Swordspoint drabble: Under the Willows [Alec, general]
Title: Under the Willows Author: celandineb Fandom: Swordspoint Character: Alec Rating: general Summary: Young Alec longs for freedom. Note: For tayefeth who wanted Swordspoint: Alec, willow.
If his sister peopled the orchard with her imagined horses and friends, David haunted the stream banks and the willows which lined them.
Not David when he was there. Alec.
He whispered the name to the slender yellow-green leaves that rustled as he lay beneath them, disregarding the mud and moss that stained his clothes.
Alec could do whatever he wished, whether or not a noble was supposed to. He could run away to the city, study at the university, become an actor.
David looked at the sun through the willow leaves, and one day it was Alec who left.