Drabble: Jericho - Restoration - General
May. 15th, 2009 10:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tanaquificScribbler insisted I write about this moment after she read the first draft of Signs and Symbols. It seemed to lend itself perfectly to being a drabble.
Restoration
Beck saluted as the flag began to unfurl in the soldier's hands, while his companion hauled on the halyard. To his right, the assembled troops mirrored their commander.
He had asked for a flag, and Heather had brought him one. Reverently, she had unwrapped it, revealing folds of military precision; understanding, he had reverently accepted it.
White stars on blue gave up the secrets they concealed within.Yet not until the flag was half hoisted did the breeze, quickening, stream it sideways, confirming that yes, here was Old Glory, here were the Stars and Stripes as they were meant to be.
Restoration
Beck saluted as the flag began to unfurl in the soldier's hands, while his companion hauled on the halyard. To his right, the assembled troops mirrored their commander.
He had asked for a flag, and Heather had brought him one. Reverently, she had unwrapped it, revealing folds of military precision; understanding, he had reverently accepted it.
White stars on blue gave up the secrets they concealed within.Yet not until the flag was half hoisted did the breeze, quickening, stream it sideways, confirming that yes, here was Old Glory, here were the Stars and Stripes as they were meant to be.