for the fic title ask: "all around the world was waking / I never could go back" (from blinding, by f+tm) !!
this is a fun one!! i'm going to use this as oc propaganda
Summary: Even Celestials want different jobs sometimes, and Nikaria is one of those. She want more out of her life, and it leads her outside the safety of the Celestial sphere and into the modern world.
Spoilers: She goes from a goddess of bird calls at dawn to company during hard decisions.
May I offer you a web weave for her:
Image description: a collage of images and poetry favoring colors of blue, orange, gold, and peace. In the top left corner is a photo of a group of people at dusk around a campfire. Under them are the words, "You can put your strength down. I'm sitting here with you at the kitchen table. You don't need to say anything." Next to this photo is one of an open window facing a pink sunset. Above it is an excerpt from a poem reading, "it is a serious thing / just to be alive / on this fresh morning / in this broken world."
In the middle of the collage is a photo of a golden sunrise, and a black woman holding up a glass lantern. Next to her is another photo of a lantern against a blue night sky, with the words, "does it bother you that mercy is so difficult to understand?" next to it.
At the bottom of the web weave is a photo of a foggy night with amber streetlamps lining a street. There is an excerpt from a poem next to the photo reading, "Do you have a question that can't be answered? / Do the stars frighten you by their heaviness / and their endless number?" There are two photos next to the poem: orange flowers and a black person's outstretched hand. End image description.