Band of brothers imagines

Donald Malarkey

Requested!!

As you sat on the truck on your way out of Foy you couldn't help but look up at Malarkey who was sat opposite you. You looked him over and saw the sad frown sat upon his face, while his eyes looked to be somewhere else but war. You knew Don had lost so much in the last couple of weeks. He had lost three of his best mates, two got killed by a Mortar while sitting in there foxhole and one got taken of the line for bad health. All he had left was you, he was the first one to befriend you when you first joined, and have been close every since., so close that you had fallen in love with the man.
You felt a tug in your heart as you watched your close friend tear up while holding Skips cross in his hand. All you could do was watch him suffer until you got to your next destination.

After a whole day of sitting in the back of a truck, easy made its way into a town that over looked a river. As you looked around you saw buildings had been hit and some weren't even standing anymore. You sighed knowing that this place wasn't going to keep you safe either. Everyone just needs a break was all you could think of.
As you jumped out the truck Don followed and jumped down next to you, you wrapped an arm over his shoulder.
"Hey you" you whispered into his ear, you could see the start of a smile form on his lips as he looked up at you.
"Hey you" he whispered back causing you to giggle a little. If being a child got a smile on his face then that's what you were going to do.
"Emily does it get better?" You looked up at Don and saw the hurt in his eyes as he looked down at you. You still had your arm around his shoulder and he had put his arm around your waist. How were you meant to answer that you thought.
"Honestly Don I don't know, everyone Is different when losing someone. But what you should remember is they didn't leave us in pain, it was a fast impact" you saw him nod his head at your answer.
"I do miss them" he whispered as a tear slid down his face. You both stopped walking and you pulled him in for a hug. Nobody had seen Donald Malarkey cry before, and you decided he would want to keep it that way. You pulled away and took his hand in yours. He didn't question you as you pulled him to sit down on a step.
You patted the spot next to you and he sat down next to you with your hand still in his.
"Your to good to me you know" he said while looking up at you. You scoffed at him.
"Yeah cause making you sit on a freezing step is making you feel loads better isn't it?" You saw a smile crawl onto his face as he shock his head.
"I see your still sassy McQueen" you chuckled at him while running your thumb over his knuckles.
While looking at his hand you felt his eyes on you.
"What is it Don" you asked as you looked up into his eyes, the eyes you could look into for the rest of your days. He sighed as he squeezed your hand.
"I just- I think about them all the time and all I can think about is what if it was you in that hole, what if you had been killed, it hurts me to know you were so close to them Em, I can't lose you and now I'm so scared that I could lose you just like that." you looked into his eyes and saw tears forming, you didn't know Don felt like that at all.
"Well you can't think about what could of happened and think about what you still have, I'm still here Don, I'll always be here for you no matter what" his eyes never left you, the tears rolling down his face.
"Em" he asked. You nodded for him to continue.
"I love you" he whispered and looked down at your hands.
"I love you too Don" he shock his head and chuckled.
"No Em I love you as in I want you to be mine, as in I would do anything for you kind of love" as he finished you started back at him. Don loved you! As in more then friends.
Before you knew what you were doing your body slammed into his as you wrapped him in a hug.
"I love you as well Don, your my everything" you whispered, you felt his arms pull you closer into his lap, his face was nestled into your neck while giving your skin small kisses, you smiled as you felt his lips on your skin. You hadn't felt this happy in a long time.
"Things will get better Don" you whispered as his hands ran up and down your back. You felt him smile against your neck as he pulled away from your hug. He looked you in the eyes and you saw a sparkle in them. Before you knew it his lips were on yours and his hands cupping your face. You sighed into the kiss as your hands ran through his hair and your arms snaked around his neck.
As you pulled away from the kiss you giggled like a school girl with her first crush.
"Skip told me a long time ago that I should of kissed you before it was to late, I should of listened to him" you gave him a sad smile as he gave you one as well.
"Well it's never to late darling" you whispered as you pulled him back in for another kiss. He smiled as your lips moved with his.
All Don could think about was how he wished his mates could see him now, kissing the girl he loved and actually telling her, all in one day, skip would be dancing in his grave he thought.
But now he had you and that's all he cared about now. Of course his friends weren't going to leave his mind, but now he had something to look forward to after the hell of the war ended.
And that was you.