a/n: For Lowi. Thanks for reading this over and reassuring me it wasn't utter rubbish :)
day two - cecember 2nd
main prompt: chimney smoke
pairing/character: RoxanneScorpius
additional prompts: tremble ;; quest ;; lucid
He looks at her and she is the picture of broken, sitting on the bench outside of her house, watching the chimney smoke of the opposite house, her eyes glazed and shimming with tears, and he doesn't know what to do and he wants so much to wrap his arms around her and tell her that everything will be okay but he can't. So he sits next to her on the bench and lets her talk.
She talks of lost love and lucid dreams about the quest she's failing but that no one will tell her how to win or how to play. She tells him that she wants to give up and he goes to say something, to protest, but she turns around and presses her finger against his lips, stopping him.
They look at each other for what seems like hours but is really seconds. She lowers her finger and whispers.
"The quest. I want to give up the quest. It's stupid and childish and it's not getting me anywhere. Maybe if I give up I can start over again." Her voice trembles, but she keeps staring at his face.
He doesn't say anything, just looks at her. He takes in every detail, from her darkdark brown eyes to the small mole on her left cheek. He looks at her and knows he'll never ever forget this face.
She looks down at her hands and then his and slowly links them together and looks up again.
"And this time I want you to be there to help me." She smiles through her tears and even though she still looks broken he can't help but think that maybe he can fix her.