Rating: R
Characters: Ari/Kate (you know, before)
Disclaimer: All characters belong to Donald P. Bellisario & co.
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By the end of it all, he’s lying face down and all he can smell is the grass, the rain, and the dirt. He can’t see anything beyond the thick mud coating his eyelashes, but he doesn’t need to look to know she’s gone.
Above all else, Caitlin believes in beauty, in justice, and in self-preservation. If he looks hard enough, he can find the reason for her absence there.