Author's Note: I was going through old stuff that I had written and saw this story that I started and never finished. It is set after the first season of Veronica Mars when Veronica opened the door and we didn't know who it was but she did, and it is almost completely done. I thought I would post it, as someone might see it and like it. I told the story using vignettes. I should be able to post it pretty fast because, like I said, nearly the entire story is already written. That being said, on to the story.
Willed Illusions
She puts a lot of effort into keeping it together, her willed illusion of comfort and stability, the words flowing from left to right, the routines of love; but underneath is darkness. Menace, chaos, cities aflame, towers crashing down, the anarchy of deep water.
--Margaret Atwood
If our lives are indeed the sum total of the choices we've made, then we cannot change who we are. However, with every new choice we are given, we can change who we are going to be.
--from The Outer Limits (1995)
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"My Shining Knight"
We'll make the same mistakes
I'll take the fall for you
I hope you need this now
'Cause I know I still do
--from "Until the Day I Die" by Story of the Year
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"I was hoping it would be you."
Just like that and Duncan was back in my life.
"Come in."
"Thanks."