Title: Apathy
Fandom: Sweeney Todd
Characters: Sweeney Todd, Nellie Lovett
Prompt: #8 Apathy
Word Count: 100
Rating: K
Summary: Sweeney is apathetic. Nellie is frustrated.
Disclaimer: All I own is a computer.
“We need to liven this room up.”
He stares out the window.
“Even just a pretty flower.”
No response.
“Or how about some curtains for the window?”
Still nothing.
Angers stings her skin.
“No, forget all that,” she declares. “It doesn’t matter what you think about how to dress this place up because I’m kicking you out.”
Sweeney doesn’t twitch.
“Actually,” she practically shouts, desperate for a reaction - for attention - for any damn thing, “I’m just going to kill you myself.”
Nothing.
She hurls the door open, exiting, letting it slam back into the frame just to hear the sound.