Title: In Her Life
Author: mousugoame
Spoilers: Season 8 onwards, I guess
Word Count: 322
Disclaimer: Not mine, honest, well except for the Volkswagen beetle…
When she was little, she thought it was ice cream and oranges. During those times her mom wanted her to stay still and behave; she would always be bribed with ice cream, in any flavor she wanted. She had her share of chocolate, vanilla, bubblegum, rocky road; she had forgotten all the flavors. But now looking back, she realized that it is vanilla that she liked most of all.
In high school, she thought it was her car. It was nothing fancy, just a beat up Volkswagen beetle she help paid for. The car was her companion most of the time, especially on those times she wanted to disappear off the face of the earth. Or during those times when her parents don't approve of who she is and who she wants to be.
In college, she thought it was her independence. She loved the feeling of going places when you don't have to ask the permission of anyone. She was free to hang out with people that her parents did not know or even approve of. But most of her time was spent alone at the top of the astronomy tower, surrounded by stars.
At the FBI, she thought it was her work. She usually buried herself in her work, not ever wanting to socialize or just hang out with other people. She preferred the silence of the autopsy bay, just having conversations with the dead. That was better, she realized, not having people talk back at you.
Now, as she gazed at the baby in her arms, she realized that all the things she thought she can't live without before were not really that important. Now she really understood the one thing she can't really live without is the one thing that she really, really wanted ever since she can remember. The most important thing she helped bring in this world and that she will protect at any cause.
Her son.
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