Rating: G
Pairing: Vecchio/Fraser
Category: Living together challenge
Disclaimer: The characters used in the following story are not mine. I do not make any money out of this. It's written for fun and for the fans of the show.
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The Silence of the Dishwasher
by Birgitt Schuknecht
I'm alone... again. Superman is gone. And left me behind. This is becoming a regular these days. He tells me that I am an impediment on his quest for good deeds. Tears spring to my eyes. He can be so hurtful...
Two weeks ago he said to me: "You are going soft, Ray. Our living together isn't good for your... constitution. I have no use for a partner who is too spent after a little lovemaking so that he can't even help a little old lady to the other side of the street. You have to agree that Mrs. Fisher wasn't amused that I had to push both of you out of the way of that truck..."
I know that he is right. But that doesn't help me. Not at all. I have accepted it. I stay at home now. Concentrate on what I'm good at. Making my Mountie feel home... But still... I miss him terribly all day.
And then there are the evenings. He was late for dinner three days in a row. Again I have outdone myself to prepare something special for him, no, for us... I put all the right spices into it. I planned this to be a very exciting night. But he didn't show up.
Nervously I check the watch. He's late for over three hours. Although I'm angry with him I begin to worry. And start to pray for his safety. Just let him come back to me...
I cannot concentrate on anything what I want to do. All I can do is waiting. And I hate it. And I hate Benny for making me wait. I stare at my used plate and force myself to put it into the dishwasher. No need to switch it on. There's not much in it. Just one used plate...
And I sit down again, playing with the glass of red wine. I wait and worry. And I listen to the silence of the dishwasher...
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