Our Heart in Stone
Author: Magic Toast
Genre: Drabble, romance
Disclaimer: Fan-fic-tion! I don't own any characters. Square-Enix owns all of them.
Warning: Gay. Kissing, later? I'm writing 100 of these, I don't know what's going to happen.
A/N: Um. So, I told myself that I was going to do the 100 theme challenge about a year ago...aaaand I never did. So. I'm doing it now! Vaan x Basch BEST SUBJECT EVARRR. I'm going to try and put up one drabble a day, and they're going to be very, very short. 100 words or so. They'll follow from Basch and Vaan's first meeting to when I (inevitably) put them in bed. On the bright side, it'll be a very, very easy read. Enjoy!
When I first saw him, more skin and bones than actual man, I hated him.
I can't remember what I was actually thinking at the time-- probably some self-righteous drabble along the lines of "it's all your fault" and "my brother's dead because of you." I remember yelling, screaming, rattling the bars of the cage, jerking him back and forth against his cold, metal restraints. I felt hands, Balthier's quiet shushing and maybe even a plea for silence, but I didn't hear anything.
I didn't hear anything except his breathing, and I wanted it to stop.