Pairing/Characters: Echo, Adelle DeWitt
Disclaimer: Dollhouse belongs to Joss Whedon and company.
Prompts: Written for round one at drabbles20in20 for the five author's choice drabbles.
Notes: Set during 2x13 "Epitaph Two: The Return."
Adelle holds her close before letting go and then leaving Echo to her fate. Echo's not sure how Adelle has come to mean so much to her. There had been a time when they had been enemies and Echo was certain the best solution lay in Adelle's death. Now she knows that Adelle has paid the price for her sins over and over again. The older woman has atoned and Echo is envious of that because she knows she'll never get the chance to atone for her own. Nor will Echo ever find the same peace that Adelle has found.