Can't Take It Back, PG (#15)

[aurorax]

Title: Can't Take It Back
Rating: PG
Prompt: #15, Disguise
Summary: 100 words. He had believed that he was better than them. Merric angst.

Merric tried to disguise his anger, at least in front of his old training master. His temper flared like a match upon straw, threatening to burn him from the core. Not because it was a refugee camp, or because he wasn’t commander- it was all because of her, the girl who shouldn’t really be there in the first place. He thought it, and hated himself for thinking it; but he couldn’t take it back.

He had believed that he was better than them, the close-minded conservatives and prejudiced soldiers. But really, Kel had just never stood in his way before.

[wordy]

Ooh, Merric angst! I love it!

[Lisa]

Oh, I love it!! XD I adore Merric's temper and how he's the friend whose most like a frenemy.

[Verasque]

Fantastic! It was unexpected, yet in the end, you persuaded me to see why it shouldn't be so

[journeycat]

I absolutely love this piece. It's so unexpected, and yet I can see it - Merric has always struck me as having a jealous streak, and you've captured it beautifully.

[greenie]

Ooh, this is fascinating! Seems like he's conveniently forgotten he would've died at the age of 12 if not for her, and jealously really seems to fit Merric.