Two by Two (#126 / #127)
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fiction_drabblesCOMMON TAGS
Original Fiction or Fanfiction: Original
Characters/Pairings: N/A
Rating: PG-13 / K+
Warnings: Violence, Trauma
Disclaimer: Original work, my own stuffs, etc.
General notes: murder non-mysteries and relationship dramas
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Title: "After The Fire"
Challenge/Prompt: #126 / Burn
Summary: "We know how," he says, frowning. "Tell me why."
Notes: :|
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Charred corpse, airplane junkyard, mentor and student observing.
The mentor is wolf-eyed and silver-tongued. The student is a taciturn woman who plucks puzzles from acts of violence, filters them through horrors in her head.
"We know how," he says, frowning. "Tell me why."
"Self-immolation," she says. "Atonement. He couldn't live with his son's...crimes. He felt he deserved to suffer, for raising a monster. He wanted to die in pain." She looks away, past skeletal fuselages. "I think the son's here too."
"Oh?"
"Buried alive, limited oxygen. Do you want me to find him?"
"No," the mentor says. "Not yet."
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Title: "Principles Of Restraint"
Challenge/Prompt: #127 / Vanilla
Summary: "I can't hurt you"
Notes: :|
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Three a.m.
He's standing in the dark, palms over kitchen countertop, breaths shallow and eyes red. He looks up to see her perched on the dining table, legs crossed and head tilted, eyes inviting atrocities.
"What's wrong?" she says, when he looks away.
"Can't do this," he says. "When you said you needed a little pain to get off, I didn't realise it meant..."
"Hey," she soothes, closer now, palm to his back.
"This isn't going to work," he whispers. "I can't hurt you."
"We'll make it work," she kisses the curve of his jaw. "I'll teach you. Trust me."
~~~
Original Fiction or Fanfiction: Original
Characters/Pairings: N/A
Rating: PG-13 / K+
Warnings: Violence, Trauma
Disclaimer: Original work, my own stuffs, etc.
General notes: murder non-mysteries and relationship dramas
~
Title: "After The Fire"
Challenge/Prompt: #126 / Burn
Summary: "We know how," he says, frowning. "Tell me why."
Notes: :|
~
Charred corpse, airplane junkyard, mentor and student observing.
The mentor is wolf-eyed and silver-tongued. The student is a taciturn woman who plucks puzzles from acts of violence, filters them through horrors in her head.
"We know how," he says, frowning. "Tell me why."
"Self-immolation," she says. "Atonement. He couldn't live with his son's...crimes. He felt he deserved to suffer, for raising a monster. He wanted to die in pain." She looks away, past skeletal fuselages. "I think the son's here too."
"Oh?"
"Buried alive, limited oxygen. Do you want me to find him?"
"No," the mentor says. "Not yet."
~~~
Title: "Principles Of Restraint"
Challenge/Prompt: #127 / Vanilla
Summary: "I can't hurt you"
Notes: :|
~
Three a.m.
He's standing in the dark, palms over kitchen countertop, breaths shallow and eyes red. He looks up to see her perched on the dining table, legs crossed and head tilted, eyes inviting atrocities.
"What's wrong?" she says, when he looks away.
"Can't do this," he says. "When you said you needed a little pain to get off, I didn't realise it meant..."
"Hey," she soothes, closer now, palm to his back.
"This isn't going to work," he whispers. "I can't hurt you."
"We'll make it work," she kisses the curve of his jaw. "I'll teach you. Trust me."
~~~