#a first step

Sketch a Day 2984 - A First Step- 5/13/24

I don't actually subscribe to the head/fan canon that Oz was involved in Fizz's early recovery. Or directly responsible for Fizz's first set of prosthetics.

Okay, but, all that wistful sighing that you don't even know his real name, while sending his ship into orbit.

[Closed starter | @forsaken-archer]

It was an odd feeling to step off the ferry, and into Ionia. It was something Talon could not name; something like apprehension and terror and excitement. He almost did not want to step off; as if it would set in concrete this act of defiance (indeed, it hardly felt real, even now). As if it would summon the General and end this fleeting, temporary freedom. As if it would shatter if he even breathed in the wrong direction. 

He snuck a glance toward Varus, hoping it would give him the strength to continue. 

Ionia was a world away from Noxus; greenery stretched further than he cared to imagine, and the air was cleansing in a way he did not know how to describe. He had much of his life breathing in Noxus’ less-than-clean air, and was accustomed also to the thick smog that covered Zaun, and Ionia was like splashing one’s face with clean, cool water after a long and weary night. 

It was more pleasant than he cared to admit. 

Talon shot yet another furtive glance toward Varus, panic rising up his throat like being sick. The General was nowhere to be found, yet he felt his presence, so terribly there and real and visceral. It was like having a blade held to his throat, or his hands being tied behind his back, or being lost and alone and afraid at a young age and crying as he sought out parents who never returned. 

But he would not allow himself to cry. He was no longer a child; could no longer afford himself such blatant weaknesses, even if it stole his breath away. No, he was a servant of House du Couteau, and there were certain expectations of one such as he. He was a simple blade. He was a simple tool. He existed to fulfil the wishes of his betters and nothing else. 

No. He reminded himself he was not that. Not to Varus. And while he did not trust the man entirely - he wondered briefly if ever he could trust another wholly - he was willing enough to try. 

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Sherlock Holmes & John Watson Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Romantic Fluff Series: Part 2 of A new beginning Summary:

Part 2 of A new beginning

Sherlock and John return from the airfield.

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