One Day

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

Originally written for open_on_sunday's Prompt China
Title One Day
Setting Pre-Series
Rating G


My dear William,

I trust you are well and keeping up with your studies. Enclosed in your Mama’s package, you will find the present I promised to send you. I hope one day, when you are older, that you will accompany me on one of my voyages to this most wondrous of lands to see the original upon which this figurine was modelled.

My ship leaves for home soon. Until then, be a brave boy and take care of your dear Mama in my absence.

Your loving Papa.

William turned the jade dragon over in his hands. “One day, Papa.”

Comments

[myfeetshowit.livejournal.com]

This foreshadows so much it is almost spooky. Very nice look at young William.

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

I wanted very much to use the phrase 'one good day' but it didn't work.

I'm also very wedded to the belief that William's father was a caring man. I always picture him as a merchant who lost his life at sea. The prompt allowed me to indulge this fantasy.

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

Very nice! I love these little pre-series glimpses.

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I enjoy backstories very much too. I'm of the belief that writers should take as much care in their construction as we do with canon events and characters.

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Very nice. I love these early glimpses of what William's life might have been like.

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

Thank you. We saw Liam's father but were never introduced to William's. My belief is that his father must have been a caring man for William to have turned out as he did.

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

nice link from the past to the present..

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[boy-named-susie.livejournal.com]

Great preseries story.

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Great commenting icon.

[scarlettlily.livejournal.com]

Very nice.

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[stretfordditto.livejournal.com]

Oh wow...

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

Really?