{"id":16162,"date":"2014-01-22T00:49:04","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T00:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/01\/22\/been-gone-a-long-while-17\/"},"modified":"2014-01-22T00:49:04","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T00:49:04","slug":"been-gone-a-long-while-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/01\/22\/been-gone-a-long-while-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Been Gone A Long While"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The musty rot of mildew soaked the air as he came to. He was hanging by his wrists, the cuffs attached to the chain digging into his flesh. The door opened with a whine as his tormentor waltzed into the prison cell. Xander carried his favorite tool, his metal cane. Again with the same question, \u201cWill you do as you were meant to and rebuild the Academy?\u201d Again, the same answer, \u201cNever.\u201d The look of strange\u00a0disappointment\u00a0on Xander\u2019s face before he swung the cane into Victor\u2019s ribs.<\/em><\/p>\n

Victor started awake, his eyes wide as it took him a moment to remember where he was. He looked over at Summer and pulled her close to him, willing himself to calm down. His eyes closed as he tried to fill his senses only with her scent. He let out a shaky exhale and whispered, \u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tentatively, he ran his fingers down her jaw and over her cheekbone, recommitting her to memory in an effort to push out the remnants of his nightmare. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

She was not going to \u2014 she was \/not\/ going to \u2014 the spark was still there. The one they\u2019d blown into a raging blaze practically the day they\u2019d met. It jumped from his fingers to her skin and chased down her spine. \u201cWhy?\u201d she asked, pulling a knee up to drape over his leg under the covers, the length of her body pressed to the length of his.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“Because I never wanted t\u2019 hurt you Summer an\u2019 I\u2019ve made a mess of things.” Victor bit his lip, happy for the contact and stared into her eyes. His hand cupped her cheek while his thumb brushed her lip. “Because I love you.” He hesitated for a moment then kissed her, gently on the lips. “An\u2019 I\u2019ll never stop.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“Victor,” she mumbled. “D-don—” It was pointless to protest, given the way she was still pressing against him, the way she put her hand behind his head and pulled him into a harder kiss. She was still angry, she told herself, still angry. This didn’t mean she wasn’t angry. Just to prove that, she bit his lip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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