Bistre #2, English Green #9, English Red #6

[shadowsong26]

Name: shadowsong26
Story: Quiet
'Verse: Feredar
Colors: Bistre #2. Kin is not the same as family., English Green #9. Silence is the perfectest herald of joy; I were but little happy, if I could say how much. (Much Ado About Nothing, II.i), English Red #6. Brevity is the soul of wit. (Hamlet, II.ii)
Supplies and Materials: bichromatic, miniature, photography, eraser (Incest AU), pastels (my current gen + romance card G5 "parent(s)"), seed beads, novelty beads (mommy's little child)
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Fesha, Sorell Younger
Warnings: Implications of past abuse, references to Tana and her tactics in her pursuit of her son, skip
possible implications of character death
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Notes: Constructive criticism welcome, as always. This takes place in an alternate 1002 FY. Rellos is the fake name Sorell Younger gave Fesha when they met.


Rellos is a quiet child. He hides, tries to shrink away if spoken to, and rarely, if ever, talks.

But as time goes by, he gets less uncomfortable, and, one day, nearly three months after she brought him home, he curls up next to Fesha, quiet and close while she works. She smiles, and rests a hand briefly on his head. He peeks up at her and gives a hint of a smile back. From then on, he stays glued to Fesha's side--her quiet, devoted shadow.

And then his biological mother comes to steal him away.

And everything goes silent.

Comments

[shipwreck_light]

She almost has it, and the sense of Rellos's real self falling through her hands is just /tactile/. Very nice!

[shadowsong26]

Thank you.

[bookblather]

...is it bad that I hope Fesha stabs Tana in the ribs.

[shadowsong26]

Thank you.

Nope. Not at all.