if things were different
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In every universe, he has his girls.
Sometimes, he gets to keep Her through it all. Sometimes, time is not on their side.
Sometimes, She’s already grown and bitter, scowling at him as she fires no end of retorts. Sometimes, she’s fresh into the world and screaming as she works her way around new lungs. Sometimes, she’s squirming as she tries to get comfortable in his arms and sometimes, she looks at him with brand new eyes like he hung the moon and stars for her.
Sometimes he’s broken and harsh, but sometimes he’s soft and familiar. Sometimes he has them both together, sometimes years apart. Regardless, fate always brings them to him.
He has them both every time. He loves Her in every universe, and it’s always because of Sarah.
(or this is just a prologue to a whole collection. Don’t judge the word count. I had to write my own happy endings. mostly)
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- Part 1 of if things were different
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Joel is holding his daughter in his arms, the two of them sobbing together as Tommy stitches the gaping wound in Sarah’s leg. They’d managed to make it back home, but Sarah had been drooping ever closer to unconsciousness and Joel was terrified that if she slipped a little bit further, he would lose her altogether.
“You’re okay,” He whispers the words into her hair like a mantra. “I’ve got you, babygirl. You’re doing so good.”
what if…
Sarah lives. Joel gets his girls.Series
- Part 2 of if things were different
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“Tío Joel!”
“Ellie.”
The two of them collide, Joel lifting his niece into his arms with an ease that finds Sarah swallowing every ounce of envy she feels from when her father could hold her like that, back when she was as little as Ellie is. Guilt drowns the envy. She can’t possibly wish herself in Ellie’s position right now. Get a grip, Sarah.
She stands off to one side, her eyes scanning their surroundings. There’s a room behind Ellie with glass walls and a sliding door, but the curtains are partially drawn inside, so all she can see is a nurse hanging a blood bag on the metal stand by the bed. There’s a smartly dressed woman still sitting on a chair beside where Ellie had been. The woman offers Sarah a tight smile and her stomach churns about the fact that this complete stranger has a better idea of the situation than Sarah.
But if Ellie’s inconsolable out here in Joel’s arms, then that means that behind those curtains, must be—
(they get through it together, because that’s what families do)
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- Part 3 of if things were different