DISCLAIMER: Ramani ain't mine; if she was... ...er, where were we?

TITLE:      No Sacrifice
AUTHOR:     kel
EMAIL:      bessie@goldweb.com.au
PAIRING:    Ramani/Pol
RATING:     G
CATEGORY:   Drabble
FEEDBACK:   adored as per
COMMENTS:   Displacement activity. And I can't stand there being
            no Da Costa out there. ;-)


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No Sacrifice
by kel
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Ramani stands a moment in the half-dark; steps onto slippery new-laid
tiles as the pair in the mirror take shape.

Prettier girls, prettier *women*, she thinks. Many. But hers is a
resilient grace, and I have - this in gentle wonderment - *something*,
yes, dear God, I remember this. Something, wilted by her partner when he
touched it, made it his. They loved, it died, he never noticed.

No more.

There need not be beginnings; Ramani leans into wet blonde hair, kisses
closed eyes as tired as her own. Never less lonely, her joy the echo of
a softly whispered 'fanks'.


=== © arjuna 2005 ===