Theme: #4 - Youth
Summary: He knows it's almost time.
Word Count: 202
A.N: Set way after the show has ended. I got thinking about Dillon's age and what would happen if his Venjix implants stopped him from aging like a normal human. Obviously he would still age as he is mostly human, I just thought it might happen slower.
I'm not really happy with this one but the idea wouldn't go away.
Disclaimer: I'm just playing with them for a little while. I don't actually own any of the characters.
Her smile is weak and her eyes are tired. He knows it's almost time.
Time was like sand, he decides. It slipped away too easily and the more you tried to hold on to it, the quicker it was gone. He holds her frail hand tightly now, afraid that if he lets go, she'll slip away from him too.
She is the last of them to go, the others having given up the fight long ago, yet she kept going, just to be with him. He feels her faint pulse under the thin and delicate skin of her cold hands.
A nurse comes in to check on her and gives him an apologetic smile before she leaves. He's told them that he's her son, it's easier that way; he looks half her age. His eyes study her face. He can still see her the way he had seen her when they had first met, though time has taking its toll on her and she is now ready to stop fighting it.
"I'll see you again." He can't keep his voice from shaking. She nods, tightening her hold on his hand as best she can. Her eyes fall shut and she is gone.