Path: newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!elnk-nf2-pas!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newshub.sdsu.edu!postnews.google.com!f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: "Mareel" Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative Subject: NEW ENT: Mend 1/1 [G] (A/R) Date: 18 Jan 2005 16:43:43 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 46 Message-ID: <1106095423.595711.210100@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 4.243.57.209 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: posting.google.com 1106095443 8695 127.0.0.1 (19 Jan 2005 00:44:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 00:44:03 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: G2/0.2 Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com; posting-host=4.243.57.209; posting-account=1x8S4AwAAAAsIaIc_cTPVeKx9cxFO3lH Xref: news.earthlink.net alt.startrek.creative:161979 X-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:44:14 PST (newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net) Title: Mend 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: "We fight and fall down... and mend." Author's Notes: This is the eleventh in a series (sequel to Despite Change) inspired by the Treksoap Jon and Mal, but no familiarity with those characters or plots is needed to understand the destructive spiral that can result from a fight between lovers. My thanks to KayJay for mentioning the song "Mend" (Jann Arden), the source of the lyrics quoted in the summary. *** Mend Fight... I don't want to fight with you... I love you. I don't want to damage us. It's hard, being two people in the process of becoming one couple. Couple... the coupling part comes easy. We fit together so well, share a bed like we were always meant to wake together. Together... that's the harder part. It's not easy to each relinquish part of our independence to the crucible of commitment. Commitment... looking forward together. I thought we might want that at some point... deciding to do it now is hard. So we fight. ... ... Only love can break the cycle. *** Finis NewMessage: