Title: I see your loving look wherever I go
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Mona Van Duyn
Warnings: post-war
Pairings: unrequited Marco/Rachel; Rachel/Tobias
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 210
Point of view: third
Prompt: Animorphs, one-sided Marco/Rachel, once upon a time she crossed the lunchroom and wordlessly handed him her packet of gummy bears the first day he returned to school after his mom's boating accident- the first time he sees them in the candy aisle after their Warrior Princess dies, he almost breaks down in the store
Seven months and he still turns at every flash of blonde from the corner of his eye. Seven months and he changes the channel whenever gymnastics comes on. Seven months and he can't even set foot in the mall.
Tobias is out in the wild, Cassie's buried herself in her animals, Ax is back among his own kind, and Jake... Jake had a mini-breakdown and hasn't spoken to any of them since.
And Marco had a sugar craving, so he disguised himself with shades and ballcap, sauntered into Wal-Mart like he owned the place, and looked for the Reese's.
It was a punch to the gut when he saw them, those goddamned rainbow-colored bears. The same bears his gorgeous Warrior Princess gave him that first day back at school when he thought his mom had died in the water. He stared at the bags and bags, all those colors and little bears, and he couldn't breathe.
He bought a single bag and caught a plane. He saw a hawk flying away as he approached the memorial, and all he said as he set the bag down is, "I hope you're kickin' ass up there, Rachel." He looked at the sky, at the bird circling, and then he went back home.