DRABBLE: Forgiveness
Characters: Tarrant Hightopp
Rating: G
Word Count: 200
For: Depp Impact 10 year Celebration Fan Challenge: Week 3 PROMPT: Forgivess
Disclaimer: I would love to fall down a rabbit hole and claim Tarrant as mine and all the wondrous wonders of Wonderland, but Lewis Carroll and Disney lay claim. Slivey toads.
“She's not coming back,” Mallymkun softly whispered.
Tarrant stood for ten days in the same spot where he watched Alice leave back to Overland. The wind had racked through his hair and played with the frays of his clothing. The rain had soaked him to the core. The cold night air froze his bones. Every line on his face was even more accented.
“She's coming back; I know she is. Just you wait and see,” said as he twisted his fingers in front of his torso. “And minute now.”
Mally watched her friend as the greys under his eyes began to darken. The color faded when Alice faded away. The madness was starting to claim him more and more.
She had to come back, he thought. She promised.
What if she really had no intentions of coming back?
She wouldn't do that, he thought.
Would he be able to forgive her if she didn't? He had, after all, given himself up for her when she came back. Time had a funny way of playing with his emotions. His heart sank. She wasn't coming back.
“I'll forgive you, Alice,” he whispered. “But I do not forget.”
Rating: G
Word Count: 200
For: Depp Impact 10 year Celebration Fan Challenge: Week 3 PROMPT: Forgivess
Disclaimer: I would love to fall down a rabbit hole and claim Tarrant as mine and all the wondrous wonders of Wonderland, but Lewis Carroll and Disney lay claim. Slivey toads.
“She's not coming back,” Mallymkun softly whispered.
Tarrant stood for ten days in the same spot where he watched Alice leave back to Overland. The wind had racked through his hair and played with the frays of his clothing. The rain had soaked him to the core. The cold night air froze his bones. Every line on his face was even more accented.
“She's coming back; I know she is. Just you wait and see,” said as he twisted his fingers in front of his torso. “And minute now.”
Mally watched her friend as the greys under his eyes began to darken. The color faded when Alice faded away. The madness was starting to claim him more and more.
She had to come back, he thought. She promised.
What if she really had no intentions of coming back?
She wouldn't do that, he thought.
Would he be able to forgive her if she didn't? He had, after all, given himself up for her when she came back. Time had a funny way of playing with his emotions. His heart sank. She wasn't coming back.
“I'll forgive you, Alice,” he whispered. “But I do not forget.”