All Things That You Are

"You're not God!"

He stares back at her, gun raised, faltering.

"YOU'RE NOT GOD!"

Do you remember the other times like these? He remembers the spitfire and thinks she's lovely when she's like this.

He puts the gun down, and she collapses, tears streaming down her face as she lowers her eyes and keeps her gun pointed at his chest.

"ARE YOU THE MAN WHO KILLED MY SISTER?

He huddles on the ground, curled in a fetal position, she wants to shoot him because he's scared, he should be, oh he should be.

"DID YOU KILL MY SISTER? ANSWER ME!"

She never did find any answers, only petrification and rejection and secrets and lies.

The world lies, and she screams at semi-innocents in the darkness because she has nothing to hide anymore.

"Tell you a secret?"

There's nothing and nowhere they can hide.

He lies on a hospital bed, dying from tangled dreams and unrighteous battles; she's the only one he wanted all in all, she's still the one he wants to be with now.
His legs were still tangled in the sheets when she finished dressing, walked away from him, and wished life weren't so hard.
Tell you a secret?
She had too much principle than he could ever comprehend or wish for. He sacrificed everything for her, and she came back to him in the end. It hadn't been the best ending; he knew it was just her way of getting away from him and everything that she didn't want.
They talk for a long time, and he still loves her, and she's still her. In the end she cries.

She lays her head on his chest while he strokes her hair. Time slows, the heart monitor flat lines, and she thinks that this must be the best way to die.

All that's left are the relationships she's built. And somehow, she's never come to terms with any of them.
A/N: Thank you to all my reviewers. I'm very encouraged by them and am very grateful to anyone and everyone who takes the time to give me feedback!

This episode was inspired by "All Things." "He" here is interchangeable with any number of people. Most of the dialogue or situational stuff is taken directly from episodes; however, the first situation used is mine.

Also, for anyone reading my other fic, "Two," it will be completed. My biggest pet peeve is when people leave fics completely unfinished, I will not do that. It will be finished, but I'm not in the correct mindset at this point.