Title: Accident or Fate?
Genre: Fluff
Rating: T
Pairing : David/Abby
Word Count: 500
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It's amazing the things we see. Either by accident or by fate. A broken mirror. All this started out with a broken mirror and twenty-two cents. Abby smirked as she shook her head at the place she called home. This dump was the last of her savings and she honestly felt good about herself. She couldn't wait to try this again. One smile was all she had left and she smirked it up. There, lying next to the broken mirror was the man that had been deemed worthy enough to have her. And, in his defense, rightfully so. He had twenty-two cents on him and that was all. She and he were idiots, they both knew it, but it was this idiotic behavior that sent them both head over hills.
A shower and a long smoke afterward had her smiling to herself once more. This man had came barging into her life after so many misses, that she honestly thought she'd give up. After all, who would love a woman that had no money to her name and a fucked up looking apartment such as this? David Ellington was just that man. A small town man that decided to try his luck in the worst place imaginable, The slums of Atlantic City, New Jersey. She, a native of the city, knew her way around and how to get by with just a little. He, on the other hand, had found himself on the wrong side of town and ended up in her apartment with a concussion and a severe hangover.
She exhaled the smoke and turned to see that he was waking up.
"Morning, Hotstuff." She said giving him a wink.
"Morning, Suga." He said letting his southern accent come full out. She felt her bottoms start to dampen a bit.
"What do you say to us getting out of here for the day?" She asked and he nodded his consent.
"Let me change and then we can go." He said and took off to the bathroom.
If she had known this was to be her life, she still wouldn't have done anything different. This man had changed everything she thought was possible and he did so without knowing. His sweet and southern ways was what had her helping him in the first place. He challenged all that she knew and all that she was.
David let the feeling of the fabric against his skin ground him into this new reality. He loved this woman whole heartedly. He knew his did the first time he had laid eyes on her. She had cared for him when he was but a stranger. He knew this would be the mother of his children. He just knew.
David moved out into the room and looked to the mess around them. "We've gotta be more careful." He said sighing.
"I know, but look at it this way. Soon, we won't be here and then we won't have to worry about it." She said smiling.