A Little Wild Cherry (lane) wrote in museprompts, @ 2011-03-03 17:24:00 |
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Prompt #2 - Are you afraid of the dark?
Muse/Fandom: Lois Lane/Smallville.
Prompt: 2. Are you afraid of the dark?
Word Count: 276.
Open to roleplay: Sure.
When I was a kid I used to be afraid of the dark. Not something I want to admit, but it’s true. At first it took my mom to calm me down at night. You know how it is, your mom telling you there’s nothing there and the big bad dark creature isn’t going to get you. Then she kisses you goodnight and leaves you alone. I suppose a mother’s touch makes everything better.
After she died, my fear of the dark got a bit out of control. Not because I was actually afraid of the dark itself, but at the time I saw the dark as a threat that would take my dad and Lucy away from me too. I’d already lost my mom and I just couldn’t fathom losing them too. When my dad realized what was going on with me, he took a rare moment to indulge in my fears by giving the dark a stern talking to. Laugh at that if you want, but you’ve never had the pleasure of hearing The General (though he was a Colonel at the time) order the dark to get the hell off his damn base. For years it made him my hero. Naturally my fear of the dark faded away like a forgotten memory and these days a fear of the dark is just ridiculous for me to comprehend.
Now fear of the dark in metaphysical sense or evil personified sense? Or people embracing what it stands for? That’s another story. But then again, I guess I’m not afraid of that either. Who needs to be afraid of that when you have the Blur around?