Whispers in Time
A collection of drabbles, canon and alt pairings, some AU,
miscellaneous characters. Thoughts and memories in time.
Rumiko Takahashi owns everything.
Fire and Ice
He was ice. Cold, harsh and unforgiving. He was fierce and strong, his cold exterior warding off any unwelcome visitors into his equally frozen core. There was an arrogant beauty to him, but few dared to truly appreciate it, fearing the bitter cold.
She was fire. Hot and dangerous. She burned with a violent intensity, the flames devouring every ounce of her being. She too was beautiful, but her passionate fire threatened to consume anyone who dared to get close.
He did not fear the fire, nor she the ice. He had not noticed the warmth she brought to him. Slowly the hard shell began to melt away. He was too proud to ever acknowledge it. She was too proud to acknowledge that she would be forever trapped by her flames. He was calm and rational, and it drove her insane. She wanted to be like that. She wanted to be ice cold.
Soon the flames consumed her forever. They choked the last bit of air out of her, until there was nothing left. They burned out in a desperate cloud of smoke. All the intensity was gone with nothing to show for it. He watched the smoke fade away, and only then did he realize the ice was completely gone. It had melted away as pathetically as the flames had burned out. He stood alone, a strange warmth in his heart. He was angry with her. It was her fault, after all.
Without its icy shell his heart was now free to be broken.