Fic: Marble Hearts (1/1)

[bradygirl_12]

Title: Marble Hearts (1/1)
Author: BradyGirl
Pairings/Characters: Linda/Barbara (Silver Age Supergirl/Batgirl)
Genre: Slice-Of-Life
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None
Summary: Marble halls contain riches beyond wealth.
Date Of Completion: August 5, 2008
Date Of Posting: August 5, 2008
Disclaimer: I don’t own ‘em, DC does, more’s the pity.
Word Count: 256
Feedback welcome and appreciated.
Author’s Notes: Written for my 2008 DCU Snapshot Fic Request Meme for milleniumrex . Pairing: Linda/Barbara. Prompt: Role Reversal. :)
Yes, this is a first for me, fulfilling a request on the same day! :)

Marble halls spoke of ancient cultures and richness that had little to do with money.  Sunlight streamed through stained-glass windows, rainbow-colored diamond patterns criss-crossing the floor.  Smooth Greek and Roman busts and statues sat in their little alcoves on their pillared pedestals, serenely watching the world go by.

 

Footsteps echoed in cavernous rooms, voices hushed as pages were turned and pens scratched on paper, sound drifting up and swallowed by the vaulted frescoed ceilings.

 

At one table by a window sat two women.  The redhead’s hair was afire from the sun, green eyes as dark and cool as leaves in a forest behind gold-rimmed glasses.  Slender fingers tapped a pencil on a fresh page in a notebook, a large, old-fashioned book opened on the table, the fine grains of the dark oakwood only slightly scarred.

 

The brunette girl who sat in the other chair paid rapt attention to the redhead, who pointed her pencil at the illustration of the armor-clad Amazon in the book.  A slight musty smell bespoke the book’s age, the brittle pages’ gilt edges tinged every so slightly with brown, the ink beginning to fade.

 

Here superpowers held no sway.  In this temple of learning set on a campus populated with venerable old trees of maple and oak and nestled among rolling hills, the librarian imparted her knowledge, the teacher/mentor with more power than her student, yet her lips curved in gentle affection as her eyes met otherworldly blue, their hands brushing as they both reached to turn the page.

 

Knowledge is power.

 

 
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Comments

[milleniumrex.livejournal.com]

Sweet and fascinating! Thanks for this! :)

[bradygirl_12]

Sweet and fascinating! Thanks for this! :)

You're very welcome, Rex! :)

[bradygirl_12]

Pretty all the way around.

Thank you, Merfilly! :)

Marble, stained-glass, and the girls seem to go well together. :)

[saavikam77.livejournal.com]

Nifty! Interesting look at the ladies.

[bradygirl_12]

Nifty! Interesting look at the ladies.

Thanks, Saavi! :)

This may become the No-Dialogue Meme as I've got all these ideas without dialogue! LOL!

[greeneyelove.livejournal.com]

As always, so pretty.

You rock, my friend.

[bradygirl_12]

As always, so pretty.

You rock, my friend.

Thank you, Green Eyes! :)

*blushes*

[laramoon.livejournal.com]

aww! Lovely ficlet! :)

[bradygirl_12]

aww! Lovely ficlet! :)

Thank you, Lara! :)

It was great fun to write. Short ficlets can be very challenging!

[jij.livejournal.com]

Oh, what a nice, quiet image! Barbara would be such a good teacher...

[bradygirl_12]

Oh, what a nice, quiet image! Barbara would be such a good teacher...

Thank you, Jen! :)

With Barbara's librarian background, I figured she'd make a good teacher, because librarians are basically teachers, anyway. :)

[stinglikeabee.livejournal.com]

Gorgeously depicted. What I wouldn't do to have a crack at the library myself, and maybe take a book or two like Batman :D

[bradygirl_12]

Gorgeously depicted. What I wouldn't do to have a crack at the library myself, and maybe take a book or two like Batman :D

LOL! It's a great library, one I'd love to be in myself. :)