ext_15447 ([identity profile] beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] still_grrr2007-10-12 07:50 am

035: Holtz drabble

Title: He Who Fights Monsters
Author: Beer Good ([livejournal.com profile] beer_good_foamy)
Rating: PG13
Word Count: 100
Characters/Pairing: Holtz/Justine
Prompt: 035 - Holtz

The pain feels like justice. Two holes, like those in his wife's and daughter's necks.

Holtz kills monsters. It's what he does. It's what he's sworn to do.

"Papa, no! Please, no, papa! Papa, don't. Let me go!"

Dreaming the Thing that was his daughter burning, every night for 240 years. Teaching himself to hate. Justice.

"Take him."

18 years in hell, teaching Stephen to hate. Justice.

Justine is crying. He knows what it's like to kill what you love, but justice must be served.

"Again. Again!"

Justine kills monsters. It's what she does. It's what she's sworn to do.

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