theycalledmeacurse: (unassuming)
rogue. ([personal profile] theycalledmeacurse) wrote in [community profile] fateandfortune 2016-04-06 04:55 am (UTC)

The sight of him blushing was something Rogue was fairly certain she could get used to. It was just further cementing that All American Boy image she had of him that had absolutely nothing to do with his now not-so-secret identity. He just had this clean and innocent feeling about him, and not a childlike innocence, but an innocence from having done terrible things. He was a good man, and it was a hell of a nice thing to see after everything she'd been through.

Some people might have been offended by the notion of a loved one's death comparing to being left for someone else while away, but Rogue didn't see things that way. She had so many minds within her own that she knew the pain such a thing could cause, but more than that she was just grateful that he'd chosen to share that experience with her. He could just as easily have offered his sympathies and said nothing of his own past. And she had an insider's understanding of just what he meant by being away 'too long' that changed the entire tone of the story.

She couldn't imagine the pain he was going through, having cared for someone only to lose them to time itself. How different would his life have been had he been able to spend more time with that girl, have a life with her? How different would he be? Remy had changed her life just by being in it; she wouldn't be half the person she was today if it weren't for him and his lasting influence. Even now, there was that echo of him in her mind, reminding her of all that she'd accomplished in their years together, even though they were so few.

"It'll always feel like that, in some ways," she advised gently, offering him a soft, sympathetic smile. "It doesn't matter how much time we have with them, when it's someone you love it's never enough. There's always the wonder of what could have been if you'd just had a little more time."

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