Aiden Shepard [ Abraham Van Helsing ] (arcere) wrote in bellumlogs,
"I'm not trying to bring her back!" Aiden all but howled as his fist slammed into Vlad and was immediately grabbed, the other man's fingers nearly crushing it with sudden and unexpectedly immense strength. He winced - because this was a dream, and you weren't supposed to feel pain in dreams, were you? Unless you woke up right after. Some small part of his brain suddenly tried to backpedal out of doubt but the rest of him continued to plow forward, his other hand lashing out hard and fast with every intent of smashing Vlad's face in.
No. Tessa wasn't coming back. It had sunk in over the years, finally making him settle himself on the goal of revenge for the sheer purpose of taking the life of the bastard who took hers. It wouldn't bring her back, but it would assuage his guilt. It would make the wrong he'd done in letting her go out alone that night right again. It was repaying the world for that crime. Once this was all over and done with, he'd be guilt-free and able to live again.
You paid for the things you did wrong. This was his. It would make the world right again, for as right as it could be.