Title: Perspective
Pairing: unnamed
Rating: T
Genre: angst
Word Count: 200

Prompt: Photo of a red wall with the words "I love you" spray painted in black. There was a window in the top left corner that I focused this double-drabble on.

AN: No particular couple listed for this. I see the guy as a long-haired stoner type delivery boy. Girl is a little more vague in my mind. If you absolutely need a Twilight pairing, think Jasper and Bella.


Perspective

She stares out the window, not seeing the world around her. She can't see past the dull grey walls and stained ceiling that have surrounded her for the past eighteen years. She won't leave.

He visits her little hideout, bringing pizzas, sometimes flowers. He's the only one who sees her smile, though even he can't coax her from the familiar safety of her self-imposed prison. He can't make her leave.

At night he roams the streets, unable to shut his thoughts off long enough to sleep. He brings color with him wherever he goes—bright spots of pink and blue, warm browns and vibrant greens. He paints her face in an alley, her name on a train car. His feelings shine for all to see.

In her room, her sanctuary, her cell, she longs for one ray of hope, one reason to leave. To her eyes the world looks dull, colorless. The bustling street outside her window is too busy, too hectic, too impersonal for her fragile psyche.

He asks her what her favorite color is, but she never sees the vivid stretch of red that frames her small window. She doesn't see his words. She's gone.

He loved her.