A/N I'm sticking with Shane Brennan interview: "It will be a bumpy ride for Densi fans and they'll hate me at points but in the end they'll love it. I don't usually do drabbles, but this one came to me after "Spoils of War" and I really seem do anything else with it.

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They were still there. Maybe not as powerful or as frequent but they were still there. Even twenty years later, the nightmares would still strike. In the stillness of the night, dreams would change into something where their personal demons would chortle and screech; while their personal angel would gently weep at the agony inflicted on the other. What each had suffered at the hands of things that call themselves humans was not easily forgotten nor healed. What they themselves were forced to do in the name of the other was haunting and guilt laden. The betrayal of a trusted maternal figure still caused heartache to this day. Screams would shatter the night, while sheets soaked with tears and sweat were stained beyond repair. The road to where they were at now was long and rough. One would push the other away, trying desperately to cause no more harm to the other that meant so much to them. Just as one would dig in their heels and slowly chip away at the walls the other built for protection. At the deepest darkest moments of despair, a shining light would burn through, and the demons would retreat to their holes. For it was a Love Story and they refused to let be anything but.

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