Prompt #057 - The End

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This week's prompt is the end.

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Lewis - Telltale

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Title: Telltale
Fandom: Lewis
Rating: G
Notes: Set post-series. Laura/Robbie, James/Robbie. I am indebted to Richard Siken's "The Worm King's Lullaby" from War of the Foxes.

There is no other end to this story.

Robbie telephones from New Zealand. He sounds uncertain, unhappy. James tamps down his own unhappiness. They are unhappy together. Still apart. Still together.

Laura, perfect Laura, sees the pining for what it is. She sets Robbie free. And gives him a good tongue lashing for being so incredibly stupid.

There is no other end to this story. It's Robbie on James' doorstep, his bags on the ground, his face buried in James' shoulder.

It's an embrace. A first kiss.

There is no other end to this story. There is only the beginning.