Fairytales: Rapunzel (Revolutionary Girl Utena, Anthy/Utena)
Title: Let Me Hold Your Heart Like a Flower
Prompt: Rapunzel
Fandom: Revolutionary Girl Utena
Pairing: Anthy/Utena
Rating: G
Word count: 150
A/N: Title from Anne Sexton's Rapunzel.
At the edge of the Kingdom, at the very top of the highest tower, Utena and Anthy get ready for bed. Anthy lets her hair unfurl, and it falls to the floor in ripples. Utena wonders how it always stays untangled in the mornings. Sometimes she thinks of offering to braid it, but knows her fingers would be clumsy, would catch in the thick silk of Anthy's hair.
Utena contents herself with watching. Anthy keeps her hair tightly bound during the day. But here in the dark Anthy lets herself down as if it were a casual thing.
She smiles at Utena, one of her small, strange smiles, and they lie in bed, fingers entwined as they talk of everything and nothing.
Tomorrow there will be math tests, basketball games, and duels. But tonight, in the tallest tower, there's just the two of them, in a moment that lasts forever.
Prompt: Rapunzel
Fandom: Revolutionary Girl Utena
Pairing: Anthy/Utena
Rating: G
Word count: 150
A/N: Title from Anne Sexton's Rapunzel.
At the edge of the Kingdom, at the very top of the highest tower, Utena and Anthy get ready for bed. Anthy lets her hair unfurl, and it falls to the floor in ripples. Utena wonders how it always stays untangled in the mornings. Sometimes she thinks of offering to braid it, but knows her fingers would be clumsy, would catch in the thick silk of Anthy's hair.
Utena contents herself with watching. Anthy keeps her hair tightly bound during the day. But here in the dark Anthy lets herself down as if it were a casual thing.
She smiles at Utena, one of her small, strange smiles, and they lie in bed, fingers entwined as they talk of everything and nothing.
Tomorrow there will be math tests, basketball games, and duels. But tonight, in the tallest tower, there's just the two of them, in a moment that lasts forever.