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rainbowfic2012-02-11 08:45 pm
malapropism) wrote in rainbowfic2012-02-11 08:45 pm
Mouse Grey 12, Celestial Blue 5, Alice Blue 11
Title: Happy to Live in Love
Canon: Battle For the Sun
Colors: Mouse Grey 12 (when somebody loved me), Celestial Blue 5 (ineffable), Alice Blue 11 (if you believe in me, I'll believe in you)
Style: paint-by-numbers (Some things cannot be spoken aloud.)
Rating/warnings: PG, with warnings for implied past non-con and prostitution
Characters: Kristen Morrow
Word count: 239
Summary: Kristen considers Cliff.
Note: May I please have a tag for Celestial Blue? Thank you!
Kristen woke up with sunlight streaming through the window into her hand and shining in her hair, and when she shifted herself out of her bed it felt like it never left.
It still struck Kristen speechless how much Cliff cared for her. That he cared for her at all. How he'd smile at her, bright like she made him forget or just not care that there was so much uncertainty in the world; how, when she shook from the hateful phantoms of other men's violations when they kissed, he'd promised he'd wait until she was ready and sounded so damned earnest. And how he'd kept that promise. It almost couldn't be real. It oughtn't have been. He was so idealistic and good-hearted and things like promises really mattered to him, and he'd stayed. He'd stayed with her through being hunted down by an untouchable murderer and mortal wounds and the world becoming suddenly bigger than either of them had ever imagined. Men like him didn't exist, but somehow there he was and she found couldn't doubt he was real for a moment.
Life was frail and she'd missed so much of it, but she was looking forward to every blessed year of it, and every blessed year with Cliff. Life was frail, but today the sun was shining and summer was wrapped around every birdsong and bended green leaf, and today, in the surreal here and now, everything was roses.
Canon: Battle For the Sun
Colors: Mouse Grey 12 (when somebody loved me), Celestial Blue 5 (ineffable), Alice Blue 11 (if you believe in me, I'll believe in you)
Style: paint-by-numbers (Some things cannot be spoken aloud.)
Rating/warnings: PG, with warnings for implied past non-con and prostitution
Characters: Kristen Morrow
Word count: 239
Summary: Kristen considers Cliff.
Note: May I please have a tag for Celestial Blue? Thank you!
Kristen woke up with sunlight streaming through the window into her hand and shining in her hair, and when she shifted herself out of her bed it felt like it never left.
It still struck Kristen speechless how much Cliff cared for her. That he cared for her at all. How he'd smile at her, bright like she made him forget or just not care that there was so much uncertainty in the world; how, when she shook from the hateful phantoms of other men's violations when they kissed, he'd promised he'd wait until she was ready and sounded so damned earnest. And how he'd kept that promise. It almost couldn't be real. It oughtn't have been. He was so idealistic and good-hearted and things like promises really mattered to him, and he'd stayed. He'd stayed with her through being hunted down by an untouchable murderer and mortal wounds and the world becoming suddenly bigger than either of them had ever imagined. Men like him didn't exist, but somehow there he was and she found couldn't doubt he was real for a moment.
Life was frail and she'd missed so much of it, but she was looking forward to every blessed year of it, and every blessed year with Cliff. Life was frail, but today the sun was shining and summer was wrapped around every birdsong and bended green leaf, and today, in the surreal here and now, everything was roses.
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I don't think I'll ever stop loving her and how bright she is in the face of all that crap. Amazing job, bb.
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Sweet success!
But honestly, Kristen is a joy to write for those reasons. She has such faith that the worst is over and the future is going to be amazing, even if she has to wait a while. Thank you so much! I'm happy everything's to your liking. <3
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I love the description of Cliff, of why she loves him so much. Great job.
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