Fandom: The Promised Neverland (Anime)
Character Focus: Ray (and Emma)
Summary: Emma and Ray stargaze outside the base, and think about many things.
Notes: I couple weeks ago Tale Foundry’s prompt of the week was “Map to Nowhere.” I started thinking then that that would be a great prompt for Promised Neverland.
After watching S2 ep3–(and, if it isn’t already clear, there’s some minor spoilers for that here! And major spoilers if you haven’t finished S1!)–when I saw the stars outside the base I thought they were absolutely gorgeous, and I was like “Oh I am absolutely writing a stargazing fic for that prompt” haha!
Also just wanted to quick say that I know nothing about the manga, and I wrote this with the current-anime-knowledge I have!
I’ve been wanting to write a fic for the Promised Neverland for a while, so I had a lot of fun with this! If you’re interested in reading more tpn fics from me, don’t hesitate to send me prompts!
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Emma, Ray, and Norman lay in a circle—(well more like a triangle)—on their roof. Today they enacted their plan: they had snuck out at midnight, (shushing each other all the way), to watch the stars. And, well, if they were already sneaking around, might as well pick the roof as their location. It was closer, after all.
“Ooh, I know this one!” Emma pointed to a collection of stars. “It’s a house!” She said with utmost confidence.
“That’s Cephus!” Norman corrected her.
“It can’t see us, silly!”
“He was a Greek king,” Ray explained.
“Yes.” Norman said. “He was the wife of Cassiopiea.”
“Spare her the details.” Ray glanced at Norman. “That story’s a…little sad for her liking.”
She pouted, but quickly recovered. “You guys sure know a lot about stars!”
“Not really.” Norman smiled. “We just read a lot.”
“You sayin’ I don’t read?!”
“Not as much,” Ray replied flatly.
Another pause. Apparently she couldn’t deny that.
“Do you think we could ever go there some day?”
“Well…it’d take a lot of hard work and luck…but potentially!” Norman replied.
“Do you think we’d need some sort of…map?”
Norman laughed. “A map would be good, yeah.”
Ray said nothing, returning his gaze to the sky. They were always undeniably far, but, as Emma and Norman puzzled out how to reach them, to him, they seemed to slink away as they spoke.
The stars unfurled above Ray. And endless expanse of spackled blue.
He’d stargazed before. He, Norman, and Emma had snuck out of bed to lie on their backs in the grass, or even on the roof to watch the sunrise, asking each other what games they’d like to play, and if they could go there one day. All the while Ray knew they wouldn’t so much as leave the farm; the stars as real as glow-in-the-dark stickers on the ceiling, as untouchable as freedom itself.
Now, laying on the dirt above the base, reaching out his hand, he swore he felt his fingers graze them.
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