Title: Traffic Lights
Fandom: RENT
Rating: R
Word Count: 155
Summary: April contemplates the news that she has HIV.
Notes: Hello! I didn't think I was actually going to do this, and I'm still not sure if I'll be able to manage, but I thought I'd at least give it a shot! Hope you enjoy!
How the fuck do you tell the man you love you’ll be the one to end his life?
The slip of paper in your hand says it’s positive. Gives you numbers to call, support groups, doctors, hope. Fuck their hope, there’s no hope when the paper says positive. There’s no cure for HIV and you know you’ve given it to Roger. How could you have avoided it, when you spent nearly every night staring up into eyes glowing like traffic lights, legs wrapped around his back and your neck stretched in ecstasy, your mouth twisted into a howl as he slid in and out of your body. Panties flooded, bed damp, there was no way you didn’t infect him.
It doesn’t even occur to you that maybe he infected you.
It does occur to you to die.
How the fuck do you tell the man you love you’ll be the one to end his life?