Fan Fiction
TITLE: Bitterman
AUTHOR: Amiroq
RATING: G
CODES: K/T, C/T
SUMMARY: Chakotay is bitter.
It's times like these when the anger turns in on itself, when she's crying in her sleep and calling out his name, like I'm not even here. Times like these, I honestly don't know which is crueler: leaving her to sleep or waking her up? Even these little snatches have to do her some good.
Eventually I do us both a favor and shake her awake. "Harry?" she whispers, pleading, whimpering. A stab of bitterness, again, at what they've done to her - to all of us. Then I shush her, pushing wet hair from her sweat-soaked skin.
Her eyes are red and black, and she collapses on my shoulder. I know what she's feeling, the sense of emptiness, of utter hopelessness. It's too late for us. Maybe...
"Chakotay?" she asks after a few minutes.
"Hmm?"
"He's not coming back, is he?"
"No."
I can feel her ribs when she cries.
