HL50- Prompt Grief

[idontlikegravy]

Summary: Richie comes to terms with his new life and the loss of the first woman he truly loved.

The Morning After the Night Before

Richie awoke from a troubled sleep and trotted into the kitchen to make breakfast. In those blissful few moments between sleep and fully awake, he had forgotten what had occurred only the night before. But as he

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[carolhelga]

*sniffle* We do tend to forget that Tessa was Richie's "mom", don't we. The loss for him was as strong, if different as it was for Duncan.

Powerful work here.

[idontlikegravy]

Thank you.
It always slightly annoyed me that this traumatic period of Richie's life was glazed over. Only slightly, I know the show was called Highlander and the focus had to be Duncan, but there was still room for Richie's voice to be heard.

[jinxed_wood]

A very poignant piece, thanks for sharing.

[idontlikegravy]

I was concerned that the tone of this might lean toward the melodramatic, so thanks for the positive comments.
*bows with humility*

[jinxed_wood]

I don't think Richie could have reacted in any other way, to be quite honest; so no, it isn't overly dramatic :-)

[holde_maid]

Well-written, wonderfully emotional.

Good Richie fic is relatively rare. Thank you for providing more.

[idontlikegravy]

I'm really glad you think so. Thank you.

[diamond9697]

I like this. We get a very powerful sense of Richie's grief here that was never really touched upon very much. Well done.

[idontlikegravy]

Thanks. *grins* I'm really glad you liked it.