"Choices"by Spike Feedback: Gawd yes! send to Spike Archive: nah Spoilers: not likely but references to RaTB & Terma Summary: Krycek musings, prelude to a kiss Disclaimer: not mine, no copyright infringement intended, not written for finan-pffft financ-snerk hee hee-- financ... bwahahaha -- sorry. urm-hm -- not written for financial gain . ______________________ "Choices" by Spike 6/98 Choices? sure so choose from this: on the one hand, Alex, on the one hand you got your holy trinity: survival, power, and revenge enough for any man but wait, there's more count it off on blood-stained fingers: you got your war in heaven your kill or be killed your resist and your serve this one last curve on the one hand, yeah, the same one hand you got your five fingers four and thumb clenched and unclenched around one pale scored palm the future of the human race one hand that wants to curl instead cup love around the tender jawbone of an ass (looking up at you now and this is as far as it goes, Mulder, far as it goes) one hand: that holds a gun cocked and uncocked dangling from one tired trigger finger pointing at a dead man's head one hand five fingers strong enough to hold on to the razor's edge when all else falls away well, that's the question isn't it? one hand open empty now blank slate unmarked by future plans one hand your choice on the one hand, all of this and on the other... on the other hand yeah right...