Drabble: Behind the Mask (Discworld)
Author: Hyel
Title: Behind the Mask
Rating: B
Characters: Susan and Tiffany
Description: Written for no-true-pair. Just a wee thing on how Susan and Tiffany might take each other.


Behind the Mask


‘I am not afraid of you,’ said the girl, without a shudder or a drop of sweat on her broad young forehead.

There was no anger or bravado in her voice. Susan believed her, though she did not understand. She kept the aspect on, but the girl stared straight at her own mortality and did not cringe.

‘You are Death, but you’re also just a girl, like me.’

Susan let death fall off her, little by little, and the seeming of her skin settled back into its customary freshness. ‘Well,’ said Susan, smiling, ‘at least that’s not exactly an insult.’