A Ring Is Round (It Has No End)

[evenstar]

Title: A Ring Is Round (It Has No End)
Challenge/Prompt: Symbol
Original Fiction (Beautiful Wasteland)
Characters/Pairings: Elisa/Joshua/Star
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: it's all mine!
Summary: Star and the meaning of another kind of ring.
Author's Notes: I forgot how tricky it is to make a coherent piece out of 100 words. And, ah, I went for a fanfic piece originally but then chickened out when it came to posting it. Refuge in original works! Or something...


The emerald was for Elisa, the red jasper for Joshua, and the sapphire for me. E-J-S. Elisa Joshua Star. It sat snugly on my finger like it had always belonged there.

When I was little, I had wanted fluffy white wedding dresses and six-layer cakes, something old new borrowed blue, bridal waltzes, a slow walk down an aisle, my father giving me away, and a sparkling diamond on a ring of gold. In the end, I got none of it.

And yet, staring down at the bejewelled band of silver, I couldn't imagine wanting anything else in all the world.

Comments

[zopyrus]

I love the alliteration you use in the second paragraph! It makes the pacing of the whole thing kind of speed up and slow down in a nice way.

[evenstar]

Thank you! To be honest I hadn't even noticed it until I finished :)

[ieune]

Oh--I like this! Simple story-telling at its best that is complete when you finish reading and yet you know more about those involved than when you started. :)

And on another note, I chickened out of posting fanfic too. *looks sheepish* What's your fandom? *looks hopeful*

Hazel.

[evenstar]

Oh, thank you! :)

My fandom I focused on for the unseen drabble is, er, Digimon Adventure. ^^; Hence the lack of guts for posting...

[meoryn]

You really captured that feeling of just being married well here.

[evenstar]

Ah, that's good to know! I wouldn't know what it's like, personally, so...:)

[sterling]

I like the feeling of contrast between the fantasies of one's childhood, and the mature acknowledgement of the realities of adulthood. Nice job. ^_^

[evenstar]

Thank you kindly!

[iamfiction]

It's funny how sometimes we think we know what we want, but don't realize that something else--something better--may be waiting for us just around the corner.

Love the second paragraph. It's your voice. That sort of writing pegs it as your writing.

Glad to see you in the comm. :)

[evenstar]

Ah! I didn't even think I had my own 'voice' when it came to writing. It's super-awesome to know that I do.

I'm glad I joined! :)