3 Works by exploringkiwi
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When Kate walked into the room, Hal Wyler forgot how to breathe. For the first time, he wasn’t in control - not of the situation, and not of his own heart.
Once, in Kabul, he’d asked her to marry him. She said no: Not because she didn’t love him, but because she knew what it would cost them both.
Years later, they’re back in the same orbit, still pulled by the same gravity. Some stories begin with a no. The hardest ones end with one, too.
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When Kate finally apologizes, Hal refuses to forgive her. She had thought there would always be a way back to him. She was wrong. Hal thought he could live without her. He was wrong, too.
Between diplomacy and damage control, they learn that trust and forgiveness can't always be granted immediately. But can they be earned back over time?
Follows canon until after Kate's apology in Season 3.
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Separated but still bound by politics and history, Hal and Kate finally confront the wreckage of their marriage and the choices that turned love into collateral damage. When Kate accuses him of using her, old wounds reopen, forcing them to face the truth about what broke them, and whether anything remains to rebuild.