Triage

[joudama]

Title: Triage
Author: joudama
Rating: PG
Prompt: Fate worse than death
Character: Angeal
Team: Soldier
A/N: This takes place pre-CC, during the war in Wutai. Which was not, in my mind, kind to Angeal. :(

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If he casts Curaga now; casts until he's dry, she'll live.

The girl - no more than seven - is alive. Angeal has no idea how it's possible; she's covered in burns from the flames, so much her flesh is charred black and cracked.

If he casts Curaga now, she'll survive for the medics to come. They'll care for her. Then...she'll be a disfigured war orphan, neither of which Wutai are kind to.

If he casts Curaga now, she'll live. And so Angeal does not.

But he sees her face every night after, in his dreams of war and ash.
 

Comments

[shadowwaker]

;_; That's so sad...

Great use of the prompt! It's like a fate worse than death for both of them.

[joudama]

Thanks. This wasn't a fun little drabble, and just, poor Angeal. He knows he did the right thing, but he'll never forgive himself for doing it.

[deadcellredux]

Oh wow. This is horrifying. Love the magic meta in this.

[joudama]

Thanks. This was short, but a depressing little story.

And writing in the present tense is fun. It adds a totally different feel to everything.