Icebox
by MewWitch
RotG drabbles collection
Rating: M-To be on the safe side
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Chapter 2. Drabbles 4-7
4. I've got my ticket for the long way 'round / Two bottle whiskey for the way / And I sure would like some sweet company / And I'm leaving tomorrow. What d'you say?
The words were said so softly that Jack almost didn't hear he his bedmate speak over the music playing on the radio.
"What?"
"I said, 'Come with me.'"
Jack shifted around so that he could look up at Bunny's face. The older man's expression was intense and lazor-like in his focus on him.
"Are you serious?"
"Like a heart-attack. Come with me to Australia."
Jack was at a loss for words for a few minutes. He push himself up so that he was sitting in the middle of the king sized motel bed.
"But...You said this wasn't a relationship." The more he talked the louder he got. Angrier too. "You told me not to get attached! You didn't want anything to do with me outside of this room!"
"I know what I said-" Now Bunny was upright as well. Not that Jack seemed to notice.
"YOU EXPECT ME TO JUST PACK UP MY LIFE AND MOVE ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE WORLD WITH YOU!?"
"YES!"
"YOU NEVER EVEN TOOK ME ON A DATE!"
"WELL I NEVER EXPECTED TO FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU, NOW DID I?!"
"...W-what?"
5. Your unfeeling heart imprisons me / Careless eyes, too blind to see / Empty words, an iron cage / Broken heart, bleeding rage
Jack bolted upright, a scream on his lips. For a moment he could still smell the rotting flesh, the coppery taste clung to his tongue-
'NO!' He told himself, 'No, it wasn't real! It was just another-'
"...Nightmare?"
Jack flinched, his back slamming against the dark metal of his cage in his fright.
"I said, Jack, did you enjoy your nightmare? I crafted it especially for you my dear."
Jack refused to acknowledge him. He closed his eyes and curled up on the cold floor of his prison.
He cringed as long fingers stroked his hair, Pitch reaching in as if the bars where not even there.
"Jack, Jack, Jack. Eventually you'll realize that you belong here, by my side. But until then..."
The shadow's touch moved down to cup his cheek, rubbing his thumb over the teen's lips.
"I'm afraid you're just going to have to get used to sleeping in here. But don't worry, I'll make sure you have plenty of lovely Nightmares to keep you company during the long nights ahead."
6. Said I'll say it again, you're my only friend / (I protect you from the world, I basically protect you from yourself) / Though I can't go on, I'm not satisfied with this being the end / (This is just the beginning)
The young teen hugged his knees to his chest, trying to hold in his sniffles.
-Jamie-
He curled up smaller, ignoring the knocks on the door of the stall.
-Jamie, I know you're in there-
"Sniff ...Go away Jack."
-Not until you come out here and talk to me. Jamie what's wrong?-
Jamie jumped up and yelled through the door. "You're what's wrong Jack! I never want to see you again."
-Jaaaammiie! I'm sorry I scared those boys, I just wanted them to leave you alone. You wanted them to stop picking on you right?-
"Well, yeah...but" Jamie's hand hovered over the stall's lock.
-Then I don't understand what the problem is Jamie.-
Jamie slowly cracked the door open and peaked around the edge, avoiding eye contact with the older boy. "They..my teachers and my parents don't want me to be friends with you anymore, Jack."
-But you're my friend Jamie. You said we'd be best friends forever, remember?-
Jamie nodded along with the other. "I did say, that didn't I?"
-Yep! You sure did. You promised, in fact. Are you really going to let them stop us from being friends?-
"No. I won't. Friend's forever, Jack?"
-Of course Jamie. Friend's forever.-
The boy in the mirror smiled.
-I promise Jamie, I'll never leave you. You're my only friend.-
7. Underneath this smile / My world is slowly caving in / All the while / I'm hanging on instead of letting go
What most of the Guardians didn't know was that Bunnymund was an avid reader. Whenever he wasn't tending to the Warren's upkeep, preparing his eggs for Easter or dealing with whatever crisis brought the group of protectors together, Bunny would retreat to the surprisingly large assortment of books housed in his personal library.
What he would most likely never tell anyone though, even if he did get around to sharing his hobby, was that most of his collection consisted of texts and scrolls he'd managed to salvage from the remains of the once proud Pooka race. Few knew anything had survived Pitch's great purge, and as a result Bunny kept their existence one of if not his most closely kept secret. But despite the great historical and even greater personal value they held, he could rarely find the will to look them over. The hurt of his kind's destruction was still too much for him to handle.
Sure he would act like nothing bothered him, that he had already finished with his grieving, when in fact the wound was still as raw as ever.
Unfortunately though, it was on the very first time he was be able to bring himself to return to his hidden memory trove after that disastrous Easter that his secret was discovered.
And of course, it just had to be Jack who stumbled across him in his moment of weakness.
A.N.
Okay here's chapter two everyone!
Hope you all enjoyed it! And feel free to let me know which ones you, liked, which ones you didn't, if you think any need a follow up, ect... Feedback is always appreciated!
