Flight was easy for Tia. She’d been flying since she was young and she’d always loved it. The freedom, the sights, the feeling of the wind on your face. When the school said that they were going to put on a performance of Peter Pan for the school’s parent’s night, she was the first to sign up for the auditions. And they knew she was born for the spotlight right then and there. She killed that performance. That was only the start to her continuous appearances in the school's drama club’s productions.
Gretel, who was the sound technician, and transformed into a rock monster, much preferred solid ground. She liked working out of the eyes of other people. Shy and strong and cool and dark, she embodied so much of her element. They were opposites in so many ways. Air and earth, extrovert, introvert, energetic, reserved.
And yet, somehow, maybe even because of their differences, they ended up getting together.
They got gossiped about a lot because of a lot of reasons. They were a lesbian couple, and that was notable to their tiny school in their tiny town. There weren’t very many kids who were open about that, not at the time. But also, why each other? What did they see in each other? They seemed as different as night and day, even down to their elemental alignments.
And if someone were to ask Gretel what exactly she thought made them work, she probably wouldn’t say out loud a good answer. She was never very good with words. A shower, a doer, rather than a teller. But she knew that she liked Tia. She liked that she made the first move (even if, admittedly, the reason why she reached out at all was because she was the only other girl in school who openly liked other girls). She liked her energy. She liked that she went out of her way to do whatever she wanted.
And most of all, she liked it when she held her hand when she flew. Gretel didn’t like heights. But somehow, holding her hand up there, seeing everything stretched out under her didn’t feel so terrifying.
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Flight was easy for Tia. She’d been flying since she was young and she’d always loved it. The freedom, the sights, the feeling of the wind on your face. When the school said that they were going to put on a performance of Peter Pan for the school’s parent’s night, she was the first to sign up for the auditions. And they knew she was born for the spotlight right then and there. She killed that performance. That was only the start to her continuous appearances in the school's drama club’s productions.
Gretel, who was the sound technician, and transformed into a rock monster, much preferred solid ground. She liked working out of the eyes of other people. Shy and strong and cool and dark, she embodied so much of her element. They were opposites in so many ways. Air and earth, extrovert, introvert, energetic, reserved.
And yet, somehow, maybe even because of their differences, they ended up getting together.
They got gossiped about a lot because of a lot of reasons. They were a lesbian couple, and that was notable to their tiny school in their tiny town. There weren’t very many kids who were open about that, not at the time. But also, why each other? What did they see in each other? They seemed as different as night and day, even down to their elemental alignments.
And if someone were to ask Gretel what exactly she thought made them work, she probably wouldn’t say out loud a good answer. She was never very good with words. A shower, a doer, rather than a teller. But she knew that she liked Tia. She liked that she made the first move (even if, admittedly, the reason why she reached out at all was because she was the only other girl in school who openly liked other girls). She liked her energy. She liked that she went out of her way to do whatever she wanted.
And most of all, she liked it when she held her hand when she flew. Gretel didn’t like heights. But somehow, holding her hand up there, seeing everything stretched out under her didn’t feel so terrifying.