Snow Globe
Love and DeepSpace
Borrower MC x Zayne
Warnings: Extreme size difference! (For those that don’t know the movie The Secret Life of Arrietty, a Borrower is a tiny mouse sized human being that depends on regular human objects to survive, living inside the walls of human homes undetected. They don’t steal, they ‘Borrow’, hence the name Borrower)
Very brief oneshot, sfw and fluff. Niche topic but one I personally enjoy!
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A quiet knock sounded around the dark inside space of a wall within a massive house. MC whimpered as she slowly awakened from her slumber, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes just as she heard another delicate knock against the outside wall. The knocking could only be coming from one specific source. Slowly she pushed herself off her tiny cotton bed and sauntered towards the opening of the wall.
She could see a shadow at the mouth of her tiny enclosed home. A giant shadow, but one not threatening or ominous. The shadow itself was almost as gentle as the being it belonged to. Once MC allowed her eyes to adjusted to the light pouring in from the hole, she carefully peeked out to greet the being waiting patiently outside for her.
There, kneeled down on a knee, his hands resting on his thighs, was Zayne. The human of this massive house she had been borrowing in for a long time now. His hazel eyes were fixed on her tiny form, and seeing the sleepiness in her eyes made a tiny smile pull at his usually expressionless lips. It was rare for him to ever disturb her with knocks, usually waiting for her to be active, but this evening he wanted to show her something.
“Forgive me for disturbing your rest” he started softly, voice hushed, with the slightest dip of his head, a small nod of apology. The small smile hadn’t left his lips, however. “But I wanted to show you something”.
Slowly, Zayne extended one of his hands towards the ground in front of her. He laid it down gently, palm open and facing the sky like a waiting platform for her to step on if she chose. Zayne had always been considerate of his size since the moment he found her living in his house. Never did he force her to do things or grab her in his hands without her permission, unless of course it was an emergency. But he was so delicate with her, and patient, and it made trusting him all the more easier.
There was only a tiny moment of consideration from MC, staring at his large still hand laid in front of her before slowly stepping on and sitting in the very center of his palm.
Zayne could never really fathom just how light she felt in his hand, but as soon as she was still, he carefully curled his fingers and brought her to his chest. A quiet sigh of satisfaction slipped from his lips as he gave her a quiet look of approval before slowly coming to a stand. He walked away with her steadily and headed for a far window in his living room. There was a chair already pulled up against it so that he’d be able to sit there, and so he did once he reached the destination.
But before he sat, Zayne carefully let MC slip off his hand and onto the cool windowsill. Only once she was steady there did he retract his hand and sit down behind her.
Outside it was snowing with a beautiful red and yellow background as the sun was slowly beginning to set. It was an ethereal sight: the glistening white snow which completely covered the landscape, and the multicolored sky. MC’s jaw was agape as she pressed her tiny hands to the frigid cold window, watching the giant snow flakes fall to collect into more layers of snow on the ground.
Behind her, Zayne exhaled through his nose a soft huff of amusement as his eyes drifted between the landscape outside of the window and MC’s tiny form leaning closer to the window. He let the quiet remain between them before his hushed voice spoke up once more.
“I know how dangerous the snow can be for borrowers”. He started quietly as he leaned a little closer to the window. His gaze fell on her as her tiny head turned around to look at him instead, and his expression softened. “But I also know how strong your fascination of the weather is. And how you’ve longed to experience it even if just for a moment”.
Carefully, Zayne raised one of his hands and let it hover a small distance above her. She looked between his hand and his eyes, and he reassured her with another small smile.
“Let me make this wish come true, just for a moment”
The hand above MC began to glisten as ice sprouted and creeped its way down Zaynes long fingers. Slowly… snowflakes fell from the tips of his fingers and drifted downward to her little form just like the snow was doing outside. But that was only the warning. The ice on Zaynes fingers intensified as small fragile tendrils of ice began to form around her.
At first she flinched, slightly alarmed by the forming ice around her. But it didn’t come towards her. Instead, a very thin layer of ice, almost like thin glass, formed a wide dome around her. It concealed her inside, but she didn’t feel trapped. Her eyes found Zaynes again, who’s hadn’t left her form. There was a gentle look in those usually sharp hazel eyes, and he gave her another quiet nod as if to reassure her as he moved his fingers above her.
Slowly a mound of snow formed above her head inside the ice dome, sticking itself to the top of the dome, and that’s when the plan unfolded. Again, snowflakes began to fall slowly towards her form. And as the time went by, more and more fell, just like a quiet snowfall. There were tiny gasps of joy from inside the dome as MC sat inside the dome and tried to catch the snowflakes with her hands.
Zayne rested back in his chair, leaned forward to watch her play in her own personal snow globe with the natural scene behind her. He smiled to himself and allowed a soft chuckle to escape his lips as he watched her play.
“Let me know if it gets too cold”. He told her softly as he watched her. “I wanted it to be as realistic as possible, without the dangers actual snow presents”.
MC enjoyed herself, and so did Zayne, watching her inside the tiny ice snow globe he’d made around her. He was more than happy to do things like this for her, anything to make her life more exciting. And of course, anything to keep their bond growing.
