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Post by Tamari on Apr 14, 2013 4:20:49 GMT 10
Title: Minutes Rating: PG Word Count: 205 Pairing: Kaddar/Kalasin Round/Fight: 1/A Summary: Nobody lets them have time to themselves.
Their life in Carthak is made up of minutes that don't matter to anyone else.
He carves out time for the two of them to spend in the palace's library, only to be interrupted for an urgent opinion on the illegal insect trade. She starts conversations with Kaddar over a book or memory or upcoming event, conversations that are never finished because there is always something more important to be done.
When they finally settle in to talk on the plush rug in their lavish rooms, she can barely open her mouth to speak before Kaddar suddenly remembers a late meeting with some obscure organization and scurries off. She sighs quite a few times, as she gets ready for bed alone, but of course it makes no difference.
The first time she tells him she loves him he kisses her for a minute, two, but even that is cut short by people to see, things to do. Fazia tells her with a rare sympathetic look that such is the life of a royal bride. Kally isn't comforted at all.
Seconds last forever but minutes, Kally thinks, can never last quite long enough for an Emperor and Empress too busy to dream, even about each other.
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Muse
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Post by Muse on Apr 17, 2013 1:47:46 GMT 10
I think that I've read this piece at least three times now, but I haven't grown tired of it yet. Just the way you phrase the very first line...it's so precise and carries so much about their life with it. Lovely writing!
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Post by mistrali on Jun 4, 2013 11:14:38 GMT 10
Ooh, I really like that last sentence! This is a wonderful snapshot of just how busy they are.
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hawksandfeathers
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Post by hawksandfeathers on Jun 7, 2013 4:05:38 GMT 10
Oh, that last line! I love it! Sad, but really well-written.
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Griff
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Post by Griff on Jun 7, 2013 11:00:10 GMT 10
Stupid reality, stop popping their romantic bubble!
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