Authors Note: So this is my first story, a friend showed me a discussion board that had the prompt of what songs come to mind when you think of your favorite characters...so I decided to take a leap of faith and try my hand at a few little short stories based on the characters... if i fail miserably just let me down gently.

P.s. I don't own any rights to any song reference or any material related to Person of Interest or the CBS network.

"I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing"-Aerosmith

Three centimeters, that was all John could think of as he lay awake in bed listening to her breathe and staring at the patch of gauze stuck to her chest between her breasts. Finding out that she was still alive was the only thing that stopped him from putting a bullet in Quinn's head. After Shaw patched him up she told him that the bullet Simmons fired at Joss missed her major arteries and lodged itself into her lung, which by some miracle didn't collapse.

John didn't consider himself a religious man, but as he stood in her hospital room listening to her heart beat though the ECG, he might have to reconsider the notion. He couldn't stop the silent tears that slide down his face as he brushed his lips across her closed eye lids and thanked God she was still alive.

As he gently trailed his hand across her cheek and lips, he couldn't help the grin that spread across his face as she softly smiled in her sleep. He should be sleeping right now, but he just couldn't will himself to close his eyes long enough to accomplish the task. He instead wanted to watch every flutter of her eye lids, every twitch of her mouth and listen to every silent sigh that escaped her lips as she slept. So he stayed awake and watched and appreciated every small and subtle nuance. He was so damn lucky, he was given a second chance to make "whatever this is", with her work and he sure in the hell didn't wanna miss a thing.