A/N - This came from someone telling me, after reading 'The Bonding' and 'End Of Trial Period', that they would like to see more description and emotion. I have no idea if this is even close to what they meant, but this has been bugging me ever since. There will be one for Laura's side of the story, but that will come later, after I've slept for a couple of hours, cause it's really late. (or early... whatever. It's two in the morning, gimme a break)
Obviously you should read 'The Bonding' before you read this, because this is set after that and just before 'End of Trial Period' starts. Like a few minutes before.
Like before, please read and review. And enjoy.
And now I shall be going to bed
Sitting out on a balcony with his paints and easel, Evan tried to draw inspiration from his surroundings, but found his thoughts straying to Laura.
He wanted them to stay together. He liked the idea of being married to her; that was the reason he had chosen her for that stupid bonding ceremony.
Ok, so he hadn't meant to do it that quickly, asking her to have a drink with him first probably would have been better, but he had thought she wouldn't mind.
"Didn't think that one through, did you Evan?" he muttered to himself, cleaning his brush and giving up on his painting. He couldn't concentrate anyway.
As he packed up his stuff, he thought over it a little more.
She didn't seem to have had a problem pretending when they were conducting the trade back on Castiin, but now he guessed that she was just a good actor. He liked her a lot, but he wasn't about to force her to stay bonded to him.
Besides, she would kick his butt.
Walking back to 'their' quarters he resolved to finally have the conversation they'd been avoiding.
If you love somebody, let them go, and all that.
Even if it hurt.
-fin-
or tbc, considering it goes into 'End Of Trial Period'
And if you were wondering, in the second last line Evan references this quote:
"If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were."
-- Kahlil Gibran
