Picking Up the Pieces by sweetdreamerbrynn, literature
Literature
Picking Up the Pieces
She already knew when she picked up the phone.
She knew what they were going to say.
"Hey Lena, it's Duo."
"Hello."
Empty.
Hollow.
That's how her voice had sounded ever since he'd left.
"Lena you might want to sit down for this."
One tear dripped onto the paper at the desk.
Then two.
And a few more.
"He's dead, isn't he?"
His voice was choked when he responded.
"Yes."
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Relena had always known that she and Heero could never have a normal life. Heero's life was death, and that's all there was to him. His life was killing, eating, and sleeping, and nothing more. His life could never be a family. Could never be her.
When
Perceptions of the Innocent by sweetdreamerbrynn, literature
Literature
Perceptions of the Innocent
The first night she went to the Midnight Carnival, Nan told Darcie to go to bed early, because she had broken her doll again. As Nan tucked Darcie in and told her what a bad girl she had been before kissing her on the forehead and leaving the room, neither the nurse nor the girl had any idea of the adventures in store for that night.
Darcie was restless. Darcie did not want to go to bed early. Darcie was not tired. Darcie wanted to play.
A flutter by the window; what could it be? Out of curiosity, Darcie pushed the covers away from her little body and climbed out of bed, going to the window and putting her hands on the pane. A shining black