Find the Word Tag (II)
Firstly thank ya for the tag @blind-the-winds!! This is my redemption arc in a sense for honestly missing the last one, so anyone is free to do this if they want!! The words for youse: bright, feared, glare, aaaand fragile!
My words, meanwhile, were love, light, listen, and look!
Long-ish post incoming, but here's a few super super rough drafted bits and bobs from Forbidden Fruits!!
Love
"I can't believe it." Michael's face stayed unchanged, his gaze a thousand yards past the glowing tanned shoulder of his superior. His hands still tightly bound behind his back. "I can't believe it," she repeated, slower, ice cold, "You have no rebuttal, nothing for your case. All this revolutionary business for what? What's so important about that society that you bring about your own beheading?" "Love, Gabriel." "... I beg your pardon?" "Compassion. For... for them. For man." This time, it was her turn to be silent, pinching the bridge of her nose with a slow inhale.
Light
It was easy as pie. Just a matter of opening his wings, and taking flight, right? Right. He peered over the edge of the rooftop, a good ten or so stories high. Even the little cherub statues were at least two stories below. An itch crept up his throat, tickling the inside in dry tingles. His focus shifted to the sky once more, light filtering through his squinted lashes as no clouds were around.
Listen
"Awful. Just- just awful." Over and over, Lucius gently bumped his forehead to the wall, the clacking of horns on wood just adding onto the ordeal. His ears were pinned back, twitching ever so slightly. "Can you please just listen to me for one minute before having a breakdown? It's not your fault-" "No, nope, it literally is! If it wasn't for me, the kids would be home by now, and not off doing some- what- adventuring? Thing out in the underworld with him of all people!" "Lu-" "You still don't get it? It's dangerous down there! Hell knows if they might find themselves on the same cliff I was on for one thing, since it was right near his house!" "A- Cliff? What- ugh, never mind, we'll get them back, okay? Promise on that."
Look
Lucius wasn't one to need a helicopter parent on his tail. Much less one that happened to be the personification of Death itself. Yet, somehow there was something comforting in the moment to have this strict teacher again, even if in the same brief second it felt off to think so. "Head up. Do not let me leave your line of sight. Look around you, with all your senses, not just your eyes- I can already see them wildly trying to chase me. Stop." The reaper grunted, tugging rhythmically at his dark beard between his fingers. "This should come more naturally than you think. You want to fight out of defense, you need to let your instincts lead you. Imagine the deer to the hunter, for example." Lucius shook his head with a sigh, burnt shoulders slumping forward. "I can't. I'm not some prey animal." "You don't need to be one to share the same senses. Not everything needs to be literal, either."
