Once Upon a Time
(7/8/14)
Request by: captain-kat-celestial (on Tumblr)
Her hair was as black as a raven's, as smooth as silk, and so, so long…once upon a time.
He kissed her, his lips bruising against hers and he could feel her tears on his cheeks, they both knew he wasn't coming back. They kissed knowing full well that it would be the last time, where he was going was a one way trip.
He hoped it would be enough consolation to her that he would die for a good cause.
"When I go down there, cut your hair and let it fall so no one will reach you." More tears fell down her cheeks. "Promise me you'll stay here…locked in this tower, until the last of the titans fall."
"I promise." She murmured against his lips.
He knew she would be safe there, in the tear where no titan could ever reach. He held her close and he hoped he could retain how it felt to be in her arms. He hoped that in his last moments he could remember how heavenly it felt to be in her embrace.
"Let down your hair." He told her for the last time and she did.
He climbed down slowly but surely getting closer to hell. Every few minutes he would look up and see her each time farther away and it killed him.
Once he was down he could no longer see her, her tower ascended into the sky and seemed never ending, so far away from his reach.
He saw as her hair fell down until it was at his feet, she had cut it as he told him to. The one thing that led him to her was sprawled across his feet. It was no longer a magical rope, now, it was just hair.
He walked away swallowing the bile in his throat his hand on his sword, ready to go to war with titans and die trying.
She was his Rapunzel and he was her knight in shining armor but this was no fairytale…and there were no happily ever afters.
a/n: This AU took me by surprise but I hope you guys enjoyed it, let me know what you think. :)
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