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Characters: Chosenshipping.
Summary: Six-word-story challenge./Prompted by Midori. Cross-posted from my tumblr.
Masks
Smile, and peel off the mask;
he flinches under your gentle fingers,
his gray eyes wary and warm—
a combination that melts your heart
to cinders, to still-smoldering ashes.
"You aren't alone any more, Silver."