A/N: thirteenth roll=6, (total=48) prompt: land


Drabbles of Frontier
13: land (Kouichi)

He thought it would be nice to fly – until he grew wings and turned into a carrion-devouring beast. Then it wasn't so nice.

Or he didn't really care at the time. He doubted there was any rational thought in that beast spirit's mind – because he barely recalled it at all. It was all awash in red and burning and hunger –

And then pain. And it ended in pain.

But the thought of flying after that wasn't so great, because it was an aching hole in his memories, and his heart: a tumour ripped out and leaving those phantom pains behind.