throbbing light machine

Before I turn to gold (4397 words) by lotesse
Chapters: 3/?
Fandom: Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Bel Thorne/Mark Vorkosigan
Characters: Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan, Mark Vorkosigan, Elena Bothari-Jesek, Bel Thorne, Sergeant Taura (Vorkosigan Saga), Miles Vorkosigan, Ivan Vorpatril
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Book: Mirror Dance, Canon Rewrite, mom to the rescue, Action Mom, Mature Heroine, space adventures, Jackson's Whole, Amnesia, not canon compliant - Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen
Summary:

Gravity wells. You had to watch out for the effects of gravity wells. Cordelia had known that, when she’d been a captain in the Betan Expeditionary Service. How had she come to be so completely eclipsed by the gravitational pull of Barrayar?

“Miles is out of Simon's reach at the present moment. I'm not sure that he's out of mine. Mark and I can’t stay here any longer. I’m going to go retrieve my heart. I find that I can’t quite live without it. I must pay my own tribute to Aral’s memory, in my own way. Please understand this, and forgive me.”