prompt: lj's 30heartbeats no.1.07
notes: i'm feelin' pretty great.
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/childhood
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She's humming.
—and he's lying in the shade of the tree, as she picks some prettypretty flowers, and makes a bouquet for him to see.
(But it's not nearly as pretty as she is, he thinks to himself.)
Her eyes are sparkling, full of glitter, and her cheeks flush lightly, in the warm summer breeze.
(He's vaguely aware that the leaves are dead, redorange and orangered. And maybe it's actually fall, but when he's with her,
it's always summer.)
And then she pulls him, and they skip to the river, hand in hand. The water is gone, dried long ago, but they hop and jump and splash around in their own happiness, without a care in the world.
And for the day—among others—they make forts out of blankets and castles in the sand, build houses in trees and scream out and laugh,
living this day like the very last.
Nothing beats that smile on her face, so brightbrightbright, like a lovely paper lantern. And Natsu shares the same feelings, with an identical grin, because maybe this is what should happen,
for those with daddy issues and messed up pasts.
(And he swears, he'll give Lucy the childhood she never, ever had.
—because maybe, just maybe he needs one, too.)
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notes: i totally just cheated you guys of a superadorable scene of nalu!as kids interacting.