Never Healing Scars
Monroe stared dejectedly towards the computer screen, his eyes stinging with unshed tears. He'd promised himself a long time ago that he wouldn't cry, not anymore, over her. Over Angelina... He blinked his eyes quickly.
This case had reopened so many old wounds, so many feelings that he had thought he had buried. He really hadn't buried any of them. He'd been lying to himself. He had missed her, damn it, missed her and he didn't have any right to do so.
And then she had found him again. She'd blown back into town like a tornado, stirring up trouble on whatever path she took. And, in the typical Angelina fashion, she'd only left destruction.
And death. Death, too.
It had been his fault as much as hers, but he wasn't pointing fingers. Shuffling the blame wouldn't bring their friend back and Monroe knew Hap wasn't the kind of guy that would have wanted them fighting over him. So, Monroe didn't think about Hap's death being anything but purely Fate, and instead, he was tormenting himself with other types of memories.
He swallowed hard as he clicked through picture after picture of old memories, a wistful smile lifting his lips a few times. Once, he laughed out loud. It was like yesterday, that all these pictures had been taken.
But that was yesterday. That was the past. And Monroe knew that he had to stop living in it.
With a gusty sigh, he closed the memories, cutting off the stream of thoughts of what could have been and maybe what would have happened, because he didn't need those anymore.
This was the present, this was Portland, this was him, being a Wieder Blutbad, and he was friends with a Grimm. He didn't have room for Angelina.
Monroe stood with his glass of wine, glancing fondly towards the clock parts strewn on the table.
Yeah, Angelina was gone. Those scars would never heal, not totally. But who was to say that he didn't have a chance at happiness?
I hated this scene in 1x6 solely for the reason Monroe was about to cry. I just wanted to give him a great big Blutbad hug! It's okay now, baby, you have Rosalee. :)
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