Title: Whispers in the Dark
Author: Ahhpleezeninja
Rating: K+
Author's Note/ Spoilers Alert: This is a look into Richard's head after being saved from the Mord'sith Denna. Set after 01x08: Denna. Inspiration from Whispers in the Dark by Skillet.
Disclaimer: Not my mine, but you already know that.
I can't sleep, so I watch the rise and fall of Kahlan's chest. The light coming from the fire seems to be caressing her skin and leaving a hint of red blush from it's heat. As I watch, I think to myself about how much I love her. And my love for her saved me from the corruption of Denna's agiel. I know she feels guilty, I see it every time she looks at me. The moment she left my side, she left me vulnerable and Denna managed to find me in my moment of vulnerability and I was captured. I don't blame Kahlan for my capture, nor will I ever.
Kahlan told me a lie, said she didn't have the same feelings for me, that I have for her and despite that lie she made, I know, as I did before, that her love is mine to take. I remember the tears in her eyes, I see it every time I go to sleep. My love is just waiting to turn those tears to roses. But I can't until she allows us, to admit how we feel. Kahlan wants us to bury them and she asked if I could do that and I told her "If there is anything I learned from Denna, is how to suffer in silence".
I want to be able to hold her and I want to be the one she runs to. I look at her and she sometimes looks so lonely ragged. I know, when she looks like this, that she is remembering seeing me broken and naked on the dungeon floor in the Mord'sith temple. I would still be there if she didn't come to find me, to be the one to guide me back to the man I am.
I long to tell her that she will never be alone, that I will never fall. I need to tell her that when darkness comes, I think of her and the nightmares stop. Ever since she has saved me from the Mord'sith, she has stopped the Whispers in the Dark. Kahlan has made the whispers dissappear. I vow to do the same for her.