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I've watched you fly on paper wings halfway around the world [closed // quicklog]

Sep 03, 2010 23:46

WHO: Nill [wingsnotwords] & Alma [doyuulikeme]
WHAT: Re:Cutting Nill open that one time.
WHERE: Library!
WHEN: Midday.

( Until they burned up in the atmosphere and sent you spiraling down // Landing somewhere far from here with no one else around // To catch you falling down )

!quicklog, alma karma, nill

Comments 6

doyuulikeme September 4 2010, 03:53:51 UTC

[If he wasn't outside in the gardens around their house, he was in the library to find books on how to better treat his flowers. And to stare amazed at the brightly colored pictures of far away places that he knew he'd never reach.

One big book on planting vegetables in his arms Alma moved down the aisle, his head in the clouds. He snapped to when he nearly bumped into a girl.] Ah-! Sorry! [He smiled, apologetic, not instantly remembering her face yet.]

wingsnotwords September 4 2010, 04:04:56 UTC

[ She startles when he nearly bumps into her, almost dropping the two books in her arms before catching them quickly in a tighter grasp. Nill stands up straight again, offering a small smile as she finally looks at him --

And there's something familiar, and it twists at her stomach before it finally clicks and the books fall from her arms. She recognizes that face, remembers the wound he'd left on her back.

Nill steps back quickly, her eyes wide and her hands flying to her mouth like they might stifle the scream she can't let out. ]

doyuulikeme September 4 2010, 04:10:48 UTC

...? [Her sudden change in reaction threw him into confusion. Why was she looking at him like that? He didn't...

A light bulb clicked on inside his mind and he could feel the color drain from his cheeks as realization dawned. He knew this girl... He had hurt this girl.

He felt sick. Sick and guilty. Stuttering, he just barely managed to speak.] I- I'm so... sorry... I- ['won't hurt you again'.]

wingsnotwords September 6 2010, 06:13:14 UTC

[ She's frozen in place, unsure if she should be afraid or angry. She steps back into the shelf behind her and startles before her eyes settle back on Alma again.

Nills' torn between his reaction and what he's done. He's apologizing, but she doesn't know if she runs or if he's being honest.]

doyuulikeme September 8 2010, 18:38:44 UTC

[He doesn't know what compels him to reach out a hand towards her; maybe to be sure that he wasn't dreaming, or maybe he needed to know that this girl was really here... that he really hurt her.]

I-I'm sorry...