Drabbletag - Crush
Title: Beneath Silver Heels
Prompt: Drabbletag 5 - Crush
Fandom: Wicked
Pairing: Nessarose/Galinda
Rating: PG
Word count: 250
Galinda shines. There’s no other word for it. She’s like stardust, bright and beautiful and far above a girl like Nessarose.
Everybody watches Galinda, always looking to her, admiring her, hanging on her every word. But nobody worships her the way Nessarose does. Nobody lies awake for hours, imagining the scent of Galinda’s hair, the way her fingertips would feel against Nessarose’s skin.
As daughter of the Governor, Nessarose is used to a certain amount of attention. But to Galinda she may as well be invisible.
Until that fateful day Boq asks her to the dance. He looks at her with watery eyes, his smile strained, and all Nessarose can see is Galinda’s kindness, the way she’d encouraged him to talk to Nessarose, to finally see her.
She clings to Boq. Throughout their years at school, as Galinda grows more beautiful, more important, Nessarose keeps Boq close. When they’ve graduated, and she hears stories of Galinda’s adventures in the Emerald City, she finds ways to make Boq stay at her side.
He represents Galinda’s sweetness, a reminder of the most incredible person Nessarose has ever had the honour of meeting.
Boq struggles, begs for his freedom, but he doesn’t understand. Nessarose can’t let him go. Thanks to her wretched sister, Galinda likely hates Nessarose’s entire family. Boq is all she has left.
She looks at his pale face, and sees the sparkle of Galinda’s smile.
Maybe she’ll never have Galinda for herself, but with Boq at least she has something.
Prompt: Drabbletag 5 - Crush
Fandom: Wicked
Pairing: Nessarose/Galinda
Rating: PG
Word count: 250
Galinda shines. There’s no other word for it. She’s like stardust, bright and beautiful and far above a girl like Nessarose.
Everybody watches Galinda, always looking to her, admiring her, hanging on her every word. But nobody worships her the way Nessarose does. Nobody lies awake for hours, imagining the scent of Galinda’s hair, the way her fingertips would feel against Nessarose’s skin.
As daughter of the Governor, Nessarose is used to a certain amount of attention. But to Galinda she may as well be invisible.
Until that fateful day Boq asks her to the dance. He looks at her with watery eyes, his smile strained, and all Nessarose can see is Galinda’s kindness, the way she’d encouraged him to talk to Nessarose, to finally see her.
She clings to Boq. Throughout their years at school, as Galinda grows more beautiful, more important, Nessarose keeps Boq close. When they’ve graduated, and she hears stories of Galinda’s adventures in the Emerald City, she finds ways to make Boq stay at her side.
He represents Galinda’s sweetness, a reminder of the most incredible person Nessarose has ever had the honour of meeting.
Boq struggles, begs for his freedom, but he doesn’t understand. Nessarose can’t let him go. Thanks to her wretched sister, Galinda likely hates Nessarose’s entire family. Boq is all she has left.
She looks at his pale face, and sees the sparkle of Galinda’s smile.
Maybe she’ll never have Galinda for herself, but with Boq at least she has something.