Post by aurorax on Nov 30, 2009 17:52:15 GMT 10
Title: Storybook
Rating: PG
Prompt: #14, Happily Ever After
Summary: Thayet watches Buri break, and wishes fairytales weren't only for princesses.
“C’mon Thayet, let’s go on an adventure. You’re supposed to be a princess, like in the books. We have to find your fairytale.” The memory hit her suddenly, rising unbidden from a half-forgotten time. It felt comfortable, like the worn fit of an old sweater- these were better days, happier days, when she was still unnoticed by the world- but there was something unsettling lying just beneath the surface, leaving a bad taste in her mouth. Even as a child, Buri had known that not everyone could afford a happily ever after.
Her hand paused lightly on the door handle as she listened for any break in the silence before easing her way into the room. Thayet had never seen Buri cry before; her presence now would bring no comfort, only shame. She had barely recognized her fierce, proud friend in the woman who had rushed passed her without a word, her clothing torn and her eyes stained with tears. Gazing down at her friend’s sleeping form, Thayet wished that men who killed giants could love warriors instead of princesses, and that just this once, the fairytales could be wrong.
Rating: PG
Prompt: #14, Happily Ever After
Summary: Thayet watches Buri break, and wishes fairytales weren't only for princesses.
“C’mon Thayet, let’s go on an adventure. You’re supposed to be a princess, like in the books. We have to find your fairytale.” The memory hit her suddenly, rising unbidden from a half-forgotten time. It felt comfortable, like the worn fit of an old sweater- these were better days, happier days, when she was still unnoticed by the world- but there was something unsettling lying just beneath the surface, leaving a bad taste in her mouth. Even as a child, Buri had known that not everyone could afford a happily ever after.
Her hand paused lightly on the door handle as she listened for any break in the silence before easing her way into the room. Thayet had never seen Buri cry before; her presence now would bring no comfort, only shame. She had barely recognized her fierce, proud friend in the woman who had rushed passed her without a word, her clothing torn and her eyes stained with tears. Gazing down at her friend’s sleeping form, Thayet wished that men who killed giants could love warriors instead of princesses, and that just this once, the fairytales could be wrong.
Great fic!
Maybe once we'd have seen it during Smackdown!