The Way It Had To be

by SKermitgorf

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He watched as his bride died before his very eyes.

He knew this day was coming, knew it all along. He prepared in advance for her demise and his own. At his own hands.
That is the way it had to be.
If they found them alive, the barbaric Russians would surely torture them both.
He had many mistresses, but none he loves and needed as much as her.
He gave her the cyanide capsule and watched as she bit into it.

He wondered how history would remember him.
As he put the gun to his right temple he contemplated what Hell would be like. He hoped his wife would not be there to join him for all eternity.

He bit into his own cyanide capsule. He held the gun closer to his head and fired.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. The Way It Had To be

    Blusparrow's Buddy Icon Blusparrow

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Very nice spin off of the ficlet you did earlier about an Hitler. The world was forever changed by him.
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    You Know You Love Mee!'s Buddy Icon You Know You Love Mee!

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    oooooo.
    ??
    Nothing else to say.
    :]]
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    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted 4 months ago

    I still don’t have much sympathy for him. hmm, nope, still none, even after reading it through a second time. I do wonder what his last thoughts would have been. But I don’t think I really want to know… :)

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    wytherwings' Buddy Icon wytherwings

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    yah i dont have sympathy for him either. none.
    but awesome job, it does make for a good ficlet

  5. The Way It Had To be

    Ana Cristina's Buddy Icon Ana Cristina

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    It’s interesting, while reading it, one is torn to feel sympathy for this man, but knowing the context behind the story, and the history that drives it, I have to agree with Mistress Elsha that no, I still don’t have much sympathy for him.
    However – had I been reading this piece, not knowing whom it was based on, I think I might have maybe felt more sympathetic.
    Either way, both pieces are very well written.
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    Tad Winslow's Buddy Icon Tad Winslow

    Posted 4 months ago

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    Funny, I finished with this and I felt so smart like, “I’m going to write about how this was Hitler…” and then I read the comments. Dream crushed. lol. Sad, actually, that Hitler is such a covered topic. I wish infamy was dead, for real. What a disgusting totalitarian.

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    Tad Winslow's Buddy Icon Tad Winslow

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Nicely done KG.

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    Tad Winslow's Buddy Icon Tad Winslow

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Thank the powers that be that we (among others) stopped that genocide.

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    Alexa ♥'s Buddy Icon Alexa ♥

    Posted 4 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    I actually haven’t read the other piece (sorry; will do so soon), so I just thought this was about some twisted poor sad sack. Turns it out it was!
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    The grammar needs work, especially the shifting verb tenses.
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    LoA

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