Thimbles Week 16 Fanficflashfic
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"But I don't want to go back. I don't understand why I can't stay here, with you."
I don't even know his name. What I do know is that this place, whatever it is, is so much easier than real life.
He picks me up, smiling like he always does. His eyes crinkle at the corners. God, I don't even know what color they are. Something between water and lilacs. We're cloaked in shadows but I can see him. So strange.
"That's not how it works," he tells me. Again. "I'm stuck and you're not." The raised lines on his wrists shimmer. An unnecessary reminder. "I wish I hadn't done what I had." His smile falters.
He sets me down, and the green glow in the choreographed sky shifts, bends.
I sigh. "It's hard."
"I know."
"I can't do it by myself."
"You won't be."
"I won't have you."
"No."
"It's not fair."
"Some things never are," he says, and I know he's speaking of his Fate as much as mine. He takes a step back, shoves his hands into his pockets. "You have to go now. Just promise me you'll give yourself a chance."
I only kiss him goodbye.