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Summary:

After Cathy's erasure, Heathcliff starts keeping a journal of his own to try to organize his thoughts and make sure he doesn't forget her.

[Written for AI-less Whumptober 2024 | Day 3: Survivor's Guilt]

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Hey Cathy.

I’m not gonna thank you, you know. What you did was stupid. Beyond stupid. You thought that doing this would make me happy? Shows what little you know. You always thought you were so smart, but just look at you now.

I never asked for any of this. I never wanted any of this. I just wanted… well, it doesn’t matter. Not anymore.

You wanted to be forgotten? Well, fuck you. I’m not gonna forget you, not until I either drag you out of wherever the fuck you’ve ended up, or I die trying. I’m not gonna let you rest in peace. I’m gonna bring you back and force you to keep living. That's exactly what you deserve, after everything you put everyone through. How’s that for your precious happiness? Not looking so good now, huh?

If anyone was gonna be erased, it ought to have been me. But even if I had known what that fake was up to, I still wouldn’t have let him take me out. And you shouldn’t have given up, either. Shouldn't have dragged the manager into all of this. You weren’t that kind of person before. I won’t pretend to understand what happened to you since we last saw each other, but you used to be better than that.

So yeah. Just you wait. I'm gonna come get you if it's the last thing I do. And when I finally see you again, I'm gonna knock some sense right back into that stupid head of yours.

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