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writteninsable.livejournal.com posting in monaboyd May. 2nd, 2004 11:52 pm)These are four drabbles I wrote from Ara's words. She was nice enough to give them to me when I wanted them. *laughs*
Hope you all enjoy them. They're all 100 words by MS Word's count.
*waves*
Cai
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Billy looked down, over the edge of the bridge, and was quite pleased with the solid railing between himself and the sharp drop three inches away. He gripped the metal so tightly his knuckles whitened and he marveled at the height and the howl of sound below him.
But Billy wasn’t afraid because he had the railing, and the stone just below the metal rod, to keep him firmly on his feet.
He told himself his comfort had nothing to do with Dom’s warmth pressed against his back, arms looped around his waist as they waited for Orlando to fall.
2.
Dom handed Billy a daisy and Billy almost couldn’t keep the grimace from his face.
It’s not that he didn’t want it, because, honestly, it was rather sweet of Dom to give him a flower, but Billy hated daisies. He’d never been sure whether it was the splash of yellow in the middle or the smell, but he’d never liked them. He had, in fact, gone to great lengths to eliminate them from his garden in New Zealand.
But Dom passed him the flower with a shy smile, and Billy thought maybe, just maybe, he could learn to like them.
3.
“Bugger!”
“What is it, Dom?”
“Your fucking cat ate my shoe!”
“That cat is not mine.”
“The hell it’s not!”
“You’re the one who brought it home!”
“You’re the one who feeds it!”
They glared at each other, neither willing to admit that the death of Dom’s shoes was his fault. Just as Dom’s eyes began to water and Billy decided he wouldn’t be able to keep himself from blinking, the feline meowed.
Both Dom and Billy looked down and there, sitting between them, was the cat, Billy’s newest tie between its teeth and its tail curled around its feet.
4.
“May I kiss you?”
“Well…”
“Let me, and I’ll go away.”
“I hope not.”
“Well, can I kiss you?”
“What’s in it for me?”
“The pleasure of knowing you’re one of three people I’ve actually asked to kiss?”
“You’ve asked other people to kiss you?”
“Well, yes.”
“Who?”
“Besides you? My grandmother and…”
“And?”
“And my great aunt Lucy.”
“That’s not exactly promising, Dom.”
“Why not?”
“You’ve asked me and two old ladies if you can kiss them. What’s that say about me?”
“You’re an old lady?”
“Exactly. Not promising.”
“Well I’m going to kiss you rather differently, aren’t I?”
Hope you all enjoy them. They're all 100 words by MS Word's count.
*waves*
Cai
1.
Billy looked down, over the edge of the bridge, and was quite pleased with the solid railing between himself and the sharp drop three inches away. He gripped the metal so tightly his knuckles whitened and he marveled at the height and the howl of sound below him.
But Billy wasn’t afraid because he had the railing, and the stone just below the metal rod, to keep him firmly on his feet.
He told himself his comfort had nothing to do with Dom’s warmth pressed against his back, arms looped around his waist as they waited for Orlando to fall.
2.
Dom handed Billy a daisy and Billy almost couldn’t keep the grimace from his face.
It’s not that he didn’t want it, because, honestly, it was rather sweet of Dom to give him a flower, but Billy hated daisies. He’d never been sure whether it was the splash of yellow in the middle or the smell, but he’d never liked them. He had, in fact, gone to great lengths to eliminate them from his garden in New Zealand.
But Dom passed him the flower with a shy smile, and Billy thought maybe, just maybe, he could learn to like them.
3.
“Bugger!”
“What is it, Dom?”
“Your fucking cat ate my shoe!”
“That cat is not mine.”
“The hell it’s not!”
“You’re the one who brought it home!”
“You’re the one who feeds it!”
They glared at each other, neither willing to admit that the death of Dom’s shoes was his fault. Just as Dom’s eyes began to water and Billy decided he wouldn’t be able to keep himself from blinking, the feline meowed.
Both Dom and Billy looked down and there, sitting between them, was the cat, Billy’s newest tie between its teeth and its tail curled around its feet.
4.
“May I kiss you?”
“Well…”
“Let me, and I’ll go away.”
“I hope not.”
“Well, can I kiss you?”
“What’s in it for me?”
“The pleasure of knowing you’re one of three people I’ve actually asked to kiss?”
“You’ve asked other people to kiss you?”
“Well, yes.”
“Who?”
“Besides you? My grandmother and…”
“And?”
“And my great aunt Lucy.”
“That’s not exactly promising, Dom.”
“Why not?”
“You’ve asked me and two old ladies if you can kiss them. What’s that say about me?”
“You’re an old lady?”
“Exactly. Not promising.”
“Well I’m going to kiss you rather differently, aren’t I?”
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okay, I love all of them. *lol*
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Thank you very much!
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Thanks!
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*tries to get mental image of Dom french kissing his grandma out of my head*
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Ha.
My work here is done.
Thanks so much.
~Cai
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Thanks.
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I <3 the fluff.
If only I could get Love Always to fluff up a bit for me...
*laughs*
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::smooch::
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I <3 your words.
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I'm glad I could help make you feel better.
~Cai
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the last one is sososoadorable.
I love diaglogue. I really do.
I always love the way you characterize Billy and Dom.
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Thanks so much. I'm really glad you liked it. *grins*
And you know, I adore the way you write them, too...*ponders* I can't remember which one of your fics it was, but I linked to it on the sidebar of my new layout. *laughs*
~Cai
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My cat did that same thing. Stupid cat. *smile*
I absolutely adored the first drabble, saying so much with so few words. Wonderful.
Oh, but all were fantastic.
"May I kiss you?"
*le sigh*
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Thank you very much.
I'm glad you enjoyed them.
~Cai
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Thanks, love.
~Cai