Time Period: Vague near-past (before Victor blurts out his feelings) Notes: This is sort of a sequel to the "ice princess" prompt from Alice's perspective. Examining Victor through Alice's eyes is always rather fun. She never quite gets how he can be the one who makes her go weak at the knees. But she doesn't mind because he's such a sweetheart. :) Just some fluffy goodness, I suppose.
What was it about him that got past all her defenses? Alice had to wonder this as she looked at the young man in front of her. He wasn’t really anyone special, was he? He was tall, yes, and incredibly thin, but those traits didn’t really mean anything. What mattered was his personality. And when it came to that, well – he was shy, easily startled, and had a tendency to stutter. He seemed constantly surprised by everything around him (of course, one could forgive that – he was new to Secundus). He barely met your eyes while talking, and he always acted like he should apologize for just existing. Alice had thought that would end up getting on her nerves. And to be honest, it did sometimes, just a little. And yet. . .He was so gentle as well. So polite and unassuming and unprejudiced. He was willing to give anyone a chance to be friends. And Alice could see in him a sort of deeply-buried excitement – a lust for color, for life, that had nearly been crushed into oblivion, but was now slowly reviving in this world of mad science. There was a vitalness to him that she rarely saw in Regular people. And – though it rarely came out – there was something about his smile. . . . Alice still didn’t know just what it was about him that affected her so strongly. All she knew was, whenever he was around, the ice she’d tried to encase herself in – just seemed to melt.
melt: Ice Princess No More
Notes: This is sort of a sequel to the "ice princess" prompt from Alice's perspective. Examining Victor through Alice's eyes is always rather fun. She never quite gets how he can be the one who makes her go weak at the knees. But she doesn't mind because he's such a sweetheart. :) Just some fluffy goodness, I suppose.
What was it about him that got past all her defenses?
Alice had to wonder this as she looked at the young man in front of her. He wasn’t really anyone special, was he? He was tall, yes, and incredibly thin, but those traits didn’t really mean anything. What mattered was his personality. And when it came to that, well – he was shy, easily startled, and had a tendency to stutter. He seemed constantly surprised by everything around him (of course, one could forgive that – he was new to Secundus). He barely met your eyes while talking, and he always acted like he should apologize for just existing. Alice had thought that would end up getting on her nerves. And to be honest, it did sometimes, just a little.
And yet. . .He was so gentle as well. So polite and unassuming and unprejudiced. He was willing to give anyone a chance to be friends. And Alice could see in him a sort of deeply-buried excitement – a lust for color, for life, that had nearly been crushed into oblivion, but was now slowly reviving in this world of mad science. There was a vitalness to him that she rarely saw in Regular people. And – though it rarely came out – there was something about his smile. . . .
Alice still didn’t know just what it was about him that affected her so strongly. All she knew was, whenever he was around, the ice she’d tried to encase herself in – just seemed to melt.