again plz don't ban meeeeeee (blame my 2am epiphany brain) The prompt: "I can't stand seeing you like this." Title and summary from M'aidez by Sneaker Pimps.


"I can't stand seeing you like this." Pain collides with frustration that runs into fear, making his voice come out flat.

Her laugh is hollow; pixels flicker and shudder and flash all over and around her, hairline cracks of mesmerizing beauty. "You should've thought of that before trying to bend this reality to your will, Dr. Watts."

It's true he's dug a hole far too deep to climb out of. But as his spectral hands link with hers, and her lips meet his with a static shock, Neil remembers for the thousandth time: he doesn't care.

"Hindsight's always twenty-twenty, Faye."