Chromaticity [May 2nd] [6996] [Reborn!]
Title :: Chromaticity
Prompt :: May 2nd, “an old friend you just met” [31_days]
Pairing :: 6996
Rating :: PG
Wordcount :: 150
Summary :: They see themselves in shattered glass.
They see themselves in shattered glass.
There is carnage in their wakes, bits and pieces spread out like impossible puzzles with edges far too sharp to connect, like distorted scrying pools where blood congeals and paints the world red and red and red.
There is a smile just as sharp, a relieved sigh bubbling up from between ribs just as broken, the cacophony and clamour of cages crashing and birds flying free.
There are cycles.
And he at least knows that this temporary respite is no true release, that it will simply go on and on and on, red the colour of threads that strangle -
Until he finds the end of his simply held so softly in her hands, and suddenly understands the subtle distinctions between lasso and noose, between steel bars and safety nets; and weaves his fingers with hers so that they might begin weaving their own world.
Prompt :: May 2nd, “an old friend you just met” [31_days]
Pairing :: 6996
Rating :: PG
Wordcount :: 150
Summary :: They see themselves in shattered glass.
They see themselves in shattered glass.
There is carnage in their wakes, bits and pieces spread out like impossible puzzles with edges far too sharp to connect, like distorted scrying pools where blood congeals and paints the world red and red and red.
There is a smile just as sharp, a relieved sigh bubbling up from between ribs just as broken, the cacophony and clamour of cages crashing and birds flying free.
There are cycles.
And he at least knows that this temporary respite is no true release, that it will simply go on and on and on, red the colour of threads that strangle -
Until he finds the end of his simply held so softly in her hands, and suddenly understands the subtle distinctions between lasso and noose, between steel bars and safety nets; and weaves his fingers with hers so that they might begin weaving their own world.