Whisper to a Scream (Charmed; Prue/Piper; PG-13; #358: Whisper)
Title: Whisper to a Scream
Author: Kat Lee
Fandom: Charmed
Characters/Pairing: Prue/Piper, Grams, Phoebe
Rating: PG-13
Challenge: #358: Whisper
Word Count: 250
Summary:
Disclaimer: All characters belong to their rightful owners, not the author.
They used to whisper their excitement, alone in their bedrooms, as they made the first fragile explorations of each other's bodies and what it really meant to love. Later, they whispered for fear that they would be discovered, and when they were discovered, they whispered every night afterward for fear they would be found out again. Prue wanted to run away, but Piper would not leave her family. Still, she begged every time they made sweet love there'd come a day when they'd no longer have to hide.
That day did eventually come. Their grandmother was taken from them. The first time they made love after her passing, Piper screamed her elation, but later, when they reclined, slowly lowering back down after the ecstatic throws of passion, she couldn't stop herself from thinking that the Manor was too quiet and the reason why.
Their grandmother would never shout at them again, or condemn their love. She would not not because she had accepted them but rather because she had no more voice. She had no more life, and for the first time, Piper felt shame. She'd gotten her wish -- but at the cost of the grandmother they still loved.
Prue wondered later why Piper so quickly moved Phoebe in with them. She could not have known that it was to appease her lover's guilt, to give her a reason to whisper again, but her screams ceased and her cherished Piper, no matter how joyful or elated, is still whispering today.
The End
Author: Kat Lee
Fandom: Charmed
Characters/Pairing: Prue/Piper, Grams, Phoebe
Rating: PG-13
Challenge: #358: Whisper
Word Count: 250
Summary:
Disclaimer: All characters belong to their rightful owners, not the author.
They used to whisper their excitement, alone in their bedrooms, as they made the first fragile explorations of each other's bodies and what it really meant to love. Later, they whispered for fear that they would be discovered, and when they were discovered, they whispered every night afterward for fear they would be found out again. Prue wanted to run away, but Piper would not leave her family. Still, she begged every time they made sweet love there'd come a day when they'd no longer have to hide.
That day did eventually come. Their grandmother was taken from them. The first time they made love after her passing, Piper screamed her elation, but later, when they reclined, slowly lowering back down after the ecstatic throws of passion, she couldn't stop herself from thinking that the Manor was too quiet and the reason why.
Their grandmother would never shout at them again, or condemn their love. She would not not because she had accepted them but rather because she had no more voice. She had no more life, and for the first time, Piper felt shame. She'd gotten her wish -- but at the cost of the grandmother they still loved.
Prue wondered later why Piper so quickly moved Phoebe in with them. She could not have known that it was to appease her lover's guilt, to give her a reason to whisper again, but her screams ceased and her cherished Piper, no matter how joyful or elated, is still whispering today.
The End