Black Hole

AN: This one shot is based on the following lyrics:

"Baby's black balloon makes her fly
I almost fell into that hole in your life
And you're not thinking 'bout tomorrow
Cuz you were the same as me
But on your knees

A thousand other boys could never reach you
How could I have been the one?
I saw the world spin beneath you
And scatter like ice from the spoon that was your womb" (Lyrics by Goo Goo Dolls Black Balloon)

The death of her child hit her like a wrecking ball. She felt as if she was falling into a black hole of pain. Patrick tried to reach her but she didn't want to talk about the death of Cole and Hope. She had fallen into a pit so black that nobody could reach her.

No parent should have to lose a child but she had lost two and in the wake of the pain she found the need for revenge. She could feel her sanity slipping through her fingers and she was afraid of the damage that she would cause if she lost her grip on reality.

When Patrick had fallen asleep she had borrowed his gun and took their car and drove straight to Port Charles.

She broke into Sonny's house and walked into his bedroom to find him laying on the bed bleeding. She wasn't the only one who wanted revenge for Cole and Hope.

She drove to the cliff where Hope and Cole had died in the explosion and she pointed the gun to her head.

"Don't," Todd said as he came out of the darkness. "I already lost our granddaughter...don't make me lose you too." he said as he placed his hand on her gun and pulled it out of her hands. He threw it over the edge of the ravine.

She looked at him and she could see that he was in his own black hole of pain and she held onto him like he was an anchor.

She didn't think about their past in that moment...all she knew was that she needed him to survive the darkness that was eating away at her soul. It had started to rain, but she didn't feel cold...she just felt numb.

She felt so good in his arms and she had always been the same as him. Two lost souls who had always been connected by pain. In the past they were connected by the pain he forced on her one stormy night and here they were again on another stormy night and she was his life line because she was the only one that he could connect to in the wake of what was stolen from them.

He kissed her and he expected her to slap him but instead she kissed him back. They tore each other's clothes off as their tears mixed with the rain falling. She laid down on the grass and he went to her. He should have walked away before he hurt her any more than he already had but he couldn't. They had fallen into one another's pain and found themselves in the same black hole of misery.

He inserted himself into her as deep as he could go until their souls had become one. He moved inside of her until their pain had become pleasure.

XOXOXO

Nine months later she gave birth to twins Thomas Cole Manning and Elizabeth Hope Manning. Todd laid Elizabeth in her arms as he held onto Thomas.

"They're beautiful aren't they?"

"Just like you, they're the light of my life that will keep the darkness at bay."

"I feel the same way. I love you Todd."

"I love you too Marty," Todd said as he kissed her head.