010. [ace attorney][maya fey] fragility of goodness

[dictionary]

Title: fragility of goodness
Author: dictionary
Fandom: Ace Attorney series
Characters/Pairings: Maya Fey
Prompt: Master Plots//Descension
Rating: G
Summary: Why do the good fall so early?
Notes: HAHAHA I'm finally running out of steam for Ace Attorney. 8| Also, it's so short that there's...well, there's little plot at all, but it has descension as a theme. That surely counts as something, right? Right?

 

She wasn’t confused, but she wanted to be.

 

She knew that things had taken a turn for the worst when Phoenix’s sigh sounded more than slightly defeated. It was tired – much too tired for a man who had everything going for him.

 

“Phoenix. Please tell me what’s wrong.”

 

She had surprised herself by saying his name, something she hadn’t done in months. It felt so strange, so foreign on her lips that it left a bitter aftertaste.

 

(Still, if there ever was a time for bitter feelings, it was then.)

 

“I was disbarred.”

 

She gripped the phone until all the blood left her hand, until she was certain that the receiver would shatter if she tightened her hold on it just a little more.

 

She opens and shuts her mouth in a constant motion, a false comfort in the wake of his confession. She can’t think of a single thing to say.

 

She wanted to be surprised, and she was utterly heartbroken when she wasn’t.

 

(Why did the good always fall?)