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bookblather ([personal profile] bookblather) wrote in [community profile] rainbowfic2015-04-19 06:12 pm

Clean Again 5, Spring Green 10: Finding Beauty

Author: Kat
Title: Finding Beauty
Story: Shine Like It Does
Colors: Clean again 5 (Body Envy), spring green 10 (you must act with reverence)
Supplies and Materials: Miniature, watercolors (Finding Beauty), novelty beads (It's Not Easy)
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Summary: Sometimes it's hard to find beauty in yourself.
Warnings: Background racism.
Notes: Clearing out the color before the deadline, which is tomorrow, for those of you who are also bad at deadlines.


It's about finding beauty in yourself, she thinks; about looking at her own dark skin and dark eyes and thinking, beautiful.

It's hard. Of course it is. She lives near Hollywood, for God's sake; she can see what beauty is supposed to be. Even if she lived somewhere else, there is her sister, the epitome of winter-queen gorgeousness, and her brother, tanned and beautiful in a button-down shirt.

And there's her, with fawn-soft eyes and candlelit skin, sable-fur hair and a reniassance smile. It's hard for her to see sometimes, but there's beauty there.

She hopes she won't forget again.