Drabble: Sitting in the Rain

[starsandsea]

Title: Sitting in the Rain
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Pieter/Michael
Word Count: 384
Disclaimer: I own nothing
Author's Note: For 12_stories's, prompt of Rain. Betaed by the wonderful arch_schatten.



Pieter closed his eyes, feeling the rain brushing his upturned face, the droplets falling like tears from his eyes, running down his unmasked face. He smiled. There was something so beautiful about rain; soothing away pain and fear. It could bring relief from droughts, but become an unstoppable force when there was too much. A reminder of how Mother Nature could both give and take away. But, in the right amounts, it was fine. Oh, people would grumble, complain about getting wet, and he would just walk through them, a smile on his face, letting the rain caress him.

He heard footsteps quietly approaching, the hum of T-Sphere's absent for now. Pieter sighed, his smile fading. The rain abruptly stopped, though he could still hear it falling. Michael had an umbrella and had put it up, covering them both. Pieter opened his eyes, but didn't put his goggles or glasses on, remaining instead in darkness.

"You shouldn't do this. Come out here in the rain without an umbrella." There were so many layers to Michael's voice: concern and confusion, love and pain.

"I like it," was all he responded, hearing the 'and you know that', in the words, though he had tried to hide them.

Michael sighed beside him, audible over the rain. "You should come inside. We don't need you getting a cold."

Pieter smiled, slightly wryly. "I'm fine, Michael."

Michael sighed again, and he could imagine him looking at the rain around them, hearing the car horns. Michael pressed the umbrella into his hand.

"Have this at least." He didn't give him any chance to respond before he was gone. Pieter sighed, and lowered the umbrella, closing it. He sat alone in the rain again.

There was a sudden smell of roses and the sound of childish laughter, and Pieter smiled wryly again, feeling their presence. Paula. Paula and Terry. Paula and Terry, Michael's wife and unborn son, who had been killed in a car accident in the rain.

Just like he had killed.

Pieter sighed again, ceding defeat. Michael would never get over Paula and Terry's death. He was tired of competing with ghosts. He could never win against them, anyway.

Pieter got up, and left the umbrella behind.

Comments

[saavikam77.livejournal.com]

Awwww... :( *hugs him* So painful...

And more background info, at least. I know, I could read his Wiki article, but what would be the fun in *that*? :p

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

*hugs them both*

And more background info, at least. I know, I could read his Wiki article, but what would be the fun in *that*? :p

LOL, yeah, much more fun to find the info out from fics!

I'm glad you liked it! :D

[jij.livejournal.com]

*grins at Saavi* I know! I kind of like learning about characters from the way people write about them...

*hugs Star* This was so sad and beautiful, and somehow the scent of roses in the rain was wonderfully haunting, as was the symbol of the umbrella and the rain.

Wonderfully sad. *sighs*

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

I have no idea where the scent of roses came from! It just appeared in there magically! lol.

*hugs back* I'm glad you liked it, Jen!

[ilyena_sylph]

Oh, my but this hurts. Poor, Poor Pieter. And Micheal too, though.

*smooshyhands them together*

Excellent work.

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

*hugs them both*

I'm glad you liked it!

[stalinglim.livejournal.com]

(sniffles) but... but....

(sighs)

Sweet, sad. The last few lines "he'd lose anyway" were very powerful.Great job!

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

*pets them* Poor boys.

I'm glad you liked it! :)

[bradygirl_12]

Beautifully melancholy, Star.

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it! :)

[senmut]

Ouch, hon. YOu caught that pretty darn well. So much pain, and I always loved the twisting up of their origin stories.

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

It's so ironic, isn't it? That Michael lost his wife and unborn son in a car accident, and Pieter killed in a car accident... *hugs them both*

I'm glad you liked it! :)

[isilweth.livejournal.com]

*ouch* This hurts so much. Silly boys. *cries* Don't they know they're each other's path back to life. You capture Pieter's melancholy well, and Michael's subtly also. I love how Michael refuses to let the rain wash away the past, whereas Pieter refuses to seek shelter. Really beautiful fic.

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

*huggles Michael and Pieter* They both need a lot of hugs in this one!

I'm really glad you liked it! Thank you for commenting! :)