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Challenge [185]: Heatwave
Title: Flame
Wordcount: 150
Notes: This is an older one of mine but I haven't used it for anything like this. o-o I'll take it down if that's against the rules or something.

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He'd always loved fire.

There was a flame in his heart, always. Camping with his family, poking at the glowing embers of a marshmallow arson site, that was his favorite pastime.

There was always a lighter between his fingers when he wasn't near a real fire. Flickering it, flat on his back in his bedroom while he listened to his parents bark at each other above his basement room. His one escape, the flame at his fingertips.

His parents hadn't been good with names. 'Lea', they'd called him, and though he'd protested it was a girl name, there was no escaping from 'Lea'.

He tattoos his face one day, just for something to do. Black tears on either cheek. He's fine with this, and his parents don't even notice.

That's fine with him.

When finally his heart breaks, Lea has disappeared.

The only thing left is Axel, and the fire.

Date: 2009-05-05 02:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oreo-81369-17.livejournal.com
ooooooooo poor Axel~ the last sentence is cooooooooool♥♥♥

Date: 2009-05-05 03:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oreo-81369-17.livejournal.com
hahahahahhahha
you have no idea~
i wrote cool and almost changed it to hot~
but my inner brain was like 'CORRRRNYYY~~~' hahahah
but yes it was hot hot hahaha

Date: 2009-05-05 02:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] punjab-banks.livejournal.com
i like how you made a backstory and a character with so few words :)
only he tattooed himself? owww

mod note-

Date: 2009-05-05 02:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] crimsoncookie.livejournal.com
using older work is fine, as long as you haven't posted it here before. :)

Date: 2009-05-07 05:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tabitha-dornoc.livejournal.com
TEENAGEANGST!AXEL I like the image of him flicking a lighter as his parents scream at each other, hm. Also like the idea of not being able to 'escape' a name. <3

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