TITLE:
"Dead Center"
AUTHOR: Aubrecia
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RATING: G (Sorry.)
WARNINGS:
Shonen-ai, angst
PAIRINGS: OS!Erk/Wil
SUMMARY:
Giftfic for ramythest
The library in Caelin's one castle was silent, it's sole occupant sitting on a window seat, tome in hand.
Erk sighed and set the book down on the floor. He wasn't going to absorb any more information at the moment; best leave it to another time.
A flash of movement on the archery practice grounds below caught his eye. He sat up and looked over the lawn.
Thwack. An arrow hit the target, dead center.
Erk found the archer. He didn't know him too well... his name was... Wil? Yes, Wil.
Thwack. Another arrow, dead center.
He wondered why Wil was practicing outside on such a cold day. The rest of the castle's occupants were inside, putting off their departures for a few days.
Thwack.
Erk could see Wil's face clearly from here. The high cheekbones, determined eyes, and brown bangs that were pushed impatiently aside.
Thwack.
Wil was... not beautiful, but certainly more than pretty. His face was the only skin showing, and it was a warm cream color. So unlike Erk's, a pale ivory from days spent sheltered from the sun in the library.
Thwack.
Erk had read about love, commitments, devotion. But he has never experienced it first hand; he loved Lady Louise and Lord Pent, of course, no matter how oddly he showed it. But loving someone else... the way Lady Louise loved Lord Pent, the way Lady Lyndis loved Florina.
Thwack.
But this teenager, shooting arrows alone on the cold day. He was fascinating to Erk, and it scared him, because he didn't know why.