"Jade!" Kit hisses, like Jade is an actor who has forgotten her lines on stage, "that's the part where you lose your sword!"
"And what if the knight wins?" Jade says, matching the princess' demanding tone.
Kit rolls her eyes, tapping her wooden blade against her knee, "The knight can't win, that's not how the story goes."
"So?" Jade says, "It's just pretend, isn't it? Why can't I win this time?"
"Ugh, Jade," Kit throws back her head and whine-growls, a particular tone only she has perfected, "you aren't listening.”
“I’m listening,” Jade says, unimpressed, “I just don’t understand why the story ends this way. Don't most fairy tales end with a wedding?”
Tanthamore Fanfic: AO3 Link





