Ficlet: Hollow
Author: Kaia Mariacle
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Rating PG-13
Summary: Obsession sometimes gets the best of us all.
Author's Notes: I love cheese. And not that processed crap, but real, gooey, delicious cheese. And....that's all. I don't really have any notes for this story.
Dedication: To cheese.
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Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick.
You didn't mean to do it.
Tick. Tick. Tick.
It was just...you just....you. You just wanted to know.
He wouldn't tell. You. His lover.
Tick. Tick. Tick.
Your blood is thrumming, and your heart is beating. You're breathing deeply and softly and desperately.
But you're not alive.
And it's your fault.
Tick. Tick.
You didn't know that the kid would have meteorite-tipped bullets. Didn't know that they were deadly to the one thing you thought was indestructible. The one thing that kept you going those three long months.
His perfect smile. Lips. Heart.
Tick.
You killed him.
~Finis~