I'm a bit shy about putting this out here but I'll give it a try...

Title: Water of Life
Author: [livejournal.com profile] wook77
Pairing: Monaboyd
Rating: PG
Summary: In the quiet mornings, between fully waking, a moment drags on and Billy wonders.
Feedback: Please! Concrit is always welcomed.
Disclaimer: I don't them, have never met them. This never happened as far as I'm aware. No harm meant.
A/N: My first time writing Monaboyd although I've written in plenty of other fandoms before. Written for a very good friend of mine.




Quiet moments, like right now with his head pillowed on a shoulder, were his favourites. He enjoyed the feather-light drift of fingers down his back, so subtle he might think they were his t-shirt moving in the wake of the fan but he knew that it wasn't.

These were the moments that Billy cherished the most. Dom, when awake, was larger than life. Constantly in motion, taking the piss faster than Billy could think at times, Dom kept Billy on his toes and he appreciated it. He did, truly, but he also cherished these moments when Dom would brush his fingertips down his back or across his arm, walking so lightly. "Bug kisses" he'd call it and Billy smiled as he remembered.

Dom must have felt his face change with the smile because the light touches stopped and Billy shifted, as if he were just waking. When Billy opened his eyes, Dom's face was so very close. For a moment, Billy wanted to lean in that hairs-breadth and touch, lip to lip. That would be a brilliant way to start the morning and wasn't that a shock? He'd never had these sorts of feelings for another bloke but Dom… Dom was Dom, really. That's all there was to those feelings. Dom was more than a gender. Dom was a bit like whisky, water-of-life.

As Billy compared Dom to whisky and life, the moment of eye contact stretched on, breath puffing from one set of lips to the other.

It would be a tip of the chin for the lips to touch.

It would be one tiny little gesture, an inch or two separating them.

It might as well have been a chasm. That inch held the difference between remaining mates, best mates, and becoming more.

The moment continued, eyes staring unblinking at one another and Billy's eyes ached to blink, to restore a bit of moisture but then, the moment… and Dom blinked. Billy quickly followed suit. The press of lips against his sent his eyelids flying open again.

For all those long mornings spent staring, those moments that stretched to infinity and beyond, in the blink of an eye, they became more.

From: [identity profile] springy5000.livejournal.com


Dom was more than a gender. Dom was a bit like whisky, water-of-life.

*sigh*

No need to feel shy, dear. That was gorgeous.

From: [identity profile] dizzydame.livejournal.com


This was wonderful. I really hope you'll be writing more of them.

From: [identity profile] emily-112.livejournal.com


That was really lovely. I really like the way they made the change to more than just friends and the bug kisses were gorgeous! It made me smile.

I hope you write more monaboyd and I look forward to reading more of your stuff if you do! :)

From: [identity profile] babydazzle.livejournal.com


That was so beautiful. Oh how I wish I could've been a fly on the wall!!!! So so sweet! You should write more Monaboyd!!!

From: [identity profile] silentdescant.livejournal.com


Dom would brush his fingertips down his back or across his arm, walking so lightly. "Bug kisses" he'd call it

and

Dom was Dom, really. That's all there was to those feelings. Dom was more than a gender.

made me smile. The whole piece felt very happy and slow like a Sunday morning. Perfect for Billy to reflect on his relationship with Dom. :)

From: [identity profile] random-yayness.livejournal.com


Oh wow. Can I just say that for like... a minute? or 5?

Oh WOW.

This was so lovely, and I mean that in the truest sense, it was LOVELY. The writing was so graceful and soft and flowing, and the boys. were. beautiful.

Thank you, sincerely, for posting this, and I really really hope you write more. The fandom needs as many fics like this it can get. :)

From: [identity profile] random-yayness.livejournal.com


Awww I'm GLAD, because your fic totally deserved it! :)

And YAYNESS for writing more! I'm very much looking forward to reading!!! :D

And I love your icon. LOL

From: [identity profile] daydreambeleevr.livejournal.com


"Bug kisses"

ah, such a Dommie thing. I really like that. *smile*


Dom was Dom, really. That's all there was to those feelings. Dom was more than a gender. Dom was a bit like whisky, water-of-life.


Totally cool way to sum up the boys, like in one of those "25 words or less" type of summaries. (erhm... 26) *grin*

Hope to read more of your monaboyd in the future.

Kerry =)

From: [identity profile] jo-lowly.livejournal.com


I quite like this, and look forward to reading more of your work. (Of course, "bug kisses" are my favorite idea. So exactly Dom.)

From: [identity profile] unbrokenmuse.livejournal.com


"Monaboyd has quickly taken over all of my reading habits and swamped my brain to the point where I can't write or think of anything else."
They are such addictive creatures these two. You write them very well you know. So much of how I think of them is distilled in this piece it's a bit scary. I'm glad to see that you plan to offer more. I'm afraid that the 12 step program won't be offered again due to lack of interest by those afflicted.

From: [identity profile] mmmarmalade.livejournal.com


This was just lovely and sweet mmmmmmmm.
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