Cancel All Our Vows

[hennessys]

Title: Cancel All Our Vows
Rating: PG
Summary: Vera leaves Jack.
Notes: The poem Jack and Vera briefly quote is Since there's no help, come let us kiss and part by Michael Drayton. The title also comes from there.


He looked shocked, stricken. Only for a moment though; Jack had always been good at hiding his feelings.

Vera managed a smile. "It's time, don't you think?"

"I guess," he said, shrugging a shoulder. "I mean, I thought things were going well."

They were, but... "We weren't going anywhere, honey. You know that."

"I guess," he said again, which meant that he didn't. "Vera..."

She held up a hand, involuntarily. "No, honey. Don't."

Jack nodded, resigned. "Come, let us kiss and part?"

"Since there's no help," she answered, and blew him a kiss.

It was the least she could do.