Jeremiah (TV) - written for drabbleweekly

[prisca]

Title: Giving up is not an option
Characters: Erin, Markus
Prompt: all in vain
Wordcount: 200
finished: 15.09.2018

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„Markus?“ Worried Erin watched the young man, his head resting on his arms. „How are you doing?“

Reluctantly he looked up; he was pale, a large band-aid on his temple. „It was all in vain, all the hard work of weeks. I was so sure that bringing the leader of all groups together is the right way. But they'll never stop fighting each other.“ He sighed. „I'm afraid I've failed, Erin.“

Gently she put her hand on his arm. How much she loved him, though she knew, there was no chance for them; all Markus was living for was a better future for the world, like he had promised his dying father ages ago. It was hard to see him so broken.

„Think about the school and all the children living there. The good people on the farms nearby. Everyone in the Mountain. They need you now, maybe even more than before, because only you give them hope.“

Markus kept quiet for a while, finally he got up, placing his thumb on her cheek. „You are my angel who keeps me going, Erin.“

She smiled. „I will tell Kurdy, Jeremiah and Smith to come into your office for a talk.“

Jeremiah (TV) - written for: drabble weekly

[prisca]

Title: Time to say goodbye
Characters: Markus, Meghan (the woman behind glass)
Prompt: tough choices
Wordcount: 200
finished: 16.10.2018

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„No!“ Markus looked at the woman behind the glass; the lab was her home for 15 years already, and he always thought that it would stay like this until he found a way to save her. She was his friend, his confidant, his mentor. She had kept him sane even during the hardest times. She was the one who knew all his thoughts, his secrets. „ No, I won't allow this. When you leave the lab, there will be no way back.“

„I know.“ Her voice calm as ever. „I have accepted my fate; I was already lost from the day when the virus infected me without bringing the death.“ She pressed her hand against the glass, spread her fingers. „You need to let me go. I'm the only one who can save your friends.“

Markus felt tears burning in his eyes; he couldn't remember when he had cried for the last time. Deep inside he knew that she was right.

„I'm old and tired; the world is not my place anymore,“ she continued and smiled. „Let me help you one last time, and I can die in peace. And happy, because I know the future is yours.“