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Smoke and Mirrors
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"The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying." – Jean Paul Richter
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title: the last thing I see
prompt: V; view
featuring: Henry
set: during episode 13, "sigh"
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As surprise gave way to betrayal gave way to pain, Henry had one jarring thought: this wasn't the way it was supposed to happen.
There was supposed to be a happily-ever-after, the fated lovers living together in peace and solitude. He was supposed to whisk her away from everyone and everything, and she was supposed to be grateful.
She wasn't supposed to stab him like that.
Before he succumbed, before his eyes closed at last and he slumped forward into the water, Henry took one last look at his twin loves: Abby Mills and Harper's Island.
What a wonderful view.
Author's Note: I hope to have the last four of these drabbles -- I've been aiming for a full 26, a-z -- out fairly soon. I'm finishing up w, I have y done and, yeah, I'm a little stuck on x. After I complete them, though, I will have another chapter of my neglected Henry epic, Inside a Broken Mind. I've gotten a good part of that done so that should be ready in the not too distant future, in case anyone was still interested ;)
-- stress, 02.28.10