Title: Saving The World
Author: tromana
Rating: T
Characters: Naomi Campbell, Gina Campbell
Summary: It's obvious why she does this.
Disclaimer: If it was mine, I wouldn't need a disclaimer.
Notes: Holiday fics, day 7, a day late because I was so busy yesterday. Written for miss_peg. Also for skinsprompt, table D.
Saving The World
You watch her.
It's a bad day today. You wish it wasn't, but it is and there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing you can say will pull her out of this funk. You've tried, of course you have. You wouldn't be you if you hadn't.
Depression is a bitch, something that never really goes away. It's a ghost that haunts the corridors of the mind, always there, waiting for the opportune moment to rear its ugly head. And the supposed opportune moment is never one that makes sense. Naturally, it happens when things are bad, when it feels like life won't give you a break. However, it can also be when you're getting complacent, thinking that you've finally beaten the curse.
There's no pattern to it. All you can do is ride the waves, stand beside her and hope for the best.
Christ, it can't get as bad as it once was, can it? You sincerely hope not, for the both of you.
Her hand shakes as she tries to feed the baby. You don't even know if it's a boy or girl and you doubt that she does either. However, it's something she has to do, to keep herself going, if not sane. It's not the first baby to stay at the Campbell residence (that wasn't even you) and you're certain that it won't be the last either. It's amazing how many deadbeat mums end up crossing over the threshold at the moment. They're all looking for the same things: a roof over their head and a warm bed to lay in, if only for a few days.
It's obvious why she does this. She has this need, this compulsion to help all of the lost souls in the world. If there's one thing your mum understands, that's what it's like to face your darkest hour and think that nothing can rescue you from it. It's why she's obsessed with recycling, grows her own fruit and veg, buys organic, refuses point blank to drive a car, lives on a strictly vegetarian diet. If it wasn't for both of your weaknesses for Garibaldis, then maybe, it would be vegan instead.
It's why she helps anyone at any given moment.
If she's there for other people, then if it gets bad - really bad - she can hope that someone will hold her hand and do the same.
And because you never know when it'll be too late.