Hey all, sorry it took so long for me to write this, but here it is, a companion piece to "Without You I'm Gone." It's a Claude oneshot. Oddly I wrote this, while listening to The Finale from Les Mis…"To love another person is to see the face of God." Hope you all like it, constructive criticism is appreciated, flames not so much.
There were no signs of destruction; the world was calm, and still that day…that night. The earth had not opened up and swallowed him whole, although it might have just as well done so.
It was on a clear night, no clouds. He could number each star he saw, but just as he had begun counting the feel of a smooth metal blade entered deep into his heart.
He cried out, hoping his voice would travel, hoping that someone was still awake at this late hour. He cried out, with the realization that not a sound had passed his lips.
As he gasped for air, he watched as the familiar stars began to take on a new, more dangerous shape. They began to twist, and he saw her; her naked form, a sight so terrible to his eyes, that he hid them, hoping that by not looking at the figure before him she would not see him.
The stars smiled down upon him, kissing and licking his lips, just as he had always longed for HER to do. He felt her soft, warm hands slide beneath his cassock, as they caressed, lingering over his most forbidden places. Frustrated, he groaned, and could feel a distant heat rise within him. He feared that THEY would sense it, and at the same time, hoped that she would sense it.
He found himself lost in the night sky, shoving her hands away, remembering for a brief moment what it was like to have a clear head. He looked back up at the same night sky, searching for what had once been there. It had never been there, it had only been a figment of his imagination, and it would now know that something had taken its place.
He once again racked his brain, trying to find traces of his lost love, of the endless toil, but found that on this night, nothing remained. For the first time he saw clearly, the face of God.