Disclaimer: this must be answered with a resounding… no
Teaser: the love stories were just better in 1915
Author's Notes: what I was doing instead of Government homework. And English… and Math. Sociology…
1sentence challenge on livejournal. Meaning: one sentence for each theme. Done mostly because there is no Shadow Hearts 1sentence things anyway. (shock and horror). First up, Alice and Yuri. Because they're the original couple.
/give us this day our daily bread/
/Turn One: on earth as it is in heaven/
o01. Motion
the soothing movement of the train beneath him nearly dances Yuri down to sleep, but then a strange, English man brushes pass him
o02. Cool
soft air brushes her cheek, cool and tickling, and Alice awakens, choking on a scream when she meets his red eyes for the very first time
o03. Young
"he's awful broken up about this… and he isn't like us," Alice says of Halley and sends Yuri a slightly reprimanding look, "you should be careful with him."
o04. Last
Margarete is the last one to leave them and she goes with a flare, arms thrown about their necks with a cry of, "I wanna be the godmother of your first born!"
o05. Wrong
it's all so wrong, he thinks wildly to himself as the masks whisper those horrible truths into his ear, they aren't supposed to go after her, never her!
o06. Gentle
"You're so tiny," he murmurs against her bare neck and gentles his groping hands
o07. One
when she sees him again after six months—six long, agonizingly slow months—Alice realizes that Yuri will be the only man she ever feels this way for
o08. Thousand
"a thousand more of 'em won't save ya!" he shouts to Duhai, cracking his knuckles, his eyes never leaving Alice, strung up on the machine like a crucified Vestal Virgin (which is an adjective he plans to be changing as soon as he gets the chance).
o09. King
the way she runs her fingers butterfly soft through his hair makes Yuri feel like a king and the way she kisses his forehead makes him feel like a grubby peasant, clamoring for more
o010. Learn
sure, he's had woman before, but he's never wanted to romance them and, damnit, he's going to have to ask Keith to teach him how
o011. Blur
the world seems to blur around Alice; she's too bright and everyone else is too dark
o012. Wait
"wa—" she begins, wanting desperately to whisper those things to him (I love you, I'm not sorry, I'll die for you) but Yuri has a world to save
o013. Change
Yuri thinks it's Alice that's different, older and more mature, but when he transforms and the fusion comes with ease and painless grace he realizes it's him that's done the changing
o014. Command
of course, Yuri doesn't take orders often so everyone is surprised when he does as Alice tells him to and heads off for bed, until—that is—he turns to grin at her and offers her a very Yuri-like suggestion
o015. Hold
she holds his sweaty, shaking body to hers and sends up her thanks to God that He's let her live long enough to experience the sensation of joining with him
o016. Need
at first he thinks it's lust, desire even, a reluctant fondness, but when she goes to the Graveyard for him, he realizes he needs her
o017. Vision
she dies in his vision on the train ride to Zurich, but Yuri wakes up and Alice smiles at him—"thank God, it was just a dream"
o018. Attention
Alice has discovered that the easiest way to get Yuri's attention is to begin to undo the buttons of her shirt
o019. Soul
her soul for his; it was a fair deal to Alice
o020. Picture
they don't have time for photos and Yuri will find sometime later that he would trade in everything he has for a mere snapshot of her smiling face
o021. Fool
the masks laugh at him; this fool-boy who seeks to disrupt the soul contract but regret their humor when Yuri plows through them
o022. Mad
"I should be pissed," Yuri muses aloud after they rouse themselves from the dream world, but his arm is draped intimately over Alice (she really loves me, then)
o023. Child
it's a series of firsts for Alice; she first makes love with Yuri on the train to Zurich, and she has her first child nine months after
o024. Now
"Now," Yuri says, turning to a flustered Alice who cannot look away from the door he has forcibly shut on their friends, "where were we?"
o025. Shadow
on the night before they go after Cardinal Albert Simon (not Roger Bacon) Yuri tells Alice, "we'll go to your hometown when it's over" and he sees the shadow of doubt flicker across her face
o026. Goodbye
he's not one for goodbyes and so when the time comes for them to depart from their friends, Yuri lets Alice do all the talking
o027. Hide
Alice seems determined to learn every inch of his body so he doesn't bother to hide his scars from her, both inside and outside
o028. Fortune
"fuck," is what Yuri says when he notices how much the new ribbons are, because he spent all his money on that damned, gay acupuncture guy
o029. Safe
it's funny how Yuri spent a year trying to keep Alice safe from harm, but in the end it's he who seeks that comfort from her
o030. Ghost
Atman uses the memory of her father (you died to protect me, daddy, you died for me) against her and not even Yuri can protect her from that guilt
o031. Book
Yuri lets Alice read to him from her bible but he's mostly doing it for her voice… oh, and because his head gets to be in her lap
o032. Eye
"Demon eyes," the old woman whispers and Alice thinks that perhaps she does have them; that dream involving Yuri was certainly… demonic enough—of course, carnal would be a better word but she'd never admit it
o033. Never
his heart is screaming, clamoring inside his head, and it's saying I won't her go! Never! and he steps into the doors that have always held his deepest fears; all for her
o034. Sing
"you were in choir?" Yuri asks as he catches up with Alice and, when she flushes, he says, "I bet I can make you sing"
o035. Sudden
she suddenly can't keep her eyes open anymore
o036. Stop
their first kiss is right before the train ride to Zurich, her breath mingling with his, her hands running up his chest, and his heart stopping
o037. Time
"if you could go back, would you change any it of?" Alice asks him and Yuri just smirks; no point in telling her that if he could he would've gone a lot further on the first night than he did
o038. Wash
"I thought you were supposed to take your clothes off first," Halley questions, oblivious, but Alice glares soundly over at a smirking, smug Yuri
o039. Torn
he ends up tearing her blouse the first time, but she doesn't mind and she gets a little zing when she sews it up after
o040. History
there won't be any books written about them, they won't go down as star-crossed lovers like Dido and Aeneas, Romeo and Juliet, Anthony and Cleopatra but they love with heat and passion and that's more than enough
o041. Power
he's not really interested in power—certainly not like Bacon(Simon) or Duhai—but he's more than willing to do whatever he has to do to protect Alice, even if that means absorbing a god
o042. Bother
she shouldn't even bother, Alice thinks as she brushes a kiss across Yuri's sleeping head, some hair isn't meant to be manageable
o043. God
Yuri doesn't rightly believe in God Himself, but he gets a peaceful feeling when he watches Alice bend down to pray
o044. Wall
later he'll feel guilty about it but right now he's too needy and she's too clingy for him to worry overmuch about taking her virginity against the wall
o045. Naked
Alice's wondered about the plains of a man's body, of course (and it's not like she can ask her father, him being her father) and she bashfully begins to explore the new territory by taking off Yuri's shirt.
o046. Drive
in the beginning it was the voice that drove Yuri to accomplish such amazing feats, later it became his need to save an innocent woman from danger, and at the end it was this burning sensation in his chest
o047. Harm
Alice had only been able to watch her father die before her eyes and she won't stand for it again; she'll do anything to protect Yuri from harm
o048. Precious
everything about her is precious, from her succulent, plump lips, to her soft, shining hair, to those wide, blue eyes, to the small scar on her shoulder and Yuri worships each one at the temple of her body
o049. Hunger
at first, she thinks it's hunger for food that causes her belly to quiver when she sees him; later she'll realize it was a different hunger all together
o050. Believe
as she drifts off into sleep against Yuri, Alice dreams of happily-ever-afters
notes: just a quick note on the title. Both titles (entire work and chapter) are taken from "The Lord's Prayer", a Catholic chant that they say during the middle of the ceremony. Alice is, obviously, is a Christian and God and Fate play a large role in Shadow Hearts so I thought it appropriate to give them those titles. All the rest of the chapter titles will have lines from "The Lord's Prayer" as their title, as well.
Next up in Karin and Nicolai. Good ahead, guess which line I used for that.