Title: "Home"
Author: Catherin Rabb (catherinrabb@aol.com)
Rating: G
Pairing: J/D
Disclaimers: All characters belong to JMS, WB and TNT.
Summary: After David's rescue from Centauri Prime.
"Home"
by Catherin Rabb
She felt warm and so loved, just lying there, listening to his
heartbeat. The steady rise and fall of his chest was like a
lullaby.
His hand was drawing small circles on her bare back, trying to
sooth her. They had gone through so much.
After they had managed to save David from the Centauri, the
message of Emperor Mollari's death had reached them. Shortly
afterwards, the new Emperor of the Centauri, Vir Cotto, had send
a request for forgiveness and help to rebuild the planet. It had
also informed them of G'Kar's death. Mourning for their former
friends and the realization of how close they had been to loose
their son, let to an emotional break down of Delenn and she cried
the whole night.
But John was there, holding her, whispering soothing words, stroking
her hair. They made love, gently and very slowly. Assuring each other
of their eternal love and forgetting the world for a few brief moments.
Delenn needed him, love and support. John tried to stay awake, in
case the emotions would over come her, again. But all the exhaustion
of the last weeks finally took over and he was fast asleep.
When Delenn was sure he was asleep, she carefully moved away from him,
out of the bed.
Next to their room, David was sleeping peacefully for the first time in
weeks. Careful not to wake him, she walked over to his bed. Delenn
lightly kissed his forehead and tucked the blanket more around his
sleeping form. The incident with the Centauri had deeply disturbed
him, Delenn only hoped that his soul had not suffered too much. But
in his face she no longer saw the happy boy, but a young man forced into
seriousness much too early. Watching him only for some minutes, she
then retreated back to John. A candle stood on her night stand, which
she light. Placing a chair near the bed, Delenn lowered herself into it.
It had been 16 years since she last watch him. His face still as beautiful
as the first time she saw him, although the time had not passed without
leaving it's trace. In his sleep all problems fell from him, leaving her
John, the man she loved, the father of her child, her Soulmate. When he
was awake, the burden he carried lay heavy on his shoulders.
Being Entil'zha was as interesting, tiring and demanding as any other
leading position. But despite their full schedules, John and Delenn still
managed to spend some quality time with their family. John and David had
been the 'terror couple of Minbar when David was still a child. They
went swimming, scaring Rangers, tree climbing, which gave Delenn more than
once a huge scare. But they also lay in the gardens watching the clouds
and fantasizing about adventures. David was such an active child, always
seeking things he had not yet discovered, a quality he had undoubtedly
inherited from his parents. He learned quickly, for instance, he speaks all
three Minbari languages, Standard, Russian (which he learnt from his favorite
aunt Susan) and Narn fluently.
Of course, she and John were afraid of letting him go, but they couldn't lock
him in, he was to be a normal child just like his friends. A sudden sadness
filled Delenn, thinking about her little family, because she knew that John
would not see his son become an adult. She relinquished every single moment with
her two man, for John's time was limited.
How she would live on without him, was unknown to her. But she had David and she
was sure that John and her would meet again, in the place where no shadows fall.
Sleep was something she needed desperately. Blowing the candle out, she went back
to bed, snuggling up to her husband. Soon she joint him in the land of dreams.
Author: Catherin Rabb (catherinrabb@aol.com)
Rating: G
Pairing: J/D
Disclaimers: All characters belong to JMS, WB and TNT.
Summary: After David's rescue from Centauri Prime.
"Home"
by Catherin Rabb
She felt warm and so loved, just lying there, listening to his
heartbeat. The steady rise and fall of his chest was like a
lullaby.
His hand was drawing small circles on her bare back, trying to
sooth her. They had gone through so much.
After they had managed to save David from the Centauri, the
message of Emperor Mollari's death had reached them. Shortly
afterwards, the new Emperor of the Centauri, Vir Cotto, had send
a request for forgiveness and help to rebuild the planet. It had
also informed them of G'Kar's death. Mourning for their former
friends and the realization of how close they had been to loose
their son, let to an emotional break down of Delenn and she cried
the whole night.
But John was there, holding her, whispering soothing words, stroking
her hair. They made love, gently and very slowly. Assuring each other
of their eternal love and forgetting the world for a few brief moments.
Delenn needed him, love and support. John tried to stay awake, in
case the emotions would over come her, again. But all the exhaustion
of the last weeks finally took over and he was fast asleep.
When Delenn was sure he was asleep, she carefully moved away from him,
out of the bed.
Next to their room, David was sleeping peacefully for the first time in
weeks. Careful not to wake him, she walked over to his bed. Delenn
lightly kissed his forehead and tucked the blanket more around his
sleeping form. The incident with the Centauri had deeply disturbed
him, Delenn only hoped that his soul had not suffered too much. But
in his face she no longer saw the happy boy, but a young man forced into
seriousness much too early. Watching him only for some minutes, she
then retreated back to John. A candle stood on her night stand, which
she light. Placing a chair near the bed, Delenn lowered herself into it.
It had been 16 years since she last watch him. His face still as beautiful
as the first time she saw him, although the time had not passed without
leaving it's trace. In his sleep all problems fell from him, leaving her
John, the man she loved, the father of her child, her Soulmate. When he
was awake, the burden he carried lay heavy on his shoulders.
Being Entil'zha was as interesting, tiring and demanding as any other
leading position. But despite their full schedules, John and Delenn still
managed to spend some quality time with their family. John and David had
been the 'terror couple of Minbar when David was still a child. They
went swimming, scaring Rangers, tree climbing, which gave Delenn more than
once a huge scare. But they also lay in the gardens watching the clouds
and fantasizing about adventures. David was such an active child, always
seeking things he had not yet discovered, a quality he had undoubtedly
inherited from his parents. He learned quickly, for instance, he speaks all
three Minbari languages, Standard, Russian (which he learnt from his favorite
aunt Susan) and Narn fluently.
Of course, she and John were afraid of letting him go, but they couldn't lock
him in, he was to be a normal child just like his friends. A sudden sadness
filled Delenn, thinking about her little family, because she knew that John
would not see his son become an adult. She relinquished every single moment with
her two man, for John's time was limited.
How she would live on without him, was unknown to her. But she had David and she
was sure that John and her would meet again, in the place where no shadows fall.
Sleep was something she needed desperately. Blowing the candle out, she went back
to bed, snuggling up to her husband. Soon she joint him in the land of dreams.