Aaron Kuenning } The Valiant Little Tailor (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
at_one_blow) wrote2013-01-01 11:24 pm
at_one_blow) wrote2013-01-01 11:24 pm
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and they won't let us outside anymore {for
They smile when they say things like 'stable.' 'Healthy.' 'Improving.' He smiles back because he doesn't know what else he's meant to do with his face.
It's the only time he smiles these days.
It's a nice facility, really. The government hadn't skimped on making his prison a comfortable one. Some piece of his mind that hovers in 'stable' and 'healthy' and 'improving' appreciates that--or finds it ironic.
Most pieces of his mind are still quietly screaming, quietly scrambling to cling together over the cracks realization had left. Looking for six more pieces of himself that shouldn't be missing.
But they smile. They smile and tell him he can have visitors now. He smiles back absently and returns to his sketches as he sits in the common room, waiting for visitors who won't come.
Not allowed shears. Not even allowed needles.
The dresses he draws are beautiful and completely unsatisfying.
It's the only time he smiles these days.
It's a nice facility, really. The government hadn't skimped on making his prison a comfortable one. Some piece of his mind that hovers in 'stable' and 'healthy' and 'improving' appreciates that--or finds it ironic.
Most pieces of his mind are still quietly screaming, quietly scrambling to cling together over the cracks realization had left. Looking for six more pieces of himself that shouldn't be missing.
But they smile. They smile and tell him he can have visitors now. He smiles back absently and returns to his sketches as he sits in the common room, waiting for visitors who won't come.
Not allowed shears. Not even allowed needles.
The dresses he draws are beautiful and completely unsatisfying.