heroesprompts Prompt Word: Heartsick
Title: So Much For Forever
Author: twoinonebody
Prompt Word: Heartsick
Main Character(s): Gabriel Gray/Peter Petrelli
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 459
Summary: Gabriel finds out that Peter cheated on him, so he leaves.
Authors Note(s): Sylar and Gabriel are two men in one body.
He was sure that the empath thought he didn’t know. But for a few weeks now the younger man had been late getting home. At first he’d chalked it up to Peter’s work as a nurse. But things that happened afterwards soon changed that. Mainly the nurse’s stray thoughts. It all hurt.
Gabriel had been so lost in thought when felt soft lips against his. By pure instinct, or maybe because of Sylar, he pulls away and uses his telekinesis to push the nurse back away from him.
“Gabriel?” Peter whispers stumbling back some but the confusion was clear in his voice.
Brown eyes stared into brown for a moment. It was Peter’s confusion, or act of confusion, that broke him and he got up heading to their room. There was no way he could do this anymore.
“Gabriel?” To say that the empath was confused was an understatement. He had no clue what was going on. Following him into the bedroom he stopped short at the sight before him. “Gabe?”
“It’s Gabriel.” He corrects even as he starts randomly grabbing clothes and other assorted things that were his and stuffing them into his duffle bag. Those two words that he’d just spoken to Peter had hurt and made his heart ache.
The empath couldn’t help but flinch at the correction and watched the watchmaker as he packed his bag. “What are you doing?”
He knew that Peter wasn’t that damn dense. “What’s it look like I’m doing?” He pauses for a mere moment before resuming the action of stuffing his duffle bag. “I’m leaving.”
Those two words made his heart jump into his throat. “Gabe… Gabriel…”
“Don’t Peter.” Tears pricked his brown eyes. “I’m not stupid. I’ve seen you with him. Heard your most intimate thoughts. They were all of him.” A sad smile graced his lips. “I don’t know what I did wrong. Don’t know what made you stop loving me…”
“I didn’t…”
“Yes, you did.” Gabriel whispers. Looking at the gold ring that adorned his finger he slid it off. This hurt so much that he felt like he couldn’t breathe. “So much for forever…” With those four words he lays the ring into Peter’s hand and closes his fingers over it. “Goodbye Peter Petrelli.”
“Gabriel…” Tears threatened to spill from Peter’s own brown eyes. But it was too late. Gabriel Gray was already walking out the door. Walking out of his life forever.
Days passed, a few weeks after that came and went… then the months came and he’d not heard a thing from Gabriel Gray. It was on his birthday that he finally got a call from Nathan. A call he dreaded so much.
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“I’m sorry, Pete.” A pause, silence. “Gabriel Gray is dead.”
Author: twoinonebody
Prompt Word: Heartsick
Main Character(s): Gabriel Gray/Peter Petrelli
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 459
Summary: Gabriel finds out that Peter cheated on him, so he leaves.
Authors Note(s): Sylar and Gabriel are two men in one body.
He was sure that the empath thought he didn’t know. But for a few weeks now the younger man had been late getting home. At first he’d chalked it up to Peter’s work as a nurse. But things that happened afterwards soon changed that. Mainly the nurse’s stray thoughts. It all hurt.
Gabriel had been so lost in thought when felt soft lips against his. By pure instinct, or maybe because of Sylar, he pulls away and uses his telekinesis to push the nurse back away from him.
“Gabriel?” Peter whispers stumbling back some but the confusion was clear in his voice.
Brown eyes stared into brown for a moment. It was Peter’s confusion, or act of confusion, that broke him and he got up heading to their room. There was no way he could do this anymore.
“Gabriel?” To say that the empath was confused was an understatement. He had no clue what was going on. Following him into the bedroom he stopped short at the sight before him. “Gabe?”
“It’s Gabriel.” He corrects even as he starts randomly grabbing clothes and other assorted things that were his and stuffing them into his duffle bag. Those two words that he’d just spoken to Peter had hurt and made his heart ache.
The empath couldn’t help but flinch at the correction and watched the watchmaker as he packed his bag. “What are you doing?”
He knew that Peter wasn’t that damn dense. “What’s it look like I’m doing?” He pauses for a mere moment before resuming the action of stuffing his duffle bag. “I’m leaving.”
Those two words made his heart jump into his throat. “Gabe… Gabriel…”
“Don’t Peter.” Tears pricked his brown eyes. “I’m not stupid. I’ve seen you with him. Heard your most intimate thoughts. They were all of him.” A sad smile graced his lips. “I don’t know what I did wrong. Don’t know what made you stop loving me…”
“I didn’t…”
“Yes, you did.” Gabriel whispers. Looking at the gold ring that adorned his finger he slid it off. This hurt so much that he felt like he couldn’t breathe. “So much for forever…” With those four words he lays the ring into Peter’s hand and closes his fingers over it. “Goodbye Peter Petrelli.”
“Gabriel…” Tears threatened to spill from Peter’s own brown eyes. But it was too late. Gabriel Gray was already walking out the door. Walking out of his life forever.
Days passed, a few weeks after that came and went… then the months came and he’d not heard a thing from Gabriel Gray. It was on his birthday that he finally got a call from Nathan. A call he dreaded so much.
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“I’m sorry, Pete.” A pause, silence. “Gabriel Gray is dead.”