Hollow Victory
Title: Hollow Victory
Fandom: Young Avengers
Characters: Teddy Altman, Stephanie Bradley
Prompt: 45. Hollow
Word Count: 176
Rating: PG
Summary: You can run, but you can’t hide.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Notes: Part 10 of Bitter Homecoming
Link: My Table
“Was it worth it?” Ted asked as he watched the city burn. His eyes were drawn to the black woman at his feet, bound hand and foot in chains. She glared up at him, blood smeared on her defiant face.
“Fuck you,” Stephanie Bradley spat.
Ted sighed, a truly weary sound. “We’ve been as kind as we could be,” he said. “But you…” His eyes hardened. “You shot William. You tried to kill my husband.” Stephanie struggled to get away as Ted rested a hand on her head and pulled her up. “Nobody. Hurts. William.”
The crack seemed impossibly loud, and Ted let Stephanie’s body fall to the ground, where it lay like a broken doll, blood oozing from her crushed skull.
“Burn that,” Ted ordered, wiping his hand on his robe.
Fandom: Young Avengers
Characters: Teddy Altman, Stephanie Bradley
Prompt: 45. Hollow
Word Count: 176
Rating: PG
Summary: You can run, but you can’t hide.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Notes: Part 10 of Bitter Homecoming
Link: My Table
“Was it worth it?” Ted asked as he watched the city burn. His eyes were drawn to the black woman at his feet, bound hand and foot in chains. She glared up at him, blood smeared on her defiant face.
“Fuck you,” Stephanie Bradley spat.
Ted sighed, a truly weary sound. “We’ve been as kind as we could be,” he said. “But you…” His eyes hardened. “You shot William. You tried to kill my husband.” Stephanie struggled to get away as Ted rested a hand on her head and pulled her up. “Nobody. Hurts. William.”
The crack seemed impossibly loud, and Ted let Stephanie’s body fall to the ground, where it lay like a broken doll, blood oozing from her crushed skull.
“Burn that,” Ted ordered, wiping his hand on his robe.