This was inspired by the 'Song of the Day' thread over at The NextGen Fanatics forum, Feb 2nd.
Additionally, this is for Alice, and the lovely reviews she left me on by drabble collection.
I disclaim.
let her go
Rose Weasley/Leo Valdez
Without you it's going to be lonely
So let's make the most of tonight
- Miranda Cosgrove's What Are You Waiting For
He remembers her all right. The one with fiery red hair going down to her waist, a beautiful smile and those blue eyes that always reminded Leo of the sea.
She'd come to a small cottage nearby for a research project along with her elder cousin. She'd stayed for a week but was someone he'd never forget.
He remembers how they'd become friends, and how (indirectly however so) she told him she'd hoped for something more.
And how he'd been a coward, an idiot, made nothing of her words, and just let her go…let her go, like he'd have someone like her ever again in his life.
He'd gone to her place to bid her farewell, and they had been sitting in a pin-drop silence, sipping coffee, until Victoire had declared that it was time for them to leave.
He remembers her final words, spoken in whispers, so slowly that he'd barely heard her.
"Will you miss me?"
He hadn't replied then. Too dazed by her (she, her eyes blue as the sky and her lips coffee-stained) he'd been dumbfounded by the question and let her go…as if she was the polluted air that he could live without.
And then she'd left, left him wanting more and left him frozen on the spot.
She'd wanted more too, but you hadn't given it, had you?
Though he knew she'd never hear, he'd said a word, a one-worded reply to her question.
"Always,"
