For the big sis/lil sis comp — based off Sam's oneshot, Watching Her. Use one of the following: red, bird, judgement day, faith.
.
She's
beautiful.
She moves like quicksilver, fluiduntouchablegracefulbeyondmeasure
And you?
You are nothing compared to her.
She could have any[one]
why would she look twice at you
red-hairedfreckledganglyawkward you
.
she smiles that thousand watt smile and you can't think of anything else
it blinds you
and you have
f
a
l
l
e
n
so
hard.
.
You make it worse
(of course).
You ask her to the ball
on a whim
spur-of-the-moment
and before she can even answer you are gone
{your face is as red as your hair
you are mortified}
.
You go anyway
for moral support, because your best mate has to dance in front of everyone
and the least you can do is show up
but you don't anticipate how much it hurts to see that thousand-watt smile aimed at not-you.
.
Your best mate is bloody mental
you've decided
all stupid and noble and that
because he saves her
(Gabrielle)
even though she is not his to save
even though they would not have let her die
but
but
apparently she's all for that bloody mental noble lark
because she beams at him
that brilliant thousand-watt smile
and she kisses his cheek
(you don't want to admit to the flare of jealousy, but it's there)
but then she turns that smile
(for the first time)
toward you
and you feel the warmth that is her own thousand-watt sunbeam smile
and the warmth that is her lips on your skin
and you think maybe having a bloody mental best mate isn't such a bad thing after all