Heroes, "Escaping the Truth" Niki/Peter, rated PG-13

[quirkysmuse]

Fandom: Heroes
Title: Escaping the Truth
Rating: PG13
Characters/Pairings: Niki/Peter
Word Count: 288
Warnings: None.
Notes: Takes place in "Five Years Gone." Written for the "truth" challenge at heroes_contest.

Summary: By helping her, Peter denies his own truth.



The truth that Peter killed her son bubbles underneath his skin like a raging blister.

He tries unsuccessfully to just forget it, to atone for his sins by taking care of the mother when he could not save the son. (When he could not save any of them, and allowed the use of a different monster's name to defend his own.)

When he finds her, she’s pathetic - living off grief as if it were spirits and air, and instead of toiling in his own misery, Peter turns around and finds he can do something useful for her.

He helps her control her demons, as he leaves his neglected - festering away within the dark.

And when she cries out her son’s name, Peter feels the sharp pang for a moment, and then distracts her, taking Niki in his arms and pushing her into his bed. He runs his hands, soft yet demanding - up her body, and he whispers soothing promises into her ear as he pushes himself within.

He will never leave her. He will never let her feel the truth (as he feels) so as long as he’s around.

And he will never - ever let Jessica rise to the surface only to break her all over again.

If he does any good to make up for all his sins, to better himself as his own demands cloy to be revealed, he will love Niki. He will hold her, and he will not release her.

With his sins, he will leave behind his heroics. And when the truth threatens to bring him down, to take her away from him - he will take her into his bed.

Where in there, they both will forget.

Comments

[game-byrd.livejournal.com]

Very cool! Thank you so much for sharing! FYG Peter is a fascinating creature to me - so different, yet still Peter.

[quirkysmuse.livejournal.com]

I agree! Thank you so much for reading.

[bellonablack.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, this is sad and really true. I think this is so Peter and really tragic--but almost comforting.

[quirkysmuse.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[means2bhuman.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. I don't even know what to think with this. bellonablack said it perfectly "tragic yet almost comforting."

I liked the details of Peter leaving behind his own demons AND his heroics to deal with someone else's demons and try to heal (distract) someone else. I wonder how well that actually works for him, you know?

Interesting that Peter won't release her. I'll have to think on that. He really is different yet hte same. How does he do it we wonder?

I think you captured the pairing to a 'T'. All those subtle little things. Thanks for sharing!

[quirkysmuse.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much for the comments!

[meredithleon.livejournal.com]

Whoa! This is amazing! I think the comments above have said all I wanted to say. Wonderful fic!

[quirkysmuse.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

[amles80.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is good. Sad, but... powerful. You're so good at writing Peter/Niki.

[quirkysmuse.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!