MichaelOwnsMe (foreverbm) wrote in qaf_drabbles, @ 2008-04-01 19:57:00 |
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Entry tags: | author: foreverbm, challenge #58: chairs |
Challenge #58 Chairs
Title: Lost Too Soon (Parts 12 -END)
Author: Foreverbm
Timeline: Future about 30 years
A/N: Written after a comment by jule1122
Warnings: death references
Condoms: None
I looked up at Hunter, the anger in his eyes replaced by the pain I knew were reflected in mine. I stood, wrapping my arms around him. He was a man now, but I couldn’t help but remember back to another time when I held him like this, when he was a lost teenager. I felt as helpless now and I had then.
“Uncle Ben….Hunter and I are going home.”
Hunter moved from my arms, wrapping them around his sister. They walked from the building. I turned into the room, my composure beginning to crumble as I neared the bed.
I stood gazing at my beloved Michael. He had always said I had the right words whenever they were needed but now they had deserted me. I had promised to look after him forever and I had failed. I traced my fingers over his face, feeling every curve, every wrinkle that I loved; they showed we had beaten the odds. Had more years together than we once thought were possible. But still not enough. Never enough. The thought of me outliving him had never crossed my mind. I sat on the edge of the bed, lacing my fingers with his.
The tears I had been able to hold back in front of Hunter and JR finally fell, sobs racking my body as my eyes blurred thinking of what I had lost. The man whose belief in me had never faulted; whose strength kept me going; whose love knew no bounds. He had filled my life with his love and his laughter. He had given me the most priceless gift any person could ever receive, his love.
I lent in, kissing him one last time.
“I love you Michael Charles Novotny-Bruckner. One day we will be together again and never parted”