Title: Better Luck This Time
Fandom: Person of Interest
Pairing: Harold Finch/John Reese
Categories: Romance, Pining, Matchmaking, Obliviousness, Humor, Fluff
Length: Medium (4683 words)
Warnings: N/A

Author on LJ: lisztful
Author Website: Lisztful

Author's Summary:

Carter definitely doesn’t have time for a dangerous free agent and a ridiculously powerful hacker to be pining.

Review:

Joss Carter: detective, single mother, part-time vigilante. Not a matchmaker. Except when the two idiots responsible for getting her tangled up in the aforementioned 'part-time vigilante' business are too thick-headed to notice that they're ridiculously, head-over-heels in love with each other...

One of my favorite parts of watching Person of Interest is seeing how the various characters interact and grow over time. The primary relationship between Finch and Reese is, of course, fascinating to watch for the subtle, nuanced devotion that flourishes between them, but at times it is their relationship with the side protagonists that stand out.

Better Luck This Time is written mostly from Carter's point of view, capturing her long-suffering bemusement and half-hearted irritation at being dragged into yet another one of Finch and Reese's little puzzles. That puzzle being, how to jump start these two knuckleheads' romantic relationship. Carter takes to it with her usual diligence: caustic yet supportive, and always beleaguered. But with a little persistence and a lot of unappreciated patience, love triumphs in the end, complete with a 'Thank You' card.

Better Luck This Time