Heroes, "Things That Never Were" Edgar/Lydia; rated pg

[quirkysmuse]

Fandom: Heroes
Title: Things That Never Were
Author: Paynesgrey
Rating: PG
Pairing: Edgar/Lydia
Word Count: 207
Notes/Warnings: character death, takes place around the end of "The Art of Deception" in Season 4. Written for the "escape" theme for fanfic_bakeoff.

Summary: Edgar has regrets as he holds Lydia's lifeless body.



Edgar holds her dead body in his arms. He allows himself to cry, and as the tears escape, he doesn’t care who among the Carnival is watching. His family sympathizes, and they must know; he couldn’t have wanted this, and he couldn’t have wanted Joseph’s death either.

Lydia’s blood is all over him, but he doesn’t care, and he can’t even share in her last living moment. For such a woman so loving and energetic, it’s unnatural that her body feels so lifeless against him, and he’ll forever regret that he arrived too late to save her – to hold her and hear her last dying words.

It’s a sick tragedy, and he hates knowing that now that she’s dead, he’ll be missing out on finally being with her, and they’ll never have the happiness they’ve always talked about – even dreamed about.

Edgar’s angry and wants to lash out. Noah Bennet, he thinks furiously.

But no, he sees it in Samuel’s eyes. Lydia’s warned Edgar before; it’s been always him.

Edgar is sure that Samuel is involved in this somehow, and as he feels his knives itch at his sides, Edgar vows to do something about Samuel and his lies – and to bring Lydia the justice she deserves.

Comments

[commen-sense.livejournal.com]

this makes me so nostalgic for heroes :( poor edgar-i still can't forgive the writers for killing lydia :/

[quirkysmuse.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Yes, I miss Lydia too. I'm planning on a story to retcon her death, so that should be interesting. :)