seasons
terra nova | taylor/wash | ~750 words | spring took her from him, summer he spent without her but it’s autumn that returns her to him

Spring

It’s what the colony calls spring when he loses her, when Lucas takes her from him. Admits life blossoming all around, flowers and trees blooming, her life turns to ash. They don’t really experience winter, not in this time period, but for the first time Taylor feels cold, frozen, numb as if he’s in the middle of an ice storm.

He stumbles through their make-shift camp, the reality of what he witnessed only hours earlier hitting him like a sonic blast, and he’s barely aware of the others giving him space. For hours Taylor sits and stares at the fire that offers heat and comfort but not to him, not anymore, not when he remembers Wash’s last touch as she gave him his armor, and he involuntarily clenches his fist, the memory of her fingers brushing along his skin haunting him.

If she were here now, she would order him to get it together, be a leader and kick some ass. You can’t change the past, sir, but you can damn well try to change the future. Her words and the image of her standing in front of him with her hands on her hips echo in his mind and a grim smile flicks over his lips. He’s not going to let her down. Terra Nova is theirs, he will take it back and if it’s the last thing he does.

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Rating: R
Word Count: ~2000
Genre: Romance/Angst
Summary: This wasn’t how she envisioned her return to the colony.
Spoiler: Season Finale (set post-season one)
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