Foot in Mouth
May. 7th, 2014 01:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blossomficsTitle: Foot in Mouth
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Alene has a slight problem when it comes to speaking with others.
Warnings: anxiety, nerves, and mentions of fire (no harm done she's a fire demon)
Hmm, let’s see what am I most embarrassed about. Well, there is something and I can feel my face heat up from the thought of it. You see, I have problems controlling my fire when I get nervous. I’ve gotten better with it over the years, but if there are times where I can sense a situation is going downhill I’m going to try and save it. Sometimes I end up digging myself into a deeper hole. If I’m really nervous, I’ll set something on fire or it will melt in my hand.
I don’t understand why that happens after years of control. It’s so embarrassing to make a presentation, then the fire alarm comes on right in the middle of the section I’m explaining and I’m soaked along with everyone else in the meeting room. Then I’m apologizing and it seems to make things worse because something else around me with catch fire and I lose the ability to make a passable sentence.
It doesn’t take much for it to happen. If I’ve said the wrong thing, or think I have, it snowballs from there. I work so hard to correct my statement that I don’t notice my aura getting hotter until something catches on fire, the alarm goes off or someone uses a water spell. I wish I knew how to talk to people without falling apart so easily.
At least, I don’t melt that many pens anymore.
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Alene has a slight problem when it comes to speaking with others.
Warnings: anxiety, nerves, and mentions of fire (no harm done she's a fire demon)
Hmm, let’s see what am I most embarrassed about. Well, there is something and I can feel my face heat up from the thought of it. You see, I have problems controlling my fire when I get nervous. I’ve gotten better with it over the years, but if there are times where I can sense a situation is going downhill I’m going to try and save it. Sometimes I end up digging myself into a deeper hole. If I’m really nervous, I’ll set something on fire or it will melt in my hand.
I don’t understand why that happens after years of control. It’s so embarrassing to make a presentation, then the fire alarm comes on right in the middle of the section I’m explaining and I’m soaked along with everyone else in the meeting room. Then I’m apologizing and it seems to make things worse because something else around me with catch fire and I lose the ability to make a passable sentence.
It doesn’t take much for it to happen. If I’ve said the wrong thing, or think I have, it snowballs from there. I work so hard to correct my statement that I don’t notice my aura getting hotter until something catches on fire, the alarm goes off or someone uses a water spell. I wish I knew how to talk to people without falling apart so easily.
At least, I don’t melt that many pens anymore.
