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lux_marikoStory: After Each End
Year: 2965, 2968, 2970, 2978, 2979
Word Count: 241
Rating: R
Characters: Mariko
Warnings: Discussion of coping with the ends of relationships and Mariko being set on fire/the aftermath of that
Mariko's breakup with Amber sets the stage--she's thirteen years old, and it feels like the world is ending, so she locks herself in her room, stares up at the ceiling, and cries.
After Mariko breaks up with Jo, she tries to do more traditional breakup coping methods; pouring pint after pint of chocolate ice cream down her throat, but it doesn't make it hurt less; apparently, she just needs to ride it out.
When things with Teri fizzle out, Mariko isn't as sad as she was when she split up with her first two girlfriends, but she still does the same damn thing, mostly because Teri, while exhilarating, is exhausting.
Leyla is the only girlfriend Mariko doesn't mourn the same way--maybe because it wasn't an all-at-once sort of thing; the two of them had a long talk, then Leyla took her to the spaceport and kissed her goodbye, so instead of lying by herself in a dark room, staring up at the ceiling, she stares out at the stars as they whir by.
After Lux--after Lux, it feels like all Mariko can do is mourn, not just her relationship, but her skin, her joy, the light in the world; everything seems gone, burned away by Lux's fire, Lux's betrayal, and the only way she can face it is by going back to Amber, to Jo, to Teri--to lying on her back, staring up at a familiar ceiling, and crying.
Year: 2965, 2968, 2970, 2978, 2979
Word Count: 241
Rating: R
Characters: Mariko
Warnings: Discussion of coping with the ends of relationships and Mariko being set on fire/the aftermath of that
Mariko's breakup with Amber sets the stage--she's thirteen years old, and it feels like the world is ending, so she locks herself in her room, stares up at the ceiling, and cries.
After Mariko breaks up with Jo, she tries to do more traditional breakup coping methods; pouring pint after pint of chocolate ice cream down her throat, but it doesn't make it hurt less; apparently, she just needs to ride it out.
When things with Teri fizzle out, Mariko isn't as sad as she was when she split up with her first two girlfriends, but she still does the same damn thing, mostly because Teri, while exhilarating, is exhausting.
Leyla is the only girlfriend Mariko doesn't mourn the same way--maybe because it wasn't an all-at-once sort of thing; the two of them had a long talk, then Leyla took her to the spaceport and kissed her goodbye, so instead of lying by herself in a dark room, staring up at the ceiling, she stares out at the stars as they whir by.
After Lux--after Lux, it feels like all Mariko can do is mourn, not just her relationship, but her skin, her joy, the light in the world; everything seems gone, burned away by Lux's fire, Lux's betrayal, and the only way she can face it is by going back to Amber, to Jo, to Teri--to lying on her back, staring up at a familiar ceiling, and crying.
