Subject: [OTL]: [SC, Kara/Obelix] His tale
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 00:59:45 +0200
From: Oberon <oberon@hem.utfors.se>

She watches me. And I wonder so much what she is thinking, how she can love
a simple man like me. My brain is not the most powerful one, I get by
through sheer stubbornness. The very same stubbornness that made me refuse
to realize how bad my overweight was for so many years. But then again... in
that world I was supposed to be the clumsy fat clown. Not that I am
bitter... if I was bitter about what was, I would have died here.

That is how this world works. And to be honest I am afraid. I had always got
Asterix to rely on... and when he died I was lost. If it wasn't for my
lovely beautiful and kind Kara I would be adrift on the streets or dead.

Some things that have happened here has been changing me I guess. Watching
Asterix die involved in a drunken brawl between superman and Thing was bad
and I do believe I finally started fearing something else except the sky
falling down over my head.

I rely on Kara now. Not as heavily as I did on Asterix. I'll never be able
to do that here in a world where people might die. But with Kara, there is
also the question of her relying on me. On my heart she says and on my
compassion to be there for her when she needs a warm chest to snuggle up
against and cry her heart out when she has had to deal with something that
no man or woman should ever have to see.

I know she also enjoys the "taking care of Obelix" part. So I pretend to
sleep and she can get me that extra blanket with no embarrassment. And to be
honest I love her all the more for it. After a long and active life gets a
bit less hectic it is good to have someone that cares for you and looks out
for your needs as much as you do for theirs.

She is beautiful my Kara, more beautiful than any other woman I have ever
met, and I think she is also the one woman in this world strong enough to
survive making love to me.

Our great tragedy and sorrow is that we will never have any children.
Despite popular belief, Kryptonian physique is not that compatible with
human that a child could be conceived.

And as we have grown older... She has gotten grey streaks in her hair as
have I. But it seems that we have stopped the aging for now. We have found
purpose in each other and our love. Perhaps... Autumn love is not the
hottest love, but it has a kindness and caring to it that goes far beyond
the wild passion of youth.

Adam Östergren