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[anactoria]

Hmm. I haven't written any drabbles in a while. And I'm attempting not to get out of the writing habit while buried under thesis work. So, um, prompt me?

just throw a character or pairing and a prompt at me; you know the sort of thing. (Probably best to stick to Watchmen and Petshop of Horrors at the moment; I'm a bit hazy on most other fandoms these days...)

ETA: So these are ficlets rather than drabbles, because apparently I can't do word-limits these days.

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[findmyantidrug.livejournal.com]

Adrian/Dan, This is it.

[anactoria.livejournal.com]

Horribly depressing, sorry!

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You wait.

You don't write, although the pseudonyms are laughably obvious and the address easy to find, and you don't call. To do so would speak of a need, would appear desperate, and desperation is not something you have ever been known to feel.

But you can wait. Expect, no. But wait.

Because didn't he always come back, before? Even when you hurt him, even when you meant it? Came back, and it hardly mattered whether for a kiss or a fist to the jaw. It will not matter this time, either.

So you wait.

Thirty years later you are still waiting. The hours pass (too quickly or too slowly; you cannot decide which) marked only by the beep of the monitor and the careful tread of the nurses, and no merciful shadow appears. And you know, at last, that of all the endings you have ever envisaged, this is the one that's real.

[findmyantidrug.livejournal.com]

No need to apologize; I guessed it would either turn out very depressing or very happy. As it is, ouch. This is perfect.

Even when you hurt him, even when you meant it? - Oh, Adrian. Oh, Dan. I love that there is so much said about their relationship - and particularly Dan, considering he's not even here - in such a short fic. And that last line...it is going to stick. Brutal. Thank you so much, I love this.

Agh, I just can't get over how much this says about Adrian, and what he expected and what he wanted and what he lost.

[anactoria.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks. I'm glad you liked it. ♥

It kills me, but realistically I think this probably is the way they'd end up, what with Adrian being so 'I don't need anyone, I'm on a higher plane' (well, and the whole mass murder thing too, obviously.)