Warnings: Incest.
Spoilers: Major spoilers for the end of T&T. You have been warned.
Prompt: Watched
Character(s): Dahlia Hawthorne/Maya Fey
Originally Written: 6.16.2009

Dahlia came to her in dreams.

It would begin as ghostly, unintelligible whispers before her image appeared amidst the darkness, altogether disgusting (and horrifically alluring).

"Little cousin, everything could have worked out if it weren't for you," she would taunt, tracing along her jawline with a (much too real) finger. "But who could blame you? You were nothing more than a pawn, after all."

A pawn. She wouldn't bother trying to deny the truth. She wanted to push the demoness away, but ghosts are ghosts even in dreams.

Dahlia would lean in, lips brushing against her ear, and say, "But pawns have their worth, you know. If one uses them correctly, they can crush everyone else." Her eyes would regain that (vaguely familiar) predatory gleam and she would grip her hand, thumb skirting over her fingertips.

She couldn't bring herself to protest, to say anything against a much stronger force. There was no equal power on the plane of dreams, as much as people liked to attest to the contrary.

"Oh, aren't you afraid? Your beloved sister isn't here to help you now."

Yes, I'm afraid, she would think, pursing her lips tightly. Dahlia would back away, looking at her indulgently (lust entrenched in her eyes) before hovering above her lips and giving her a condescending smile.

"I'll always be watching you, Maya," she would murmur harshly. "And you will never be rid of me."

(And she never was.)