NEVER AGAIN	 This was written quickly in the heat of the moment!
 
 *NEVER AGAIN*
 *By GILDA LILY*
 
 *"Ray, *please* never leave me again."
 
 "Never again, Benny."
 
 Arms tightened around a trembling body, and Ray began to rub his
 hand up and down the smooth back. Sadness glinted in green eyes.
 
 "I'm sorry, Benny. I'm sorry that I left you." His throat was
 nearly closed with tears. "I was the only one who could do it, y'know? 
 I was a dead ringer for ol' Armando. So I went, but it nearly ripped me
 apart to go without even seeing you. I know that everyone you love
 seems to go off and abandon you, and I know that it seems like I did the
 same, but I didn't. And I didn't dare think about you during the
 daylight hours, because I had to live and breathe Armando in order to
 stay alive, but at night..." He nearly choked with emotion. "At night, I
 would dream of you." A soft gasp pierced his heart. "I was so lonely,"
 he said softly.
 
 "I was lonely, too, Ray."
 
 Benny's head lifted and Ray was shocked to see the tears streaming
 from crystal-blue eyes. His heart broke, as it had done for so many
 times these past nine months. He hugged his Canadian, the warmth of
 their bodies reassuring. Benny hadn't let him out of his sight since
 their reunion, and now he laid his head down on Ray's chest and sighed.
 
 "Never again, Benny. Never again."
 
 Ray kissed the top of the precious head and resolved to make it up
 to Benny for his long, painful absence. Well, he had a lifetime to make
 it up, and he was going to make it so *good* for Benny.
 
 "Ray."
 
 The voice was soft, a mere whisper, and he looked up into startling
 sapphire eyes. Their lips met, and Love was satisfied.*
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 There. Now wasn't
 that ending better? 
 :)
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