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Perchance to Dream (COMPLETE)	By : Khaleesi-Of-Dragons Category: S through Z > Sweeney Todd (Movie Only) > Sweeney Todd (Movie Only) Views: 1304 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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*~::~*::~*SIXTEEN YEARS AGO*~::~*::~*
Benjamin smiles as Lettie stumbles around in the snow, her dark hair standing out in stark relief against the pristine white of the snow as she starts to make a snow angel with Lucy. Lettie always seems to be smiling now that Benjamin and Lucy were married, her fits of sadness happening less and less. He could still recall those afternoons spent worrying over his sister as she stared out the window of his parlor, she wouldn't eat or drink, wouldn't smile, she just sat on the wooden crate and stared down at the people walking below. He's jerked abruptly out of the disturbing memories by something cold and wet slamming into his face, the sudden contact of it making him splutter. Lucy was sitting a few feet away from him, Lettie settled in her lap with flakes of snow already melting on her gloves. They had thrown a snowball at him, they'd actually done it and they were smiling about it!
He returns their smiles with one of his own, bending down to scoop up a ball of snow to throw, nailing Lucy with it when she tried to run. He gets another giggle from Lettie as she struggles to get back on her feet, but Benjamin swoops down and lifts her up into his arms, tickling her through the layers of clothes and falling to the ground with her. Lucy joins them, helping Benjamin as Lettie's flushed cheeks turn a shade darker from her laughter. They kept it up until they all laid on there backs, breathless and watching as the snow falls down on them, covering the world in a blanket of white.

Lettie smiles down at the infant in the cradle, taking in the baby and marveling at how small Johanna is; she's only ever seen baby dolls this small, never another human. "Hello, Johanna," she whispers, knowing she'd likely get in trouble if her brother or sister found her out of bed so late. She just wanted to see her new niece before she curled up in bed, wanted the tiny little girl to know that she would be taken care of all her life. "You is a pretty girl." She never noticed the slight shadow the her sister cast as Lucy watched the pair. The blonde loved how protective Lettie was already, the three year old overjoyed that her niece was finally where she could touch her instead of hidden away in Lucy's belly.
Lucy watched for a few moments more, waiting for Lettie to say her final goodnight and fall asleep before Lucy entered the nursery. As it is, Lettie shared the room with Johanna, but Benjamin was making good money these days and they hoped to have a better home in a few years. She walks on tiptoes over to the cradle, peering inside to see that Johanna was still sound asleep, and then she crept over to Lettie's small bed to check on her as well. Lettie slept much like her brother did when they finally were able to sleep, curled up in a tight ball with barely the top of her head visible over the blanket. She was just happy to see the child asleep after worrying about her for two days, the dark bruises under her eyes standing out against her pale face.
"She's alright, dear." Lucy jumped when she heard Benjamin's voice, finding her husband standing in the doorway of the room, silhouetted by candle light. "Safe in her dreams where we should be ourselves." Lucy smiles at him, joining him in the doorway.
"Are you going to sleep tonight," she asks.
"I suppose we'll find out in the morning." But when Lucy did wake the next morning, she didn't find Benjamin lying beside her, nor was he in the parlor sharpening his razors. She found him in the nursery, lying on Lettie's bed with his feet hanging off the end, Lettie curled up next to him with one of his arms wrapped securely around her, and their daughter safely sleeping in his free arm.
*~::~*::~*PRESENT*~::~*::~*
"Mister Todd?" He looks up when he hears Elizabeth's voice, finding the woman leaning against the door frame. She looked different than she had yesterday, a little less worn thin with some color in her cheeks. There was something about the way she held herself, a gracefulness from her movements that he knew came from her years spent under Turpin's roof. Eleanor had told her the story of what happened, how his Lettie was forced to run at a young age to escape the lecherous old vulture, but those lessons of being a lady seemed to have stuck with her even after she lost some of her memories.
"What is it, dear," he asks, setting aside one of his razors to offer her his full attention. A necklace hung round her throat, the one he'd given Lettie on her third birthday. It had belonged to their mother and it was the one thing he kept after selling everything else. As though knowing what he was staring at for that brief moment, Elizabeth moves a hand to cover the sapphire and diamond charm.
"I've been having these weird dreams lately and... Do you know who lived up here before you came?" Todd pauses for a moment, trying to figure out how much she remembered from the dreams and if those dreams were actually memories of her past. Could she have seen his face in those dreams, the one that belonged to Benjamin Barker? "I'm just being silly." She lowers her head, her dark hair falling forward to hide her face from his view.
"You're the silliest girl I know," Todd says without thinking," but I'll love you more than the moon loves the sun." Her head snaps up at his words, dark eyes locking with his own as she processes where she's heard that before. Then, slowly, she opens her mouth to speak again.
"How do you know how much the moon loves the sun?" He remembered that question well, she'd ask it every night before she went to bed. A smile tugs his lips upwards, the first real smile he's given since he was imprisoned. Every night, even as Sweeney Todd, he'd always utter the words 'I love you more than the moon loves the sun' and pretended that she heard him.
"Why else would it sacrifice itself so that the sun can shine?" That seemed to be the answer she was hoping for because she suddenly ran forward and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck. He wasn't sure if it was purely instinct that he wrapped her up in his arms or if he was starved for contact of any kind. "How much do you remember of your old life?"
"I was called Lettie," she whispers against his shoulder," I had a big sister and a niece, and I liked yellow flowers. After Lucy drank the poison and was taken away, Jo and I were moved to Turpin's estate; he touched me at night sometimes, so I ran away. I knew where this necklace was when I arrived here yesterday." He felt one of her arms move as she clutched the charm again. "I remembered the false bottom in the drawer where I kept it when I went to sleep." He rests his cheek against the top of her head, shaking with rage at the fact that Turpin had laid his hands on Lettie when she was so young. "Pirelli bought Toby and I when I was thirteen, Turpin liked how I looked and I've been going to his house every other night since then. It's horrible, he's always so rough and he likes to tie me up with ropes. Don't make me do it anymore, Benji, please." He could feel her shaking as well, though her shaking was due to tears.
"He'll never harm you again, Lettie. Never, I promise you, my sweet little sister." For that moment in time, he wasn't Sweeney Todd or a murderer that was plotting his revenge, he wasn't a hard man that had no qualms with killing to get what he needed. No, right then he was just Benjamin Barker, a big brother that would protect his baby sister no matter the cost. Similarly, Elizabeth wasn't a simple whore with no memories, she was Lettie once more and she felt loved.
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