Post by Kris11 on Apr 1, 2011 15:33:12 GMT 10
Title: Who I Am
Rating: G
Word Count: 225
Pairing: Crane/Rosethorn
Round/Fight: 1F
Summary: Rosethorn and Crane had grown together, like trees planted in the same place. But Rosethorn knew the dangers that posed... for both of them.
I don’t know who I am, who I am without you. All I know is that I should. Where I Stood, Missy Higgins.
It had been a long time since she had thought of herself without thinking of him, too.
Rosethorn could hardly relate to the scared teenager she had been when she'd arrived at the gates of Winding Circle in novice’s robes, fresh from the tiny Open Circle temple in Northern Anderran.
She had soon been introduced to the other talented plant mage, and they had been apart, after that. Even after the friendly rivalry had lost the friendship when they were sent to Lightsbridge to study disease, he was always there.
Their connection was only more intense once the rivalry sparked into romance and they worked together for eight years on the human essences.... It was like they were part of the same plot of land, had grown together so long that roots and branches and trunks were tangled until only the most careful eye could tell one from the other.
And that was the problem. She couldn’t think of who Rosethorn was without bringing Crane into the definition. The entanglement of their identities terrified her. They had to know who they were standing on their own, seeking their own light.
Rosethorn knew Crane wouldn’t understand. But she also knew that when two strong trees grew too close together, one would have to die for the other to survive. She wouldn’t sacrifice herself and she couldn’t sacrifice him.
QC by: journeycat
Rating: G
Word Count: 225
Pairing: Crane/Rosethorn
Round/Fight: 1F
Summary: Rosethorn and Crane had grown together, like trees planted in the same place. But Rosethorn knew the dangers that posed... for both of them.
I don’t know who I am, who I am without you. All I know is that I should. Where I Stood, Missy Higgins.
It had been a long time since she had thought of herself without thinking of him, too.
Rosethorn could hardly relate to the scared teenager she had been when she'd arrived at the gates of Winding Circle in novice’s robes, fresh from the tiny Open Circle temple in Northern Anderran.
She had soon been introduced to the other talented plant mage, and they had been apart, after that. Even after the friendly rivalry had lost the friendship when they were sent to Lightsbridge to study disease, he was always there.
Their connection was only more intense once the rivalry sparked into romance and they worked together for eight years on the human essences.... It was like they were part of the same plot of land, had grown together so long that roots and branches and trunks were tangled until only the most careful eye could tell one from the other.
And that was the problem. She couldn’t think of who Rosethorn was without bringing Crane into the definition. The entanglement of their identities terrified her. They had to know who they were standing on their own, seeking their own light.
Rosethorn knew Crane wouldn’t understand. But she also knew that when two strong trees grew too close together, one would have to die for the other to survive. She wouldn’t sacrifice herself and she couldn’t sacrifice him.
QC by: journeycat