**Note: Written in 2014's December for TLCSW. Re-posting on here so I know where all the Jacinter one-shots are.
Title: The Rising Sun
Rating: K
Summary: The best beauty is all natural.
Winter gazed at the beautiful, early morning sky. Fake sky. The silver, twinkling stars. Fake stars.
Winter grimaced as she thought about it. Everything on Luna was fake. Artificial. The sky, the stars, the air... the people.
Every time she thought of Lunar manipulation, her resolve never to use her glamour hardened.
She focused on the rising sun again, and immediately thought of Jacin. The one Lunar who wasn't artificial. His beauty, inside and out, was always natural. Sure, he was always guarded, but she saw him when he used to play with her. Before the Royal Lunar Guard took him away.
The "sun" reflected a painting onto the sky. A painting of random colors that faded into each other, but yet somehow still remained strong and powerful. The sight enraptured Winter.
Each morning, when she saw the sunrise, she thought of what it would be like on Earth. Real, beautiful, unaltered.
Winter considered this and thought, Perhaps, sometimes there is beauty in artificial things.
She refocused on the new day and, thinking of Jacin, changed her mind.
But it's always more beautiful when it's all their own.
A/N: This was for the TLC Ship weeks theme: Daybreak. (A Jacin/Winter theme) In the line: "Sure, he was always guarded," the word 'guarded' was supposed to be a pun. A really bad pun, but one nonetheless. (You know, since he's a Lunar guard... he's always guarded... Okay, I'll stop now. :P As you can see, I love puns. *grins sheepishly*) As always, reviews are greatly appreciated, positive or negative. Thank you for taking the time to read this! Love, Aurum19