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Double Drabble: Survivors
By: [livejournal.com profile] ashinae
Pairing: Ares/Gabrielle
Summary: Grief had settled in for now. [ Set post-FIN. ]
Disclaimer: They're not mine and I'm most certainly not making any money off of this.




Survivors


The boat had long since disappeared. Gabrielle didn't know how long she'd been standing alone on the beach. The sweltering sun was sinking rapidly. Grief had settled in for now.

She was alone.

She sensed his presence more than heard him arrive and approach her. "She's gone," she whispered. It hurt to say it.

"She's gone." Louder this time. Grief. Rage and loss and unspeakable grief.

"I know."

"You should have intervened." She couldn't turn around to look at him. Nor could she summon up the strength to rail against him for his choices. He only did what suited him, and apparently this mess suited him just fine. Bastard.

"Don't touch me," she said, softly, but didn't try to pull away when his hands curled around her arms. "You should have done something."

He didn't say anything else. Soon her vision was blurring, and everything seemed to be swimming, but that made perfect sense since she was staring at the water. When a sob escaped her, he slowly slid his arms around her shoulders. Neither said anything as she leaned heavily back against him. His nose was in her hair and he held her tighter.

You can have me, now.

Date: 2005-08-03 02:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rohandove.livejournal.com
Oh oh! I love it! Thank you so much! There is never any good Gabrielle and Ares fics anymore, thank you. And that scene... awwww

Date: 2005-08-04 01:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ashinae.livejournal.com
You are so welcome! I'll be honest: it was a challenge, as I'm very much an OTP girl in this fandom. But it was a fun sort of challenge, to see how I could make this work, but I did enjoy writing it and leaving that last line totally ambiguous as to who the 'speaker' is. *G*

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