Title: Insides
Fandom: Phantom of the Opera
Characters: Christine/ Erik
Prompt: Insides
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
When Christine is in Erik's study, sometimes she forgets she isn't back beneath the Opera.
At first the idea of shutting oneself in a cellar might seem strange to anyone. But Erik's house was not a cellar, not really - it was safety. The world above was gawking and cruel; inside was private, quiet, peace.
Now, in their modest home, he had made that peace in this room with his familiar things, a roaring fire and heavy draperies. It reminded her of his house beyond the lake - but it was not that house he loved.
It was peace - and her.
