Okay, sorry it took me so long to write/post another songfic. i souport publik edukation
Character: Stanton. (sigh) We all love this bad ass sweetie
Scene: Stanton can't sleep because he is haunted by Serena. In effort to escape his thoughts, he takes a walk, but can't help but think of his love.
Song: "Something I Can Never Have" By Nine Inch Nails. Written and basically preformed by The Music Man himself, Trent.
***She swarms around me, her sent engulfs me, bringing memories before me. I follow her with my gaze. She enchants me, and I do not have the strength to break my stare away from her. She circles me, the only light in this darkness. She is only inches from me, her heat warming me in this desolate cold. I want to reach out to her, she is so close now. I slowly extend my hand. My heart rips from me as pushes it away as a frown creeps on her beautiful face. A single tear falls on her soft cheek…. "Stanton" She mouths…***
Stanton awoke with a start. She was in his dreams again. He will never escape her, for she haunts his dreams. "Serena…." He breathed her name. The one name that causes a swell of love and a swirl of doom. Flashes of his dream still reverberated in his mind as he lay immobile on his vast bed.
I still recall the taste of your tears
Echoing your voice just like the ringing in my ears
Stanton shook his head, trying to free himself from her. Sighing to himself, Stanton threw aside his black sheets and swung his legs off his four-poster. He stalked over to his domed balcony and rested his hands on the marble railing. Staring over the beaches of California, Stanton let his mind wonder freely.
My favorite dreams of you still wash ashore
Scraping through my head 'till I don't want to sleep anymore
Without hesitation, he leapt over the railing into a free-fall, melting into shadow just before his solid body would have hit the beach below. Slick and cool, Stanton made his way to her street. To that old style house where his love slept. His being was evil, but his love for her was divine. In the constant fight of good versus evil, she was all he knew. She who was good and evil; light and dark.
You make this all go away
You make this all go away
I'm down to just one thing
And I'm starting to scare myself
You make this all go away
You make this all go away
He stopped in front of Serena's dark still house. The pain inside him grew so forcefully that he thought it might tear him in half. He stood across the street to the one thing that made him feel whole. The one thing that gave him purpose.
I just want something
I just want something I can never have
He thought back to the time when things were simpler; before he had met Serena. Everything was plain and easy. He was evil, Daughters were good. Evil fights Goodness, one would win the battle, but the war always continued. Then he had met her. She taught him how to love again, brought out the goodness in him, goodness he had thought dead.
You always were the one to show me how
Back then I couldn't do the things that I can do now
He gave a rare smile at the memory of their first innocent dates. Before things had changed. Before everything got complicated. Before he had returned to the Atrox willingly after she and the others had saved him. Now he was the Prince of Night, and it was his duty now to personally lead the Atrox. He still had his love for Serena, and it was destroying him.
This thing is slowly taking me apart
Grey would be the color if had a heart
Stanton's frustration at his situation grew to a startling fury. He surged in power and sent it to the first object in his path. The old oak tree exploded as Stanton's wrath struck.
Come on and tell me
You make this all go away
You make this all go away
I am down to just one thing
And I am starting to scare myself
You make this all go away
You make this all go away
I just want something
I just want something I can never have
Stanton anger immediately turned to fear as Serena's balcony doors opened. She immerged, illuminated in a clear blue light. She was a goddess, his goddess.
He hid, but she knew better. "Stanton! I know you're out there. I'm not stupid. Just come up here, please. Come here and talk to me."
He did as she wished, but in the secrecy of shadow. She knew he was there, but she didn't force him become shape. He read her thoughts and sensed her fear. If he were to appear before her in his human form, she wouldn't be able to resist him.
In this place it seems like such a shame
Though it all looks different now
I know it's still the same
She sat on her bed and looked at the ground. "Why must you haunt me? It hurts enough as it is, without you reminding me all the time--" She broke off when her voice started to falter. Stanton was surveying the changes she had made since the last time he was in her room. He marveled at her room, how she was able to translate her character and personality into her furnishings. The room reeked of her, he soaked it all in. He cursed himself for not being allowed into her life
Everywhere I look you're all I see
Just the fading fucking reminder of
Who I used to be
He lost concentration and turned whole in front of her very eyes. He stood before, staring deeply into her eyes. She sucked in a deep breath of surprise. They stared into each other's eyes in full trust. Both knew no harm would come to them. Stanton's demonic world fell, leaving only his love.
Come on and tell me
You make this all go away
You make this all go away
I'm down to just one thing
And I'm starting to scare myself
She stood and held her hands up in protest, but he was too fast for her. He slipped right up to her and caught her trembling hands. "Shh" he breathed. He bent and kissed his love.
You make this all go away
You make it all go away
I just want something
The kiss deepened as she opened herself completely to him. Stanton's demonic side was slowly returning, urging him to take advantage of the weakened Daughter. As soon as this thought had formed, Stanton pulled abruptly from the kiss, leaving Serena breathless. He ran and dived off of Serena's balcony. He turned into shadow and escaped into the night.
I just want something I can never have
I just want something I can never have…