justprompts: I didn't know I'd love you so much, but I do...

justprompts : "Didn't Know I'd Love You So Much" from Repo! The Genetic Opera

It comes down to a street.

One street in Chicago that hundreds of people cross constantly, none of them so much as meeting each other's eyes, and then suddenly there's one little girl in a city of thousands of them picking him out of a crowd. So many people in this bloody city and so many streets she could have been walking down that day and she picked that one.

She picked him.

And no one's ever granted him that grace before. It's always a game of usefulness and tactics and being the best dog in the race and beyond that, who even cares? What does he have to offer beyond his skills? Maybe nothing. Maybe April just really needed that kindred spirit. Maybe she knew he needed it too. He could analyze it- and has, actually- but it's not something that needs to be analyzed. It just was.

And he came to that realization probably far too late.

It comes down to a street.

One street in Chicago that hundreds of people are crossing, pretending he doesn't exist as he stands as still as a statue, wondering if he waits here long enough if time will turn back on itself and let him have one more chance to do this properly, now that he understands how much he's lost since she's been gone.

In the end, it probably still wouldn't be enough time.

Muse: Julian Sark
Word Count: 227