily in her chest.

"You just?" Shaw grinned and Root looked up at her.

"Thank you" Root said softly and Shaw gave a nonchalant shrug as they began to walk along the sidewalk.

"Coffee and flowers" Root said unable to get rid of the smile on her face. "I think I'm in love."

"You think?" Shaw smirked and Root looked at her a twinkle in her eyes.

"I guess we do go on dates" Root said with a smile.

"Just not conventional ones" Shaw said "Because we'd end up murdering."

"I have more self control than you do" Root said and Shaw rolled her eyes.

"Barely, psychopath"

"Sociopath" Root shot back and they turned to each other and smirked.

"I love you" Shaw said. "It's annoying."

Root grinned. "I never told you what my favourite flowers were, but somehow you got it right anyway."

"Yeah because I'm Wife of the Year" Shaw smirked and Root leaned over and quickly kissed her cheek before she could pull away.

"You know what's annoying, Sameen?" Root said and Shaw looked at her taking a sip from her coffee. "Every time I think I can't fall in love with you any damn more, you go and do something like this."

Shaw smirked proudly and Root just stared at her.

"Don't feel too pleased with yourself though" Root said smelling her flowers "because I bet you've forgotten Valentines Day is coming up, and oh baby you might be wife of the year now, but just you wait"

Shaw stared at her and shook her head. "No way, we're not doing Valentines Day"

"Yes we fucking are, Sameen" Root said firmly and Shaw rolled her eyes.

"Root"

"Don't argue" Root said "Valentines Day is goddamn happening."

Shaw smirked. "Actually I was just gonna say, oh it's on."