Title: Could Have
Author: Kytten
Pairing: Gabriel/Dracula
Rating: PG
Words: 100
Spies wander throughout Rome. Gabriel knew and expected that. So it's really no surprise he should return to find Vladislaus pale and drawn, sick with worry, paranoid in knowing an assassin's been sent to kill him.
Gabriel could have trusted him. Could have held him. Could have soothed away his worries with a whispered word and a soft kiss. Could have turned away from the church and found another way to serve his god. Could have stopped to wonder why a loving god would demand such bloodbaths.
He could have… But then, he could have done a lot of things.