Words: 100
Rating: K
I. Silence
The silence was deafening, roaring in both of our ears.
I could feel the displaced air from the curses, fly by me and clearly hear the screams of the injured and wails of the dying.
But it all happened far too slowly to be normal. Our eyes bore into each other, almost egging the other on to break the spell that seemed to have befallen us.
I saw his lips silently form, "I love you."
I could feel the words forming on my own lips, but what escaped was far worse.
In a keening wail I screamed, brokenly, desperately, "no!"