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Post by jazzyjess on Feb 19, 2010 9:00:54 GMT 10
Title: Second-Best (i) Rating: G Length: 223 Competitor: Owen Round/Fight: 1/D Summary: Margarry doesn’t want to be second-best. Part one of two.
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Margarry of Jesslaw leaves her husband on the third of the month.
It is harder to do than she thinks, because she loves Owen with all the feeling in her heart, and saying goodbye to him is just like every time she has said goodbye to her father and watched him ride from Cavall to his new, favoured life in Corus. Just like with her father, it hurts because she loves him but she knows it isn’t enough.
And really, she knows that Owen loves her too, but still there is one he loves more. It’s there in the way his entire face lights up when Keladry enters a room, and in the way he defends her honour so fervently even when she’s not there. It’s there when he tells tales of his page years and his adventure in Scanra, and Margarry knows that she can’t measure up. She can’t bear to be second-best even after all this time.
So she packs her bags and goes to Owen, who stands watching her in stony silence, and kisses his cheek, wishing for tears and knowing that if there were, she would change her mind. “The Goddess bless you,” she whispers, and then she is gone with a swish of her skirts, towards her serving man and her horse and the long road to Cavall.
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Post by Rosie on Feb 19, 2010 9:13:08 GMT 10
Oh, this is lovely, but sad. I wanted him to pull her back at the end.
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Post by jazzyjess on Feb 19, 2010 9:33:57 GMT 10
Thank you!
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Post by max on Feb 19, 2010 10:03:39 GMT 10
Lovely perspective.
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Post by ubiquitous on Feb 19, 2010 11:04:47 GMT 10
Lovely fic! I adore the last line.
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Post by jazzyjess on Feb 19, 2010 11:07:44 GMT 10
Thanks
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Post by Lisa on Feb 20, 2010 8:34:45 GMT 10
I like that she's wishing for him to be hurt or upset by it, and that if he were she'd reconsider. Very relatable - I love it.
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Post by jazzyjess on Feb 20, 2010 16:52:40 GMT 10
Thank you
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