Taliesin's Room - Safehouse

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 7:41 am

"You turned out okay, considering, without any of that. Right?"

by **Taliesin** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 11:49 am

"I did.

But Ryan....Kevin....Billy....you...."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 11:55 am

"They can't all have been your fault..." she says carefully.

by **Taliesin** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 11:56 am

"If I hadn't been so damn stupid...and so damn weak..."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:01 pm

"No one should have to be ready for... for this."

by **Taliesin** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:07 pm

"No one SHOULD, damn it, but I needed to," he said, his eyes beginning to well with tears. "I look at him, and I see every failure...every last one."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:15 pm

"It doesn't have to be that way. If we can find a way back..."

by **Taliesin** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:15 pm

"You'll still be going back with him."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:22 pm

"And we'd do anything we could so this never happens." she says hopefully.

by **Taliesin** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:24 pm

Will took two strides across the room, and wrapped Sara in a tight hug. "I'm so sorry...all the pain you have in front of you...all because of me."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:27 pm

His future self or not, it's still Will hugging her and so Sara wraps her arms around him in turn.

"It wasn't your fault..." she whispers softly.

by **Taliesin** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:29 pm

"Stay here," Will whispered. "I can protect you now. Robin can protect you. We're strong enough, now."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:37 pm

"I can't."

by **Taliesin** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:39 pm

"I know," he said, rubbing the back of her head. "But I still want it."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:42 pm

"Will I can't leave... you."

by **Taliesin** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:44 pm

"You did, about five years ago," he said, quietly. "I haven't slept since a few weeks after that...the nightmares. I miss you so much."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:49 pm

"I'm sorry... But how could I do that to you... to him... if I have a choice?" she sniffs.

by **Taliesin** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:54 pm

"It's...I know.

But if you go back with him...you could die..."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 1:00 pm

"If we can go back..."

by **Taliesin** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 1:02 pm

"Just...promise me you'll think about it, OK?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 1:09 pm

"Giving you false hope wouldn't be fair..."

by **Taliesin** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 1:10 pm

Will nodded.

"Then...can I at least do...this?" he said, leaning in, and kissing Sara, maybe a bit rougher than she's used to, maybe a bit more forcefully than normal, maybe with different tongue action, but it's still a WillKiss.

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 1:17 pm

"Will don't..." she says, pulling back from the kiss after a moment.

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 1:19 pm

"Please.

You're my wife. I'm your husband.

Please."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 1:22 pm

"But I'm not. You're 18 years ahead of the Will I know..."

by **Taliesin** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 1:25 pm

"All that means is I'm past 18 years of stupidity. No more crazy experiments that leave me half-dead or stuck in a garbage dump. No more failing, no more putting my wacky hijinks over what you need.

Don't say you're not mine. Please..."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 1:36 pm

"I'm not the Sara you lost. I never saw Robin grow up, I never experienced all those things that happened over the years..."

by **Taliesin** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 1:37 pm

"No, you haven't.

But you're the one I fell in love with. You're the one I married.

Even if you won't stay...give me now. We've been given time together, let me have now."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 1:41 pm

"How can you ask this of me, Will? My husband, you are walking around out there. Is this why you send him out? So you could steal me from yourself?" she asks, blinking some tears from her eyes.

by **Taliesin** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 1:45 pm

"How could I steal you from....me?" he said, finally admitting that they were one and the same. "There's only one Sara...and there's only one Will. You'd ask the same thing, if the situations were reversed.

I sent him out because I didn't want him to see me weak..."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 1:57 pm

"You're not the same. You are who he will be or could be, not who he is. If you take me away from him then you leave him without me, even if it's only for now. I'm sorry you lost me, but I'm not her and I'm not yours and if you think that then you're being selfish."

by **Taliesin** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:02 pm

Will sighed.

"You don't want to leave him. You don't want to hurt him.

I can respect that. It's what makes you you."

He paused.

"Would....would you consider BOTH of you staying with me for now? If that's what you're worried about?" he said, slowly, bargaining.

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:11 pm

"You lost someone precious to you. Pretending you didn't will only make it hurt more later..." she says softly, trying hard not to put her hand on Will's cheek.

by **Taliesin** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:14 pm

"I can't hurt more than I have.

I never got to say good-bye. It's not like you caught some strange disease and wasted away--you were here, and perfect, and beautiful, and then you were gone.

I'll never have another chance."

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:25 pm

"I promise I'll say goodbye before we leave..." she says, swallowing hard.

by **Taliesin** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:29 pm

"And that's your final answer?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:35 pm

"I'm sorry... I won't avoid you, but I just can't be that... intimate with you."

by **Taliesin** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:36 pm

"I understand.

Well, I'll have a room for you and your husband by the end of the day, and I promise the two of you we'll do our best to get you out and to safety as quickly as possible," he said, straightening up and letting go of Sara.

by **Sara Stanton** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:43 pm

"Thanks." she says, resisting the urge to give Will a peck on the cheek and gives him a quick hug instead.

by **Taliesin** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 2:45 pm

"Ms. Stanton, please. I'm a married man," he said, a bit coolly.

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