shadowsong26: (taz)
shadowsong26 ([personal profile] shadowsong26) wrote in [community profile] rainbowfic2023-01-27 10:24 pm

True Blue #15

Name: shadowsong26
Story: In the Snow
'Verse: Feredar
Colors: True Blue #15. Token of friendship
Supplies and Materials: photography, tapestry (True Blue + novelty beads), canvas, stickers (Cold weather makes me think about...), fabric, pastels (Year of the OTP prompt list; January prompt 'snow'), novelty beads, glue ("...think about turning to the people who know you best to cheer you up. [...] Even better, you may be able to visit them and have a bit of a mini-vacation.")
Word Count: 284
Rating: G
Characters: Taz, Dallu
Warnings: Not for this, I don't think!
Notes: Constructive criticism welcome, as always.


For most of her life, after the first time she saw it and got past the wonder, Taz had mostly thought of snow as something of an inconvenience. It didn’t snow often at sea, and when it looked like it might, Dallu usually worked it away. Pretty it might be, but ice in the rigging was dangerous.

But one time, when she and her Glory were anchored offshore for repairs after a bit of a misunderstanding with Asendar’s navy, maybe a year after Dallu had joined her, a storm moved in and he didn’t bother moving it off.

She’d been busy, hadn’t noticed until she felt the first flakes swirling in the air around her. At first, she’d been annoyed--she’d hoped to get back on the move as quick as possible, and even if snow wasn’t really a danger at the moment, it would slow them down.

And then she found him, standing on the beach, head tilted up to feel the snow as it fell all around him, and the smile he was wearing…

It wasn’t the kind of smile that made her want to pull his shirt off and have some fun; it was softer than that. And she remembered that, unfamiliar it might be to her, but snow probably reminded him of home.

She snuck up behind him, making the snowflakes dance around him until he laughed, then caught him with a kiss and hell with the delays. He was happy. Not happier than she’d ever seen him, she knew damn well how to make her pale, pretty Dallu happy.

But after that, she didn’t resent the snow quite so much. Not if it could make him smile like that.
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[personal profile] thisbluespirit 2023-01-29 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Aw, this is lovely!! <3
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[personal profile] dewladen 2023-01-30 01:05 pm (UTC)(link)
This is so heartwarming! I love the setting as well
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[personal profile] manytoads 2023-01-31 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)

This is so adorable (´・ᴗ・ ` )

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[personal profile] bookblather 2023-02-13 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Awwwwwww. That is SO sweet.