Choices - Part 7
Sunday, December 4, 2005
The morning after...
CATEGORY: FICTION TIMES READ: 5376 RATING: 9.0 (PG) SERIES: FIREFLY
A/N Joss's 'verse, but I'm having a heck of a lot of fun playin' here...
Go back and read the Other Parts: Choices - Part 7 by 2x2 She woke the moment she felt him leave her bed. His weight shifted the mattress ever so slightly and there was the sudden loss of his warmth against her back. She could hear him moving about the room, gathering his clothes quickly and quietly, obviously trying not to wake her. And she felt her heart breaking to know that her deepest fears weren’t unfounded. He’d had what he wanted and was leaving before he had to deal with any of the messy consequences. He was a man, just like any other, after all. She’d laugh at her own naiveté if it didn’t hurt so much. She feigned sleep as he dressed, unable to bring herself to challenge him, and only as she heard him slide the hatch closed behind him did she give in to the ache, her tears falling to the pillow she clutched against her body. How could he have just left, without saying anything? How could he have just… used her? In all her years as a Companion, she’d never once felt like a whore. Until now. Oh, she was a fool. She had wanted him so much, but tian a, why had she let this happen? She had been jealous that Mal had shared himself with Nandi; she’d wanted to be the one to know him in that way. And she had thought the pain she felt when she had run into him in the hall as he left her friend’s bed had been unbearable. But this… This was worse. This was so much worse. You have to pull yourself together, she told
I can sense some sadness coming up though, yipe.
great job on the morning after. really set a mood :-D
-Kaynara
You can't take the sky from me
Can't wait for more! LOVE how accurate to the characters this is.
lol
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