(I don't strictly remember the course of events for the episode in which Bill finds out Laura hid Hera, so I might have screwed some of that up)
Bill took the towel Laura had offered him and gently held it against his face, wondering if she would be gone once he lowered it. He doubted she would retreat, but he needed a moment to gather his thoughts. Facing the Agathons with the knowledge that their child was alive..
"He was three."
Her voice broke him out of his reverie, and Bill cautiously lowered the towel. "What?"
"My son was three when his father took him away from me."
He felt his body still, and tried to catch her eye throgh his mirror, but she had turned away from him.
"My husband of two years, the man I thought I loved, took my son away so that he could be with his real mother."
"Laura-"
"This isn't a justification, or a plea for sympathy," she cut him off quickly. "But I want you to know that I do know what it means to lose a child. He was not biologically mine, but I cared for him since he was two months old. His own mother too washed out on drugs to realize what she had given up."
Her voice had gotten strained, and Bill waited silently for her to collect herself.
"She cleaned up, eventually. I wanted to be happy for her, who wouldn't want that little boy to be a part of their life?" She tightened her arms around her chest. "My husband was more than accomadating, he wanted everything the way it was supposed to be. I was just a stand in for a woman with a court mandate to attend rehab."
Bill clutched the edge of his sink, keeping his eyes down, wondering if she had anything else to add.
The click of her heels was dulled as she walked away across his carpet. "I assume you would like to arrange a meeting with the Agathons, please inform Tory of the time."
The next stretch of silence lasted long enough for her to reach the hatch and exit his quarters.
I'm not really sure how I'd use it in any other way. There's the whole situation as it happened I guess, but I don't feel particularly inclined to write something with so many OCs..
Bill took the towel Laura had offered him and gently held it against his face, wondering if she would be gone once he lowered it. He doubted she would retreat, but he needed a moment to gather his thoughts. Facing the Agathons with the knowledge that their child was alive..
"He was three."
Her voice broke him out of his reverie, and Bill cautiously lowered the towel. "What?"
"My son was three when his father took him away from me."
He felt his body still, and tried to catch her eye throgh his mirror, but she had turned away from him.
"My husband of two years, the man I thought I loved, took my son away so that he could be with his real mother."
"Laura-"
"This isn't a justification, or a plea for sympathy," she cut him off quickly. "But I want you to know that I do know what it means to lose a child. He was not biologically mine, but I cared for him since he was two months old. His own mother too washed out on drugs to realize what she had given up."
Her voice had gotten strained, and Bill waited silently for her to collect herself.
"She cleaned up, eventually. I wanted to be happy for her, who wouldn't want that little boy to be a part of their life?" She tightened her arms around her chest. "My husband was more than accomadating, he wanted everything the way it was supposed to be. I was just a stand in for a woman with a court mandate to attend rehab."
Bill clutched the edge of his sink, keeping his eyes down, wondering if she had anything else to add.
The click of her heels was dulled as she walked away across his carpet. "I assume you would like to arrange a meeting with the Agathons, please inform Tory of the time."
The next stretch of silence lasted long enough for her to reach the hatch and exit his quarters.
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Yea, no matter if she says there's no reason to it, I think Laura would find some satisfaction in kicking him off his high horse in this matter.
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