A/N: I should also probably mention that these drabbles don't directly relate to each other. There's no continuity going on here. ;)
Written for the Five Years Gone challenge.
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Rosa
Five years have gone, but he remembers.
(the cheerleader; a waitress)
Hair curled around his hands.
(nathan's daughter; his niece)
Smiles that made him shiver.
(indestructible; a freak)
His whispered, "I'll always save you."
Her whispered, "I'll always love you."
(just Claire; she was never just Claire to him)
It's on the news and he vomits when he sees her red stained skin; Niki cleans it up.
(she was so much more)
He places a silken rose on the grave.
(light and air and innocence; his only reason for living)
He never wants to forget.
He knows he never will.
