Title: Over and yet not
Author: Am-Chau Yarkona
Rating: PG
Pairing: Hawkeye/Sidney
Disclaimer: These are not my characters.
Summary: for mash100th; what happens after the war.

 

Time passes, and the war is over, and yet not. No bombs fall; and yet the thud of mortar fire and the boom of an air raid still echo through the night.

I know what’s happening here. I’ve studied it in a hundred textbooks, and I’ve suffered it myself. I understand.

But watching you beside me, arms flung out and black hair a mess, I know that understanding doesn’t help. Only time can rid us of the fear, and the memories will be a scar we carry forever.

I’m thankful, though, that neither of us has to carry this alone.

 

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