Title: October
Pairing: Willie Loomis/Maggie Evans
Fandom: Dark Shadows
Theme: #10
Willie suddenly ceased in polishing the candlestick that he held within his shaking grasp, his eyes dark and somnolent as it suddenly occurred to him what day it was: October 10th, 1968, the anniversary of Maggie Evans' death...the death that he had helped cause. Sure, it wasn't like he had been the initial cause, yet he still felt responsible for the beauty's end since he had refused to help her escape.
How selfish he had been! He'd refused Maggie's bribe of jewels and, even more enticing still, her offer for him to run away with her, yet his fear of the man - no, thing downstairs had gotten in the way of his love for her.
'Wait...did I just admit to myself that I loved her?' Willie wondered, biting his lip as he sorrowfully bowed his head. 'Yes' he decided, 'I did love her, but now it's too late to tell her how I feel...it's too late to save her.'
Little did he know, his dark-haired beauty was locked away at Wyndcliffe thinking similar thoughts...