Title: A Game of Trust
Author: Amanda
Rating: PG-13 in future chapters, but a strong PG for now.
Ships: S/S
Prolouge:
When I was a little kid at summer camp we used to play this game where everyone would stand shoulder to shoulder in a tight circle with one person isolated in the center. I remember being in the center of that circle, arms folded across my chest and eyes squeezed shut.
The camp counsellor called it 'a game of trust' because she then told me to just let myself fall, trusting the other campters to catch me. What I remember most vividly about that moment was how time seemed to stop from the instant I leaned back into the open air until someone's hands finally reached out and caught me.
It still strikes me as odd that this was the first thing that came to mind when I answered my door after midnight one uncharacteristically cold night and found Sark standing before me, telling me to pack a suitcase because we had to leave...
Author: Amanda
Rating: PG-13 in future chapters, but a strong PG for now.
Ships: S/S
Prolouge:
When I was a little kid at summer camp we used to play this game where everyone would stand shoulder to shoulder in a tight circle with one person isolated in the center. I remember being in the center of that circle, arms folded across my chest and eyes squeezed shut.
The camp counsellor called it 'a game of trust' because she then told me to just let myself fall, trusting the other campters to catch me. What I remember most vividly about that moment was how time seemed to stop from the instant I leaned back into the open air until someone's hands finally reached out and caught me.
It still strikes me as odd that this was the first thing that came to mind when I answered my door after midnight one uncharacteristically cold night and found Sark standing before me, telling me to pack a suitcase because we had to leave...
