#001 - Take to the Sky (DCU, Hal Jordan, G)
Title: Take to the Sky
Fandom: DCU (Green Lantern)
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Hal Jordan, mentions of his family
Rating: G
Word count: 359
Warnings: mentions of past character death
Challenge: #001 - first
A/N The title is sort of lifted from a Tori Amos song xD
This fic is based on Green Lantern: Secret Origin and Green Lantern: Secret Files and Origins. Reading those isn't necessary to understand it, but it would add weight to some of the lines (plus they're both good).
He's all giddy with anticipation, barely able not to squirm in the seat. Finally the time's come, just a few more minutes and it'll all become real. It's the moment he's been waiting for all his life... or at least as long as he can remember. It's always been all about the airfields for him, he could spend hours upon hours there, missing school (which he came to regret when he needed to do all the catching up for the training), staring at planes whooshing over his head, dreaming one day he'd be the one in the cockpit.
He wishes he felt free to enjoy his very own first flight completely, but inevitably thoughts of dad's last start crawling up and threatening to ruin it all. He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath, pushing the images of fire, the sounds of explosions and screams out of his mind. He does his best to substitute them with dad's bright smile, the feeling of dad's warm and reassuring hand on his shoulder, the memory of the starry night dad took him flying in secret... behind mom's back.
Mom... she's the one he should be thinking about now. She'd have a heart attack if she saw what he was doing. She must know anyway, him running off from home or not, he's sure she's keeping tabs on him and worrying like she used to for dad. Contrary to what her, Jack and Jim think, he understands how risky this is, how flying shouldn't even cross his mind after what he'd seen with his own eyes on that day. But he can't stop himself, it's not just a dream any more, it's who he is and what defines him.
Mom will come around when the time is right. She'll understand. He's sure she will, just like in the end she always did, no matter what he'd been up to. They have all the time in the world to work their issues out when this is done with, but now the tower is giving him the all clear, and all he can think of is the blue, cloudless sky waiting for him.
Fandom: DCU (Green Lantern)
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Hal Jordan, mentions of his family
Rating: G
Word count: 359
Warnings: mentions of past character death
Challenge: #001 - first
A/N The title is sort of lifted from a Tori Amos song xD
This fic is based on Green Lantern: Secret Origin and Green Lantern: Secret Files and Origins. Reading those isn't necessary to understand it, but it would add weight to some of the lines (plus they're both good).
He's all giddy with anticipation, barely able not to squirm in the seat. Finally the time's come, just a few more minutes and it'll all become real. It's the moment he's been waiting for all his life... or at least as long as he can remember. It's always been all about the airfields for him, he could spend hours upon hours there, missing school (which he came to regret when he needed to do all the catching up for the training), staring at planes whooshing over his head, dreaming one day he'd be the one in the cockpit.
He wishes he felt free to enjoy his very own first flight completely, but inevitably thoughts of dad's last start crawling up and threatening to ruin it all. He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath, pushing the images of fire, the sounds of explosions and screams out of his mind. He does his best to substitute them with dad's bright smile, the feeling of dad's warm and reassuring hand on his shoulder, the memory of the starry night dad took him flying in secret... behind mom's back.
Mom... she's the one he should be thinking about now. She'd have a heart attack if she saw what he was doing. She must know anyway, him running off from home or not, he's sure she's keeping tabs on him and worrying like she used to for dad. Contrary to what her, Jack and Jim think, he understands how risky this is, how flying shouldn't even cross his mind after what he'd seen with his own eyes on that day. But he can't stop himself, it's not just a dream any more, it's who he is and what defines him.
Mom will come around when the time is right. She'll understand. He's sure she will, just like in the end she always did, no matter what he'd been up to. They have all the time in the world to work their issues out when this is done with, but now the tower is giving him the all clear, and all he can think of is the blue, cloudless sky waiting for him.