be my best, pg
dollhouse, echo/sierra/victor, 130
A short, pointless Dollhouse drabble.
Note: Season one spoilers: yes.


"You've been hurt." Sierra's fingers hover above the jagged lines cut into Victor's face as both her and Echo's serene expressions morph into ones of confusion and concern.

"Yes." Victor looks distant as if remembering an old memory. "I can't be my best."

Victor can forget and does often forget his scars. It is what he is programmed to do. Yet there are whispers of the trauma that linger. And there are triggers. The caretakers have learned to keep him from spotting his reflection.

"Yes, you can," Echo says with certainty and slips her hand into his offering a gentle smile.

Victor's feels a warmth rising in his chest and nearly smiles but remembers that it hurts. Dr. Saunders says it won't always feel this way. Dr. Saunders is nice.