Title- Breathe 13

Author- Katt

E-mail- PG-13

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Archive- Archived at the Shield Fanfiction Archive

Disclaimer- I don't own any of the characters of The Shield, they all belong to Shawn Ryan and FX.

Author's Notes- An episode tag for "Circles".

Breathe 13

Breathe – enjoy the sensation. It was so underrated, this simple involuntary action.

Rudi, Patrick and Chris couldn't enjoy it anymore. They couldn't enjoy anything – not their families, not their friends, not a sunset, not another breath. Their lives snuffed out by three kids who looked through eyes that saw what they were, not who they were.

That dull, hate-filled gaze had fallen on him, the mock gunshot mimicking his life being ripped away too. Claudette had been enraged by that gesture, while he'd felt nothing at all. Such indiscriminate brutality no longer surprising. Making him feel tired, empty…beyond caring.