Collide: "Fall Down"
Anime: Fullmetal Alchemist
Pairing: Royai
Rating: G
~290 words.
Angst, end of series SPOILERS
Preview: and she wondered if he felt it as she did
A/N: This is a continuation to an earlier ficlet, Collide, in case you'd like to read that first. Oh, and the lyrical content is once again compliments of Howie Day
Collide: Fall Down
I'm open; you're closed.
Where I follow, you'll go.
I worry I won't see your face,
Light up again.
She chanced a fleeting look in his direction, careful not to be noticed. He stood proud and tall, seeming to tower over the small, bureaucratic fools surrounding him. The silence in the room stretched on, suffocating in its weight, and she wondered if he felt it as she did. How she longed to be at his side. It was where she had been through it all, where she belonged. Helplessly, she watched as the sentence was pronounced and the gavel rang, reverberating crushingly in her chest.
Desperate fear welled in her throat as she caught his gaze, and she felt her grasp on pretense slip. His face gave away nothing. For all the world, he appeared not to care what the petty politicians chose to do to him. But, the look in his eye... How it belied his visage. It burned with piercing despair and pain, of unspoken farewell. And it no longer mattered what became of her, when her time came. This was far more devastating than any personal defamation could be. She was being separated from him.
Watching them take hold of his arms and lead him away from her, she lost the will to feign indifference. He was her charge, her purpose, love and life. Did he realize? Did he know how badly she needed to belong to him? A tear rolled down her cheek, falling from her face, and she swore if he didn't that someday he would.
Even the best fall down sometime.
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme…
Out of the doubt that fills my mind,
I somehow find you and I collide…
Pairing: Royai
Rating: G
~290 words.
Angst, end of series SPOILERS
Preview: and she wondered if he felt it as she did
A/N: This is a continuation to an earlier ficlet, Collide, in case you'd like to read that first. Oh, and the lyrical content is once again compliments of Howie Day
Collide: Fall Down
I'm open; you're closed.
Where I follow, you'll go.
I worry I won't see your face,
Light up again.
She chanced a fleeting look in his direction, careful not to be noticed. He stood proud and tall, seeming to tower over the small, bureaucratic fools surrounding him. The silence in the room stretched on, suffocating in its weight, and she wondered if he felt it as she did. How she longed to be at his side. It was where she had been through it all, where she belonged. Helplessly, she watched as the sentence was pronounced and the gavel rang, reverberating crushingly in her chest.
Desperate fear welled in her throat as she caught his gaze, and she felt her grasp on pretense slip. His face gave away nothing. For all the world, he appeared not to care what the petty politicians chose to do to him. But, the look in his eye... How it belied his visage. It burned with piercing despair and pain, of unspoken farewell. And it no longer mattered what became of her, when her time came. This was far more devastating than any personal defamation could be. She was being separated from him.
Watching them take hold of his arms and lead him away from her, she lost the will to feign indifference. He was her charge, her purpose, love and life. Did he realize? Did he know how badly she needed to belong to him? A tear rolled down her cheek, falling from her face, and she swore if he didn't that someday he would.
Even the best fall down sometime.
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme…
Out of the doubt that fills my mind,
I somehow find you and I collide…