Unfair As Life Can Be - GG fic - PG13
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tigriswolfFandom: "Gilmore Girls"
Disclaimer: Not my characters. Just for fun.
Warnings: timeline--late season 2/early season 3
Pairings: Dean/Rory, Jess/Rory
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 380
Point of view: second
It was not fair to Dean. Watching them, you knew that. Rory slipped further and further away with every breath, enthralled by the danger and newness of Jess; Dean was stable and strong, sure as the sky and sea—you could see that he wasn’t boring, but from where Rory stood, she couldn’t.
Didn’t really want to.
If you were even five years younger…
She led him on, afraid to let go; but, also, she courted Jess, gentle flirting disguised as discussion on books Dean had never read. Never wanted to read.
Not a fool by any means, but he still didn’t love to read as much as Rory or, apparently, Jess. His interests lay elsewhere, in cars and technology.
He built you a car, you wanted to tell her. A car. He loves you, steady as… all I’ve ever longed for. He’s what I wanted but was too young to understand.
Jess and Rory danced around each other, the whole town watching. Dean stood silently; if he acted, he’d look controlling, and if he didn’t…
It wasn’t fair to him, any of it. Sometimes, you looked at your daughter, your darling, your reason for existing for so long—and didn’t recognize her, except as a memory.
You’re killing that boy, you wanted to scream at Rory, shake her until she understood. He’s better than Jess—he won’t tire of you, won’t look elsewhere in the end. He’ll stay with you, stand by you—and you’re throwing him away. Ruining him. Don’t you see?
But Rory didn’t see. She wanted Jess but she didn’t want to let go of Dean. And you watched as slowly, Dean began to let go. Backed away, held onto his temper, allowed Rory all the space she needed.
It broke your heart when he asked you, She likes Jess, doesn’t she?
You knew then. You knew he was done, even if he hadn’t realized it yet.
It wasn’t fair, any of it. You wished you could help her make the right choice, show her what a mistake it was… but you couldn’t. You could just stand with her, come hell or high water, like Dean would, if given the chance. All you could do was support her and be ready to catch her when Jess let her fall.
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Date: 2006-08-04 05:24 pm (UTC)"Ruining him." Gah. In light of what happened later, that's even more true--and it took my breath away a little.
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Date: 2006-08-04 10:13 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-20 03:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-01-14 11:10 am (UTC)Thanks!
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Date: 2007-01-14 03:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-10-15 11:24 pm (UTC)To end this a bit happier, I think your writing style is incredible. It takes my breath away. =)
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Date: 2008-10-17 02:04 am (UTC)