Larxene played with fire with the sole aim to get burnt. There was never any other point: she really couldn't be bothered by attempting to feel anything and just falling back to nothing…
Larxene didn't even consider that. There had to be storms – a flicker of danger. Make that many. And, to her, there also had to be raging blazes underfoot – a testament to her glory.
Lightning could not keep her adrenaline up for long, like a flurry of dancing flames could. Then again, mere fire could never really hope to attain the infernal heat of a bolt of ozone.
Larxene could simply not burn with simple lowly flames, or be brought down by a boy. Lightning quick, struck by lightning – there was a reason that those were almost deadly words.
She neared Axel, trailing needle-blades across a leathered chest. Grinning like that ridiculous cat somewhere else; the stumble-step taken by her prey amusing her to no end.
But wouldn't little red dull down the fiery smile?
Axel let Larxene half-climb on top of him. The step back? Merely a fake action. A talon aimed at your hollow chest was something he wanted to avoid, in any case. And Axel heard that lightning always aimed high.
Too high, in this phantom girl's case.
Sure, lightning was too fast to catch, too awe-inspiring to control…
But really, for how long did it exist? Energy raced along the skies, igniting all in its furious path, only to disappear at the hint of a second.
Larxene would do so as well – hell, he'd probably do so as well…
But for now, Larxene was leaving. Tracing behind her lightning-talons and a single thread of liquid red. The electric show was over – soon as always, Axel thought.
Fire always outlasted hungry lightning, vaulting across darkened skies to the abyss below. What he lacked in speed, he had in survival.
How long, then, until the last sparks died out…
Axel stuck with Larxene just to race the searing speed – it was never anything else.
Fire would eat up the stolen thunder across the white sometime soon.
A.N. – exactly 350! And I went for vitriol or snark here… not really a pairing. Not that I sink this ship, but actually trying my hand at other personalities :) hope you liked it, and leave comments on how I did here if it so (dis)pleases you!