main prompt - chimney smoke
character/pairing - roxanne/scorpius
extra prompt - tremble
.
Sometimes, Roxanne likes to sit on top of her roof and stare out at the forest surrounding her home. The roof has always been her favourite place to come; whether she's stressed, angry, upset, or just bored. It's her place.
Climbing out the window of her bedroom, today is no exception. She steps out onto the grey roof and crawls carefully to the top, where she crosses her legs and tilts her head back to stare up at the night sky. It's Christmas Eve and she's just gotten home.
Scorpius and Rose had some lovely news tonight, that they shared with everyone. They're getting married. And it's sad, considering Roxanne has been in love with him since the day they met. Of course, he never realized - not until she kissed him last week.
He kissed back.
Maybe she's a bad person for having hope that he'll realize his feelings for her and leave Rose; Rose is her cousin, after all. But she can't really bring herself to care.
She trembles slightly from the cold, just as chimney smoke starts coming out of the chimney beside her. She watches as if floats up into the sky and fades away.
She doesn't want to fade away from Scorpius' life like chimney smoke. So she stands up and decides she's going to go tell Scorpius exactly how she feels. Maybe it'll be pointless - maybe he is truly in love with Rose.
But she has to at least try.