Post by jazzyjess on Mar 31, 2010 21:19:51 GMT 10
Title: My Time Has Come
Rating: PG
Length: 204
Competitor: Raoul
Round/Fight: Final!
Summary:
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Watching Kel waste away in the tiny bed in the infirmary was one of the hardest things Raoul had ever done in his life. “Can’t you do something?” he’d demanded of healer after healer, shelling out coin after coin to bring the best of the best in to help his young wife.
No one had been able to do anything. No one could save her.
“It’s internal damage,” Baird had told him, pulling him to the side of the room and speaking quietly so that Kel did not hear. “I’ve fixed what I could, but even my Gift isn’t strong enough to pull her back together.”
“How long?” Raoul whispered. “How long does she have left?”
“Days, maybe. Be with her. That is all you can do now.”
For three days, and then seven, he sat with her, holding her hand and praying to Mithros that somehow, she’d make it out alive. When she squeezed his hand, he was startled – it was the first sign of recognition she’d shown in days. “Anything for you,” he said, moving closer to hear the soft words as she spoke them.
“You have to let me go,” she whispered, and unable to stop himself from crying, Raoul did.
Rating: PG
Length: 204
Competitor: Raoul
Round/Fight: Final!
Summary:
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Watching Kel waste away in the tiny bed in the infirmary was one of the hardest things Raoul had ever done in his life. “Can’t you do something?” he’d demanded of healer after healer, shelling out coin after coin to bring the best of the best in to help his young wife.
No one had been able to do anything. No one could save her.
“It’s internal damage,” Baird had told him, pulling him to the side of the room and speaking quietly so that Kel did not hear. “I’ve fixed what I could, but even my Gift isn’t strong enough to pull her back together.”
“How long?” Raoul whispered. “How long does she have left?”
“Days, maybe. Be with her. That is all you can do now.”
For three days, and then seven, he sat with her, holding her hand and praying to Mithros that somehow, she’d make it out alive. When she squeezed his hand, he was startled – it was the first sign of recognition she’d shown in days. “Anything for you,” he said, moving closer to hear the soft words as she spoke them.
“You have to let me go,” she whispered, and unable to stop himself from crying, Raoul did.
This has me crying right now it's so heartbreaking! His absolute desperation and love for her is portrayed perfectly. One of the most moving things I've read. Beautifully written.
Maybe once we'd have seen it during Smackdown!