Tell Her

Title: Tell her

Author: AbbyGibbs

Fandom: Airwolf

Pairing: Stringfellow/Caitlin
Rating: T

Category: multi chapter.
Spoilers: None.
Summary: String has a nightmare about Caitlin getting hurt. When he wakes up, he smiles at the realization that it was just a dream, but when he arrives at Santini's Air Dom tells him something horrible has happened.

Warning: none
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to CBS and the people who created "Airwolf"

Feedbacks: well, I'd love them, of course – who wouldn't? But please, only if you respect my work because it takes a lot of time and energy to get a story together. I love writing; I wouldn't allow anyone to discourage me from doing so, never. I don't have any problems at all with readers who choose not to go for this, but I decidedly do with those who write disrespectful mails just because they didn't get the ending they would have wanted. If you want to tell me what I might have done better within the story I made up, you're always very welcome to let me know. But if your only concern is to rant about it, then please, do it in private, okay? Thank you.

No copyright infringement is intended.

A/N #1: Thanks to Jan-Michael Vincent, Ernest Borgnine and Jean Bruce Scott. You guys were and still are AWESOME! Thanks also to M. Bellisario who created this amazing show!

Where does this come from? I have no idea at all, I just woke up and had this in mind, so now here it is on paper, I hope you will like it.

ONE

Stringfellow Hawke was running. Running for his life, his was holding Caitlin O'Shannessy by the hand pulling her with him. They had to get to the helicopter and fast once they'd be aboard of Airwolf they would be safe.

The tricky point was to get safe because Cait and String were hunted by men that were shooting at them.

"I can't, Hawke." Caitlin moaned.

"We're almost there... a little bit more, I can see Airwolf"

String felt her pull at his hand and his he turned to look at her, he saw her falling on her knees. String took a step back and helped her up. "String, leave me here, come on go."

"No!"

"Hawke, go get Airwolf, and you'll come and get me back."

"No!" He insisted and started to pick her up, but she stopped him.

"You stubborn son of..." Cailin O' Shannessy stopped the words from coming out. She couldn't believe she would have said them to the man she secretly loved. The truth was that she was afraid something might happen to him. He would be safer in the air piloting the helicopter. She looked him in the eyes and told him.

"Hawke looked at me." she started as she placed both of her hands on his shoulders. "You'll go faster without me. I'm too tired and too hurt to move. And what good will it do if we are both captured?"

Stringfellow Hawke knew his friend was right, but he didn't want to leave her behind. What if those guys hurt her or even worse?

"Go!" She urged him.

Reluctantly, Hawke nodded his head, he leaned forward and hugged her. "I'll come back for you, I promise." He whispered in her neck.

"I know you will."

He stood up slowly and started to run in the direction to where he could see the helicopter. Sting stopped abruptly when he heard a detonation. Slowly he turned to look why he had heard a gunshot, his heart skipped a beat when he saw the scene before him.

Caitlin was lying on the ground moaning and trembling. At first the pilot his friend was just trembling because she'd been scared, by the shot, but then he realized, Caitlin had been shot, a pool of blood was forming near her on the ground. He felt a wave a panic float through him as he hurried to her side.

He did his best to ignored the man that were standing around himself and Caitlin as they were pointing guns down at them. Hawke knelt beside her, his eyes filled up with tears, he reached out for her and pulled her upper body slowly towards him. "Hold on, Caitlin, hold on. Don't leave me, I need you."

"I'm cold, String, so cold" she managed to get out between gasps.

"You're gonna be fine. Everything is going to be okay, " he told her. Tough he didn't really know who he was trying to convince the most, he or Cait...

Stringfellow Hawke suddenly realized that he would never going to be able to live without her. Since she had entered his life, he felt it was richer and fuller, no Caitlin O'Shannessy could live him no now not ever.

When he looked at her pretty face, String immediately noticed at it had become paler. "I love you, Hawke, I always have." Hawke heard her tell him right before he watched helplessly as her beautiful eyes closed.

"NO! Cait, stay with me, please." Slowly rocking her against him and let his sorrow take over.

000

"CAIT!" He heard himself yell as his woke up with a start.

It took him a few moments to realize where he was, but relaxed when he saw that he was in bed in his cabin. It was a dream. He said to himself, but String wanted to call his friend anyway, just to hear her voice and make sure it was only a dream.

He pushed the sheets aside and got out of bed. What he needed right now was cup of steaming coffee. After that he'd call Cait. He smiled at how stupid it was, but he would do it anyway.

Once he was in the kitchen String prepared the coffee as he wondered where this dream came from... True they'd had some though cases lately but they weren't really more dangerous than usual. And everyone was doing well so.

He watched as the brown liquid fell slowly into the coffee pot before heading to the shower. About twenty minutes later, String was freshly dressed in blue jean and white pullover. He poured himself some fresh coffee in a cup and with a steaming cup in hand he head for his phone.

He composed his friend's number and waited for her to answer, but she didn't. He frowned, was this wasn't like her not to pick up. It was possible that she was already gone but that would be extremely early. Hawke decide that he would try and call her later. He'll would try again when he'll be at Santini Air.

TBC...

Thank you for reading!