fic: eyes that cannot see (Sirius, gen, PG)

[arcanetrivia]

(xpost to sirius100)

Title: eyes that cannot see
Author: esmestrella
Characters: just Sirius
Rating: PG
Words: 100
Prompt: shadows
Warnings: Utter lack of anything actually happening?
A/N: I don't usually do pretentious formatting stuff like eschewing capital letters, but it seemed appropriate here. (And I need a better Sirius icon than this one.)


there were shadows in his head where no one could see them, where no one believed they were there, with the density of a forest all loam and lichen. he reckoned that's why his eyes were so dark a grey: they were mere silver-tinted glazing, transparent, showing through to those shadows fluttering like a flock of dying doves. sometimes he used to choose to do things even though he knew they were bad ideas; he'd had a light that showed him everything so plain and simple. now he just couldn't see past the shadows into the place where consequences lived.

Comments

[speed-demon77.livejournal.com]

Oh that's lovely. I always want to cuddle Sirius close and try and help him forget all the horrible stuff. And the pretentious formatting stuff really works here.

This is the nearest thing to a Sirius icon that I have loaded at the moment. It mentions Gary Oldman, does that count?

[elethian.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think that's a reason I like him paired up with Severus so much. He is a tragic character as well; lots of Bad Shit™ has happened to him too.

Thanks for the comment!