sidonie
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Post by sidonie on Mar 19, 2011 7:51:55 GMT 10
Title: Heart's-Ease Rating: PG Word Count: 174 Pairing: Jon/Zahir – Team Bend-a-lot Round/Fight: 1/A Summary: Jon has a bad dream. Author's Note: Throughout SMACKDOWN, I'll be posting pieces inspired by quotes and speeches from Shakespeare, because I'm a huge fangirl. They will be for no particular pairing, just whoever seems to fit (though they may be disproportionately J/Z). This series is based on a soliloquy from Henry V, for reasons which should become abundantly clear.
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What infinite heart's-ease Must kings neglect, that private men enjoy!
Limbs flailing, tangled in his sheets, Jon fell to the floor with a dull thud. Immediately Zahir rushed in from his room, sword drawn, eyes wild and still bleary with sleep. He paused, found the room empty of assassins, and made his way to his knight-master, laying aside the naked blade.
“Jon?”
The king sat up, rubbing his head. “Bad dream,” he whispered, voice heavy and rough, not quite awake.
Zahir sat back on his heels, letting some of the tension disperse. “The Ordeal?” he asked. Jon had suffered those nightmares before.
“No. The—everything. The realm. The people. All up in smoke, reeking of death and rot.” The king was pale, his eyes wide, the blue almost consumed by overblown pupils. “And everyone was just standing there, all looking at me. Everyone in Tortall. And I couldn't move. I just—I couldn't even talk.”
His squire put a comforting arm around his shoulders. “It was just a dream,” he replied.
Jon shook his head. “Someday it won't be.”
QC by: journeycat
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Post by Shhasow on Mar 19, 2011 9:05:37 GMT 10
Hah! Zahir is right on the ball.
Great descriptions here - you use just a few words to convey a lot of emotion.
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Post by Seek on Mar 24, 2011 20:37:12 GMT 10
Moody would love Zahir. Constant vigilance and all that. And I love the way Jon is so afraid it will happen, someday.
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