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.