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sibilantlyFandom: The Dark Knight Rises
Pairing: gen (John Blake-centric)
Word count: 100
Carol prompt: Silent Night
Summary: John, on one winter night during the occupation.
John has never heard Gotham so quiet.
Before the occupation, no matter the hour, there'd always been noise. Machines humming, emergency vehicles wailing; people walking the streets, going about their lives.
Now there's nothing, not even screaming. Maybe Bane has given them a holiday grace period; it'll make it all the more devastating when the executions resume.
In the silence, John's imagination runs wild. Sometimes he thinks he hears the beep-beep-beep of the bomb counting down. Or that everyone has already died, leaving him alone.
When a scream cuts through the silence, John breathes easier, and hates himself for it.
Pairing: gen (John Blake-centric)
Word count: 100
Carol prompt: Silent Night
Summary: John, on one winter night during the occupation.
John has never heard Gotham so quiet.
Before the occupation, no matter the hour, there'd always been noise. Machines humming, emergency vehicles wailing; people walking the streets, going about their lives.
Now there's nothing, not even screaming. Maybe Bane has given them a holiday grace period; it'll make it all the more devastating when the executions resume.
In the silence, John's imagination runs wild. Sometimes he thinks he hears the beep-beep-beep of the bomb counting down. Or that everyone has already died, leaving him alone.
When a scream cuts through the silence, John breathes easier, and hates himself for it.
