Drabbling Time~

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5 Nevers: Drabbles about five things that never happened

Totally stole this format from Kate. HI KATE.

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Zekk | Squarewarts

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A Denied Confession

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It seems to be a tradition in his life, caring deeply for a woman he can't even confess to. Jaina was his first. Erza is his last. She looks up at him, and he can read it in her face, that expectant look. She knows, the same way that Jaina did, but Zekk can't do it.

She deserves better than him. She was headstrong and vibrant and wholly terrifying... But she didn't know the dark side, and he knew she was the type of person who never would.

He smiles at her, shakily, his hand reaching out to touch her shoulder. Her eyes follow the line of his arm, and it's clear that she's confused. He squeezes her shoulder, feeling the muscle under the soft skin, patting awkwardly before withdrawing from her. It's easier this way, he tells himself.

“Have a good summer, Erza.”

Her eyes narrow, and he knows that she knows what he's doing. Long, pale fingers clench. “I'll see you, Peckhum.”

Maybe, he thinks.

Catty Turner

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A Future

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Her hands rest on her protruding belly as she leans back on the kitchen counter of their new home, eyes taking it all in. She's wearing a dreamy smile when her husband walks into the room, paint flecking his skin as he puts the large bag of Chinese food on the table.

“What are you thinking about?”

Catty grins at him, the corners of her mouth curling up as she drinks him in. Her first love, her friend, lover. “You did well by me, Chris.” Movement under her hands has her chuckling before correcting herself. “By us.”

Chris pauses, staring at her. The smile on his lips is faint, and there's something in his eyes that she catches but can't name, watching it quickly fade from existence. “I told you that I would protect you, Catty.”

The words ring vaguely familiar in a way she can't recall, but it doesn't matter. “Protect me from the perils of our tiny apartment and the hunger the baby causes?”

A grin lights up his face as he takes exactly three large steps to reach her, hands on her hips as he kisses her forehead. “Among other things.”

A Past

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Adamantis holds the girl close to him, petting back her dark hair softly, in a manner meant to be soothing, fatherly. And the girl clings tighter to him, her head resting on his shoulder. “My Atertra, my future,” he coos in that perfect voice of his, and the girl pulls back, grinning

A Confession

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His words bounce around her head, and she breathes out heavily, tears streaming down her face. She suddenly feels young and foolish, thinking back to how jealous she was of Vanessa and Jimena and Serena, how they had people who loved them, how she foolishly wished for it herself. Maybe if she had been a better person, hadn't wanted to have a boyfriend so desperately, then Chris wouldn't be in this situation.

Her hands shake as she reaches up, cupping his face, thumbs running over his cheeks. If she hadn't thought Chris could have been that chance, he wouldn't have done all of this for her. He could have just done his duty and made sure that she did hers. No feelings needed to be involved.

She feels as though she's a curse.

“I love you, too, Chris,” she finally says, and she knows, without a doubt, that he is the only man she could ever bring herself to love. He's her only one.

The smile he gives clenches at her heart, his fingers around her wrists. He kisses each palm before nodding slowly. “Remember my promise.”

Catty nods in