Ritu
!!!! A lovely drabble overall! I actually had this one confused with another angsty AU plot that you'd mentioned to me, though...
Something you said you might or might not do.
Coming to the actual drabble, you know already that I haven't watched these episodes. Only 1-2 VMs, that too on your own suggestion. And yet Raavi's pain hit me acutely right from the start!
Loved how you described Raavi's loneliness as a hidden thing of years and not the months it had been since her wedding to Shiva. She's been alone against this world for much longer, hasn't she?
I've already told you how much I love the part where she packs up to leave, and her going back for the Mangalsutra just adds to everything. It's such an innate part of her now that she can't leave it behind even if she WANTS to!
And then post time skip, it takes barely two sentences to see that Raavi isn't over Shiva, and probably will never be! She's taken time away to heal, unintentionally so perhaps, but she isn't any closer to forgetting him, or even lose her longing for him! So it's a little expected when she's not too shocked by the sight of him on her doorstep.
I think I'll wait and read Shiva's POV before saying anything about his actions though.... 