Yup. This is a shameless oneshot song fic! Based on REM's 'The One I Love'
Enjoy!
The One I Love
Ed sighed as he sat in front of his journal. It had been over a year since he had come through the gate and he still missed the Bastard. Oh well, its not like he ever told the man how he felt anyway. So why did he have an entire journal of letters he had written to a man that would never read them?
He picked up his pen and began writing again. "This one goes out to the one I love. This one goes out to the one I left behind."
This was hopeless. Why was he even doing this? He picked up his pen again and skipped a few lines. "A simple prop to occupy my time." He skipped a few more and started again. "This one goes out to the one I love."
He closed his journal and started a dire in the fireplace. Fire always reminded him of what he was missing. Imagine that.
.oOo.
The next night Ed was home late. A young woman that he worked fairly closely with had asked him out for coffee and he had accepted. He looked at the journal sitting on his table and opened it up to what he had written the night before.
He sighed. As much as it felt like he was betraying Roy, he knew that there was nothing between the two of them. And even if there was he knew Roy would want him happy.
He sat down to write a response to last night's journal entry. "This one goes out to the one I love. This one goes out to the one I've left behind."
He sighed and continued. "Another prop has occupied my time. This one goes out to the one I love."
He closed the journal and sat thoughtfully in front of his fireplace