06-12-2018, 02:59 AM
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there's something sort of sweet, about finding your other half. in such a big and extensive world, to find someone who fits just right, who's hand is an extension of your own, who's heart is tethered to your own. who's everything seems both the exact same and the exact opposite of yours, but you belong to each other. that's a magical, impossible sort of thing. when prairie was small, she used to think that it only existed in fairy tales. she was a child of nine, with parents who did little more than mutter and mumble even before the world went to crap. she'd pledged herself to a life of servitude because she figured it might give her some meaning, some purpose, some way to matter, but it didn't. the force in her town was bullshit, run by puppets who did wicked things. she'd been fifteen and she'd had nothing to live for, nothing to fight for. she was in a world that was red. red with anger, with bloodshed, with pain. and within all this red, a boy with a pair of eyes greener than the summer showed up in her life, and she found something to start fighting for.
they married at eighteen. ran away from home, left everything that they'd ever known behind. at least, she had. she'd given up everything for him, for this boy with green eyes that pulled her feet from beneath her. they didn't quite fit into their world, so they made one of their own. nearly a decade, this love lasted. nearly a decade where prairie had someone she could call her own. they moved often, nothing was really permanent, but he was. he was always there by her side, the only person she ever thought she could trust. and god, she'd loved him. more than she should have, maybe. she'd wake up in the morning and start some coffee, and in the quiet she'd think that this could be her forever. prairie and babe. they could take on the world, they could start a family, they could be happy. but she'd always come back to reality, she'd remember that they couldn't start a family when they couldn't ever settle down, and maybe that was alright too, no matter how badly she wanted a little boy with her golden hair and his father's green eyes and charming smile. she could make due with this life, she could be happy with it, because at least she had him.
until she didn't. until he lied and broke her heart and prairie wasn't really sure she could ever forgive him, but maybe it was for the best. they'd been kids, when they fell in love, and they were now pushing thirty. they'd grown up, and maybe they'd grown apart. she still loved him, this couldn't be argued. every now and then, she'd look at him when she thought he wasn't paying attention, and she'd remember the comfort of waking up beside him, of his eyes on her, of all the little things that made her love him in the first place. but eventually, she'd look away, pretend her cup of coffee was more interesting. she kept his last name, cortés, rather than going to her maiden taylor. it was easier that way, not making some unnecessary change; she'd been prairie cortés for the latter third of her life, and prairie taylor just didn't fit right anymore. she still wore her ring, too. the little band on her left hand, simple and thin and making her hands look all the more dainty. she liked to tell herself that it was for safety, that the band told the world she wasn't alone and it protected her. but she was an inch shy of six feet tall, she was a well trained soldier, she could protect herself just fine. she supposed it was sentiment, remembering the days when she was younger, when she was sure that they could figure it out together.
she wore it that day, too. the ring caught the sun as she walked, thin frame wrapped in a few layers. the golden lob that made up her hair was pulled back into a pony tail, to keep it off of her face, but it only exposed the pink of her cheeks from the cold. her right hand was stuffed into her pockets, kept warm, while the left hand grasped the thermos in her hand tightly, bringing the container of still-hot coffee to her lips for a sip. you could never catch her without that ring, or some container of coffee. they were her saving graces. "knulla,[sup]1[/sup]" she cursed in her native tongue as she made her way through the snow, "i forgot how much i hate the cold." she drew in another sip from the thermos before tightening the top on it, arm easily bending to slip it into a side-pocket of her bag before glancing back at her companion, offering him a friendly, almost playful smile. "is it too late to turn around, go somewhere sunny and warm?" a joke, of course. prairie had set her mind on flintlock, and it would be a cold day in hell to change it.
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there's something sort of sweet, about finding your other half. in such a big and extensive world, to find someone who fits just right, who's hand is an extension of your own, who's heart is tethered to your own. who's everything seems both the exact same and the exact opposite of yours, but you belong to each other. that's a magical, impossible sort of thing. when prairie was small, she used to think that it only existed in fairy tales. she was a child of nine, with parents who did little more than mutter and mumble even before the world went to crap. she'd pledged herself to a life of servitude because she figured it might give her some meaning, some purpose, some way to matter, but it didn't. the force in her town was bullshit, run by puppets who did wicked things. she'd been fifteen and she'd had nothing to live for, nothing to fight for. she was in a world that was red. red with anger, with bloodshed, with pain. and within all this red, a boy with a pair of eyes greener than the summer showed up in her life, and she found something to start fighting for.
they married at eighteen. ran away from home, left everything that they'd ever known behind. at least, she had. she'd given up everything for him, for this boy with green eyes that pulled her feet from beneath her. they didn't quite fit into their world, so they made one of their own. nearly a decade, this love lasted. nearly a decade where prairie had someone she could call her own. they moved often, nothing was really permanent, but he was. he was always there by her side, the only person she ever thought she could trust. and god, she'd loved him. more than she should have, maybe. she'd wake up in the morning and start some coffee, and in the quiet she'd think that this could be her forever. prairie and babe. they could take on the world, they could start a family, they could be happy. but she'd always come back to reality, she'd remember that they couldn't start a family when they couldn't ever settle down, and maybe that was alright too, no matter how badly she wanted a little boy with her golden hair and his father's green eyes and charming smile. she could make due with this life, she could be happy with it, because at least she had him.
until she didn't. until he lied and broke her heart and prairie wasn't really sure she could ever forgive him, but maybe it was for the best. they'd been kids, when they fell in love, and they were now pushing thirty. they'd grown up, and maybe they'd grown apart. she still loved him, this couldn't be argued. every now and then, she'd look at him when she thought he wasn't paying attention, and she'd remember the comfort of waking up beside him, of his eyes on her, of all the little things that made her love him in the first place. but eventually, she'd look away, pretend her cup of coffee was more interesting. she kept his last name, cortés, rather than going to her maiden taylor. it was easier that way, not making some unnecessary change; she'd been prairie cortés for the latter third of her life, and prairie taylor just didn't fit right anymore. she still wore her ring, too. the little band on her left hand, simple and thin and making her hands look all the more dainty. she liked to tell herself that it was for safety, that the band told the world she wasn't alone and it protected her. but she was an inch shy of six feet tall, she was a well trained soldier, she could protect herself just fine. she supposed it was sentiment, remembering the days when she was younger, when she was sure that they could figure it out together.
she wore it that day, too. the ring caught the sun as she walked, thin frame wrapped in a few layers. the golden lob that made up her hair was pulled back into a pony tail, to keep it off of her face, but it only exposed the pink of her cheeks from the cold. her right hand was stuffed into her pockets, kept warm, while the left hand grasped the thermos in her hand tightly, bringing the container of still-hot coffee to her lips for a sip. you could never catch her without that ring, or some container of coffee. they were her saving graces. "knulla,[sup]1[/sup]" she cursed in her native tongue as she made her way through the snow, "i forgot how much i hate the cold." she drew in another sip from the thermos before tightening the top on it, arm easily bending to slip it into a side-pocket of her bag before glancing back at her companion, offering him a friendly, almost playful smile. "is it too late to turn around, go somewhere sunny and warm?" a joke, of course. prairie had set her mind on flintlock, and it would be a cold day in hell to change it.
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