sidonie
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Post by sidonie on Mar 9, 2011 1:42:47 GMT 10
Title: Escape Rating: PG Word Count: 161 Pairing: Jon/Zahir - Team Bend-a-Lot Round/Fight: 1/A Summary: Zahir is sick and tired of being "the Bazhir." Author's Note: Part one of my series inspired by the song "Animal I Have Become," by Three Days Grace. Each starts with some lyrics, and the tone is mostly dark.
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“I can't escape this hell/So many times I've tried”
Every word was carefully chosen, each phrase crafted. The arch expression, the smug tone, the wide, relaxed stance and the crossed arms, all a creation, an insubstantial illusion waiting to be revealed. Every moment took constant effort, attention to detail, an almost compulsive need to appear calm, controlled, respectable.
Still, men dismissed him. Still, he walked through Corus as an outsider, heckled by street vendors who didn't expect him to be familiar with the complex barter of the city. Still, nobles muttered about political choices, savages, and uglier words behind closed doors.
Zahir gritted his teeth and bore it, building his defenses stone by stone, detaching from his Bazhir self. He forgot his childhood, ignored his customs, refused to speak his native tongue.
Still, every night he opened himself to the Voice, and the warm touch of Jon's consciousness smoothed away the damage he had done. And every night Zahir seethed in fury and went about severing his ties once more.
QC by: journeycat
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Post by ubiquitous on Mar 9, 2011 8:44:45 GMT 10
Oh Zahir. And I love the tie with the Voice!
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Kris11
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Post by Kris11 on Mar 12, 2011 11:07:09 GMT 10
Really well written! I love the last line, and the insight into being a Bazhir page in the city. Good job!
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sidonie
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Post by sidonie on Mar 12, 2011 17:55:04 GMT 10
Thank you so much, guys! Glad you enjoyed it.
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