[Calann]: 135.Contest entries.Drabbles - Candle

Drabbles entry for February/March.
Original below the actual submission.
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Fascinated, she watched the flame flicker. A draft was coming from somewhere, an open window in one end of the long narrow room perhaps, but she paid no mind. Temperature hardly bore significance now. It had been dark for hours, and she'd lost track of just how long she had sat at the foot of the stairs. So thoroughly enraptured was she with the candle in her hands that she brought fingers up, letting the fire lick at cold skin, ignoring drops of wax splashing on bare feet.
Giggling, she looked at her hand in awe. Yesterday it still burned.


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Fascinated, she watched the flame flicker in the slight breeze blowing in the chilly front hall. There was a draft coming from somewhere, an open window in one end of the long narrow room perhaps, but she paid no mind. Temperature could hardly bear any significance at this point - besides, having a gust of wind sweep through the huge estate was somehow appropriate, no matter how small. It had been dark for hours now, and she'd lost track of just how long she had sat at the foot of the stairs, waiting. So thoroughly enraptured had she been with the candle in her hands that she had brought a finger up, letting the tiny fire lick at cold skin, ignoring the drops of wax that splashed on her bare feet.
Giggling, letting the sound of it fill the space, she looked at her hand in awe. It didn't burn. Not like it still had yesterday.