Title: The Same Old Song
Author: sdk
Fandom: Alles Was Zählt
Pairing(s)/Character(s): Roman
Rating: PG
Length/Word Count: Ficlet, 173 words
Summary: Roman doesn't care. Really. He doesn't.

Notes: This takes place directly after Roman and Deniz's argument in this clip from ep 529 and also references the conversation between Marian and Roman in this clip in ep 306 (and this probably won't make much sense unless you've seen at least that last clip). Written for the multi_fiction weekly promotion challenge's first prompt: They are broken up, but feelings remain. Coffee is never just coffee in a relationship. Mood: Melancholy. Not quite sure I hit all of those things, but this is what came out. No one looked over this before posting, so please forgive and point out any typos/errors. Thanks!
Disclaimer: The following is based on fictional characters that I don't own doing fictional things in a fictional world that I didn't create. No copyright infringement intended, no money's being made.


The Same Old Song


You can take that or you can leave it.

You know what? I think I'll leave it.

Roman walked through the streets of Essen with the argument echoing in his ears as if his pace was driving the beat of their words in a perpetual loop. It didn't matter. He didn't care. Deniz had left him a long time ago. No matter how many times fate pushed them back together--each time like a cd player skipping back to an earlier track, never letting the album end--that fact never changed.

"Coffee?"

His feet had carried him to No.7 before he'd realized it, and there was Marian coming out from behind the bar to greet him with a simple question, but one that had his brain jumping to a melody he'd almost forgotten--one that he'd tried so hard to leave behind.

But not me. Idiot that I am, I've got my heart in this. Because I care about Deniz. Because I'm in love with him.

Roman turned on his heel and fled.



-Fin-







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