Prompt 2: Vulnerability
Rating: K+
Lucy never thought that Natsu could have ever been so hopeless.
He was at his breaking point—one step further and he would go insane. She watched him, curled up in his little ball, rocking back and forth in the corner. His onyx eyes were bloodshot, dried out, and sagging from lack of sleep.
"It... It can't be..."
Shaky mumbles escaped his chapped lips, and Lucy was scared to go near him. Even Happy hadn't tried to comfort him—and that was saying something.
He had been this way ever since he found out that Igneel was dead.
It had been one whole day, and Natsu was a wreck; Lucy had never known that he could be so damn cold.
But she saw herself in him. He was acting like she had when she learned of her father's death—alone in the darkness, with no hope to lead her back. She thought everything was lost until Natsu appeared with his goofy grin, a candle in the depths of despair.
And, realizing this, she realized just how much he needed someone right then. He lived for his comrades—his family.
So, she approached him and wrapped her arms around him slowly, not panicking when he suddenly stiffened from the touch. Lucy knew he needed and wanted this, and she had to be the one to give it to him. After all, he had done the same for her.
"I'm here for you," she whispered tenderly, running her fingers through his pink hair and pressing his face into her neck.
He let his emotions pour out in the form of salty tears and cried, feeling safe in his teammate's arms. They understood one another.
And the darkness was lit by a star shining in the night sky.
I feel like a lot of people would have written about vulnerable Lucy, but this was the first thing I pictured when I saw the prompt. :'D
I'm not sure how long these will be—at this rate, they'll all be less than five hundred words. Maybe more, but nothing greater than one thousand.
Thanks for reading!~
