Forwarded by the ASC-VSO Posted: 15 Jan 2004 00:03:08 -0800 In: alt.startrek.creative From: Mareel@earthlink.net (Mareel) Title: Holding Hope Author: Mareel Contact: Mareel@earthlink.net Author's URL: www.geocities.com/bdebpr Series: Enterprise Rating: G Status: Complete Codes: Drabble, A/R Archive: Permission to archive granted to ASC*, EntSTCommunity, Others welcome, please ask. Disclaimer: Of course they belong to Paramount, or more likely, to themselves Summary: When love abides, so does hope. Jon offers what comfort he Author's Notes: This was inspired by the Treksoap Jon and Mal (with my deepest thanks to their creators).  But no backstory is necessary to understand the bond between two lovers trying to work through the aftermath of serious trauma.  *** Holding Hope I watch you sleep, at peace in my arms... demons banished, for the moment, by my love...our love, an anchor in a storm of unwelcome memories. I hold you close, wishing I could do more to keep you safe or ease your passage through unbearable pain. I  stroke your cheek, drop silent kisses into your hair. My hand rests on your chest, holding your heart, unconsciously matching each breath with my own. I feel you stir, nestling closer to my heart... and cry silently, moved beyond words at seeing on your lips... after all...the shadow of a smile. *** Finis -- Stephen Ratliff ASC Stories Only Forwarding In the Pattern Buffer at: http//trekiverse.crosswinds.net/feed/ Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCL/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:ASCL-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. From ???@??? Sun Jan 18 23:45:22 2004 Status: U Return-Path: Received: from n12.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.67]) by kite (EarthLink SMTP Server) with SMTP id 1aIriC43J3NZFkD0 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 2004 20:46:06 -0800 (PST) X-eGroups-Return: sentto-1977044-12923-1074487527-stephenbratliff=earthlink.net@returns.groups.yahoo.