[Cinderella: Drabble] "Burning Bright" [Cinderella/Prince, G]
Title: Burning Bright
Prompt: writerverse challenge #27 random book page (use first full sentence of any book, any page)
Your Sentence: “I should have known I would find you here.” (Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Masquerade, by M. Stackpole, D. Johnson, G. Hall & G. Martin)
Word Count: 242
Rating: G
Fandom or Original: Cinderella (any version)
Pairings: Cinderella/Prince Charming
Summary: Cinderella still sits by the fire, but not always alone.
Note(s): originally posted to the writerverse wv_library
Burning Bright
“I should have known I would find you here.”
Ella looked up sharply, nearly falling off her low stool in surprise, even as she recognized the person who stepped into the light of the last burning embers. “I’m sorry, darling, I didn’t mean to wake you.”
The prince was still wearing his nightshirt, hastily tucked into a pair of breeches, and like her, his feet were bare. He smiled, and moved to sit on the wide flagstone hearth. “Your absence woke me. Barely married a month, and already I can’t bear to be without you.”
“Flatterer,” she said, smiling back, then she paused, glancing at the embers again. “I could not sleep. But please don’t let me keep you from yours.”
Her husband shook his head, reaching out to catch her hand. “Can I help?”
Ella paused again, running her thumb gently over his skin. “Why did you think I would be here?”
“I do listen, you know,” the prince replied. “When you weren’t in bed, weren’t beside the fire in our room, I thought you might come here.” He raised their clasped hands to press a feather-light kiss to her knuckles. “When the sun’s up, I will show you the wide windowsill overlooking my mother’s garden where I go to think.”
“I would like to see it,” she said. “I think perhaps, I could sleep now, with that to look forward to.”
Her husband rose, drawing her up with him. “Wonderful.”
THE END
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Prompt: writerverse challenge #27 random book page (use first full sentence of any book, any page)
Your Sentence: “I should have known I would find you here.” (Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: Masquerade, by M. Stackpole, D. Johnson, G. Hall & G. Martin)
Word Count: 242
Rating: G
Fandom or Original: Cinderella (any version)
Pairings: Cinderella/Prince Charming
Summary: Cinderella still sits by the fire, but not always alone.
Note(s): originally posted to the writerverse wv_library
Burning Bright
“I should have known I would find you here.”
Ella looked up sharply, nearly falling off her low stool in surprise, even as she recognized the person who stepped into the light of the last burning embers. “I’m sorry, darling, I didn’t mean to wake you.”
The prince was still wearing his nightshirt, hastily tucked into a pair of breeches, and like her, his feet were bare. He smiled, and moved to sit on the wide flagstone hearth. “Your absence woke me. Barely married a month, and already I can’t bear to be without you.”
“Flatterer,” she said, smiling back, then she paused, glancing at the embers again. “I could not sleep. But please don’t let me keep you from yours.”
Her husband shook his head, reaching out to catch her hand. “Can I help?”
Ella paused again, running her thumb gently over his skin. “Why did you think I would be here?”
“I do listen, you know,” the prince replied. “When you weren’t in bed, weren’t beside the fire in our room, I thought you might come here.” He raised their clasped hands to press a feather-light kiss to her knuckles. “When the sun’s up, I will show you the wide windowsill overlooking my mother’s garden where I go to think.”
“I would like to see it,” she said. “I think perhaps, I could sleep now, with that to look forward to.”
Her husband rose, drawing her up with him. “Wonderful.”
THE END
Current Mood:
rainy