he'll leave like the rest
she was alone for an eternity
with nothing but bitter thoughts and sadness and those unrequited loves bearing down on her
and he came
out of the sky, thrown high into the sea like some avenging god wreaking vengeance from above upon the unsuspecting victims
and she thought, briefly, as he lay in the water, that perhaps he had been exiled like her, that perhaps he could do what the others never could.
that he could
stay
with her, forever, in her prison, her companion, lover, friend
a flicker of hope dawned in her caramel eyes
swirling with emotions unrequited for far too long
they sent her a hero to care for when she needed it most, and she would do her duty and heal him, and she brought him into her cave
and worked her magic, long, and hard, alone, but for his breathing, which kept her attached to the sanity that had been fraying for far too long...
it had been - years? centuries? eons? since she had had a guest, and she was excited for the first time in forever (a/n see what I did there *wink*)
and she hurried and sang her healing and loved him and gave him the powerful he needed
and she dreamed and wished he would be the one that would accept, and never leave
but she inwardly knew he'd
leave like the rest
and she heard him muttering softly in his doze, a soft name in the night.
she leant closer ~
he smelt of salt and ocean and breeze and she guessed he must have been a descendant of Poseidon
and she made out the phrase, a syllabant name repeated over and over
Annabeth..?
and her hopes and dreams were crushed again, as painful as it always was, her heart carved and jabbed at with a knife and she was crying softly for daring to think he could be the one to stay
the girl's name was spoken with such love and adoration and longing
she knew she would be left behind and he would go back
like all the others before him
and he opened his brilliant emerald eyes that made her fall for him all over again
"Annabeth?"
she wanted to cry.
