LotS Challenge Fic (PG)
Disclaimer: Legend of the Seeker belongs to Terry Goodkind and all the grand high mucky mucks of ABC. No copyright infringement is intended, and no money was made from this. Any similarity to any story not my own is a coincidence.
Title: We Have Lingered in the Chambers of the Sea
Rating: PG for one swear word
Timeline: Immediately after Elixir
Word Count: (for challenge) 290
Author's Notes: Written for review challenge at legendland
Title from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" T.S. Elliot
I feel a small curl of anger warm my belly as I watch Zedd walk away toward Richard. It almost surprises me, and perhaps even scares me a little. I want to lash out at the old wizard, not because what he said was untrue, but because he has torn apart my small bit of happiness and left it scattered like so many rose petals on the ground.
I know the reality. I live with it every damn day. I look out the window and watch the boy and his flower girl for just another moment. I'm not like them... Richard and I can never be like them... but...
I turn back to watch Richard.
For the first time in my life...
And the thought of Richard hearing it from Zedd. The look he'll have in his eyes...
The Seeker turns to look at me and I can't help the way it makes me feel. That little curl of anger turns in my stomach, joined by another twist of pain, because... I love Richard. I know I shouldn't. And I know I can't let him love me, but...
Richard smiles.
I love the way he looks at me now. After Zedd tells him...
I can't let it be Zedd. Even though I hate the ultimatum that the old wizard has given me, he's right, someone has to tell Richard. And if someone has to tell him, I want it to be me, if only to see Richard's love one last time before I do; if only to hold onto the illusion of that love one last time... because it's all I'll have afterward, and I want to hold on to the memory of it for the rest of my life...
Title: We Have Lingered in the Chambers of the Sea
Rating: PG for one swear word
Timeline: Immediately after Elixir
Word Count: (for challenge) 290
Author's Notes: Written for review challenge at legendland
Title from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" T.S. Elliot
I feel a small curl of anger warm my belly as I watch Zedd walk away toward Richard. It almost surprises me, and perhaps even scares me a little. I want to lash out at the old wizard, not because what he said was untrue, but because he has torn apart my small bit of happiness and left it scattered like so many rose petals on the ground.
I know the reality. I live with it every damn day. I look out the window and watch the boy and his flower girl for just another moment. I'm not like them... Richard and I can never be like them... but...
I turn back to watch Richard.
For the first time in my life...
And the thought of Richard hearing it from Zedd. The look he'll have in his eyes...
The Seeker turns to look at me and I can't help the way it makes me feel. That little curl of anger turns in my stomach, joined by another twist of pain, because... I love Richard. I know I shouldn't. And I know I can't let him love me, but...
Richard smiles.
I love the way he looks at me now. After Zedd tells him...
I can't let it be Zedd. Even though I hate the ultimatum that the old wizard has given me, he's right, someone has to tell Richard. And if someone has to tell him, I want it to be me, if only to see Richard's love one last time before I do; if only to hold onto the illusion of that love one last time... because it's all I'll have afterward, and I want to hold on to the memory of it for the rest of my life...