Title: Ice
Length: 100
Rating: G
Fandom: The Snow Queen (Hans Christian Andersen)
Content notes: no warnings apply
Summary: Kay tries to solve the Snow Queen's ice puzzle



Kay sits on the palace floor and broods over his pieces of ice, trying to form the word eternity. The Snow Queen has promised him the world and a new pair of skates if he succeeds. He does not feel the cold, does not feel lonely in the big empty room. Does not remember a time before he came here. There is a fascination in watching the ice shapes becoming words, though never the word he is seeking. He is half angry when the strange girl bursts in, interrupting him with her hugging and shouting. Then she begins to cry.