Prompt: Eyes

Character: Jadeite

I am helpless in their grip.

Snake eyes, Zoisite says disgustedly. Reptilian, not at all pretty to look at.

I never listen to him –he can stare all day at someone whose eyes are as cold as sleet and as empty as mirrors (unless the sakura is looking in them), so who cares about his word?

Garnet –no, ruby, actually –

Well, wait, they're more like blood.

Whatever shade they are –blood will do – is lovely.

Nephrite is angered that those eyes follow his every move, are privy to his deliberations and tiny actions.

I am thrilled, in some strange way.

I know, at least, that she is paying attention.

Being in this crystal almost makes me feel like a treasured thing –and they pity me for it. But here, from my vantage point in her audience chamber, she is the only thing my eyes see.