Becoming My Mother
For Set 4: Quotes#23:
"Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother."
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"Ever felt a heartbeat Longshot?"
Of course, he thought. He'd felt his own, and heard the ones around him. It was just a dull thudding. There wasn't anything special to it. He nodded, for her sake.
"I mean a true, pure heartbeat; one that's not your own."
He wasn't quite sure what she meant, but he couldn't shake the feeling that he hadn't. He didn't have to nod or shake his head, she understood. She always does, he thought.
"My mother. I guess that's what I remember most about her. It always calmed me, and made me feel safe. Sometimes, if I just stand quiet and still, I can still hear it. It is soft and feels so calming."
He thought on it a second. Although he still wasn't sure how you can feel anything from another heartbeat, he was beginning to understand her. He gentle pulled her closer against him, letting her head rest where his heartbeat was. Part of him hoped his heartbeat was just as calming to her as her mother's was.
The other part thought that was just weird.
"I can hear it, too." Her eyes fluttered open to look in his face. "It's not her heartbeat, though. It's yours."
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My first Longerbee so bare with me here. This pairing has been requested a lot, and I can't remember who all requested it right now, but you know who you are! Inspired by Jesus.Lives' oneshot heartbeat in her Longerbee Drabbles story.
Okay, I have a bit of a problem. For some reason I haven't been getting review alerts or story alerts. I should have 3 important password change emails in my account, not to mention about five reviews and a few story alerts, and I've got nothing. I tried going to the FAQ to figure it out, but it won't let me access it. Any advice?
-mcl