AN: I own nothing and no one portrayed here (with the exception of two characters mentioned in another chapter, Ava and Gail). During my time away from FF, I wrote a series of drabbles and one shots for the characters I was playing elsewhere. That site is gone, but I liked the writing enough that I wanted to keep some of it alive. These were done for Norman Osborn. The world I wrote them for is AU, so not everything here is canon.

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"…Mr. Osborn…"

You wave the doctor away, not even bothering to tear your gaze away from the window. Darkness has fallen but through the light of the street lamp you can see the snow drifting down from the sky, the flakes huge and fluffy, lazily tumbling down as if they had all the time in the world, not knowing that when they land on the ground they will melt away like their brothers and sisters. So fragile, so fleeting. Maybe if you keep your concentration on them you won't let the words that the doctor hasn't said sink in, the ones you already know are waiting to come out.

Emily

So happy she was, to have your child. So happy you were, for her to have it. Your lives combined in one perfect little being. Lying in his crib now, he seems so innocent. How can one tiny creature steal a grown woman's life and strength? It seems impossible, but there it is. Your son is perfect and healthy while your wife has just left this world, never having fully recovered from his birth. In the reflection in the window you can see the doctor watch you; he wonders why you aren't with her. But you are with her, or rather she is with you. Every word, every look, every memory plays in your mind as you watch the snow fall. Your hand rises and touches the cold glass of the window. The cold seeps into your skin, blessedly cold; numbing every part of you that it reaches, and that's what you want. To be numb. To let the cold creep in and numb every part that hurts, until if you opened that window and let the snow come in, the flakes that fall wouldn't melt when they touch your face, and at least their lives would be saved. Too many things had died today already.