Let's pretend nothing changed

[madame_denna]

Pairing: Cara/Dahlia
Word count: ~220
Warnings: none
Written for: legendland (Challenge 35: Legendland Marathon - Fanfiction)
Drabble: III/X
Prompt: 'Cara/Dahlia - we once were'
Disclaimer: No copyright infringement intended. They are not mine and - of course no money is made

"Do you remember?"

It takes some time before Cara comes around shifting in and out of the white cloud of consciousness. Her face hurts and her eyes disobey her command to open at her demand. The stringent, metallic taste of blood in her mouth makes her stomach churn and nausea to rise heavily in her throat. Her chin rests against her breastbone, the hard cuffs of the chains cut deep into her skin at her wrists. She had forgotten how hard it is to breathe while chained up.

"Do you remember Cara?" Dahlia's voice is sweet and soft, lulling her into a cocoon of false hope to survive this charade unshattered. Dahlia is her Achilles' heel to another life, a life long lost, and yet so inexorable approaching.

Dahlia's gloved hands are on the sides of her face, caressing her in a lovingly gesture, as if she knew how to feel.

Cara knows.

After a while, her eyelids crack open, seeking the steely grey of Dahlia's eyes. The other Mord'Sith is close and it's so easy to get lost in her familiar scent, the features she knows since childhood.

"Don't you remember that..." Dahlia's voice breaks.

"That once we were one?" Cara asks, her tone hoarse, "I do."

Slowly Cara leans forward, her lips claim Dahlia's, and for a moment, Cara just pretends nothing has ever changed.