i saw new eyes were watching me
By bittlebarnes (monroesherlock) @lynn-reads-and-writes
On Archive of Our Own
Status: Complete; Oneshot; 2,224 words; 2nd part of in the woods somewhere series
Summary: “Tell him I said hello,” she mouths. Elias looks confused. Like he's not quite sure what he just heard. He bites his lip, his eyes concerned. She says it again. He shakes his head but the motion doesn’t seem quite conscious. He keeps talking to Marc for a few more minutes and Wendy feels her agitation begin to grow. It sounds like he's about to hang up when he finally says, “also...Marc, your mother—your mother says hello. Yes, I know. I know. I know you don’t want to but Marc—please listen. She’s trying....that’s not fair, Marc....I know. I know! Marc, I can't understand you! Please don’t hang up—” Elias removes the phone from his ear and sighs. Wendy can hear the dial tone from where she’s sitting. “Maybe he’ll...maybe he’ll come around,” Elias says but he’s shaking his head again. Almost like his body knows the answer before his mind does. Maybe Marc will come around. Maybe he won’t. - Or - Wendy’s been in therapy. That doesn’t mean Marc’s ready to talk to her.
My thoughts: It's not redemption necessarily, but people change. And nobody has to forgive someone who has harmed them, but people don't have to continue hurting people. We have to believe that people can change.
