- Drabble Collection: The Icarus Factor -

XXXVI.

Flufferdinkle

He listens to her soft singing, raises an eyebrow at her nonsense words, and does not move or say a word while she accidentally melts an evil man. He cannot deny it now – the urge is visceral, compelling.

I want this woman. I want her not for her image as I desired Kikyou, not for her purity and her status as a vessel of great powers; I want her being; I want her whole; I want her for my woman, my pale and lovely bride.

I want her for my children, as their mother; I want her for my bed and for my future.