Painful Memories

AN: This one shot is written from Todd's point of view and is based on the following prompt: "I'd rather be the pain that you remember then the love that you forget."

"It was raining as I waited for Marty to return home. The rain always reminded me of her and I was certain that wherever she was…she was having the same painful memories that I was having tonight. It had rained the night of the spring fling…the night that I had hurt her more than I had ever hurt anybody else in my life…the same night that I had destroyed any chance that I would ever have with her. Our pain filled relationship played in my mind like a bad movie as the rain continued to fall down. It seemed like I had been waiting for hours when I saw a car pull into the driveway.

"She's home safe…we can go now," I ordered my driver. "Wait," I called as he started to pull away. She was with some other guy and I couldn't control the jealousy that surged through me as he wrapped his arms around her. I knew that I had no claims to her after all the pain that I had caused her, but I still felt like she was my girl to protect.

"I'm sorry David, but I just don't feel good. I think that you should leave," I heard Marty saying.

"Come on Marty…I delayed my flight so that I could spend some time with you. You owe me and I promise that I'll make you feel so much better," David said as he pulled her into a rough kiss.

"Get your filthy hands off of her Vickers." I shouted as I pulled him away from her and hit him over and over again. "No means no David," I said as I wrapped my hands around his throat and began to squeeze.

"Todd, please just let him go," I heard Marty reasoning with me as she touched my shoulder.

"Take this low life loser anywhere he wants to go," I ordered my driver as I released my strong hold on him.

"Todd, what are you doing here? It's raining...and I just can't handle seeing you tonight of all nights," she whispered.

"I had to find you Marty and make sure that you got home safe. I know that you're haunted by what I did to you five years ago today. I know that you are plagued with the same painful memories that plague me and I just wanted to make sure that you didn't do anything stupid to escape the memories."

"Damnit Todd, why can't you just let the past go? Why do you always have to interfere in my life? Why won't you leave me alone so that I can forget you?" Marty asked as she hit me over and over again.

"Because I'd rather be the pain that you remember then the love that you forget," I whispered as I pulled her to me and kissed her.

She kissed me back for one of the greatest seconds of my life but then she pulled away from me and slapped me across the face like I knew that she would.

"I hate you…I hate you…I hate you," she shouted as she hit me over and over again as she collapsed from fatigue.

"I know…I hate myself, but I'm not going to leave you tonight or ever. Just let me take care of you tonight," I pleaded as I picked her up in my arms and carried her into her house.

She stopped fighting me as I carried her upstairs to her bedroom and laid her in her bed.

"I could never forget you or how much I love you," she whispered as she passed out.

"I know…I can't forget that I love you too," I said as I kissed the top of her head. I sat down on her bed and watched her sleep.