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Post by Cass on Jul 1, 2011 11:07:31 GMT 10
Title: Falcon Flying Rating: PG-13 Couple: Roald/Shinko Event: 110 word hurdles Words: 110 Summary: Shinko sits and waits.
She fears that her hesitance will be noticed. Want--and that used to be a strange word, harsh and craven on her tongue--has stopped being foreign, after months of touches when they are alone.
No, her issue is duty, and it binds her more effectively than a corset ever could. Their wedding night is not for them but instead is a matter of state. All their attempts at natural progression were overshadowed by contracts, traditions, and crowns.
She twists her ring around her finger, the only sign of nervousness she will permit.
Then her husband walks through the door, blue eyes blazing, and every anxiety she has seems to fall away.
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Post by wordy on Jul 1, 2011 11:10:20 GMT 10
Awww. Very sweet, for such a lovely pairing.
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Post by queenscovegirl on Jul 1, 2011 11:13:37 GMT 10
This was great, it's so easy to picture this happening
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Post by journeycat on Jul 1, 2011 11:57:05 GMT 10
Shinko's reservations in this are so true to her character, and the little things that give insight to her relationship with Roald - the small touches, the way she's not anxious when he comes through - are so very pretty.
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Post by Shhasow on Jul 1, 2011 11:57:07 GMT 10
I love this - 'her wedding night is not hers, but a matter of the state.' Beautiful, and her nervousness is tangible. Lovely.
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luinae
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Post by luinae on Jul 1, 2011 12:37:55 GMT 10
This is so beautiful- you have perfectly captured the bridge between the Yamani Islands and Tortall that Shinko almost IS. It's lovely.
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Moony
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Post by Moony on Jul 2, 2011 4:34:09 GMT 10
You've captured Shinko so well and it seems so very much like her. The depictions of a marriage of state, and how they still seem to over come it, just seem perfect.
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sidonie
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Post by sidonie on Jul 2, 2011 5:11:03 GMT 10
Mmph. Lovely. I adore the way you write Shinko's control over herself and consciousness of her duty, and how her relationship with Roald transcends that.
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Post by Cass on Jul 3, 2011 4:35:12 GMT 10
Thanks so much! <3
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Post by mistrali on Jun 7, 2013 8:44:19 GMT 10
Like everyone else, I think you've captured Shinko's anxieties and her obligation to the state very well. I like that detail about the twisting of the ring: it's such a small gesture, but it shows how much she's feeling under that small action, and how much she's trying to stay strong.
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