Fics like Patiently painting patterns

“Do you trust us?” Mira asked. Rumi’s gaze zeroed on her with an intensity that felt too heavy to carry on her eyes. “I do” she said solemnly “with my life.” The answer weighed in the room by how openly vulnerable it had been. There was a raw undertone to it, more than one way she meant it; she’d die for them, she’d trust they could save her and…she’d let them take her life. The moment existed; it burned and went out without any of them being truly able to acknowledge it, nor ignore it. Zoey dropped the contents of the bag, revealing a collection of brushes and a variety of paint bottles “I have an idea” she said “Well, more than that, obviously, but this one feels the most meaningful” she grabbed the supplies “maybe to help you accept yourself and for us to truly understand what you are feeling, we should feel it in the flesh as well.” “We are going to paint the patterns on our skin, exactly as they are on yours” Mira provided. _____ The defeat of Gwi-Ma didn't take away the scars they had inflicted on one another. Words weren't enough to shatter the silence, but perhaps rewtriting the meaning of the patterns into their own skin could help them all understand what laid underneath.

Fics like Patiently painting patterns

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