{"id":5302,"date":"2014-08-29T00:30:26","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T00:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/08\/29\/starter-sky-high-au-65\/"},"modified":"2014-08-29T00:30:26","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T00:30:26","slug":"starter-sky-high-au-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/08\/29\/starter-sky-high-au-65\/","title":{"rendered":"starter;; sky high au"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/skinandfragilebones.tumblr.com\/post\/96037980125\/starter-sky-high-au\">skinandfragilebones<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/iamthefirechild.tumblr.com\/post\/96013965739\/starter-sky-high-au\">iamthefirechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>She shakes her head, loose strands of red hair flying about her face. The classroom is mostly clear now with the end of the school day, and that helps some. \u201cSomething changed this summer,\u201d she mutters. Relaxation comes by increments as she packs up her things, avoiding his gaze. She\u2019s not really sure she wants to know his emotions in any greater depth.<\/p>\n<p>Slinging her backpack over her shoulder, she keeps her head down as she makes her way out the door. She mumbles, by way of excuse, \u201cI need to get outside,\u201d but that\u2019s only part of the truth. The other part is that she\u2019s embarrassed. Having a backlash episode in the middle of class only reinforces what Stiles said: she\u2019s supposed to be better than this.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/31.media.tumblr.com\/1f89cb7cc69f944516ff40b965a3ff44\/tumblr_inline_nb13fbDS3m1rs8qze.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/31.media.tumblr.com\/19bcf50cb55037de2f89fb7accfb67e3\/tumblr_inline_nb1hfbEZv31sjadpq.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p><small>The way she shakes her head makes Stiles understand that she\u2019s having a hard time grasping the current situation. She probably never went through this before, although Stiles is very familiar with his powers going off in class right at the beginning. It was exhausting. He scratches his fingers through his hair, attempting to figure out what she meant by that statement. She hadn\u2019t\u00a0<em>seemed<\/em> any different. \u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small>As he notices her attitude changing even more, Stiles follows her out of the class, attempting to be in the same situation as her. He got the concept of power issues, he\u2019d dealt with it so many times after all. \u201cHey, come on! If you\u2019re embarrassed, don\u2019t be, this used to happen to me all the time.\u201d<\/small><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s never happened to me before!&#8221; Summer can&#8217;t quite keep the snap out of her voice. &#8220;I&#8217;m seventeen, this isn&#8217;t supposed to happen. I&#8217;m supposed to know what I&#8217;m doing by now, not, not &#8212; &#8221; She flails her arms for a second before shoving the outside door open. &#8220;Not being stuck listening to everyone else&#8217;s inner feelings!&#8221; she finishes finally.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been able to shield \/perfectly\/ since I started here.&#8221; She drops her backpack on top of one of the senior lunch tables and sits with a dejected thud. &#8220;But now I can&#8217;t even tell if I&#8217;m projecting or not &#8212; am I projecting?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/31.media.tumblr.com\/17e214039ebf09b9989e78107e59c060\/tumblr_inline_nb1ldlXYt71rs8qze.gif\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>skinandfragilebones: iamthefirechild: She shakes her head, loose strands of red hair flying about her face. The classroom is mostly clear now with the end of the school day, and that helps some. \u201cSomething changed this summer,\u201d she mutters. Relaxation comes by increments as she packs up her things, avoiding his gaze. She\u2019s not really sure &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/08\/29\/starter-sky-high-au-65\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">starter;; sky high au<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,561,501,339,500,562],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5302"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}