alonelikeme: (child who was lost in the wood)
Euphrasie 'Cosette' Fauchelevant ([personal profile] alonelikeme) wrote in [community profile] thecapitol2013-09-10 06:26 pm

Still like a child lost in the wood

Who| Cosette and YOU
What| Cosette just arrived and is just kind of... wandering and exploring.
Where| Pretty much anywhere.
When| Just after arriving!
Warnings/Notes| None, but will be updated as things come up.

Cosette wasn't sure how to take any of this, to be perfectly honest. She'd blame it on being all a very detailed dream, but even she didn't believe her imagination to come up with such strange things. She felt lost and alone, two things she hadn't imagined capable after so long a time with her father and in his care. She had not been entirely pleased with him, mind you, after his insistence that they leave for their safety... But that hardly mattered now. She did leave. Without him, it would seem... and not for somewhere safer, but somewhere far more dangerous. She was expected to fight. To die.

She made her way from the 8th floor in a kind of a haze, not entirely sure of where she was going or what she was doing. All she knew was that she didn't particularly feel like being cooped up in yet another room. She'd had plenty of that in her life as it was. Still, idly she thought of Marius and what he may be doing currently, unaware that she had not left for London, but for another place entirely. Of her father, who must be stricken with grief and worry. She thought of the square card they'd given her and explained it as a "credit card", of the map of the city, of the communication device that she had no idea how to use... But perhaps she should give it a try.

Once she found her bearings... Once she broke from her trance and accepted this for what it was, or at least until she found a way to anchor herself to the reality of this place. It wouldn't do to withdraw and submit to what they wanted of her... The strong would survive and the weak perish.
saisamour: (I CAN'T REPLACE)

[personal profile] saisamour 2013-09-28 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
A trembling gasp escaped Marius when he felt her hand on his cheek, and his fist slowly unclenched, shaking fingers brushing against hers for a few seconds before he grasped at her hand in an almost abrupt manner and squeezed it tight. They were warm and delicate, just as he remembered, and he desperately searched her eyes to see if there was something about them that might hint that she was not real, only to find through the tears that were forming in them that familiar, comforting look filled with love.

And that love was enough to envelop him with a sense of peace and calmness. For a moment he forgot everything about the Capitol and the Games. For a short while, all that existed was Cosette and himself and a tiny garden in full bloom and painted in the warmest hues. His gaze softened and the tiniest hint of a smile formed on his lips, and he felt nothing but the overwhelming desire to say something, anything to chase away her tears that were in danger of falling.

"I have missed you."