but_can_i_be_trusted: (Nutcracker)
cyberiad_queen ([personal profile] but_can_i_be_trusted) wrote in [community profile] adventdrabbles2021-12-11 02:34 pm

December 11th: 'Ballerina' (Original Fiction)

Title: 'Ballerina'
Fandom: Original Fiction
Characters: Original
Rating: G
Notes: Crossposted to [community profile] drabble_zone

December, 1986
San Francisco, California


She stares, rapt, at the stage. It's her first trip to a major city; as a little child, coming from a tiny town of only a few hundred people, this place has already amazed her. But here, in the opera house, her imagination and heart are soaring.

She's never been to a ballet production before. Has only ever seen it on television. Even then, though, it was instant love.

Now, seeing a live performance of The Nutcracker, she feels like she's in Heaven.

After the performance, trying to fall asleep, she clutches a small nutcracker. Her mother bought it for her at the opera house's gift shop. It's tiny, just like her, and painted red, with rabbit's-fur beard and hair.

Stroking the nutcracker's hair, the wonders she's seen still dancing in her eyes, she makes a heartfelt wish.

I want to be a ballerina when I grow up.