Week 4 challenge
Fandom: Hunger Games
Prompt: Prim's reunited with her father in the inbetween. Not heaven, nor hell. What is this place?
Genre: Horror/ Angst/ Family/ Drama
Due date: 3 March
The Last Tears of the Spring Rose
I don't know where I am. It's dark and hot or bright and cold. I don't know whether I am standing on my own two legs or lying on my back. I refuse to open my eyes in case I see something that I do not want to know and it disorients my senses. I can't tell if I am flying in an open sky or falling down an endless tunnel. I don't know what is going on and pray for answers soon.
I jump and inhale breath as I hear a voice. "It is okay, my little Rose. Nothing can to hurt you here. Your fight is over, my Spring Rose."
It is a male voice; one that I have not heard since I was six years old on my mother's knee. "Papa?" I ask, my voice sounds strange in my ears. I clear my throat and try again. "Papa, is that you?" It sounds stronger now, more like me.
"Yes, my Spring Rose," the voice tells me and I believe him. The deep baritone of the man calms me in a way that only my father could.
"Papa, where are you? I cannot see!" I cry out loud, the panic returning.
I feel arms wrap around my slim body and the smell of the woods and leather overtake my nostrils. "It's okay my dove. You don't have to worry about anything anymore. You don't have to cry anymore."
I hadn't even been aware that I was crying until he said so. "I'm not crying," I start to say but then I hear him singing. It soothes me and I bury my head in his leather coat and cry until there are no more tears.
End. Thanks for reading.