original, "planet+sun"stopmotionsceneAugust 8 2010, 07:47:01 UTC
By the time he was twenty, Noah considered himself an expert in astronomy. No one in the universe could better understand the concept of a system, an entire system, that hinged on a single burning star.
(“I don’t think you understand what you’ve gotten us into.”)
Ruth - fifteen, her innocence far gone - had a gravitational pull on par with the sun.
(“There are all kinds of words for girls like you.”)
Since they were kids, Ruth had pulled him along by a taut, invisible string. Sometimes her brother was dragged in too, though he was much better at detaching himself from her. Noah blamed this on the fact that she had always, invariably belonged to him. She could snip the string connecting the three of them and she would still be her brother’s, bound by another unseen line.
(“I should kill you for what you did to my sister.” “That’s just what she would want. More blood spilled over her.”)
Noah had been well aware of the cost of meeting her before they ever met. Knowing Ruth meant surrendering. It meant carving years out of his life and obediently handing them over, no questions asked. Loving her felt like being the planet that threw itself out of orbit to float closer to the sun.
(What happened to the planet, in the end? It kissed the sun and burst.)
Re: original, "planet+sun"stopmotionsceneAugust 10 2010, 04:26:33 UTC
thank you! for someone who normally despises all things science, i'm so in love with astronomy, it's ridiculous. i'm glad you enjoyed this! excellent prompt. ♥
(“I don’t think you understand what you’ve gotten us into.”)
Ruth - fifteen, her innocence far gone - had a gravitational pull on par with the sun.
(“There are all kinds of words for girls like you.”)
Since they were kids, Ruth had pulled him along by a taut, invisible string. Sometimes her brother was dragged in too, though he was much better at detaching himself from her. Noah blamed this on the fact that she had always, invariably belonged to him. She could snip the string connecting the three of them and she would still be her brother’s, bound by another unseen line.
(“I should kill you for what you did to my sister.”
“That’s just what she would want. More blood spilled over her.”)
Noah had been well aware of the cost of meeting her before they ever met. Knowing Ruth meant surrendering. It meant carving years out of his life and obediently handing them over, no questions asked. Loving her felt like being the planet that threw itself out of orbit to float closer to the sun.
(What happened to the planet, in the end? It kissed the sun and burst.)
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