The Departed

[veiledndarkness]

Title: Adding to the Count

Author: veiledndarkness

Pairing: None, technically. Slash if you squint.

Rating: PG-13 for language

Word Count: 100 (drabble)

Warnings: Characters aren't mine, no money was made from this.

Summary: Doing what's right is not what this is about.



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He raises the gun silently, a still calmness that masks his absolute fury.

Raw anger, bitter regret for what he didn’t do, for what he didn’t acknowledge.

Only a few times has he ignored that feeling, that sense that something’s wrong.

Now, the knowledge that he should have listened churns in his stomach.

He holds it steady, waiting for nothing. No excuses. Fuck that.

At the moment he curls his fingers, pulling the trigger, a wave of despair consumes him.

It shouldn’t have ended like this. And this death adds to the count. It won’t bring him back.

Nothing will.

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Comments

[niprhidel.livejournal.com]

That's one of my fav. moments in the film....

[veiledndarkness.livejournal.com]

Same here. I was like "Yes!" at the top of my lungs. Scared the dog when I did that, lol.

[the-lady-revan.livejournal.com]

You are one of the few writers I know who can write such powerful stories with no dialog. I love your drabbles, wow. Great job.

I always call that scene A Lover's Revenge. The look on his face, the way Colin doesn't even try to talk Dignam outa doing it, like he just knows right there it's over.

[veiledndarkness.livejournal.com]

Thank you. That means alot to me. And made me blush lol.

Exactly. I always thought there was tons of unrequited love going on with Dignam and Billy.