the forest. You escaped there from Shiz with the lion cub after Doctor Dillamond was taken by Emerald City guards. One slight detail, Fiyero was there with you.

He was a strange one, he never looked at you like an anomaly because of your difference… but you simply brush it off as him being an idiot. Though admittedly there was a soft kindness behind his eyes…

He winced slightly as you reached to examine the scratch on the side of his cheek while the trembling lion cub drank from the stream. Fiyero took a breath and relaxed as he realized you didn’t have ill intent, letting your fingertips touch the bleeding scratch on the sharp contour of his cheekbone.

”Damn nails…” you though to yourself

as the warmth of his skin caressed the pads of your fingers, you couldn’t stop yourself from running a gentle thumb over his cheek to tenderly stroke the vulnerably exposed flesh.

Fiyero then cleared his throat, that swoon-worthy puppy dog look in his eyes automatically turning neutral and unreadable as he picked up the cub and nestled it into the side of his coat

“SAFETY- I-I’ve gotta get it to a safer spot-“ he blurted out instantaneously as he ran deeper into the forest to find a safer spot for the little lion

you sit alone against the foliage as he runs off, images of he and Glinda being sickeningly in love rushing through your head as you come to the realization.

you’ll never be that girl.