gentle - rebecca/mrs danvers
Title: gentle
Prompt: Challenge #456 - gentle
Fandom: Rebecca
Pairing: Rebecca/Mrs Danvers
Rating: T for references to child abuse.
Word count: 169
Summary: You are only ever gentle when it comes to her.
You are only ever gentle when it comes to her.
You're a woman forged in pain, your heart has been made of steal since the day Mama died, the night Papa first hit you, the day you realised life was meaningless.
You would call her beautiful, but it didn't seem quite right, somehow. She is so utterly captivating, it makes your heart skip for joy.
-x-
The first time you kiss her, she is eighteen.
The lights are out, and no-one else can see, and you like to pretend this - that whatever you two are - is love.
(You think you might be in love with her, but sorry, my dear, love isn't made for girls like you.)
-x-
She lets you keep your job, long after her parents are gone.
She laughs when tells you that she is engaged to a man named Mr D'Winters.
You laugh along, hoping it will hide your misery.
If she notices, she says nothing, and you're not sure what's worse.
Prompt: Challenge #456 - gentle
Fandom: Rebecca
Pairing: Rebecca/Mrs Danvers
Rating: T for references to child abuse.
Word count: 169
Summary: You are only ever gentle when it comes to her.
You are only ever gentle when it comes to her.
You're a woman forged in pain, your heart has been made of steal since the day Mama died, the night Papa first hit you, the day you realised life was meaningless.
You would call her beautiful, but it didn't seem quite right, somehow. She is so utterly captivating, it makes your heart skip for joy.
-x-
The first time you kiss her, she is eighteen.
The lights are out, and no-one else can see, and you like to pretend this - that whatever you two are - is love.
(You think you might be in love with her, but sorry, my dear, love isn't made for girls like you.)
-x-
She lets you keep your job, long after her parents are gone.
She laughs when tells you that she is engaged to a man named Mr D'Winters.
You laugh along, hoping it will hide your misery.
If she notices, she says nothing, and you're not sure what's worse.