TITLE: Dreams of Flight (155 Words)
AUTHOR: Marlen
RATED: PG
CATEGORY: Post-Col Vignette
KEYWORDS: William
SPOILER: None. 
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DISCLAIMER: All characters not mine to take.  Not a dime to be made from it 
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SUMMARY: It wasn't supposed to be like this.
THANKS: To Lenore for quick beta and title help.:)
AUTHOR NOTES: This follows my previous story "Red" and "Into Darkness," but 
can be read on its own.


Dreams of Flight (155 Words)
by Marlen

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Lifting his arms up in the air, he makes his request known.  

"Daddy, I wanna fly."

Unable to resist his son's plea, his father lifts him up into the air higher 
and higher until he swears he can touch the clouds.  

The wind tingles his skin and with arms straight out for proper navigation, 
he proclaims, "Daddy, I'm flying.  I'm flying..."

He wakes not in his comfy bed adorned with innocent puppies and kittens, but 
in a cot with a scratchy old blanket to keep him warm...it doesn't.  

It wasn't supposed to be like this.

He shuts his eyes in an effort to recapture the feelings of warmth and love 
he felt in his dream...his past, but it's too late.

Twenty years too late.  

He will have to wait until another opportunity for sleep presents 
itself...another opportunity to feel safe in the arms of his father.  

Right now, he's got a future to fight for.    


~end~


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February 2, 2002