#16 - January Table of Doom!
Title: Dream Darkly
Prompt(s) Used: Dream Darkly, Bones
Word Count: 420
Rating: PG
Original/Fandom: original (Mark Powell)
Pairings (if any): Mark/ Megan
Warnings (Non-Con/Dub-Con/etc): none
Summary: Megan convinces Mark she wants to stay.
Mark Powell swore he heard his voice from somewhere. He didn't want to open his eyes and see the same plain white hospital room that had been his home for the past couple weeks. But there it was again. It must be the morning already. He has lost track of day and night, especially when the thick curtains in his room where closed. Finally he blinked open his eyes. Sure enough, there was Megan, holding a large coffee and looking blurry eyed. He opened his mouth but Megan beat him to the punch. "I know you told me not to come, but I needed to see you, Mark. I miss you."
"You don't want to be here." He hated that his voice was rough, like it was out of practice. In a way, it was all too true. After the initial media frenzy had died down, and after dealing with his coaches and his teammates, he hadn’t had that many visitors. Mark tried not to think about it, but it was like he had started to dream darkly. Everyone was trying to remain upbeat, but he knew the truth.
Megan just shook her head. “You’re wrong. I do want to be here. I-”
Mark groaned. “Look, you don’t owe me anything or whatever. I thought we broke up. I’m nothing more than skin and bones here… I’ll be fine here. I don’t want your sympathy.”
Megan looked down at the ground and back up at him in the bed. “Why does everything have to be so cut and dry with you? What about us… what about what we had? Look, I don’t care…”
“You don’t care about what?” Mark clenched his jaw, feeling powerless. “If you haven’t realized, I ruined everything. One stupid mistake and everything is gone…”
“Mark, it doesn’t matter. I want to be here for you, I swear. I know it won’t be easy, just like you being in the major leagues wasn’t easy. That’s why we broke up the first time. If you remember, you said it would be too hard while we were apart, but now we’ll have the time. Maybe it will be different and hard, but I think this can work, Mark. I want it to.”
“Are you serious? I’m not interested in anything like that right now.”
“No, not romantically or anything. I just wanna be with you.”
“Well, if you insist,” He actually smiled, if a little sarcastically. “Sit down and stay awhile.You might be the first one who’s willing.”
Prompt(s) Used: Dream Darkly, Bones
Word Count: 420
Rating: PG
Original/Fandom: original (Mark Powell)
Pairings (if any): Mark/ Megan
Warnings (Non-Con/Dub-Con/etc): none
Summary: Megan convinces Mark she wants to stay.
Mark Powell swore he heard his voice from somewhere. He didn't want to open his eyes and see the same plain white hospital room that had been his home for the past couple weeks. But there it was again. It must be the morning already. He has lost track of day and night, especially when the thick curtains in his room where closed. Finally he blinked open his eyes. Sure enough, there was Megan, holding a large coffee and looking blurry eyed. He opened his mouth but Megan beat him to the punch. "I know you told me not to come, but I needed to see you, Mark. I miss you."
"You don't want to be here." He hated that his voice was rough, like it was out of practice. In a way, it was all too true. After the initial media frenzy had died down, and after dealing with his coaches and his teammates, he hadn’t had that many visitors. Mark tried not to think about it, but it was like he had started to dream darkly. Everyone was trying to remain upbeat, but he knew the truth.
Megan just shook her head. “You’re wrong. I do want to be here. I-”
Mark groaned. “Look, you don’t owe me anything or whatever. I thought we broke up. I’m nothing more than skin and bones here… I’ll be fine here. I don’t want your sympathy.”
Megan looked down at the ground and back up at him in the bed. “Why does everything have to be so cut and dry with you? What about us… what about what we had? Look, I don’t care…”
“You don’t care about what?” Mark clenched his jaw, feeling powerless. “If you haven’t realized, I ruined everything. One stupid mistake and everything is gone…”
“Mark, it doesn’t matter. I want to be here for you, I swear. I know it won’t be easy, just like you being in the major leagues wasn’t easy. That’s why we broke up the first time. If you remember, you said it would be too hard while we were apart, but now we’ll have the time. Maybe it will be different and hard, but I think this can work, Mark. I want it to.”
“Are you serious? I’m not interested in anything like that right now.”
“No, not romantically or anything. I just wanna be with you.”
“Well, if you insist,” He actually smiled, if a little sarcastically. “Sit down and stay awhile.You might be the first one who’s willing.”