Drabble Meme

[cdiar]

Not that I think anyone will request anything, but whatever... I yoinked this from jackiemei .

The first 10 people to comment get to request from me a 100 word drabble (though it's been more than that so far) of any pairing/character of their choosing, preferably from V for Vendetta and/or Watchmen plz... MAAAYBE Doctor Who or Supernatural. In return,

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Meh, 440 words

[cdiar]

It’s dark and quiet in the room, despite the crisp white walls and the beeping of the monitors beside Laurie’s bed. Dan paces slowly, periodically looking up at his sleeping wife, the beautiful glow in her tired but peaceful features, then down at the little one bundled up in his arms, with so much hair and pale blue eyes. Mason Hollis, their son. Dan never thought he could ever be so happy in his life. Not after so much.

“Daddy’s got you, son,” he whispers, waggling the tip of his finger, gripped in the tiniest little fist. “Daddy wont ever let anything happen to you.”

There’s a knock at the door and Dan is drawn out of the moment when he sees who it is standing in the doorway. Adrian Veidt, looking as perfect and regal as ever, though a little worn, but maybe that’s just his imagination. Good. Dan has had enough of the immaculate, inescapable façade that has chased them all the way out to the Dakotas in name, now in person.

Dan lays his son down in his cradle and turns back to the door, to the man beyond-- waiting patiently for an invitation to come in, an invitation he wont get-- and he steps out into the hallway and closes the door behind him.

“Adrian. What are you doing here?” Dan hisses with a frown, backing Adrian away from the room to the opposite end of the hall.

“I thought that much would be obvious, Dan,” Adrian says, smooth as ice. His brows quirk and he gives what strikes Dan as a threatening smile. “Sorry, I meant ‘Sam.’”

“What are you doing here?“

Adrian is unruffled, of course. “I wanted to offer my congratulations.” He offers his hand, which Dan resolutely ignores. “I understand you have a son now. ‘Mason‘, is it?”

“Don’t you ever come near him, you son of a bitch, or so help me god, I’ll kill you myself.” Or die trying. Dan has no illusions that Adrian hasn’t changed in the slightest through the years. He’s still the same shrewd bastard that destroyed the lives of millions, Dan and Laurie included, without batting an eyelash. Dan will never, ever give him a chance to do it, to hurt his family, again. “Get out of here.”

Adrian averts his eyes for a moment, smile twitching into a frown, and he slides his hands into his pockets. “As you wish, Daniel.” And when he looks up, it’s just in time to watch Dan turn his back and return to his room, closing the door behind him and leaving him alone in the empty hallway.

Re: Meh, 440 words

[flyingrat42]

Ooh. Just...ouch. Entirely how it would play out-- and, no doubt, Adrian's first inkling that you really, really don't want to put Dan into a corner again.

(And this is extra poignant, considering our cuss_memorial canon...)

Thank you, sweetie! <3

Re: Meh, 440 words

[cdiar]

Yeah I thought so. Probably one of the first times they've interacted since shit went down. I'm glad you like it! ^_^