Drabble: Memory, for the Christmas prompt
Title: Memory
Author: Linwen
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: In the text.
Challenge: Christmas
Word count: 100
Notes: There was a time when I believed that you belonged to me, but now I know your heart is shackled to a memory. (Norah Jones)
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Long strings of tinsel across the walls. Seasonal decoration, ornate chandeliers, scented candles, strings of holly…
(“Not her, please.”)
Minerva walked down the stairs, her white dress swishing around in all its silky magnificence. Her golden belt brought out the lights in her hair, and Artemis’ smile brought out the lights in her eyes.
But late at night, after the celebrations died out, she remembered his stray smiles when the fireworks splashed their sparks across the skies: red after gold after blue…
(“Blue sparks. They made him smile.”)
The shadows hid her scowl as her fist crumpled under the blankets.
Author: Linwen
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings: In the text.
Challenge: Christmas
Word count: 100
Notes: There was a time when I believed that you belonged to me, but now I know your heart is shackled to a memory. (Norah Jones)
~*~
Long strings of tinsel across the walls. Seasonal decoration, ornate chandeliers, scented candles, strings of holly…
(“Not her, please.”)
Minerva walked down the stairs, her white dress swishing around in all its silky magnificence. Her golden belt brought out the lights in her hair, and Artemis’ smile brought out the lights in her eyes.
But late at night, after the celebrations died out, she remembered his stray smiles when the fireworks splashed their sparks across the skies: red after gold after blue…
(“Blue sparks. They made him smile.”)
The shadows hid her scowl as her fist crumpled under the blankets.