Transience
A/N: Please don't ask… And see my bio for notes on this.
I don't remember how old Tsion is; I think that he's about forty and Hattie is twenty- or thirty-something. If I'm wrong, just pretend that I'm right. This isn't set at any particular time period, by the way…just not after the ninth book, for obvious reasons.
Transience
She's only a child, he reminds himself again and again as she lies there in his arms. Only a little girl; I mustn't do this…
She opens her eyes and smiles at him, but he can't seem to move. This girl loves him; what has he done to deserve this? Is this the sexual immorality that he's seeing oh-so much now? Does this little girl even know what she's doing?
"Hattie," he whispers, eyes closed.
"Shhhh," she interrupts, closing her own eyes and moving closer.
She promises that she'll never tell.
(end)