Final Fantasy VI - Shiva/Celes drabble

[lirillith]

Title: Snowdrop
Fandom: Final Fantasy VI
Characters: Shiva/Celes
Word count: 100
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Summary: Celes dreams of winter.
Notes: For the FF Kiss Battle.

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Celes knows she’s dreaming, because she’s no longer on the raft, alone between sea and sky.  Someone is at her side, and she can hear the crunch of snow underfoot, the soft sigh of wind between bare trees.  

They stop by a frozen pond; Shiva’s kiss feels like snowflakes on her lips, like cool, fresh water.  You don’t need to melt, Shiva says.  Some plants need cold to bloom.

“Teach me,” Celes says, but she says it out loud, the words harsh in her dry throat, too loud, and she wakes with only the kiss of snow on her lips.