Untamed by criticat

Prompt: Lief

This drabble was written for Smittee’s Alphabet challenge.

Standard disclaimer applies. I do not own Inuyasha.

Prompt: Lief – soon, gladly.

Squealing, she shut her eyes tightly, delicate and yet unusually strong fingers digging into the smooth skin of Sesshomaru’s hand, not really caring whether she earned herself a glare for doing so. Too afraid to look, she could feel the ground get further and further away, the gusts of air beating against her body with greater intensity than she ever experienced before. A part of her was curious to take a peek but in the end she admitted to herself that she would as lief look as fall.

Aurulent eyes slanting in her direction, Sesshomaru felt the corners of his mouth lift upwards at how fragile the girl looked, her body pressed as closely to his as possible for the fear of falling. Leaning down, he spoke into her ear.

“It is a shame that you dare not look.”

At first not certain whether she heard him, he remained as he was for some time, golden eyes fixed on her face. Finally, she muttered.

“Why?”

 “This is one of the few ways to experience true freedom.”

He heard a muffled sound as she turned to bury her face in his side, disbelief and fear still radiating off her but, Sesshomaru noted with some satisfaction, the scent lost its intensity.

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