Challenge 339: Due South: G
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anythingdrabbleAlone and Lonely (500 words) by look_turtles
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: due South
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
Characters: Turtle (due South), Diefenbaker (due South)
Additional Tags: Angst with a Happy Ending
Summary:
An: Written for the anythingdrabble prompt: paperwork
Ever since his Grandparents died, Benton had felt lonely; he only saw his father a few times a year and Mark and Eric had their own lives. Then he found Dief and didn’t feel so lonely. He met Ray Vecchio and his loud Italian family made Benton feel like part of something special. Then he met Ray Kowalski and Ray filled his life with noise and movement and after a while
love. A love that deepened as the years passed and their lives became intertwined.
Benton woke up in his bed and reached over to pull Ray close only to be met with a cold blanket. Then he remembered that Ray was gone and it hit him hard. He rolled over onto his back and steeled himself to face yet another day without Ray. He often thought that he envied his Grandfather who died within a week of his Grandmother’s death. It had been six months and three days since Ray died and Benton felt the loss everyday.
After several minutes, he got out of bed and walked through his cabin. The cabin felt so big and quiet without Ray to fill it with noise.
He stopped by Spot the turtle’s tank and took him out.
‘Good morning, Spot.’
‘Morning. Miss Golden Turtle.’
‘I know. I miss him too,’ Benton said because Golden Turtle was Ray. He carried Stop to the kitchen.
He put spot on the counter and gave him an apple. He went over to the stove to make breakfast.
He preferred tea, but he made coffee and put Smarties in it to feel closer to Ray.
Suddenly he heard the hinges of the closet door in his bedroom squeak and his heartbeat quickened. He picked up Spot and ran to his bedroom. He hoped he was right.
When he went into his bedroom even though he was indeed right he still gasped. Ray was standing into front of the open closet door. He looked as young as when they first met.
He came up to Benton and grinned. ‘Miss me?’
‘I have,’ Benton said as he felt tears slide down his cheeks.
‘Missed you too,’ Ray said. He took Spot and set him on the floor, he then pulled Benton into a tight hug. Benton clung to Ray and breathed in Ray’s familiar spicy scent and felt Ray’s soft worn cotton shirt under his hands.
Ray’s lips felt warm and chapped when they shared a kiss. Ray broke the kiss and there were happy tears in his eyes too.
‘I would’ve got here sooner, but there was a lot of paperwork to do. Someone else wants to see you,’ Ray whistled and Dief ran out of the closet. Dief ran up to him and he kneeled down and wrapped his arms around Dief and buried his face in Dief’s soft fur. As his tears wet Dief’s fur he thought that he was no longer lonely because his family was back.
And he was indeed never lonely again.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: due South
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
Characters: Turtle (due South), Diefenbaker (due South)
Additional Tags: Angst with a Happy Ending
Summary:
Benton is lonely.
Set after CoTW.
An: Written for the anythingdrabble prompt: paperwork
Ever since his Grandparents died, Benton had felt lonely; he only saw his father a few times a year and Mark and Eric had their own lives. Then he found Dief and didn’t feel so lonely. He met Ray Vecchio and his loud Italian family made Benton feel like part of something special. Then he met Ray Kowalski and Ray filled his life with noise and movement and after a while
love. A love that deepened as the years passed and their lives became intertwined.
Benton woke up in his bed and reached over to pull Ray close only to be met with a cold blanket. Then he remembered that Ray was gone and it hit him hard. He rolled over onto his back and steeled himself to face yet another day without Ray. He often thought that he envied his Grandfather who died within a week of his Grandmother’s death. It had been six months and three days since Ray died and Benton felt the loss everyday.
After several minutes, he got out of bed and walked through his cabin. The cabin felt so big and quiet without Ray to fill it with noise.
He stopped by Spot the turtle’s tank and took him out.
‘Good morning, Spot.’
‘Morning. Miss Golden Turtle.’
‘I know. I miss him too,’ Benton said because Golden Turtle was Ray. He carried Stop to the kitchen.
He put spot on the counter and gave him an apple. He went over to the stove to make breakfast.
He preferred tea, but he made coffee and put Smarties in it to feel closer to Ray.
Suddenly he heard the hinges of the closet door in his bedroom squeak and his heartbeat quickened. He picked up Spot and ran to his bedroom. He hoped he was right.
When he went into his bedroom even though he was indeed right he still gasped. Ray was standing into front of the open closet door. He looked as young as when they first met.
He came up to Benton and grinned. ‘Miss me?’
‘I have,’ Benton said as he felt tears slide down his cheeks.
‘Missed you too,’ Ray said. He took Spot and set him on the floor, he then pulled Benton into a tight hug. Benton clung to Ray and breathed in Ray’s familiar spicy scent and felt Ray’s soft worn cotton shirt under his hands.
Ray’s lips felt warm and chapped when they shared a kiss. Ray broke the kiss and there were happy tears in his eyes too.
‘I would’ve got here sooner, but there was a lot of paperwork to do. Someone else wants to see you,’ Ray whistled and Dief ran out of the closet. Dief ran up to him and he kneeled down and wrapped his arms around Dief and buried his face in Dief’s soft fur. As his tears wet Dief’s fur he thought that he was no longer lonely because his family was back.
And he was indeed never lonely again.
