Title:  Dead Man Walking

 

Drabble word:  Tongue wagging

 

Spoilers:  Divide and Conquer

Rated:  G

Word count: 100

 

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Just keep walking. 

Dammit, don’t look back.  

Do NOT look over your shoulder. 

Enough tongue wagging going on already.   

 

Okay. I looked, couldn’t help it. 

The way she called out, so desperate, so upset.

I had to.    

 

Anyway, chances are I’ll never see her again, so

 to hell with the gossips, the scuttlebutt.  

 

Sorry Carter, I don’t believe either of us are Zantacs.  

Or whatever the hell they’re called.   

 

The only way I can maybe save you is by doing this.

So that’s exactly what I’m gonna do.  

 

I’m telling her this silently, with my glance, along with my regret.