pairechallenge drabble #19: Shiny New Toy (heroes, peter/claire)
Title: Shiny New Toy
Rating: PG
Word Count: 190
Genre: Hurt/Angst
Pairings: Peter/Claire
Warnings: Spoilers up through 3.05 just to be safe.
Summary: No matter what it took he wouldn’t let this new world--any world, for that matter--happen.
He saw the glint in her eyes as she stood over him with the scalpel, the way her lips curved upwards in a smirk that did not suit the Claire he knew--the Claire he loved. He hadn’t known what to expect when his future self had taken him to where he was now. At least at first. At first it had seemed almost magical to see everyday people running at super speeds and flying to work. At first he had thought that maybe, just maybe, this world wasn’t as bad as he had made it out to be.
And then he was shot by her, and it all suddenly made sense. Now he was lying strapped to a table as she stared at him as if he were a shiny new toy to play with, and even as the blade cut painfully into his skin all he could think about was her as she was supposed to be. Innocent, free. Not a killer. She should never have become a killer.
No matter what it took he wouldn’t let this new world--any world, for that matter--happen. He never would, not as long as this new Claire came along with it.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 190
Genre: Hurt/Angst
Pairings: Peter/Claire
Warnings: Spoilers up through 3.05 just to be safe.
Summary: No matter what it took he wouldn’t let this new world--any world, for that matter--happen.
He saw the glint in her eyes as she stood over him with the scalpel, the way her lips curved upwards in a smirk that did not suit the Claire he knew--the Claire he loved. He hadn’t known what to expect when his future self had taken him to where he was now. At least at first. At first it had seemed almost magical to see everyday people running at super speeds and flying to work. At first he had thought that maybe, just maybe, this world wasn’t as bad as he had made it out to be.
And then he was shot by her, and it all suddenly made sense. Now he was lying strapped to a table as she stared at him as if he were a shiny new toy to play with, and even as the blade cut painfully into his skin all he could think about was her as she was supposed to be. Innocent, free. Not a killer. She should never have become a killer.
No matter what it took he wouldn’t let this new world--any world, for that matter--happen. He never would, not as long as this new Claire came along with it.