a girl with blood on her hands and ashes in her eyes.

/

not a boy, not a man. a being, simply, something and nothing. when he wanted to be he did, and that was the hallmark of him, of who he was—the want.

/

daughter of bellona, with a sin of a smile and a beast of a tongue.

a roman at heart. a broken heart, perhaps, . . .

[oh, no. a heart of holes, certainly, because she is a roman, she is a warrior, and she will stab and not slice]

a destroyed heart, one wrought with holes, one made of what was not. she claims to be strong. she claims to not care. the nights, however, write a different story, one of a princess who was a queen and a killer.

/

god of thievery, with a mouth of silver and feet of silence.

a thief at heart. a worn heart, perhaps, . . .

[oh, no. a heart of youth, definitely, because he is a thief, he is a god, and he will rise and not die]

a lost heart. one joyous with insincerity, one created of misgivings. he claims to be worthy. he claims to be powerful. the nights, however, write a different story, one of a prince who was a king and a murderer.

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seventeen years of being trapped.

there is no freedom for her. someone will always be watching, there will always be rules to be followed. if you wanted freedom, he whispers in the darkest hours of life, you should have been graecus, my dear. we know freedom.

she fights a little at that, but not with all her heart. fighting isn't meaningful, just a way to push away. a way to refuse to believe in him.

/

millenias of being broken. maybe more. he no longer knows.

he remembers the day he realized that he couldn't be free. the day he cried for mercy, begged for death, begged for release. if you wanted freedom, she whispers in the darkest hours of life, you should have been human, my darling. we know freedom.

he loses himself at that, a bit, forgetting that she's not invincible. she understands, though, that he's just trying to deny himself, that he hasn't yet accepted reality.

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reality.

is there really one?

/

maybe all that's really there are two broken beings in the night, alive.

for once. for now.

challenge number one done! hermes/reyna.