(lost) ad finem fidelis

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Title: ad finem fidelis
Fandom: Lost
Characters: Penny (Penny/Desmond)
Spoilers: Up to "The Constant"
Prompt: lostsquee - “We are changed souls; we don’t look at things the same way anymore. For there was once a time when we expected the worst. But then the worst happened, did it not? And so we will never be surprised again.”
Word Count: 100 words
Summary: It should have ended happily ever after. She had found him; that should have been enough.




“I’ll find you.”

It should have ended happily ever after.

She had found him; that should have been enough.

But there are some wounds that time can only deepen, journeys that weaken rather than give strength.

He was no longer the man she had loved. His eyes were darker, filled with shadows of a past he would not speak of. His was a soul changed; but she would love the man he had become just the same.

“I'll come back to you, I promise.”

He had kept his word; he was back in her arms.

What was left of him.

Comments

[evilmissbecky.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, that was heartbreaking. And frighteningly real. After everything Desmond has been through, everything he's seen and done, I don't think there's any going back to who he was before. But he will come out stronger in the end, and he will finally know who he is, something he lacked before.

[lovelornity.livejournal.com]

But he will come out stronger in the end, and he will finally know who he is, something he lacked before.

I hope you're right! I would still like to see him struggle with that a little more before he and Penny are reunited.

Thank you for reading!!