He softened his hand against her cheek, but for a moment made no move to step away, nor closer still.
"A better ending for them, perhaps, but in terms of storytelling it's dreadfully grim. Whatever happened to riding away into the sunset?"
His smile concealed the fact that it actually stung, would probably continue to long after she'd forgotten, and lived and died and all the other things that mortals did. Or perhaps, restored as Q, he wouldn't remember how much he really cared. It was a very grim ending, but it was the only one that suited.
For now, though, he could lean in and brush a kiss to her mouth in the empty street, safely ensconced in the darkness between one streetlight and the next.
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"A better ending for them, perhaps, but in terms of storytelling it's dreadfully grim. Whatever happened to riding away into the sunset?"
His smile concealed the fact that it actually stung, would probably continue to long after she'd forgotten, and lived and died and all the other things that mortals did. Or perhaps, restored as Q, he wouldn't remember how much he really cared. It was a very grim ending, but it was the only one that suited.
For now, though, he could lean in and brush a kiss to her mouth in the empty street, safely ensconced in the darkness between one streetlight and the next.