meowdexter :
Rita was meant to be a mask, nothing more, a shield of normalcy to hide the monster beneath.
But her warmth seeped through the cracks, and what began as imitation became infection.
She gave him laughter, trust, belonging, and for the first time Dexter cared.
For him this blurred the clean lines of his code, made his blade clumsy, his focus weak.
Innocents died, lives unraveled. Not because of his darkness, Not because he loved Rita, but because he couldnt draw the line between his family, and killing. Consequences got too him.
The cruelest irony was that in teaching him to feel, she also taught him how to falter.
And love became the deadliest weapon he ever carried.
2025-08-28 17:23:05