#gideon pov

[thatmexisaurusrex]

First Flight

First Flight

| Gen Fic/Family Fic | Rated: G | WC: 646 | Family Feels, Gideon POV, First Flight |

Summary: Gideon lets his little brother climb a tree. He doesn't expect his brother to jump out of the tree too.

The tree was a Flowering Dogwood.

Gideon knew this because his siblings had asked him last week after church while waiting for their parents to finish their goodbyes to friends and the gossiping old ladies. Gideon had winked and said it was a secret, but then spent the rest of the week investigating what kind of tree this particular one was.

Pale-green, almost white from a distance, four-petaled flowers with green clusters in the middle. Finally toothed leaves which change color in the fall weather. Deeply grooved, reddish-brown bark.

It was a Flowering Dogwood.

At least.

That was what Ms. Stacy of the Youth Group said when Gideon broke down and asked her.

But nonetheless, Gideon's siblings gazed upon him in awe as he told them about this secret tree a week later.

"I'm going to climb the secret tree," whispered Sam as he turned his eyes back to the now orange-red leaved Flowering Dogwood.

Sam had gotten into the habit of climbing things. Not that Gideon completely kept track of the different phases his younger siblings went through, but this phase had stood out in particular for how long it had gone on.

Sam would climb the stairs on the wrong side of the railing, only to be thwarted by one of their parents a few feet up. They would now find Sam on the top of a bookshelf, sprawled out like a cat with the latest comic whenever they went to the library. Apparently, Sam started to sit on top of his desk at school during lessons too.

Gideon probably should tell Sam to stop. But he saw Sarah excitedly nodding in agreement and Gideon really couldn't say no to his little brother.

"Go for it," said Gideon as he watched Sam run over to the tree without his permission.

Sam climbed much more proficiently than Gideon ever could up the sixteen-foot tree, skittering almost halfway up before taking a break.

Sarah, for her part, seemed in awe of what Sam had just done. She gazed, agape at Sam six feet off the ground before she blurted, "You're so good at that!"

"Do you want to be a rock climber or something?" asked Gideon, wondering if he should see if there's a gym nearby for Sam.

"No," said Sam, and in a horrifying twist, turned to face outward to his siblings, "I want to be a bird!"

Gideon wasn't sure what he expected a six-year-old boy to say. And while Gideon sprinted over to try to catch Sam, or possibly just buffer the kid's fall, he couldn't help but notice how happy Sam was in the air.

The look of pure joy on Sam's face as he soared.

And Sam had been happy before, but he never looked this happy. This was what all the climbing was about. And Gideon had just given Sam his first opportunity to actually jump.

Gideon felt a little less happy about the situation when all fifty pounds of Sam fell on top of him, toppling them both to the ground.

Though.

Gideon got over it quickly once Sam started laughing maniacally. A little boy filled with giggles and adrenaline.

"Again. I need to do that again," said the adrenaline junkie in the making before Gideon wrapped his arms around Sam and kept Sam in his clutches.

"Nope. Let's figure out a safer way for you to fly," said Gideon, wondering just how he was going to do that before settling on, "You can jump out of the tree again next week."

And yeah, there were people watching the three of them now. The old ladies were gossiping as they always did. Gideon could hear their parents walking over and asking what happened. But all Gideon could focus on was the look of joy Sam had as Sam gazed at that Flowering Dogwood, probably thinking about that first flight.

This is for @samsseptember's Samtember 2023 series for the prompt "First Flight". The dividers are from here.

[matimatti]

No bitches?

[sofipitch]

Gideon the Ninth is technically a murder mystery whodunnit except instead of collecting clues and solving the murder everyone is just like "Hmmm Gross. Yikes.... anyways back to our little tasks"

[gideonisms]

And you can kiss a hundred creeps in crypts, bone another blonde just to stop the feeling,

[civetside]

while im posting unfinished art, i drew this pathetic harrow for a comic i didn't end up liking so you can have it out of context

[smittyw]

dailies 5.26.24

drew these sketchy ninths while i was still midway thru the first book (just finished it last night) (what the fuck)

[liesmyth]

gideon really is my little meow meow. she's so brave and uncool and fucking miserable

[itmightrain]

Always thinking about how much gideon's pov impacts the reader's ability to know what's going on in gideon the ninth. like there's literally parts where another character starts explaining crucial worldbuilding/plot details and we the reader don't get to hear what they say bc gideon starts zoning out

[autism-swagger]

Just realized that Nona looking no older than 14 even with the excuse of malnutrition means that Harrow looks no older than 14 as well, which retroactively makes Mercymorn constantly referring to her as younger and younger in HtN waaay funnier.

[scalierpepper]

[0l-unreliable]

chussy this chussy that, freaks

[arretoskore]

Can we take a moment to appreciate how Gideon, the literal child of the first and arguably the most powerful necromancer ever, lost the genetic lottery so bad that not only she's the spitting image of her mother and the only trait she seems to have inherited from her father is the one thing that gives away the biggest lie in the universe, but also she manages to have like less than zero necromantic affinity. Amazing. She's literally the daughter of Jod and she hates bones

[meraarts]

Chappell Roan actually wrote Casual about coalecroux, fun fact. Yeah, she just replaced ironic with casual to make it less obvious. How do I know? Oh, she told me herself, yeah. You can trust me, I’ve never lied a day in my life!

[gideonysis]

I just want to fold them up in paper and keep them in my breast pocket

[jessread-s]

✩🕯️📜Series Review:

Core concepts

⋆ The Atlas Six - Physics

⋆ The Atlas Paradox - Psychology

⋆ The Atlas Complex - Philosophy

“The Atlas” series is so much more than dark academia or romance. This series studies what happens to human beings when they are promised access to infinite knowledge and power. It is about how quickly we turn on each other and abandon our own morals to gain. said knowledge and power. Each installment blew me away as I watched Blake’s six protagonists gradually find and/or destroy themselves. My mind was continuously expanded by her prose and it made me question my every decision. It’s a soul crushing read, but perhaps also a necessary one.

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[shesmymausoleum]

Drew a Harrowhark to go with my drawing of Gideon.

Without skull paint as well