Prompt: "Fair"


"Fair?" Jareth asked, his voice low with disdain and intent. "Fair is for fairy tales."

"Actually," Sarah replied matter-of-factly, "it isn't. Fairy tales are tales of fairy, not tales of fair-y. The form of the words is just a coincidence."

He blinked. "You know, you make it difficult to use proper villain-esque rejoinders."

Her smile was wry. "Serves you right for trying to verbally spar with an ex-English teacher with a penchant for etymology."

His smile mirrored hers. "I should never have let you make it through graduate school before seeing you again."

"Such a pity," came her teasing reply.