Title: Grief By Proxy
Author: thewickedquill (Shay)
Character/s: Alec
Rated: PG13
Warning: Implied matured situation
Genre: Angst
Word Count: 100 (drabble)
Disclaimer: Dark Angel and all related elements belong to Cameron Eglee Productions and FOX. No copyright infringement intended. All use of Dark Angel themes, etc., is purely for entertainment purposes. No money is being made from this work. None of it is mine; I just play with the characters and props because it's more fun that real life.
Story Notes: Inspired by TBA, S2 of DA and to commemorate Rachel s untimely death. For the Alec (or Alec/Rachel) lovers of the world. Written for Prompt #16: Rain over on the fiction_drabbles community on Dreamwidth.
Grief By Proxy
He had received his orders that evening and they d watched him intently, eager for an emotional reaction. He refused to give them the satisfaction, instead staring blankly out the window, timing his breaths with the cracking thunder.
They didn t care about his grief or the woman he loved whom they d deemed collateral damage. They demanded blind obedience.
He blinked away the memory of a brunette with smiling eyes. The blonde on the bed was just another job.
And as he unbuttoned his pants, his eyes flickered to the darkened heavens.
He left the sky to weep, for he dared not.