Fic: No Escape (Mac/Stella)
Title: No Escape
Fandom: CSI NY
Characters: Mac/Stella
Prompt: #012 Angst
Word Count: 403
Rating: G
Summary: There is no escape. There is no way to get out of this mess
Notes: Written for xyamountofwords.
Beta: .
There is no escape. There is no way to get out of this mess. It's still sinking in and she's terrified of how she will feel when the full extent of it really hits her.
Beside her, Mac is slumped back against the wall. Blood is caked onto his left temple. When he does open his eyes, it’s just a fluttering and it’s so quick it's barely noticeable. After a while she begins to wonder if she's imagining it.
In a sense, he is lucky. He won't last too much longer and so won't have to deal with the stench surrounding them for as long as she will before they die.
Even with the bleak future looming ahead of them, she is glad he is with her. Call her selfish, but she doesn't want to die alone. She doesn't want to die at all and she doesn't want him to die, either, but if that is how it must be, then so be it.
They might as well spend the last of their time together and die next to each other rather than rot away each on their own. It's morbid, but somehow comforting. It makes her fear her fate less.
Mac groans and grabs at her and guilt washes over her. She should be more concerned about all of this. She shouldn't be comforted even the slightest bit that she is not alone. She should be horrified that Mac is with her.
Even knowing his death will kill a part of her, she fears more for her own life. Human nature, she puts it down as. She'll do whatever it takes to keep Mac safe, put her life on the line for him, anything. But her instincts to save herself will always be there, too. It's only natural.
She's glad there won't be any upcoming situations to determine which part of her feels the strongest. She's glad she won’t have to find out if she'd risk Mac to save herself.
And yet, given their current situation, that would probably be better. It would be far more difficult but one of them would survive, at least.
She wraps her arms around Mac and presses a kiss to the corner of his mouth. She doesn't offer any words of comfort. Both know it would be useless. She leans her head on his shoulder and listens to his ragged breathing as they await the end.
Fandom: CSI NY
Characters: Mac/Stella
Prompt: #012 Angst
Word Count: 403
Rating: G
Summary: There is no escape. There is no way to get out of this mess
Notes: Written for xyamountofwords.
Beta: .
There is no escape. There is no way to get out of this mess. It's still sinking in and she's terrified of how she will feel when the full extent of it really hits her.
Beside her, Mac is slumped back against the wall. Blood is caked onto his left temple. When he does open his eyes, it’s just a fluttering and it’s so quick it's barely noticeable. After a while she begins to wonder if she's imagining it.
In a sense, he is lucky. He won't last too much longer and so won't have to deal with the stench surrounding them for as long as she will before they die.
Even with the bleak future looming ahead of them, she is glad he is with her. Call her selfish, but she doesn't want to die alone. She doesn't want to die at all and she doesn't want him to die, either, but if that is how it must be, then so be it.
They might as well spend the last of their time together and die next to each other rather than rot away each on their own. It's morbid, but somehow comforting. It makes her fear her fate less.
Mac groans and grabs at her and guilt washes over her. She should be more concerned about all of this. She shouldn't be comforted even the slightest bit that she is not alone. She should be horrified that Mac is with her.
Even knowing his death will kill a part of her, she fears more for her own life. Human nature, she puts it down as. She'll do whatever it takes to keep Mac safe, put her life on the line for him, anything. But her instincts to save herself will always be there, too. It's only natural.
She's glad there won't be any upcoming situations to determine which part of her feels the strongest. She's glad she won’t have to find out if she'd risk Mac to save herself.
And yet, given their current situation, that would probably be better. It would be far more difficult but one of them would survive, at least.
She wraps her arms around Mac and presses a kiss to the corner of his mouth. She doesn't offer any words of comfort. Both know it would be useless. She leans her head on his shoulder and listens to his ragged breathing as they await the end.