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I had to get "Progeny" off my mind, so a quick drabble to that scene...
Title: What If
Words: 100
Rating: PG
Genre: Angst
Spoilers: Progeny
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She falters.
It’s only a split second - a last minute glance as she says goodbye and a hundred other things that never pass her lips - but it’s time enough, and she steps backward into nothing.
Above her, the hollow metal ring still rises, shaking in the wake of bombs.
Then he’s there beside her, warm and real as he grabs her arms, half shaking her, half pulling her into a hug. “Dammit, Elizabeth!” he yells at her, the anger and fear in his voice almost enough to cover everything else.
She can’t believe this is how it ends.
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Title: What If
Words: 100
Rating: PG
Genre: Angst
Spoilers: Progeny
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She falters.
It’s only a split second - a last minute glance as she says goodbye and a hundred other things that never pass her lips - but it’s time enough, and she steps backward into nothing.
Above her, the hollow metal ring still rises, shaking in the wake of bombs.
Then he’s there beside her, warm and real as he grabs her arms, half shaking her, half pulling her into a hug. “Dammit, Elizabeth!” he yells at her, the anger and fear in his voice almost enough to cover everything else.
She can’t believe this is how it ends.
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