Academia: Physics (Homestuck, Kanaya/Rose)
Prompt: Physics
Fandom: Homestuck
Pairing: Kanaya/Rose
Rating: PG
Word count: 250
Notes: This is a trimmed down version of a 415-word fic I wrote last night for another community. I hope that's acceptable. If it isn't, just let me know and I'll take it down.
Also, it would be nice if I could get an author tag.
By holding still in the Furthest Ring, Kanaya can travel at a far greater velocity than is possible within the confines of one of the realities that sparkle in the vast expanse of darkness. She works the space around her like she would work cloth for a gown: cutting, folding, stitching together the ends. Universes fly past her so quickly that she misses some of them when she blinks. But the girl she loves is in danger. It isn't fast enough.
Kanaya starts running. It's a risk; she understands time, but she doesn't feel it in her bones like Aradia can. She can cheat this way, though, getting earlier instead of later as her Sylph powers bring her closer to the center of the whole tangled mess. Rose was right about one thing: there's no winning at this game without cheating.
When she reaches the heart of the multiverse, Rose is there watching the Tumor count down to her own death.
"Kanaya." Her voice is exactly the opposite of the one Kanaya hears in her head when she reads her text: rough and terribly, terribly young. "You oughtn't have pursued me out here, though I suppose I should have predicted you would. I fully intended to use an expendable body, you know, but circumstances conspired-"
Kanaya reaches out and presses a finger against Rose's lips. "You're rambling," she says.
She cuts a cloak out of the space behind her to wrap around them, and they ride out the emerald blast.
Fandom: Homestuck
Pairing: Kanaya/Rose
Rating: PG
Word count: 250
Notes: This is a trimmed down version of a 415-word fic I wrote last night for another community. I hope that's acceptable. If it isn't, just let me know and I'll take it down.
Also, it would be nice if I could get an author tag.
By holding still in the Furthest Ring, Kanaya can travel at a far greater velocity than is possible within the confines of one of the realities that sparkle in the vast expanse of darkness. She works the space around her like she would work cloth for a gown: cutting, folding, stitching together the ends. Universes fly past her so quickly that she misses some of them when she blinks. But the girl she loves is in danger. It isn't fast enough.
Kanaya starts running. It's a risk; she understands time, but she doesn't feel it in her bones like Aradia can. She can cheat this way, though, getting earlier instead of later as her Sylph powers bring her closer to the center of the whole tangled mess. Rose was right about one thing: there's no winning at this game without cheating.
When she reaches the heart of the multiverse, Rose is there watching the Tumor count down to her own death.
"Kanaya." Her voice is exactly the opposite of the one Kanaya hears in her head when she reads her text: rough and terribly, terribly young. "You oughtn't have pursued me out here, though I suppose I should have predicted you would. I fully intended to use an expendable body, you know, but circumstances conspired-"
Kanaya reaches out and presses a finger against Rose's lips. "You're rambling," she says.
She cuts a cloak out of the space behind her to wrap around them, and they ride out the emerald blast.