Doctor Director read the report, trying to refrain herself. She needed to be cold as always. It was not the time for tears.
She didn’t listen to herself though as the tears started to roll down her cheek. Kim had been sacrificial, but Ron, no Ron was the one she had wanted to protect, to nurture. She had cared for him like she had given birth to him herself. No, she loved him even more than that.
It was her fault that he was dead now. He’d wanted to go a mission for months, and she had held back, but her resolve had given out against him…and now…now he was dead.
She didn’t want to go on, but she had to. Global Justice still needed her.
In the end that was enough.
Kim was curled up on the couch next to the pale woman she loved, cloth blindfold over her eyes. She had a children’s book written in simple Braille that her fingers kept dancing over, as she tried to remember the characters. It was hard, but she was learning.
Shego looked up from the notebook her parent had written. It was one of seven, the other six sitting on the coffee table, all filled with notes on how the woman had carefully spliced, grew, trained, and raised the children before using an ancient tome to give them powers no ordinary mortal had.
It was interesting, but frightening how twisted the woman was. But she was also brilliant. The woman’s mind seemed to have traded its sanity a long time ago, but made up for it by being more intelligent than the average person.
Shego gently stroked Kim’s hair, the redhead sighing softly and unconsciously nuzzling back against the pale woman’s thigh. It was sad that her lover couldn’t see, but it was good to have her back.
Bonnie watched the two from her bedroom door as they sat on the living room couch. It was hard to accept that Kim had found someone else, but Shego seemed like the perfect person for her. She smiled as she watched as they traded little bits off affection, not even thinking about how to do it, or why. It was too natural for her to interrupt, and it’d be an act of cruelty to prevent.
Besides, there was always a chance that Tara swung her way. The woman had been getting rather close during their more recent meetings as they worked on her most recent book. Maybe it was time to make a move on that.
After all, what was love, if not fleeting?
A/N: And here is where Glow or Die ends. It has been a fun ride, even if these last chapters came a little quickly. I’ve enjoyed writing it a lot, even worried that I had done something to alienate all of you wonderful folks who read and review! my fics.
I have one ficlet to write for all of your enjoyment, and then I’m hanging up my Kigo writing for a while. It’s not that this hasn’t been fun, it has. But I have a lot of work to deal with right now, and want to try to see if I can write a full novel, which should be a feat in and unto itself. So needless to say, I can’t do any more Kigo for a while. Don’t worry…one day I’ll do it. Who knows, maybe I’ll bring more fresh fic ideas that no one has even considered to the table. Or at least more pairings that make me worry that I’m going to creep someone out.
And finally review cookies for anyone who reviews this chapter, or the fic as a whole! I want to hear what you liked and didn’t! It gives me a chance to learn what I can strengthen, and what I’m doing well, so please tell me!