Hello! Here is my first submission for Jerza Week! It's a few days late but that's ok. I'm sorry it's so short.
Prompt: Light
Jellal
3rd person POV
Jellal was one who always seemed to see the best in everyone, but the worst in himself. In his eyes, he was tainted. Dark, twisted, and unworthy of even the simplest comforts and pleasures of life. How could a person who had committed such atrocities be allowed happiness? However, Erza was his opposite. She didn't just walk in the light, as he had previously noted, she was the light. His light. The light that seemed to shine on his darkened soul, bringing joy, forgiveness, love. It should be impossible, but with just one smile, one look, she could temporarily send his demons away. She vanquished his darkness, his fears. But when they would part once more, they would return, and with a vengeance. How could he have forgotten his sins, even for a second?
He wasn't so naïve now though to not recognize the shadows in Erza. Faint traces of darkness on the corners of her radiance. Shadows, that he himself had put there in his youth. Shadows that taunted him, warning him to stay away, lest he increase their numbers. It was better for her if he stayed away. Even if the cost would be damning himself, as his own darkness would eventually consume him otherwise. She was the light, the kindness and purity of this world in human form. So bright it blinded him sometimes. And he was the shadows. No matter how hard he tried, he would never be worthy of her.
Erza
3rd Person POV
Erza liked to think she was a good person overall. She knew her strengths, and her weaknesses. She knew her faults and tried to overcome them. She was not so blind as to not see Jellal's suffering, at his own hands no less. Overtime she thought the pain would heal for him, but everyone they crossed paths, she was shocked by the severity of loathing he directed at himself. He saw himself as a tainted soul beyond saving, consumed by the darkness that he dedicates his life to fighting, and it saddens her. Saddens her and leaves tears in her eyes. After all she is not without her own darkness. But he blames himself for its presence. It causes grief for Erza that for a man so intelligent, he can not see his own worth. He can't see that beneath his shadows, lies a light more brilliant and honest then even hers. A light she admires and always has striven to make him see. Maybe one day he will know. That the one who truly brings hope and light to this world, is not her. It is him. For he is her light.
For in a world such as this, light needs darkness. Jellal's shadow allow Erza's light to shine. And her light in turn, chases away his darkness, to reveal the light beneath. An eternal balance of give and take. Neither can survive without the other.
Done! I hope you guys like it!
