Fix You
By: LadyNightSky
Summary: AU A little OOC. Songfic to Coldplay's Fix You. One dark night, Flora goes to Riven for help and comfort. Little does she know, he wants so much more..."As long as I had fixed her, I realized as she got up to leave, I could let her go. Tears stream down on your face"
When you try your best but you don't succeed
I glanced up in irritation as my door flew open with an intrusive bang. Who in the world would be that loud after midnight and risk waking Saladin up?
When you get what you want but not what you need
To my immense surprise, a girl with long, honey brown hair slipped inside and shut the door quietly behind her.
When you feel so tired but you can't sleep
She leaned backwards against the door. She tilted her face up towards the ceiling, tears softly dripping from her eyes and running down her cheeks; splattering on her ruined pink dress.
Stuck in reverse.
A quiet sob caught in her throat.
"Flora…?" I ask uncertainly. "You alright?"
Slowly, as if she were seventy rather than seventeen, her eyelids fluttered open and she looked at me.
And the tears come streaming down your face
"Riven…"
Her voice was hoarse.
"I-I'm so sorry…I didn't mean to…to disturb you. I-I just…"
When you leave something you can't replace
I slipped out of my desk chair and knelt by her side as she crumpled on the carpeted floor of my dorm.
The familiar burning inside me whenever I saw her started again.
When you love someone but it goes to waste
There was something inside me that longed to slaughter whatever had broken her in this way; made her cry like her heart had been shattered.
Could it be worse?
"Flora, tell me what's wrong. Tell me, I swear to the gods I'll make them pay."
His voice was surprisingly gentle. Completely unlike how he usually was. There was something in his voice that made me blurt it out.
"Helia cheated on me."
Silence reigned in the small room.
Lights will guide you home
"I-I saw your room light…I'm sorry, there was no where else to go…"
My voice broke.
Before I knew what I was doing, my arms were around her, cradling her frail frame.
And ignite your bones
"Don't be sorry. I'll make Helia pay."
My voice was rough with emotion. Pure anger ran through my very blood.
How could he? He had had so much more than he deserved. He had had Flora.
And then he'd screwed up in the most shallow, crude way possible.
And I will try to fix you
But my anger wasn't for now. Flora was more important. She melted into my embrace, sobbing into my shoulder.
I had to try to fix her.
And high up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
"How could he? What did I do wrong? What did I do…."
Her broken words seemed to touch some long lost part of me, a part I'd sworn to myself that would never be released again. The part that had hardened the minute Musa had dumped me.
My heart.
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth
"I wasn't good enough for him…I wasn't good enough…"
I shushed her.
"No. It was him that wasn't good enough for you."
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
We sat like that all night.
By morning her sobs had diminished, but the pain still shone from her emerald eyes.
Tears stream, down on your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
"Thank you, Riven. You…are my truest friend. How could Musa have let you go?"
Her words were quiet and heartfelt, but my own heart stopped for a moment.
Friends.
She had called us friends.
Tears stream down on your face
And I..
Friends…only friends.
She would never love me as I loved her.
Tears stream, down on your face
I promise you I will learn from the mistakes
As long as I had fixed her, I realized as she got up to leave, I could let her go.
Tears stream down on your face
And I..
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
As long as I had fixed her, I could let her go.
And I will try to fix you.
A/N: Another Riven/Flora songfic under my belt... Um, it's probably really confusing as there's a bit of unclearly marked Flora's PoV in the middle of Riven's PoV. Flora's bit is surrounded by dividers. READ & REVIEW PLEASE!
Oh, and I LOVE YOU COLDPLAY!!!!!
P.S: Thanks to XOtotheloveXO for assuring me this was good enough to post ;)