Previously posted as part of a Multifandom Drabble Collection.
Requester: anythingbutgrey
Fandom: Twilight
Pairing: Sam/Leah
Word/Situation: some things can't be erased easily.
Approximate Timeline: none
Title: A Hurricane Following a Summer Breeze
Author: Winter Ashby (rosweldrmr)
Disclaimer: Twilight © Stephanie Meyers
Rating: T
Summary: It wasn't like forgetting. (Sam/Leah)
Authors Notes: Done at pinkceptional's TWILIGHT UNCANON DRABBLE REQUEST MEME at LJ
It wasn't like forgetting, really. It wasn't a restart button, or a do-over. It wasn't even something he could really explain.
Imprinting was just like a hurricane following a summer breeze. You can't fight it, or stop it, even if you wanted to. It carries you away. But it can't erase the existence of that summer breeze, or what it felt like passing over your face.
Sam never forgot what it was like to love Leah. He never forgot the touch of her hands, or the feel of her lips. He never forgot what it was like to slip between her sheets, nuzzle her neck and twist his fingers in her hair. He never forgot what his name sounded like, spilling from her lips.
No, imprinting, unfortunately, didn't mean forgetting.
Oh, but he wished that it did. It might have made it easier, to be with Emily, to see Leah everyday, if he didn't still love her.