A-Z Drabble Meme
1. Pick a letter.
2. Pick a prompt that starts with that letter (ex. K is for Keyhole)
3. Pick a fandom and a character or pairing.
4. Comment, and I'll write you a drabble!
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2. Pick a prompt that starts with that letter (ex. K is for Keyhole)
3. Pick a fandom and a character or pairing.
4. Comment, and I'll write you a drabble!
Yoinked from sugarpeach_tea. I need to get back into the writing habit. Help me ( Read more... )
Until the boy said, "I can tell that you're awake, you know."
Lavi felt a smile touch his lips, even though he hadn't meant for it to be there. His breathing must've changed enough for Allen to feel. "I was just thinking about how impressive it is that a midget like you can carry me without my legs dragging on the floor--"
"Shut up." He could hear the smile in Allen's voice, even before he laughed to himself, back shaking lightly under Lavi's weight. "I'm stronger than I look."
Lavi paused, just for a beat. "Yeah, I know."
He stretched out a hand, flexing his fingers. His whole body ached, and he felt weak -- useless. If he tried to slide down off Allen's back, he'd probably just collapse bonelessly to the ground.
"Stop that," Allen said. "Don't push yourself. Let me take care of you; I'll get us out of here safely."
"Yeah, I know."
They moved for a few minutes more in silence; just Allen's footsteps, Allen's warm back, their soft, labored breathing. When Lavi forced his eye open, he saw that they were in the discordant bright sunshine and whitewashed stone walls of the Ark. Allen was taking them through its long winding roads to the door that led to the Order HQ, slowly but steadily. He also saw the bright red that streaked Allen's leg, and he shifted, starting, "You're hurt--"
"Not as badly as you are," Allen said, not so much as blinking. "I was ready for anything when I decided to go help you."
Hurt because he was trying to save us, Lavi thought, and the surge of -- he didn't even know -- the surge of emotion was strong. He wanted to yell at Allen, or maybe at himself. Was it really worth it? Saving people who left in the middle of the night without so much as a word to their so-called friends?
Another step, and another. A drop of blood fell silently to the pavement, and then another. Allen murmured, "You know that turning in your Innocence and walking away doesn't make you less one of us, right? That it doesn't change what we've been through together, right?"
That was what Lavi didn't understand about him. How he could just -- cut to the heart of an issue, without even really knowing what he was talking about. Some blessing of insight that only felt like a curse because Lavi had never, ever wanted him to know those doubts.
"...I know," Lavi said, feeling numb, bent out of shape or broken. Something he'd only really felt around Allen.
"--well," Allen said, philosophically, "for someone who knows so many things, you seem to need to be reminded of them a lot."
Lavi blinked, and then he laughed, the sound startled out of him -- loud and genuine.
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This reminds me, a little bit, of the Phoenix-themed story you were writing before. And how Lenalee refused to talk to Lavi, but Allen would.
It's just awesome. Thank you. :D ♥♥♥
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