TITLE: Lonely
AUTHOR: Jaxson K.
PAIRING: Nick/Gil
DISCLAIMER: "I own nothing, just visiting friends."

Nick knew about lonely. He knew it so well that at one point, if you looked the word up in the dictionary, his picture would be there in place of the definition. At one point in his mind it really was that bad.

But that isn't the case anymore, and hasn't been in a good long time. Not since he got his head together and told Gil how he felt. All he'd had to do since then is concentrate on loving Gil, and he'd learned how to do that, too.

At one point in time, Nick had actually shared with Gil just how lonely he had been, and it had moved Gil to tears. So much so that Gil had promised that Nick would never have to feel that way again. The best part of that was the fact that Gil had made good on that promise each and every day.

No matter how bad things got at work, Gil always checked in at least once per shift, and Nick was always finding messages on his voice mail from Gil telling him how much he loved and missed him.

Nick was thankful that he had been blessed to have Gil. He was also glad that he had finally gathered the courage to lay it all on the line and tell Gil what was on his mind. But the part Nick was most glad about was the fact that Gil saw Nick as someone who was deserving of the love Gil had inside to share, and Nick intended to continue to be worthy of that love for a long long time.

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