All Falls Down
Part 3 of 3
By neka lopez aka klutzy kay

It falls just as he expected it to. Piece by piece, little by little, so slowly that at first he hardly recognizes it. That is, until too much time has passed and it's all just too far gone to salvage.

Ironically it happens just as they slip from his memory for the longest time, longer than he could have ever dreamed of, and he couldn't be more surprised.

But what he really finds funny is the way it slows down as soon as he notices, as though the fates want him to see everything fall apart just out of some kind of twisted vengeance.


He doesn't understand why they would do this to him. He really, truly doesn't think he's done anything to deserve it, because hadn't he done as Karen demanded that cold winter night all those years ago and stayed away? Hadn't he kept his distance, made sure the boy never felt his presence? She'd said it herself, he had delivered in fine fashion.

But that's really not what's bothering him, he knows deep down.

Because when he lies alone in bed at night he tells himself he would've stopped them if he hadn't been so caught off guard.

He prides himself in being a good liar, but most of him knows that it's a bare-faced lie anyway.


The pitiful remains of his life finally slam down into the ground on a Tuesday, and it leaves him more alone than he had ever imagined possible.

He doesn't know what to do when it happens, doesn't know what to say.

Of course, it wasn't like it mattered by the time he manages to get his jaw off the floor. There isn't anyone to tell even if he did have the words.

...Yes, it all fell down just as he expected to, yet somehow he couldn't be any more surprised.

End of All Falls Down.

Note: There could be continuation of this story, if I decided to actually use the events of season 1 or some original plotlines. Does anyone have any thoughts on it?