Haunted
I'm haunted
By the hallways in this tiny room
The echoes there of me and you
The voices that are carrying this tune
He was gone.
There was no note, no words, just one minute he was there laying beside her and the next his side of the bed was cold. She didn't think anything of it at first, tricked herself into believing he'd gone for a walk--no longer able to abide pacing the room of Sinister's safe house. But minutes turned into hours and when the sun fell again Rogue knew he wasn't coming back.
Yet she stayed, hoping if she waited just another few minutes she'd hear the sound of his footsteps or the door creaking open. Something, anything but this endless silence.
But the days continued uninterrupted and by the third one there was no denying it, no matter how much her heart screamed at her to not give up hope.
Deep down she'd been expecting this, for him to finally just leave since she would never willingly walk away, but that didn't make the pain any less. This was worse than the knife to the gut that Mystique had bestowed upon her last year. She wasn't sure she'd ever truly recover from this one.
Rogue looked down at the kitten curling around her legs and picked up the feline, scruffing his neck. "Time ta go, Finn," she murmured, and dropped the bracelet--her most coveted possession--on the bed. There really was no use for it now.
There was no destination set, just an overwhelming need to escape from this place.
She took off into the sky and didn't look back.
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To: Lando, Padme, Luke
From: Vader
Subject:
He's gone.
By the hallways in this tiny room
The echoes there of me and you
The voices that are carrying this tune
He was gone.
There was no note, no words, just one minute he was there laying beside her and the next his side of the bed was cold. She didn't think anything of it at first, tricked herself into believing he'd gone for a walk--no longer able to abide pacing the room of Sinister's safe house. But minutes turned into hours and when the sun fell again Rogue knew he wasn't coming back.
Yet she stayed, hoping if she waited just another few minutes she'd hear the sound of his footsteps or the door creaking open. Something, anything but this endless silence.
But the days continued uninterrupted and by the third one there was no denying it, no matter how much her heart screamed at her to not give up hope.
Deep down she'd been expecting this, for him to finally just leave since she would never willingly walk away, but that didn't make the pain any less. This was worse than the knife to the gut that Mystique had bestowed upon her last year. She wasn't sure she'd ever truly recover from this one.
Rogue looked down at the kitten curling around her legs and picked up the feline, scruffing his neck. "Time ta go, Finn," she murmured, and dropped the bracelet--her most coveted possession--on the bed. There really was no use for it now.
There was no destination set, just an overwhelming need to escape from this place.
She took off into the sky and didn't look back.
-----
To: Lando, Padme, Luke
From: Vader
Subject:
He's gone.