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note:
A challenge for the Spy and Silencer ML, the lyrics belong to the Cure, and
are from the song Just Like Heaven. I own neither the song nor the characters,
I was just borrowing them.
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A giggle filtered through the canvas of the main tent, a masculine chuckle following soon after.
"Come on Midii, just trust in it."
A young blonde woman nodded, turning away from her companion and moving
to the center of the ring. Legs bunched as she prepared to leap. Eyes closed
in fear.
"Show me how you do that trick
The one that makes me scream" she said
"The one that makes me laugh" she said
And threw her arms around my neck
"Show me how you do it
And I promise you I promise that
I'll run away with you
I'll run away with you"
He caught her as she fell, arms wrapping around her shaking form.
Raining kisses down on her tear streaked face. Hands, moving, checking,
assuring himself that she was all right.
"You don't have to do this. You don't."
She shook her head in denial, determination lighting in her features
as she pushed him away. Struggling to stand on her own. Blood beginning
to flow from her split lip.
He watched her with loving eyes as she turned from him, preparing herself for that first leap.
Spinning on that dizzy edge
I kissed her face and kissed her head
And dreamed of all the different ways I had
To make her glow
"Why are you so far away?" she said
"Why won't you ever know that I'm in love with you
That I'm in love with you"
He didn't run when she fell this time, only sat back and watched.
She wouldn't tolerate interference. She was determined.
"Believe in yourself." He called out after the fifth fall. He winced
as he saw the dried blood, and the swelling. Why? Why did this mean so
much to her?
He leaned back against the ring's edge, watching, and waiting. He
didn't turn as the sound of footsteps drew closer. Mentally placing the
person as his sister.
He took the proffered cup of coffee, eyes never leaving the determined figure of his wife.
"That's it," he whispered as he watched everything fall into place, her determination winning out.
"She told you she would," his sister whispered and he smiled.
"Yes, she did." He left the cup on the edge of the ring as he moved
forward, catching his grinning wife in a crushing embrace. Swinging her
feet off the ground as she laughed in glee.
You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Strange as angels
Dancing in the deepest oceans
Twisting in the water
You're just like a dream
"I did it," she whispered. Looking down at him, smiling.
"Yes, you did."
She shifted in his grip, a silent plea to be placed on the ground.
From the sidelines his sister clapped, her lavender eyes filling with
approval. And he smiled as his wife gave the older girl a thumbs up.
Daylight licked me into shape
I must have been asleep for days
And moving lips to breathe her name
I opened up my eyes
And found myself alone alone
Alone above a raging sea
That stole the only girl I loved
And drowned her deep inside of me
"And here, we have the family act of Catherine Bloom, her brother Triton
and his wife Midii. Be prepared for dazzling acrobat feats and contests
of skill!" The ringmaster's voice rang out and the group in question ran
forward to the applause of the spectators. Joy in every step.
You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Just like heaven
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