Universal: Drabbles From the Daring Mind of Crystalazer
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Luck wasn't on his side today. They sit, crying together in the darkened room. This was the worst kind of death. It was the death of one who never had a chance to live.
"Where was God today?" They ask themselves over and over. Why hadn't God spared their child, just as worthy of living as any other? It was their first, their most precious. They had pondered which parent their child would look like more. What kind of hair would he have? Whose eyes? Were they ready?
Now they will never find out.
He is proud of her. He kisses her gently on the forehead and promises her that she will be a mother and he a father. She looks into his eyes and smiles because she knows that he always keeps his promises.
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