Took me a while to find more inspiration for another short, but I got there eventually
Metastases (Part 1)
He sits alone by the side of the water, gazing at the perfect ripples spreading out towards the banks as nature drifts by tranquilly. The light reflected off of the ceaseless pond splays across his face, cautiously illuminating his golden eyes—which, while usually fierce, sharpy and alert, are half-closed, slightly diluted and dulled.
In the midst of this peace, a gentle breeze wisps past disarmingly. His blonde hair is tossed up in the wind, and he smiles.
On days like this, he enjoys solitude. He yearns for it. When alone, he is allowed the chance to reconcile with his thoughts, explore his feelings, to grant himself the opportunity to make peace with his regrets and find the deeper meaning in his severely altered existence.
The breeze intensifies before dying out quietly. Displaced leaves begin to slowly drift towards the ground. His smile widens as he turns to the side, staring off into the distance. The city is there, situated in the background.
It is almost time to return home.
He shifts into a more relaxed position and returns his eyes to the pond.
Not time yet.
The more time he is able to spend by himself, the more his happiness grows and expands, eventually harnessing the joint-relations hip to spread uncontained to other areas of his life. It becomes unrestrained. Unbound. Endless.
So it is okay to stay a little while longer, if only for a moment.
He sits alone by the side of the water. gazing at the perfect ripples and reflecting silently on how great it truly is to be alive.
A/N: Short. I know. My apologies. Not many notes...only one, really. I know that the word metastases is usually used in a purely medical sense, to describe a cancer that has evolved beyond malignancy and can spread to other parts of the body, but the title seemed to fit. The happiness he now bears is like a metastatic cancer in that regard, except that it is the opposite of harmful. There will be three parts to this one.
Please give me your opinion of this short, because it has become one of my instant favorites, and I need feedback to keep the other two parts enjoyable.
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