Disclaimer: GW = not mine.

Author's Note: For Kit. FT-fic with code names only. *cracks knuckles* And before you judge me, I am still working on Side Effects.

Forfeit
by mistress amethyst une

"You seem awake," declared the Prince. "And yet, you still fail to understand why I do what I must. Pull the trigger, Aurora."

They stood at odds in the barren Martian wasteland, red engulfing everything around them.

"Kill me as promised."

The Prince stepped forward until Aurora's gun lay against the Prince's heart. Contrary by nature, Aurora lowered the gun.

"You were the spindle," said Aurora. "And you are the Prince."

The Prince nodded. "In me, the Earth found rest. In me, Mars found awakening."

"And what am I to find in you?"

The Prince breathed against Aurora's lips. "Release."

Brain is broken, ok? Interpret as you wish.