fyrethief

Fandom: King Arthur (2004 movie)
Title: The Dead Hours of Night
Characters: Gawain
Length: 100
Rating: G
Summary: Perhaps there's a darker side to Gawain, perhaps there's a part of him that's horribly resigned.
Prompt: 6a from ka100 
Maybe the season
The colors change in the valley skies
Dear God I've sealed my fate
Running through hell
Heaven can wait

Long road to ruin
There in your eyes
Under the cold streetlights
No tomorrow
No dead-end in sight

Long Road to Ruin, Foo Fighters

Gawain had always laughed at life; it was his nature. But for him, this was it. He could see no way out, no change, no glory-bright future. Everyday was the same as this day.

It seemed now that life was a long, up-hill road to tread. In the dead hours of night, when he walked the torch-lit alleyways, he found himself hoping – maybe this year…

But then the cold, cruel winter would come round again, as before. Another year; another fight. More blue warriors to kill in this frozen land.

The hope was false: this was his lot in life.

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