Title: Misery Made Beautiful
by Eve

Rating: PG13 should be enough.
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Pairing: A/C
Summary: Misery made beautiful, right before our eyes ... mercy be revealed ... and blind us where we stand ...


Misery Made Beautiful


Cordelia sighed with relief when she finally shut the door of her apartment behind her.

*Home sweet home.*

All she wanted to do was to slip into her old sweats, curl up on the couch with an extra large pint of chocolate ice-cream and watch some mindless TV. Most people who knew her would have been shocked by this behaviour but she just couldn't force herself to care anymore.

While she switched on the lights her jacket was lifted from her shoulders and floated towards the wardrobe.

"Thanks, Dennis."

She dropped her keys on the table. Now that nobody was able to see her except for her ghostly friend she dropped her upright posture and dragged herself towards the bedroom.

She felt so tired.

Emotionally and physically drained of any energy that she once possessed.

*I guess then it's just a hot shower and a long night's sleep, or whatever sleep I'll be able to get tonight anyway.*

A glance at the watch on her nightstand confirmed her suspicions about the actual amount of sleep she would get.

The shower already running thanks to her roommate, she quickly undressed, walked into the bathroom and slipped under the hot stream of water.

"Dennis, what would I do without you."

Her voice sounded hollow even to her own ears. She felt the tears she managed to hold back on the way back from the Hyperion threatening to spill once again and this time she didn't try to hold them back. Sobs wrecked her body as she stood under the spray, coldness seeping into her bones despite the hot rivulets of water that trailed over her skin leaving angry red streaks behind and the heat that fogged the bathroom mirror.

TBC