(no subject)
May. 12th, 2007 06:18 pm![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
lorei.livejournal.com posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
kh_drabbleChallenge: [105] Home
Title: With Love
Wordcount: 283
Notes: The tenses did not want to co-operate with me this time XD; Eric/Ariel, and some sophomoric post-wedding angst. Not sure if this will be my only entry this week.
He never realized how alien she was until he first saw her bare legs on their wedding night.
His hand hesitated over her thigh. It was pure white, never seen the sun, so delicate. "What is it?" she asked, her beautiful voice childishly confused.
He smiled, reassuringly, and she must have been so nervous, because she believed it was real. He touched her, now, trailing his hand down a leg that had always been hidden behind emerald scales, until he came and she scraped them all off for love of him.
Her toenails are translucent. They're soft and infirm as a baby's, and her foot is so small. It's not the foot of a girl sixteen, it's that of an elf, a pixie, an ethereal creature that's better in her beautiful myth then under his heavy, calloused, human hands.
He suddenly feels awful. She's sixteen, for God's sake, and she's far too far from home, because she loves him just too much. It was all at once that he felt the guilt that was inexplicably but absolutely worse then drowning.
"Ariel..." he muttered, looking at her but avoiding her bright-blue eyes. "Are you sure? You can't ever go home, not after this..."
I understand she thought. He loves me too much to hurt me. Oh, but she was nervous and she had wished just this morning she could ask her sisters for advice, anything, what they had done on their wedding nights, if any of them regretted it. It's not too late to go--
Oh. She smiled at her prince and maybe he's nervous, but he can see that it's real. She sat up, put her arms about his neck, pulled him close to her so that she could whisper in his ear-- oh please, silly. My home is with my love, Eric, with you!
Title: With Love
Wordcount: 283
Notes: The tenses did not want to co-operate with me this time XD; Eric/Ariel, and some sophomoric post-wedding angst. Not sure if this will be my only entry this week.
He never realized how alien she was until he first saw her bare legs on their wedding night.
His hand hesitated over her thigh. It was pure white, never seen the sun, so delicate. "What is it?" she asked, her beautiful voice childishly confused.
He smiled, reassuringly, and she must have been so nervous, because she believed it was real. He touched her, now, trailing his hand down a leg that had always been hidden behind emerald scales, until he came and she scraped them all off for love of him.
Her toenails are translucent. They're soft and infirm as a baby's, and her foot is so small. It's not the foot of a girl sixteen, it's that of an elf, a pixie, an ethereal creature that's better in her beautiful myth then under his heavy, calloused, human hands.
He suddenly feels awful. She's sixteen, for God's sake, and she's far too far from home, because she loves him just too much. It was all at once that he felt the guilt that was inexplicably but absolutely worse then drowning.
"Ariel..." he muttered, looking at her but avoiding her bright-blue eyes. "Are you sure? You can't ever go home, not after this..."
I understand she thought. He loves me too much to hurt me. Oh, but she was nervous and she had wished just this morning she could ask her sisters for advice, anything, what they had done on their wedding nights, if any of them regretted it. It's not too late to go--
Oh. She smiled at her prince and maybe he's nervous, but he can see that it's real. She sat up, put her arms about his neck, pulled him close to her so that she could whisper in his ear-- oh please, silly. My home is with my love, Eric, with you!
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2007-05-13 05:19 am (UTC)^^ That was lovely! I adore a fic that takes into account those things- the little, seemingly insignificant things that most people ignore in a fairytale. *purr* Ariel has weird legs~!
Eric was sweet and caring and Ariel was homesick and understanding and they're both so nervous and that was wonderful. XD
*applauds*
no subject
Date: 2007-05-14 02:53 am (UTC)I'm glad you liked how their characters turned out-- I'm still a little shaky about writing Disney-centric fic, but than I had this silly image of Ariel's new legs, and I really wanted to try writing something on it ^^; Very glad it was enjoyed! ♥
no subject
Date: 2007-05-13 05:26 am (UTC)I finished your request by the way, on kh_request.
no subject
Date: 2007-05-14 02:55 am (UTC)I saw, and it's lovely ♥ Thank you, again, for that!
no subject
Date: 2007-05-18 02:41 am (UTC)