Anvâr (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} anvar) wrote,@ 2007-05-01 23:41:00 |
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Justitia's Sword (Batman Begins AU ficlet)
Fandom: Batman Begins AU
Prompt: 089. She
Beta: none
Justitia's Sword
"Rachel? Rachel!" She jerked her gaze away fom the candles when his voice penetrated the daze she had fallen into. She looked at him and he could see the deep exhaustion.
"I'm sorry", she apologized. "Here I am having dinner with a wonderful man and all I can do is thinking about work."
"You had a trying day", he answered with a weak attempt at a pun. "But you won."
"No, I lost." Frustration etched sharp lines around her mouth. "Zsaz is only a thug. But we lost a vital witness and so Judge Faden didn't even deign to hear about the evidence of Falcone's involvement. Again.
"Falcone is doing what he wants and everyone covers it up." Her hands closed to white-knuckled fists on the white table cloth.
"Sometimes I wish I could break the rules too. To bring them to justice." She pressed her palm to her forehead. "Forget that I've said this, Henri. I shouldn't even think it."
He smiled in understanding and squeezed her hand in wordless comfort. Soon, he thought. She was almost there.
