Prompt: "Spiders"
Pairings: Gen
Content warnings: Arachnophobia
Chapter 70: Itsy Bitsy Spider crawling all over my hand
It's funny; back Before(where Before was is a mystery now, but since they came to Narnia, then they had to come from some Where), Lucy distinctly remembers disliking spiders. She doesn't think it has to do to looks (like Susan who gets the creeps at just the sight of them), or to the venom (poor Peter has strong memories of having to go to a doctor to be clucked over after being bit once when he was very small), but she also isn't sure what it is about them that unnerves her.
She makes a point to be polite and friendly whenever she speaks to one, but she looks at the ease that Edmund cups them in his hand so he can hold them up to his ear (their voices are so soft, it's the only way to hear them) and wonders what's holding her back.
And then, one day, she works up the courage to offer a lift to one so he could talk to Edmund. She feels him crawl into her hand, slight and wispy and thinks ah, so that's what it is. She manages a polite smile after she hands the little sir off to Edmund but has to resist wiping her hand against her skirts as she turns away.
