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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2011 8:08:23 GMT 10
Title: Choice Rating: PG Word Count: 200 Pairing: Crane/Rosethorn Round/Fight: 1/F Summary: She doesn't choose him. Implied intimate activities -- not necessarily sex.
She doesn't choose him.
Crane knows he shouldn't be surprised, because, in the end, he hadn't chosen her either. The greenhouse had taken his time; then picking an apprentice among the talented novices. And there was throwing himself into his work, to stop thinking, to keep from choosing... He had never managed to find the time to stop by the Earth Temple to see her. Now he has the time, but no reason to go.
It does surprise him, though.
He had forgotten.
Crane doesn't tell himself he's arrogant and self-absorbed to think Rosethorn would have waited for him, when he wouldn't do the same, because he remembers now.
Dedicate Rosethorn has never waited for someone else to make the decision for her. She blazes through life in a glory of wild thorns and bristles. Now someone else shares her bed and heart.
When the world moves around you, overwhelmingly fast, one can stop at where two roads diverge, can dither, but that in itself is a choice. One cannot 'abstain' from choosing. And when it's something as simple, as important as reminding someone "I love you," it is often a decision people regret.
By then it is too late.
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sidonie
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Post by sidonie on Mar 30, 2011 8:16:12 GMT 10
Lovely.
I adore this. It's so perfectly Rosethorn. And Crane's regret, along with the reflection on abstaining being a choice in and of itself, is beautifully poignant.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2011 10:03:22 GMT 10
Thank you. Rosethorn's so distinct as a character that I love writing her.
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naxensfancy
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Post by naxensfancy on Mar 30, 2011 11:57:48 GMT 10
This is lovely.
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Kit
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Post by Kit on Mar 30, 2011 12:34:55 GMT 10
Wonderful
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Post by PeroxidePirate on Apr 1, 2011 0:58:56 GMT 10
Excellent fic! I really enjoyed reading it.
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