Kitestrings [Challenge 13, Bonus Ingredient 12] [Maru & Moro] [xxxHOLiC]
Title: Kitestrings
Prompt: Challenge #13, "Escape" & Bonus Ingredient #12, "Childhood" [fanfic_bakeoff], for Team Pie
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Wordcount: 105
Characters: Watanuki-POV, Maru and Moro, mentions of Yuuko
Rating: PG
Summary: They were unnatural beings who could never age beyond the laughter and frills of childhood.
They were unnatural beings who could never age beyond the laughter and frills of childhood, who would never die so long as the shop itself stood, and there were days he wondered if the former was to serve as a sort of apology for the latter.
There was no true escape to be found in alcohol, in the pleasures of flesh or food, and this was something their creator had understood entirely too well.
And so she had granted them innocence, a buoyancy to balance the weight of the years, and this spell-crafted flesh was to be both prison and fortress all at once.
Prompt: Challenge #13, "Escape" & Bonus Ingredient #12, "Childhood" [fanfic_bakeoff], for Team Pie
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Wordcount: 105
Characters: Watanuki-POV, Maru and Moro, mentions of Yuuko
Rating: PG
Summary: They were unnatural beings who could never age beyond the laughter and frills of childhood.
They were unnatural beings who could never age beyond the laughter and frills of childhood, who would never die so long as the shop itself stood, and there were days he wondered if the former was to serve as a sort of apology for the latter.
There was no true escape to be found in alcohol, in the pleasures of flesh or food, and this was something their creator had understood entirely too well.
And so she had granted them innocence, a buoyancy to balance the weight of the years, and this spell-crafted flesh was to be both prison and fortress all at once.