A/N: I tried to do that iPod shuffle challenge that I saw on a couple of stories. Didn't work out so well. It was a start for this story though! I intended these to be independent drabbles but as I went on I realized that they were all connected, so I decided to come up with a title for it. Oh yes—I've given this fanfic an M rating because of future sexual content. Since the chapters are hella short (kinda like a vignette, except longer), don't expect it to be graphic. And if you wanted graphic sexual content, sorry, I don't do that stuff. Maybe in the future I might but I don't see that happening for a long time. So if you were expecting graphic sex scenes, get out now. Otherwise, you'll just get upset. And no, I don't own Sweeney Todd...kapeesh?
I. The Mockery of Fate
Inspiration: Why by Miliyah Kato
Often she wonders what she has done to deserve such a cruel punishment. Had she not made it clear enough to her parents that she did not want to be tied with this Albert Lovett? Had she not said enough insults to the disgusting old man? Had she not done enough to push him away?
Now there they are above them, the newly-wedded tenants residing happily as though mocking her for the rest of eternity. What's even worse is that they aren't just any tenants—it's Benjamin Barker and his wife, Lucy. Benjamin Barker, her childhood best friend, her partner in crime—and Lucy, the ever-so-silent, delicate yellow-haired lass.
Since the day Benjamin and she met, the two of them were inseparable. It was only a matter of time when they became lovers—in secret, that is. Why, if it wasn't for her family's horrible financial circumstance and this damned Albert Lovett (who was fifteen years her senior, for the love of God!) coming along, she would've been allowed to marry the one man who had her heart. Alas—life did not work that way. She had to leave Benjamin for her family's sake, and now here he was, living under the same roof with her—with his wife...Lucy, the virtuous, delicate, yellow-haired lass. And they have a daughter too!
She didn't know much about Lucy, except that she was from a well-off family. The girl was quiet in nature, and never bragged about her social standing. She was a proper lady; she dressed and acted like a woman should. She never bore any animosities to the young lass; then again, she never tried to get close to her either, and neither did Benjamin—and that's what puzzled her the most. During those times that she had evaded contact with them, had she been fantasizing about the barber all along? When she was taken away to marry this wretched old Albert Lovett, had she seized the opportunity to take the barber to herself, to make him forget about her?
Ah, it seems that the world is really mocking her. How else can the four of them end up under the same roof? Why does it have to be her? If anything, it should be her husband that should be punished! Her only mistake was leaving behind the love of her life to save her family from financial doom. Is this her punishment for that?
Benjamin Barker has a daughter now. He has a loving wife, and a daughter to keep him happy. There is no way Benjamin will ever come back to her again—she's just going to have to live with the consequences.
