Title:  Let's Love   - this is a song fic
Author:  Jean
Main Character(s):  Vin and OFC   and the boys
Universe: ATF – thanks to MOG for the playpen
Genre: Adult  with H/C to boot :0)

Summary:  Vin finds that tings in life can be unexpected and if something happened to him today would he wish that he had done things differently. Thanks to Sunni who challenged this many moons ago and it took me this long to find a song that I felt I wanted to write about. Not BETA’D – oops! Sorry about any mistakes they are mine.

The song credits and the entire song is posted here to give you an idea of what I am writing about.

Artist/Band: Tippin Aaron  (Aaron Tippin/Thea Tippin)
Song:  Love Like There's No Tomorrow
Album: Stars and Stripes

Right now I'm gonna take you in my arms
Hold you closer and tighter then I ever have
I'm gonna say all the things that I thought could wait
Now I realize that later could be a little too late

Baby let's love like there's no tomorrow
Live for every moment
Laugh at least a little every day
If we see the sunrise in the morning
Is impossible to say
So let's love (Let's Love)
Like there's no tomorrow (No Tomorrow)
Today

From now on every time we kiss
It's gonna mean so much more when I touch your lips
When I give myself to you,baby I won't hold nothin' back
'Cause there's nothing I wouldn't give to make every minute last

Baby let's love like there's no tomorrow
Live for every moment
Laugh at least a little every day
If we see the sunrise in the morning
Is impossible to say
So let's love (Let's Love)
Like there's no tomorrow (No Tomorrow)
Today

Baby let's love like there's no tomorrow
Live for every moment
Laugh at least a little every day
If we see the sunrise in the morning
Is impossible to say
So let's love (Let's Love)
Like there's no tomorrow (No Tomorrow)
Today

Oh baby let's love (Let's Love)
Like there's no tomorrow (No Tomorrow)
Today

"Let’s love"

After exiting the hospital room, Nathan ran into Buck and JD on their way up to see the team’s sharpshooter.

"How’s he doin’ Nate?"  Buck asked as he came to a stop in front of the Medic.

Nathan glanced back toward the door he had just closed and then shrugged his shoulders.  "Can’t say for certain.  He’s got a lot of healin’ to do."  He moved past them toward the elevators and shot back over his shoulder in a quiet voice "Got to wake up first."

JD stood looking at Buck’s back and wondering why he didn’t just go on in to see Vin.  He started past the other man when he felt a hand on his shoulder.  He turned questioning eyes on the big man and waited to see why he had stopped him.

Buck was replaying the bust in his mind and how Vin had gotten hurt, the reason he was laying in that bed on the other side of the door.  He was worried, more worried than he’d even been about Vin and that was saying a lot considering the multiple times the other man had been injured.

This time he was sure Vin was a gonner, the shot, the fall and the stillness after it all happened.  He could still see Vin as he grabbed his chest and fell forward.  Buck remembered thinking, "How the hell did that happen?  Where’s his vest?" and then Vin had hit some crates that were stacked high.  At least that had broken his fall to some degree. 

The worst was they couldn’t get to him for the volley of bullets they were dodging from the bad guys.  Finally it was over and Chris and Buck reached Vin at the same time with Nathan and the other right on their heals. 

Buck saw the blood and moved to allow Nathan in to help, feeling like he was just in the way anyway.  He watched as Nathan ripped open Vin’s ATF jacket with one of his knives only to find that his vest was in place. 

Buck looked over at Chris, both thinking the same thing "Cops Killers" the very type of ammo they were trying to get off the streets.   One had gone in at an angle high up in Vin’s chest, but that was not what had them worried.  It was the blood pooling at the back of Vin’s head where Nathan found another wound, one that occurred when he hit the floor.

Buck was jerked back to the present as he heard JD call his name.

"Damn Buck, what’s going on with you?’  JD was not patient at the best of times and right now he wanted into that room to see Vin, make sure his self that his friend was all right.

"Sorry Kid, just woolgathering, lets go."

Upon entering the room they found both Chris and Ezra there.  Chris was dozing in one of the chairs his head lolling at an uncomfortable angel.  Ezra was talking softly to the sharpshooter, Buck had a moment of joy before he realized that Vin wasn’t talking back.

He quietly moved up behind the undercover agent and was not surprised when Ezra didn’t startle when he put his hand out to touch Vin’s covered foot brining himself into view of the other man. 

"Mr. Willimgton?  Perchance did anyone think to alert Ms. Harris to Mr. Tanners predicament?" 

Buck couldn’t process most of Ezra’s words on his best days and today was not what he would call a good day.  "Let me get my dictionary Ez and I’ll" He was cut off as the man in black that had been sitting in a chair spoke up.

"I called Brooke and left a message ‘bout an hour ago."

‘Oh! Shit, I forgot, somebody better go pick her up, she aint’ gonna be able to drive over here safely."  Buck started toward the door.

"Josiah’s on it."  Chris offered as he stepped up to Vin’s bedside and looked down at his best friend. 

Brooke stepped out onto the balcony of her rented apartment and looked out at the night sky.  She came in from work, stripped and showered and now was watching for Vin so they could have dinner and spend some time together.  She was dressed in one of Vin’s t-shirts that drooped off one shoulder and a pair of short shorts and the night air was cool, but she knew that with the arrival of her man she’d get warm quick.

She was startled to see Josiah headed her way and then became concerned when the wave she sent his way was met with only a grim nod of his head.  The big man’s shoulders were hunched and his body language spoke of stress and upset.

Brooke ran to the door, golden hair flaying around her shoulders and her hands shaking as she reached for the handle.  Only one reason she could think of that Josiah was here and Vin was not and that was that Vin couldn’t be here himself.   It was as she stepped back to let the profiler in that she noticed the light flashing on her phone.

Josiah watched as a mired of emotions played across the face of the young woman in front of him.  Knowing that his presence would automatically alert her that something was wrong.  Before he could say anything she spoke.

"Just tell me, Josiah.  Is he alive?" Hope shown from her green eyes as she looked up at him.

"Yes." And he felt lifted somehow by the ability to say that to her at this moment.

"Then all is not lost." He heard her mumbled to herself as she slipped on a pair of sandals and made a grab for her purse passing him as she went toward the door.

He just followed her out into the night and headed for the hospital.  On the way he explained to her how Vin had gotten hurt and what he knew of his condition. 

Her only response was.

"He’s a Tanner with a hard head.  He’s going to fine Josiah."

The big man knew that she said it just as much for his sake as she did for her own.  Vin was a lucky man to find a woman strong enough to handle the day to day stuff that came along with loving one of the seven.

Vin was in a world that flashed lighting quick between darkness and light.  Flash’s of his old life came and went shrouded black, pictures playing out as if on a screen.

With the light came what he thought to be his mother, the other six members of the ATF Team and Brooke. 

The picture that was playing now was the first date.

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They had met and had talked about many things although there were things in his past he would not talk about to anyone.  Things best left alone, but he shared with her more of himself then he had with anyone.  They build and intimacy along with a deep attraction that Vin was ready to act on within the first few hours of meeting her. 

But on their first official date Brooke had opened up to him about herself and that changed things for him.  Growing up he never had anything that was truly his but his body, and hearing from her that she was a virgin moved him in ways that he was hard pressed to explain even now after 6 months together.

She told him of her close relationship with her mom and how they would talk about anything and everything.  She lost her parents when she was 19 to a drunk driver and she was an only child of an older couple.

She seemed to expect him to tell her goodbye since she was not ready for sex but he respected her more.  She stated she had no objections to pre-marital sex that didn’t have anything to do with her maiden state.  Brooke explained to him that her mom had told her that she would know when she was ready and to make is special.  She wanted her daughter to have good memories of her first time with a man she cared about.

She had dated and had boyfriends but as she got older the dates didn’t go anywhere as soon as she explained she would not sleep with them right away and why.  No one ever took the time to get to know her, to let her come to a point where she was ready.  She was always up front with the men she dated so when expectations where not met, there wouldn’t be any unnecessary anger.

Chris and JD moved quickly to Vin’s bedside when he started to move.  They watched as his eyes fluttered beneath his closed lids.  Chris reached out to place a hand on his upper arm and squeezed lightly, hoping the prone man would feel his presence.

JD pulled up a chair and sat down on the opposite side just as Buck and Ezra came in with Coffee with Nathan right behind with a couple of bags of what looked like greasy fast food.

"He started moving." Chris stated and threw a hopeful look at the Medic.

"That’s good Chris." Nathan stated with a small smile and took his place on the empty bed across the room.

"Anybody heard from Josiah an Brooke?" Buck asked the room at large.

"He called a bit ago, they’ll be here in about 20 minutes." Chris offered and then went back to his chair coffee and a burger in hand.

Vin was in darkness now, memories of his time in foster care and then on the streets flashing until Brooke stepped into his line of view and all went light again.  Now he was with her at her apartment the first time they’d made love.

They had been sitting on her couch watching TV and Vin called it a night and turned to kiss her goodbye, when she had laid her small hand on his chest and simply said "Stay"

He didn’t question her; no words were needed as he took her in his arms and held her against him.  He knew this was a big step for her and he was proud that he would be her first and the way he was feeling maybe her last.

Brooke was not really nervous; it wasn’t like she didn’t know what was going to happen.  Just because a person had never tried something didn’t mean they didn’t know how it worked, so she led him to her bedroom.

After they took their time undressing each other and was in bed, Vin was very much aroused and had to moved away from her to slow down the pulsing of his own body, so he could make sure that she was ready.

He worshipped at the altar of her body, kissing and nibbling from head to toe.  He brought her to orgasm that first time with his mouth and hands and then held her as she shook in his arms.

He then moved over her as he spread her legs with his knees and poised at the untried entrance of her body.  He looked into her eyes asking if she was ready and receiving her reply in her kiss.

His first feel of her was of heat and moisture and she gripped him so tightly, she shifted when he butted up against the thin barrier that prevented deeper penetration.  He wanted to look into her eyes when he took her for the first time but he wanted her mouth as well.

He settled for a brief kiss and then pulled his head back to lock his eyes with hers as he shifted back a bit and in one long smooth motion seated himself to the hilt inside her.  She closed her eyes against the brief flare of pain and then they were moving together searching, reaching together for an ending to this age-old dance.

Afterward she lay curled in his arms and they drifted off into a contented sleep.

Brooke flew into the hospital room startling all within into motion.  The men settled when they saw whom it was that went to Vin’s beside and bent to place a kiss on his lips before taking his hand in her own.

They watched as she spoke softly to their friend and was pleased to see that although her voice shook a bit she held her emotions in check. 

She turned to Chris and asked, "Can you get me a radio?"

"What?" Was the response from several of those present.

"I had a friend in school who was in a comma from a head injury, the doctors seemed to think that the sound of voices and music could reach them." She turned back to stroke Vin’s locks away from his forehead.

JD jumped up "I’ll get it"

Vin pulled himself toward the voices that he heard or what he thought were the voices of his friends.

Right now I'm gonna take you in my arms
Hold you closer and tighter then I ever have
I'm gonna say all the things that I thought could wait
Now I realize that later could be a little too late

He heard the radio playing softly as he came to awareness and a soft feminine voice signing the words along with the radio.

Baby let's love like there's no tomorrow
Live for every moment
Laugh at least a little every day
If we see the sunrise in the morning
Is impossible to say
So let's love (Let's Love)
Like there's no tomorrow (No Tomorrow)
Today

He opened his eyes to see those of his lovers above his own.  He gave her a smile and reached one hand unsteadily to cup her check "I love you."

Brooke couldn't help the tears that fell at hearing those words. "I love you too." And she kissed hips lips softly careful not to disturb any of the hospital equipment. 

Vin recovered fully and is currently back to work.  He spends time with his friends and his love and enjoys life to the fullest.  His favorite song is Aaron Tippin’s Let’s Love Like There’s No Tomorrow as he can feel that song to his bones.

The End