New Femslash Feb ficlet

 

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New fic! A Femslash February ficlet

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Every Honeybee

Ruth wants to confess her love to her best friend Mary, but they’ve never even spoken of romance.

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“It’s a best friend sweater,” Mary said, and oh if that didn’t pull hard at Ruth’s heart. “There’s a mistake in it. On purpose, I mean. It’s for luck. Because if you give a sweater to someone you love without a mistake, it dooms the rom— ah, the relationship. The— friendship.”

There was a fragile look in Mary’s dark eyes, fluttering eyelashes so fair they were nearly invisible. Someone you love, Ruth thought. But Mary meant as friends, or as honorary sisters, maybe. Not as lovers. 

They’d never kissed, never held hands. Once they’d curled up together on the couch, and Ruth remembered exactly where Mary’s body had molded into hers. They were best friends. Friends . And the worst part was, Ruth feared Mary would never see them as anything else. Because Mary was— well, she was the loveliest person Ruth knew. Short and slender, with golden hair and pale skin dotted by so many freckles that they blended together in places.

But Mary hated her freckles. She hated being skinny. She didn’t like how wispy her hair was, escaping attempts to style it, clinging to her skin in pretty golden strands. She was so beautiful and every time Ruth tried to tell her, Mary just flushed red beneath her freckles and looked away.

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