Fic: Rumpelstiltskin (Riku; PG)
Riku angst! An exactly one hundred word drabble (which I've been wanting to try for a while)! More fairy tale references! ...Did I mention Riku angst?
Title: Rumpelstiltskin
Words: 100
Characters/Pairings: Riku
Rating: PG
Summary: Riku, the price of salvation, and the knowing of names.
Spoilers: Spoilers through the end of Kingdom Hearts 2.
He has been so careful, and so clever. He has learned to walk the darkness and wear it like a second skin, to make gold from dross. He has learned how to save them. He freely pays the price: his name and his life.
It is what he deserves.
He has been so careful, and so clever; he must reassure himself that they will receive the salvation his name and his face have bought. So he dares to show himself to Kairi; she will not recognize him, so it is safe.
But she knows his name, and he is undone.
Title: Rumpelstiltskin
Words: 100
Characters/Pairings: Riku
Rating: PG
Summary: Riku, the price of salvation, and the knowing of names.
Spoilers: Spoilers through the end of Kingdom Hearts 2.
He has been so careful, and so clever. He has learned to walk the darkness and wear it like a second skin, to make gold from dross. He has learned how to save them. He freely pays the price: his name and his life.
It is what he deserves.
He has been so careful, and so clever; he must reassure himself that they will receive the salvation his name and his face have bought. So he dares to show himself to Kairi; she will not recognize him, so it is safe.
But she knows his name, and he is undone.