Sin City - Marv - Too late
Title: Too late
Fandom: Sin City
Character: Marv
Word Count: 110
Rating: G
Challenge/Prompt: #017: "late"
„It’s late, Marv.“
He snorts. Of course he knows that. It’s always late. But he also knows what it means when they tell him. Now Shelly tells him because she wants to close the bar, wants him to go home so she can too.
“It’s late, Marv.”
Lucille says it when he pays her a visit to get more of his pills … out of her consultation-hours.
“It’s too late.”
That’s what he tells himself when he thinks of Goldie’s dead body. Too late to save her, too late to find happiness, too late to do anything.
He drinks up and rises from his seat.
“You’re right, Shelly. It’s late.”
Fandom: Sin City
Character: Marv
Word Count: 110
Rating: G
Challenge/Prompt: #017: "late"
„It’s late, Marv.“
He snorts. Of course he knows that. It’s always late. But he also knows what it means when they tell him. Now Shelly tells him because she wants to close the bar, wants him to go home so she can too.
“It’s late, Marv.”
Lucille says it when he pays her a visit to get more of his pills … out of her consultation-hours.
“It’s too late.”
That’s what he tells himself when he thinks of Goldie’s dead body. Too late to save her, too late to find happiness, too late to do anything.
He drinks up and rises from his seat.
“You’re right, Shelly. It’s late.”