Title: Dream the Day
Author: thewickedquill (Shay)
Fandom: Dune
Character: Paul Atreides/Muad'Dib
Rating: G
Type: 100-word drabble
Notes: Written for the prompt: 'blue' on fiction_drabbles (Dreamwidth community.)
Disclaimer: I dont own Dune. Im not fond of sand between my toes.
Dream the Day (Blue)
He missed it still; the majesty of the ocean, its inconstancy and unpredictability, the salty froth-mist, the clamor of the waves as they crashed upon each other in a race to reach the shore. He longed for the constant change of rhythm - at times undisturbed, at others chaotic - craved the push and pull of the sea that lulled him nightly to sleep.
And always, that breathtaking, glittering ultramarine that brought the entire world into focus and set his very soul alight.
One day, Paul determinedly vowed, the Fremen's eyes would not be the only brilliant blues on Arrakis.
