Title: and the flames went higher
Rating: PG
Spoilers: What Kate Did
Prompt: #57/devise
Summary: Little girls shouldn't play with fire.
Author's Notes: written for lost_in_108. I'm hoping this makes sense.
She's seven and fascinated by the way the flame flickers every time she takes a breath; excitement making her hand tremble and eyes widen at the spark of light the match throws.
(Little girls shouldn't play with fire. But Kate's never been good with people telling her what to do.)
Then the fire licks at her finger and the carpet erupts before she can stop it. Water extinguishes it, but her heart's beating too fast for her to do anything but stare at the blackened floor afterward.
Wayne's asleep on the couch and doesn't wake up until later.
(She's twenty-four when he doesn't wake up at all.)