Mad World (Harsh Realm, prompt #28) Title: Mad World Fandom:Harsh Realm Characters/Pairing: Sophie, Inga Fossa Rating: PG Word Count: 154 Prompt: #28 - mouth Summary: Sophie tries.
Sophie tries, she does, but she's just not one of those women can look put together, always smooth and groomed.
Her shoes are old and scuffed and her car's a mess, her hair never, ever does what it's told and her eyes are always red, now. From the crying.
The woman who visits her, who tells her about Tom, whose name she still doesn't know, is, Sophie thinks, one of those women. Always perfect, unflappable, like she's made of ice or hard shining steel, something that can't be touched. Her lipstick is dark red, clean distinct edges outlining her mouth and Sophie can't look away when she speaks, when her lips move.
Sophie sees a similar colour in the drug store one day, and buys it, on impulse, but it doesn't suit her. The colour bleeds into the corners of her mouth, and she wipes it away, angrily, harshly.