Title: you mattered
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from the series
Warnings: post-series
Pairings: none
Rating: PG
Wordcount: 85
Point of view: third
Prompt: Animorphs, Jake/Cassie (and/or Tobias/Rachel), And never really had a chance / I had so many dreams / About you and me / Happy endings / Now I know / I'm not a princess, this ain't a fairy tale
They saved the world but Cassie can't call it a victory. Everything's over, the cameras have stopped rolling, she's finally home in her room, and everyone's safe, but how can this be a victory?
She hasn't cried yet. It's been a few days and she hasn't, she can't, she won't -
There's a picture of Rachel and her taking care of a hurt bird on her bookshelf. They look so young. So happy. So alive.
Rachel saved the world and Cassie finally begins to cry.