FICLETTE: CONTEMPLATION
TITLE: Contemplation
AUTHOR: owensheart
CHARACTERS: Mitchell, George
SUMMARY: Mitchell contemplates his immortality
Betad by the Awesome scripps
CONTEMPLATION
Mitchell sits on the backdoor steps of the pink house, watching George move around the kitchen preparing dinner.
He’s in his 50’s now and the transformations have taken their toll on him. His fingers are knobbled and his hands bent. He suffers from arthritis acutely. Mitchell can see the pain in his eyes, even if he tries very hard to hide it.
Seeing George like this is just another reminder that once again he will outlive someone he cares deeply about.
Mitchell has outlived everyone he has ever cared about, everyone has ever loved.
His family, all his friends, Josie and it’s a certainty he will outlive George and he knows when that time finally comes, another piece of his heart will be ripped out as it always is when he loses a loved one.
But Mitchell will go on, unchanged.
Like a picture that has had its glass shattered over and over again.
Mitchell hates his immortality, hates that he has to live while he watches everyone he loves wither away and die, because that pain is hundred times worse than any stake that Herrick could drive into his still heart.
He remembers a conversation they had long ago, sitting at that very table.
George had said “I’m not like you, I don’t have forever.”
I wish I didn’t have forever, Mitchell thinks.
George didn’t know, when he said them, how deeply those words hurt.
But that doesn’t stop Mitchell from loving or getting close to someone, because he believes it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, even though he dies a little inside each time
The thought that George probably won’t die a peaceful death is too painful for Mitchell to think about. But he knows he will be there, to hold George through it when he dies in agony because he can’t transform fully one way or the other.
Mitchell pushes this thought from his mind as he pushes himself up from the step, moves over to where George is standing and pulls him into a hug.
“What’s that for?” George asks.
“Just because,” is Mitchell’s answer.
And George rests his head on Mitchell’s shoulder and simply says “I love you too, Mitchell.”
The End
AUTHOR: owensheart
CHARACTERS: Mitchell, George
SUMMARY: Mitchell contemplates his immortality
Betad by the Awesome scripps
CONTEMPLATION
Mitchell sits on the backdoor steps of the pink house, watching George move around the kitchen preparing dinner.
He’s in his 50’s now and the transformations have taken their toll on him. His fingers are knobbled and his hands bent. He suffers from arthritis acutely. Mitchell can see the pain in his eyes, even if he tries very hard to hide it.
Seeing George like this is just another reminder that once again he will outlive someone he cares deeply about.
Mitchell has outlived everyone he has ever cared about, everyone has ever loved.
His family, all his friends, Josie and it’s a certainty he will outlive George and he knows when that time finally comes, another piece of his heart will be ripped out as it always is when he loses a loved one.
But Mitchell will go on, unchanged.
Like a picture that has had its glass shattered over and over again.
Mitchell hates his immortality, hates that he has to live while he watches everyone he loves wither away and die, because that pain is hundred times worse than any stake that Herrick could drive into his still heart.
He remembers a conversation they had long ago, sitting at that very table.
George had said “I’m not like you, I don’t have forever.”
I wish I didn’t have forever, Mitchell thinks.
George didn’t know, when he said them, how deeply those words hurt.
But that doesn’t stop Mitchell from loving or getting close to someone, because he believes it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, even though he dies a little inside each time
The thought that George probably won’t die a peaceful death is too painful for Mitchell to think about. But he knows he will be there, to hold George through it when he dies in agony because he can’t transform fully one way or the other.
Mitchell pushes this thought from his mind as he pushes himself up from the step, moves over to where George is standing and pulls him into a hug.
“What’s that for?” George asks.
“Just because,” is Mitchell’s answer.
And George rests his head on Mitchell’s shoulder and simply says “I love you too, Mitchell.”
The End