Touch the Sky

by Faulty Paragon

Mercury Black wasn't made in a day. Without a Semblance, his legs, or anyone by his side, the world taught him far too quickly that power was all it took to succeed- and Mercury would need all the power he could get. He'd reach the sky eventually. -Mercury's life in canon, from childhood until V6 and beyond, explored through 100 drabbles using the 100 Prompts Challenge.

19. Tears

A/N: Update 4 today.

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Touch the Sky

19. Tears

A corner of his mind wondered if this silence was what death was like. This emptiness that filled the void in his heart seemed to echo. He didn't know what originally had been there. The most painful thing in his body was the nothingness, despite the fact that he couldn't move, every bone shattered, every inch of his form in ruin.

He opened his eyes. I'm not dead.

But as he saw his father's twisted smile, the words leaving his lips so blank, so unfeeling, so calculating, Mercury wondered whether it would've been better if he had died.

"I took your Semblance. You'll have to earn it, boy."