This is a one shot 'cause I was bored one day and scribbled this down in a notebook. I haven't written Ari/Dom before so here goes. One sided Ari/Dom

I own nothing. Not Inception. Not "My Reply" by The Atari's


"I wish there was something I could say to erase each and every page you've been through even though it's not my place to save you." The Atari's


It wasn't her place to save him. Maybe it was Arthur's or in a pinch maybe Eames'. She wished it was her place. She was sure she could save him. He had taught her so much about extraction and inception. She had seen things about Mal that even Arthur didn't know. She remembered when Dom told her that he was accused of killing his wife.

"Thank you." He had told her.

"For what?"

"For not asking me if I did."

After the Fischer job, after Dom and Saito had come out of limbo, after Dom told Mal's projection that a projection just wasn't good enough, Ariadne could tell that the memories and the guilt still haunted him. She was willing to do anything to help him – the man she had fallen for. He wouldn't let her though. She offered to help – even though she didn't know how – but he firmly said it wasn't her place to save him. She nodded and smiled weakly. He went back to his work. She walked out of his office and slammed the door behind her. She walked to her desk and wrote him a note.

"Dom, I care about you. I want to help you, but I can't if you won't let me. I can't sit idly by and watch you run yourself into the ground. If you won't let me help you then let Arthur, or someone. Please. Goodbye. – Ariadne."


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