Disclaimer: Not. Mine.
Song: Bowling Ball by Superchick
Character(s)/POV(s): Dom
Pairing: Mostly onesided D/K
Posted: 4/2/09
Reason: I really don't remember why I picked it. It was a long time ago…
A/N: Okay, so, I finally got around to getting another one up! Took me long enough. There's only one more of these to go before Hero's Song is officially done. I'll try to get the next one up next week if I can, so it shouldn't be nearly as long a wait as the last one. Anyway, enjoy, and don't forget to leave me a review!
Maybe he'll change
Maybe things'll get better
Maybe it would be nice
If he wouldn't always put you down
Maybe things'll work out
But maybe they'll never..
And I think you've given him
The benefit of the doubt
Domitan of Masbolle sat in his room in the barracks of the King's Own, thankful that, as a sergeant, he was allowed to have his own room if he wanted one. His mind was on Kel. He didn't understand why she was with Cleon at all. Cleon of Kennan was engaged to another woman, and he was just leading Kel on. There was no way that his mother was going to let him marry a 'jumped-up merchant's' daughter who was training to be a knight and had little dowry. That was a fact that Dom knew plain and simple from what Raoul had told him.
She didn't need to be with Cleon if she wanted to be loved. Even if she didn't see it, Dom was in love with her. For now, he would wait. That was all he could do.
You need that boy like a bowling ball
Dropped on your head
Which means not at all
You have too much to give, to live
To waste your time on him
Dom saw that look of sadness when she and Cleon broke it off. As much as he was glad to see that it was over between her and Kennan, he did not like to see her sad. She didn't need Cleon, and he hoped she knew that – there would be someone for her someday, and Dom hoped that he could be that someone…
Maybe he'll change
If you could be better
But maybe it's not your fault
He's checkin out the waitress now..
But someday you'll change
One day you're stronger
And you will have changed enough
And it's time to get out.
After they had all come back from Scanra, Cleon joined them at Steadfast. His wife had passed away in an accident, and he was grieving. Before Dom could even confess his feelings to Kel, Cleon latched onto her. His claim was that he needed a friend while he grieved. While Kel would never turn down a friend in need, Dom was far less than pleased, and not just because he was planning on telling her. Cleon was just trying to catch Kel again.
You need that boy like a bowling ball
Dropped on your head
Which means not at all
You have too much to give, to live
To waste your time on him
Dom shot a scathing glare at Cleon during the reception after the weddings. Cleon, with his arm around Kel's waist, was over by the refreshment table, talking calmly with a couple of other nobles.
Kel didn't need Cleon! She was too good for him! It made Dom just furious that this lofty-acting young knight thought that he had the right to court Kel after breaking her heart once. But, in the end, he knew that it was Kel's choice, and if she wanted to marry Cleon in the end, he would respect her choice. He still thought she was wasting her time.
You have too much to give, to live,
To waste your time on him.
You need that boy like a bowling ball
Dropped on your head
Which means not at all
You have too much to give, to live
To waste your time on him
You have to much to give, to live,
To waste your time on him.
Then he found her crying in the stables not long before she and the others were supposed to be going back to New Hope. Peachblossom regarded him with what could only be a warning look as he very carefully opened the stall door. He knelt in front of where she was sitting, hugging her knees with her head bent. Dom had never seen Kel cry, but it didn't make him think any less of her.
"Kel?" he asked softly. She jerked her head up, her dreamer's hazel eyes wide and full of tears.
"I didn't think anyone else was in the stables," she said in a quiet voice. Dom gave her a knowing half-smile.
"There isn't anyone else down here. Do you want to talk about it?" he inquired. Kel smiled at him through the tears.
"Thank you, Dom."
Up next – Beka: Twisted.
