All Unwritten

By Dragon's Daughter 1980

Disclaimer: I'm playing in the sandbox.

Author's Note: Occasionally a quote becomes the daily prompt. This one is from Whistler from the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Prompt: I heard her that morning…


I heard her that morning, six months after she was gone. It was an amused comment coming from a corridor on my daily run, where she had walked past me on her way to the indoor garden two doors down. I didn't hear words, only meaning.

It was fondness.

I had called her leader.

There is nothing that anyone could do or say that would ever change my loyalty to the woman who had given me a second chance at life.


I heard her that noon, seven months after she was gone. It was a soft laugh in my quarters where we had shared too few nights of relaxation as women, leaders, and above all, friends. I did not hear her words, only her meaning.

It was affection.

I had called her sister.

There is nothing anyone could do or say that would ever change this simple truth.


I heard her that afternoon, eight months after she was gone. It was a whisper on the balcony where she had found me after that fateful Sunday. I didn't hear what she said, only what she meant.

It was forgiveness.

I had failed her.

There is nothing that I could do that would ever be enough to atone for that simple fact.


I heard her that evening, nine months after she was gone. It was a caress on our balcony where we had spent so many nights together, speaking first as friends, then as colleagues, and then as lovers. I didn't catch her words, only her meaning.

It was devotion.

I love her.

There is nothing that any power in all the galaxies in existence can do to keep me from finding her and bringing her home.