Could've, Should've, Would've

[tinmouse]

Title: Could've, Should've, Would've
Challenge/Prompt: #36: Voice
Fanfiction: Witch Hunter
Characters/Pairings: Monica; Parvati
Rating: G
Warnings: Sad Monica?
Disclaimer: I don't own Witch Hunter or any of the characters. I simply borrow them when Jung-Man Cho isn't watching.
Summary: If she'd just awakened sooner, perhaps Monica could've kept her alive.
Author's Notes: Re: the timeline, I s'pose this would take place between Ch. 11 and 12. I always found it sad how Monica's witch powers manifested right after her best friend's funeral...

Could've, Should've, Would've

She didn't have to die.

 

The fact hits her hardest betwixt the sheets, late at night, long after Alv and Eclipse have retired. Two days at WH HQ and the thought still makes her bruised skin crawl, no matter how tight she winds into the cloth.

 

If I'd just awakened sooner, maybe I could've saved her.

 

<Master.>

 

The voice inside her head is careful and kind. Supporter's mana suffusing her skin, Monica swallows hard and dabs at her eyes.

 

"Parvati?"

 

His voice reflects the depths of her sorrow. <I'm sorry, Master.>

 

Monica turns on her side. Everything aches.

 

"Me too."