| Voices in My Head Prompt # 16 - Relive |
[Oct. 18th, 2007|01:16 am] |
I suppose most people, when asked to relive a moment in their lives, would automatically pick something happy. That's the sane choice, isn't it? Some bright, shining moment when all the problems didn't matter, where the mission seemed written in tones of black and white instead of grey, when families were close and warm and loved, and where the war, both internal and external, seemed winnable.
But then, most people are not part of my family, and my family has never been a sane one.
There are a multitude of happy choices I could pick. The first time Bruce told me he was proud of me, for example. Or the first - or last - moment that I spent with my parents in the air. The first flight Superman took me on. The first time Kory and I made love. The first time Barbara kissed me.
All good choices, but if I was granted one moment to relive, I wouldn't waste that wish on a simple childish desire to revel in the good times of the past.
Instead, I'd turn my chance to relive into a chance for a complete do-over and fix a mistake of the past, and while there are even more candidates for how I should spend that wish, I can say without hesitation what my final choice would be.
I'd stop Tarantula from killing Blockbuster, the way I should have the first time around.
Even if it meant stepping in front of the bullet meant for him.
Muse: Dick Grayson, aka Nightwing
Fandom: DC Comics
Word Count: 248 |
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