Drabble: Flicker
Because I wanted to write something. Angel/Wesley. S4
Flicker
For the shortest moment he felt it. Happiness. Complete and so overwhelming that tears sprung into his eyes and breathing seemed beyond possible. His heart leapt and his stomach filled with butterflies. And in the deepest chamber of his soul a voice whispered that this was his salvation, his dream of forgiveness coming true.
Then the lips abandoned his, a step backwards put a distance of infinity between them and he was left feeling devastatingly alone, as if the whole world had died to save him.
"This doesn't change anything."
He nodded, standing stiff until darkness swallowed the retreating figure.
Flicker
For the shortest moment he felt it. Happiness. Complete and so overwhelming that tears sprung into his eyes and breathing seemed beyond possible. His heart leapt and his stomach filled with butterflies. And in the deepest chamber of his soul a voice whispered that this was his salvation, his dream of forgiveness coming true.
Then the lips abandoned his, a step backwards put a distance of infinity between them and he was left feeling devastatingly alone, as if the whole world had died to save him.
"This doesn't change anything."
He nodded, standing stiff until darkness swallowed the retreating figure.