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[athousandsmiles]

Author: athousandsmiles
Title: Pearl's House 4/10
Rating: Now rated M to be safe
Genre: angst, romance, au, supernatural
Summary: Cameron tried to shake off the feeling of being watched and made quick work of searching the place for anything unusual. Problem was, everything there was unusual.
A/N: Written for the weekly challenge at hughvillefics for the prompt New Year's

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[maybebaby1280]

I think I'm going to need to sleep with my teddy bear tonight. *shivers*

Seriously, though, you have created such an exquisite plot here. The mystery has totally captivated me with its originality and creep-out factor. And then they made love in the hotel and it was so perfect, and I SO hope they don't lose that intimacy once they get back to Princeton!

This bit was moving, lovely, bittersweet, and just all around perfect:
"Wouldn't be the first time I had hallucinations involving you," he admitted, scratching his thumb across his forehead. "And you'd say that even if you weren't really here."

"You had hallucinations about me before?"

Nodding, he glanced at her and she reached out and laid her palm against his cheek as if to reassure him with her touch that she was real, flesh and blood beside him on the bed.

"When I was shot," he continued, "I woke up and you were there. You'd been there for three days."

Her heart nearly broke for him. She'd wanted so desperately to stay by his bedside, but she felt he'd only resent her presence. She thought she wasn't wanted, and it hurt to learn the truth-- that she'd missed another chance. That was a mistake she wouldn't make again. Wrapping her arms around him, she murmured her regret. "I'm sorry I wasn't there then. But I'm here now. And if I wasn't here, then Wilson would've said something, right?"

[athousandsmiles]

Thank you, my friend. That part was totally spontaneous; this story keeps growing. I'm so glad you liked it. &hearts