Title: Deserving
Author: Jo
Pairing: Dominic Monaghan; Billy Boyd; Orlando Bloom/Sean Bean implied
Rating: PG
Summary: "First Line" drabble
Disclaimer: Nope, never happened. And if you think it did, I suggest you go look up the word "fiction" in the nearest dictionary.
Notes: Written for Sporkninja.


"We accept the love we think we deserve."

Dom looks over, blinks. "What's that?"

"Oh, something I read once," Billy says, eyes focused on a distant point.

"Going philosophical on us?"

"No, just --" Billy shrugs. "Take Orlando and Beanie, for example. No matter what Sean does, Orlando's always going to think he's too young, too stupid, too childish...too immature for Sean. He doesn't think he deserves Sean, so it's hard for him to accept that Sean really loves him."

"Ah," Dom nods. "What about us?"

"Us?" Billy smiles finally, and it's a little sly. "We deserve each other."


~fin~