a/n: 20 Winter Prompt challenge from FairyTailMania.
I don't know when I'll get this done but hopefully I'll get a few written....which is more than I've written in a while.
The prompts will be the title of the chapter. I'll try to make it it so that chapter and prompt are related but sometimes I get writing and things change... I guess this chapter is a pretty good example of how there will sometimes be next to no connection between the prompt and what was actually written.
Pairing: GrayxLucy
Genre: Friendship or Romance (however you choose to see it)/ hurt/comfort-ish and fluffy
Disclaimer: (And this goes for all the chapters cause I don't want to write this twenty times) I don't own Fairy Tail or the characters.
Snowflake
Lucy was sitting on a park bench, watching a small girl play in the freshly fallen snow, her mother near by.
She watched as the mother got down in the snow to make a snow angel, her daughter's eyes sparkling in wonder. Both laughing and looking happy. Snow was softly falling and it all looked surreal. She almost felt as if she were looking into a memory.
She smiled bittersweetly, wrapping her arms around herself as a cold wind blew.
Someone sat down roughly beside her. She turned to find Gray, only partly surprised that he wasn't wearing a coat or a shirt, even in this weather.
She turned back to the child and her mother. They both watched them quietly.
"You alright?" Gray eventually asked, seeming as unconcerned as he always did.
She looked towards him and shrugged.
"Just a little nostalgic," she said quietly, her eyes returning to the mother who was now fixing the girl's hat and rearranging her scarf.
Gray watched them too. "We all feel that way...," he said quietly.
Lucy couldn't help the tear that slid down her cheek. She reached up to wipe it away, sniffling a little in the process.
"Hey, it's ok," Gray said reasurringly, putting his arm around her shoulder and pulling her to him comfortingly.
"I know, I just miss my mom," she sniffled.
Gray was looking into the distance. "Yeah, I miss my mom too," he said.
They were silent for another few moments before Lucy got up to walk back to the guild.
Gray got up too and grabbed her shoulder. "Lucy," he said. "I know we can be annoying but... don't forget that we're here for you and that you're not alone."
She smiled at him. "I know."
He reached toward her and brushed some snow out of her hair.
"There are snowflakes caught in your eyelashes," he told her with a laugh.
"Better than tears," she said laughing, as they headed back to the guild.
"Definitely better than tears," he agreed.
a/n: So that's the first chapter. I'd ask for some help and advice about what to write for the next chapters but I guess that wouldn't be in the spirit of the challenge.... But if you want to request a pairing I think that would be ok! :) (hint, hint)
If you want to enter yourself, check the link to the website on my profile.