musebysentence prompts

[cattygabriel]

Since it's Easter, I thought I'd celebrate by posting a musebysentence set. :D

musebysentence prompt set #86. Yeah, yeah, I know the first one isn’t one sentence.  I wanted more angst. :P Michael (angelofawesome) and Uriel (

emberlight ) are lovingly borrowed (and my apologies to Michael for #6); Seshat is the Egyptian goddess of books, libraries, mathematics, astronomy and a host of other things, and was called Mistress of the House of Books.

 

1. Broken
2. Delicious
3. Protect
4. Renew
5. Duty
6. Ab initio (From the beginning)
7. Semper fortis (Always brave)
8. Totus tuus (Totally yours)
9. Scire quod sciendum (Knowledge which is worth having)
10. Dum vita est, spes est (While there is life, there is hope)

 

 

|Broken|

   Gabriel draws his knees up, leaning against the old altar-stone. The temple has been abandoned for a very long time, but there are still some weak vestiges of faith clinging to the stones, to the air; it feels soothing against the rawness left when most of his Grace was taken from him, when he was locked out of Heaven.

  He wraps his wings tighter around himself, and waits for forgiveness.

|Delicious|

  Xocolatl, they had called it when offering it to him, and he takes a tentative sip; it is bitter but thick and frothy, flavoured with vanilla and chilli, and his eyes widen.

|Protect|

He knows that Uriel is a warrior in his own right, fully able to defend himself, but he cannot help the protective instincts he feels towards his little brother.

|Renew|

Gabriel stands unseen at the back of a church during the Easter service, and feels their faith renew his own.

|Duty|

Gabriel was created as a merciful being, and yet he is often sent to destroy or bring messages of destruction; it pains him, but it is his duty, and he cannot - will not - disobey God.

|Ab initio|

   This, then, is the beginning of the rest of their lives together, with Michael hopping around and cursing because Ta-Miu had attacked him the moment he had stepped into Gabriel’s room; Gabriel laughs for several long moments before rescuing him.

|Semper fortis|

  He may be exiled, may be weakened and vulnerable, but he still raises his head and meets Lucifer’s mocking gaze defiantly.

|Totus tuus|

  There’s still wonder in Michael’s eyes, like he can’t quite believe that Gabriel is his to have and hold; Gabriel cups his face, kisses him lightly, and whispers, “Yours.”

| Scire quod sciendum|

  He runs reverent fingertips along the edges of papyrus scrolls, looking around at the countless shelves in the vast repository of knowledge that is the Library of Alexandria, and Seshat laughs at the look of wonder on his face.

| Dum vita est, spes est|

  He knows the Apocalypse is drawing near, knows that even the humans have realised what all these catastrophes and portents mean, and tries to share what little hope he has with them.