Drabble ~ Maestro

[clawofcat]

I just wrote this off the cuff for my dear framedinlove , who is having a hard day. Music has been cheering her up, so music is what the drabble is about. Does this mean my writer's block has lifted?

Title: Maestro
Timing: Season 6
Rating: R for the sex
Pairing: Spike/Buffy

He is her cover of darkness, she thinks, as his chest lurches above her, holding a steady,

Comments

[hello_spikey]

brava! *clap clap*

(He can, uh, perform for me anytime...)

[clawofcat]

LOL. Yes, I could see the cast and crew strewning the set with rose petals and popping champagne bottles after that performance.

[ellan_vannin]

That was too cool. Very visual for such aural reference.

Now if you'll excuse me, my iPod and I need a private moment.

[clawofcat]

The idea that something I wrote is "cool" is so... cool! It's amazing how much descriptive mileage you can wring out of a couple of metaphors. Check out my Spuffy ficlet "Unquenched." That's a doozy of clever metaphors about life cycles.

Now if you'll excuse me, my iPod and I need a private moment.
*coughs* I'll, uh, avert my eyes.

[mere_ubu]

Mmm. String geek me is loving the all the musical imagery. This is just beautiful.

Encore? ;)

[clawofcat]

'Tis a pretty little piece. I'm glad you liked it. The drabble itself has a nice cadence to it. There's actually a meter in Latin lyric poetry that's meant to sound like the galloping of horses. It doesn't work in English, of course, because our grammar and conjugations are totally different, but it's lovely when you can cram and adapt a foreign literary concept into your own work. Or, at least try to ;)

Did you ever play an instrument? I had a go at guitar at age 11, but it never stuck.

[mere_ubu]

Oh, that's cool about the meter. And the drabble does indeed have its own unique rhythm.

*nods* I started playing violin when I was four and was forced into orchestral servitude until college when I finally dropped it all and ran screaming. (I somehow ended up with ten hours of music a week and I wasn't even a major. The hell?!) I still play sometimes for fun, but that's about it.

[petzipellepingo]

Death is her gift, but music is his, she realizes, when he conducts them to a halting crescendo.

Very nice.

[clawofcat]

*bows* Thanks. You never know what random things will give you fresh inspiration.

[dragonflylady77]

Smuttingly lovely or is it lovely smutty? Anyways, me likes lots.

The last line is definitely quote material!

[clawofcat]

Perhaps, lovingly smutty? Or, because adverbs are evil, the simplified 'lovely smut?' ;)

I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was painless to write, so I'm a fan!

The last line is definitely quote material!
Now I'd love a manip of a conductor, except no pants and Spike's head. Hubba!

[dragonflylady77]

Oh yeah!!

Adverbs *are* evil!