Title: On the Nature of Forgiveness
Fandom: Nip/Tuck
Rating: PG
Summary: 2 Drabbles about forgiveness. One by Sean. One by Christian.
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AN: Sean's drabble takes place after Julia and Sean have split up, that's all you need to know.
Sean's POVHow dare she ask for my forgiveness! She hasn't earned it! Neither has he and I still protest he doesn't have it. We all know I'm lying. He has it though I never gave it him. He must have stolen it.
He needs me: I make him stronger. She needs me: she drains me. It's when I'm not with him that I feel drained, hollow, uncompleted. Over the years I've learned that despite the hassle it is being friends and partners with Christian, it's more pain not to be.
I won't forgive her: I don't love her.
I love him?
Christian's POV
I'm not used to forgiving. No need. People tend to be nice to me, not that I deserve it. It's me who gets forgiveness, even when I never asked for it. If a woman likes me, I'll sleep with her sister or best friend. If she forgives me after that, I'll hurt her deeper still. They WILL leave in the end. Everybody does.
Except for Sean. He's always forgiving me, and I don't know why. He's the only one I've got left. I need his forgiveness. Yet one day I'll go too far. He'll leave. Then I won't forgive myself.