Watch or Run by lasairfhiona
Title: Watch or Run?
pov: Joe
word count: 211
Rating: G
Topic: Quickening
A/N: Based on a series of drabbles for fanfic100 that are Joe/OFC which can be found here but it's not necessary to be familiar with them to understand this - I'm just anal about keeping things in order :)
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He wasn't good at segmenting his life. Not since MacLeod had shoved his way into it and refused to leave. He introduced her to them because he couldn't keep her a secret anymore. He didn't want to compartmentalize her away from parts of his life. He'd introduced her to them for that reason and because she was an important part of his life now. He cared about her, more than he wanted to admit.
But as he stood holding her against him, shielding her as the quickening climaxed and started to fade away he second guessed his decision to introduce her to MacLeod and company. He hadn't wanted her to see any of them take a challenge. Or see the opponent's head being separated from his shoulders. Or watch as the quickening ripped through their body in equal parts of pain and pleasure.
No. He wanted to hold off this moment for a long time, if ever. He now dreaded telling her about the Immortals and their bloody game with electrifying results. And as she'd watched the events of the evening unfold in horrified fascination, he wondered if he had a new watcher or if she would be like others who couldn't handle the life a watcher led and run away.
pov: Joe
word count: 211
Rating: G
Topic: Quickening
A/N: Based on a series of drabbles for fanfic100 that are Joe/OFC which can be found here but it's not necessary to be familiar with them to understand this - I'm just anal about keeping things in order :)
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He wasn't good at segmenting his life. Not since MacLeod had shoved his way into it and refused to leave. He introduced her to them because he couldn't keep her a secret anymore. He didn't want to compartmentalize her away from parts of his life. He'd introduced her to them for that reason and because she was an important part of his life now. He cared about her, more than he wanted to admit.
But as he stood holding her against him, shielding her as the quickening climaxed and started to fade away he second guessed his decision to introduce her to MacLeod and company. He hadn't wanted her to see any of them take a challenge. Or see the opponent's head being separated from his shoulders. Or watch as the quickening ripped through their body in equal parts of pain and pleasure.
No. He wanted to hold off this moment for a long time, if ever. He now dreaded telling her about the Immortals and their bloody game with electrifying results. And as she'd watched the events of the evening unfold in horrified fascination, he wondered if he had a new watcher or if she would be like others who couldn't handle the life a watcher led and run away.