Hello! I'm trying to be better about updating my stories this year...so, here we go!
The title is from the line in Coldplay's song "Fix You", which goes "When you love someone but it goes to waste". My first idea for the prompt "Fixed" was actually physically breaking something. However, it turned into a more metaphorical idea of breaking and fixing.
So...enjoy!
Song I'm Listening To: "Shoujo S" by SCANDAL (I love this song and the opening for Bleach...)
Reviews are great, constructive criticism is better!
Rating: PG Title: Wasted Love Prompt 072: Fixed
She just wants things to be right again. And she hates knowing that they aren't. It's all shaking hands and nervous glances, craning necks around doorways to make sure she's alone. To make sure she's safe.
He never comes home anymore. And lies flow from his lips as free as rain falls from the sky. Another mission. More paperwork that took longer than expected.
She bobs her head, good dog, good obedient girl, it's fine, everything is fine. Is it?
And so she asks him. "Is it?"
And he nods, his face breaks under a strained smile that plays off more like a grimace, yes, yes, why wouldn't things be fine?
The words play on her lips, the ones that want to explain exactly why things wouldn't be. But teeth clamp down tight on lips and the words are swallowed to the back of her throat.
He touches her shoulder in a way he must imagine to be reassuring.
But his hands are cold and the smile doesn't reach his eyes.
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Yes...I don't actually remember what this prompt was about...I think Bya-kun and Rukia are in a love relationship but things have happened that have made their relationship strained and difficult.
Next Chapter: Prompt 077: What? (Hint: Byakuya tells Rukia something, and all she can say is "what?" Cute, not sad.)
Until next time!
