Writing prompts - Nurturing - ST 2009 and Merlin [Arthur - Spock]

I found these one-word prompts here: the prompt writer (dot com) /one-word-prompts /

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My father always expected the best of me. I wanted to please him, but sometimes I felt as if only perfection would satisfy him.

My father wanted me to be perfect. Someday I would be a king, and he tried to teach me all I would need.

I tried to live up To his expectations, and to show those around me that I was as good as they, but I could see it in their actions. They expected less of me because of who I was.

I couldn't be the man be wanted, but I had to be. I was the prince, though - I could be anyone I pleased when my father wasn't there. No one could stand against me, after all - they knew who my father was.

I tried to prove my worth, but it didn't matter. I could do better than all in my class, but it changed nothing. They knew what my mother was.

If I had an idea, they would join me - but it was my father's loyalty, not earned.

They joined together in taunting me, not through anything I had done, but because my mother was a human.

I never met my mother. She died when I was born. Father never talks of her, but in my mind, she is perfect.

My mother has taken care of me my whole life, yet I sometimes feel as if it is I who must protect her.

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When my father dies, I will watch, and be unable to save him.

When my mother dies, I will watch, helpless.

I will stand vigil through the night, and leave in the morning, to realize my friend had been beside me.

I will materialize on he transporter pad beside my father, with the knowledge that my entire world has been destroyed.

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