Orphead

[kashiwrites]

When Riza found him, he was sitting on a rough chunk of concrete in almost complete darkness, knees drawn up, huddling over the bloody, shaking hands curled in his lap. Only the radiance from a single ceiling fixture, dangling lopsidedly halfway down the ruined tunnel, outlined his profile and provided enough light for her to pick her way toward

Comments

[dancing_in_time]

Oh, this was wonderful. I can see it happening behind the scenes in the manga and now I really want this to happen.

Also, is the title and allusion to Orpheus? Or am I making stuff up again? ;)

[kashiwrites]

Nope, you're not imagining that. :-)

I knew the title would be extremely subtle even to those familiar with the myth, and incomprehensible to those who don't know it. But as I was writing the very last scene, and suddenly realized the parallel, I couldn't help but make that the title.

Because Riza really is drawing Roy back from a death in the underworld, here.

So you got it perfectly. :-)

And thanks for the nice comment!

[kashiwrites]

Sorry to hear that

[live4him4eva]

I aww'd. Very cute.

[jezebel_social]

Very good. I really enjoyed this fic; thanks for writing it!